# 1975–76 Hamburger SV season

The 1975–76 Hamburger SV season was the 29th season in the club's history and the 13th consecutive season playing in the Bundesliga. Hamburg competed in this season's editions of the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, and UEFA Cup.
The season is generally considered as the start of Hamburg's golden era of the most successful period in club history. On 26 June 1976, HSV won the DFB-Pokal, defeating 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 in the final with first-half goals from Peter Nogly and Ole Bjørnmose. In the league, HSV finished as runners-up and they also reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, being eliminated by Club Brugge.
Winning the DFB-Pokal secured Hamburg a place in next season's European Cup Winners' Cup.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 9 August 1975 | 12 June 1976 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 050.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 1 August 1975 | 26 June 1976 | First round | Winners | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 087.50 |
| UEFA Cup | 17 September 1975 | 14 April 1976 | First round | Semi-finals | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 040.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 95 | 43 | +52 | 053.85 |
Source: World Football

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 66 | 37 | +29 | 45 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 41 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 50 | +22 | 40 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 4 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 39 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 3 Bayern Munich won the 1975–76 European Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions. As a consequence, their original UEFA Cup spot earned through league placement was transferred to sixth-placed Schalke 04.
* ↑ As Hamburger SV qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to DFB-Pokal runners-up 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

### DFB Pokal
#### Results

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 1 August 1975 | First round | FC Köln II | Home | 4–0 | Kaltz, Bjørnmose, Sperlich, Volkert (pen) | 5,000 | Halfter |
| 18 October 1975 | Second round | SV Union Salzgitter | Home | 4–0 | Ettmayer, Hidien, Volkert (pen), Reimann | 5,800 | Meijerink |
| 13 December 1975 | Third round | SC Jülich 1910 | Home | 4–0 | Bertl (2), Reimann, Volkert (pen) | 6,700 | Halfter |
| 31 January 1976 | Round of 16 | FC Bayern Hof | Away | 2–0 | Bjørnmose, Volkert | 18,000 | Engel |
| 3 April 1976 | Quarter-finals | FC 08 Homburg | Away | 2–1 | Memering, Zaczyk | 20,000 | Aldinger |
| 4 May 1976 | Semi-finals | Bayern Munich | Home | 2–2 | Bjørnmose, Nogly | 52,000 | Schröder |
| 1 June 1976 | Semi-finals replay | Bayern Munich | Away | 1–0 | Eigl | 55,000 | Linn |
| 26 June 1976 | Final | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Neutral | 2–0 | Nogly, Bjørnmose | 61,000 | Eschweiler |

### UEFA Cup
#### Results

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
| 17 September 1975 | First round First leg | BSC Young Boys | Home | 0–0 | | 17,173 | Partridge |
| 1 October 1975 | First round Second leg | BSC Young Boys | Away | 4–2 | Reimann, Bertl (2), Bjørnmose | 29,199 | Franco Martínez |
| 22 October 1975 | Second round First leg | Red Star Belgrade | Away | 1–1 | Bjørnmose | 17,137 | Schiller |
| 5 November 1975 | Second round Second leg | Red Star Belgrade | Home | 4–0 | Reimann (2), Ettmayer, Memering | 61,300 | Corver |
| 26 November 1975 | Third round First leg | Porto | Home | 2–0 | Murça (own goal) Volkert (pen) | 42,184 | Somlai |
| 12 December 1975 | Third round Second leg | Porto | Away | 1–2 | Reimann | 21,582 | Wurtz |
| 3 March 1976 | Quarter-finals First leg | Stal Mielec | Home | 1–1 | Bertl | 34,262 | Ivanov |
| 17 March 1976 | Quarter-finals Second leg | Stal Mielec | Away | 1–0 | Nogly | 23,385 | Hungerbühler |
| 31 March 1976 | Semi-finals First leg | Club Brugge | Home | 1–1 | Reimann | 50,000 | Palotai |
| 14 April 1976 | Semi-finals Second leg | Club Brugge | Away | 0–1 | | 29,458 | Davidson |