# 2014–15 Hamburger SV season

The 2014–15 Hamburger SV season was the 127th season in the club's football history. In 2014–15, the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 52nd consecutive season in this league, being the only club to have played every season in the Bundesliga since its introduction in 1963.

## First team squad

As of March 2015, according to the official website.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný |
| 2 | DF | GER | Dennis Diekmeier |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Cléber |
| 4 | DF | GER | Heiko Westermann (vice-captain) |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Johan Djourou (vice-captain) |
| 7 | DF | GER | Marcell Jansen (vice-captain) |
| 8 | FW | CRO | Ivica Olić |
| 9 | MF | GER | Maximilian Beister |
| 10 | FW | GER | Pierre-Michel Lasogga |
| 11 | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević |
| 15 | GK | GER | René Adler |
| 16 | FW | LVA | Artjoms Rudņevs |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Stieber |
| 18 | MF | GER | Lewis Holtby (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 19 | MF | CZE | Petr Jiráček |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Marcelo Díaz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | SUI | Valon Behrami |
| 22 | DF | GER | Matthias Ostrzolek |
| 23 | MF | NED | Rafael van der Vaart (captain) |
| 24 | MF | GER | Matti Steinmann (also as Team II) |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Mohamed Gouaida (also as Team II) |
| 26 | FW | GER | Philipp Müller (also as Team II) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolai Müller |
| 28 | MF | GER | Sven Mende |
| 30 | GK | GER | Alexander Brunst-Zöllner (also as Team II) |
| 31 | DF | MOZ | Ronny Marcos (also as Team II) |
| 32 | DF | SRB | Slobodan Rajković |
| 33 | DF | GER | Gideon Jung (also as Team II) |
| 35 | MF | TUR | Tolcay Ciğerci |
| 37 | MF | USA | Julian Green (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 39 | DF | GER | Ashton Götz (also as Team II) |
| 40 | MF | SRB | Gojko Kačar |
| 41 | FW | GER | Abdullah Bidav (also as Team II) |

## Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | GER | Lasse Sobiech (on loan to FC St. Pauli until 30 June 2015) |
| — | DF | GER | Jonathan Tah (on loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2015) |
| — | MF | TUR | Kerem Demirbay (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 30 June 2015) |
| — | FW | CMR | Jacques Zoua (on loan to Kayseri Erciyesspor until 30 June 2015) |

## Transfers
### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Cléber (from Corinthians) |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Johan Djourou (from Arsenal) |
| 10 | FW | GER | Pierre-Michel Lasogga (from Hertha BSC) |
| 17 | MF | HUN | Zoltán Stieber (from Greuther Fürth) |
| 21 | MF | SUI | Valon Behrami (from Napoli) |
| 22 | DF | GER | Matthias Ostrzolek (from FC Augsburg) |
| 27 | MF | GER | Nicolai Müller (from Mainz 05) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | DF | GER | Gideon Jung (from Rot-Weiß Oberhausen) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Lewis Holtby (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 37 | MF | USA | Julian Green (on loan from Bayern Munich) |
| 8 | FW | CRO | Ivica Olić (from VfL Wolfsburg in winter) |
| 20 | MF | CHI | Marcelo Díaz (from Basel in winter) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Sven Mende (promoted from Team II) |
| 35 | MF | TUR | Tolcay Ciğerci (promoted from Team II) |

### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ENG | Michael Mancienne (to Nottingham Forest) |
| — | DF | GER | Dennis Aogo (to Schalke 04) |
| — | MF | TUR | Hakan Çalhanoğlu (to Bayer Leverkusen) |
| — | MF | CRO | Milan Badelj (to Fiorentina) |
| — | MF | NOR | Per Ciljan Skjelbred (to Hertha BSC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | GER | Robert Tesche (to Nottingham Forest) |
| — | MF | VEN | Tomás Rincón (to Genoa) |
| — | FW | GER | Zhi-Gin Lam (to Greuther Fürth) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Tolgay Arslan (to Beşiktaş in winter) |
| 34 | FW | MKD | Valmir Nafiu (to APOEL in winter) |

## Competitions
### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 36 | |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 35 | |
| 16 | Hamburger SV (O) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 50 | −25 | 35 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 17 | SC Freiburg (R) | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 34 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |
| 18 | SC Paderborn 07 (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 31 | Relegation to 2. Bundesliga |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2015. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 12 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 |