# 2021–22 Hamburger SV season

The 2021–22 season was the 103rd season in the existence of Hamburger SV and the club's fourth consecutive season in the second division of German football. In addition to the domestic league, Hamburger SV participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 30 January 2022
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 | POR | Daniel Heuer Fernandes |
| 2 | DF | GER | Jan Gyamerah |
| 3 | DF | GER | Moritz Heyer |
| 4 | DF | GER | Sebastian Schonlau (captain) |
| 6 | MF | GER | David Kinsombi |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Chakvetadze (on loan from Gent) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Robert Glatzel |
| 10 | MF | GER | Sonny Kittel |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Mikkel Kaufmann (on loan from Copenhagen) |
| 12 | GK | GER | Tom Mickel |
| 14 | MF | NED | Ludovit Reis |
| 16 | GK | SWE | Marko Johansson |
| 18 | MF | GAM | Bakery Jatta |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | GER | Manuel Wintzheimer |
| 21 | DF | GER | Tim Leibold |
| 23 | MF | GER | Jonas Meffert |
| 27 | DF | GER | Josha Vagnoman |
| 28 | DF | SUI | Miro Muheim (on loan from St. Gallen) |
| 34 | DF | GER | Jonas David |
| 35 | DF | GER | Stephan Ambrosius |
| 36 | MF | FIN | Anssi Suhonen |
| 37 | DF | GER | Toni Leistner |
| 40 | GK | GER | Leo Oppermann |
| 41 | DF | GER | Maximilian Rohr |
| 44 | DF | CRO | Mario Vušković (on loan from Hajduk Split) |
| 48 | FW | GER | Faride Alidou |

### 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 |
| — | MF | GER | Aaron Opoku (at VfL Osnabrück until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | GER | Ogechika Heil (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Xavier Amaechi (at Bolton Wanderers until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | GER | Robin Meißner (at Hansa Rostock until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | GER | Sebastian Schonlau (from SC Paderborn) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Robert Glatzel (from Cardiff City, previously on loan at Mainz 05) |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Mikkel Kaufmann (on loan from Copenhagen) |
| 14 | MF | NED | Ludovit Reis (from Barcelona B, previously on loan at VfL Osnabrück) |
| 16 | GK | SWE | Marko Johansson (from Malmö) |
| 23 | MF | GER | Jonas Meffert (from Holstein Kiel) |
| 28 | DF | SUI | Miro Muheim (on loan from FC St. Gallen) |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | NED | Rick van Drongelen (to Union Berlin) |
| 7 | DF | GER | Khaled Narey (to Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| 8 | MF | TUN | Jeremy Dudziak (to Greuther Fürth) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Simon Terodde (to Schalke 04) |
| 14 | MF | GER | Aaron Hunt (free agent) |
| 20 | MF | ALB | Klaus Gjasula (to Darmstadt 98) |
| 24 | MF | BEL | Amadou Onana (to Lille) |
| 26 | GK | GER | Sven Ulreich (to Bayern Munich) |
| 28 | DF | GER | Gideon Jung (to Greuther Fürth) |
| 42 | MF | GER | Ogechika Heil (on loan to Go Ahead Eagles) |
| — | MF | GER | Aaron Opoku (on loan to VfL Osnabrück, previously on loan at Jahn Regensburg) |
| — | FW | ENG | Xavier Amaechi (on loan to Bolton Wanderers, previously on loan at Karlsruher SC) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 % |
| 2. Bundesliga | 23 July 2021 | 15 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 047.06 |
| Bundesliga promotion play-offs | 19 May 2022 | 23 May 2022 | First leg | Runners-up | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 |
| DFB-Pokal | 8 August 2021 | 19 April 2022 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 020.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 75 | 45 | +30 | 043.90 |
Last updated: 23 May 2022 Source: Soccerway

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Schalke 04 (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 65 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Werder Bremen (P) | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 63 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 60 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 71 | 46 | +25 | 60 | |
| 5 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 57 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: DFB

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 June 2021.

#### Promotion play-offs

As a result of their third place finish in the regular season, the club qualified for the play-off match with the 16th-place team in the 2021–22 Bundesliga to determine whether the club would be promoted to the 2022–23 Bundesliga.