2010–11 Hamburger SV season
| 2010–11 season | |||
| Manager |
Armin Veh (23 May 2010 – 13 March 2011) Michael Oenning (From 13 March 2011) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Bundesliga | 8th | ||
| DFB Cup | Eliminated in 2nd round | ||
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The 2010–11 season of Hamburger SV began on 28 June with their first training session.Hamburg played its matches at Imtech Arena.
Hamburg hired Armin Veh as their new head coach after sacking Bruno Labbadia near the end of last season and appointed Bastian Reinhardt as their new sports director. Hamburg were interested in a number of big name players, including Rafinha of Schalke 04,Michael Ballack, who Chelsea deemed surplus,Serdar Tasci of VFB Stuttgart and Jaroslav Drobný. Out of all of those, only Drobný decided to sign with Hamburg.Jérôme Boateng was the only major player sold, leaving for Manchester City.
The signings continued during pre-season. Hamburg signed Dennis Diekmeier from 1. FC Nürnberg and Heiko Westermann from Schalke 04.
In September 2010, Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli played their first derby in eight years. The match ended in a 1–1 draw.
Hamburg club president Bernd Hoffmann had come under pressure for poor club results. Bernd Hoffmann came under pressure after Hamburg lost 4–2 to Bayer Leverkusen. A group of fans protested against recent results outside the club headquarters by demanding Bernd Hoffmann resignation. Head coach Armin Veh said Hoffmann should not be blamed and the coaching staff and the playing staff collectively should be blamed for the bad results.Supervisory board Horst Becker resigned on 13 December 2010 and stated that he would not seek re-election for the position.
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