HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst

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clubname = HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst


fullname = Hamburger Sportverein Barmbek-Uhlenhorst von 1923 e.V.
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founded = 1923
ground = HSV-Stadion Rothenbaum
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league = Oberliga Hamburg (V)
season = 2007-08
position = 6th
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HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst is a German football club from the city of Hamburg.

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History

The roots of the side are found in the merger on 10 July 1909 of the local gymnastics clubs "Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst Turnverein 1876", "Männer Turnverein 1888 Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst", and "Barmbecker Turnverein 1902" to create "Hamburger Turnerschaft Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst 1876" which formed a football department in 1911. The footballers went their own way as the independent side "Hamburger Sportverein Barmbeck-Uhlenhorst" on 15 November 1923, and played in lower level local competition over the next several decades. [Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9]

During World War II, player rosters were depleted by the demands of armed forces service and "HSV" played in various combinations with other shorthanded clubs. In the 1943-44 season, "HSV" and "Post SG Hamburg" played as the wartime side "Kriegspielgemeinschaft Post/BU Hamburg". On 23 June 1944, "HSV" and "Post" were joined with "SV St. Georg" and "Sperber Hamburg" to compete for a single season as KSG Alsterdorf in the Gauliga Hamburg (I). Following the conflict each of these clubs was re-established as a separate side with "HSV" taking on the name "Hamburger Sportverein Barmbek-Uhlenhorst". In 1949, "Fußball Club Rot-Weiß Hamburg 1923" became part of "HSV".

The team captured the Amateurliga Hamburg (III) title in 1963 and beat "Leu Braunschweig" 3:1 to win its way to the Regionalliga Nord (II). They were quickly relegated, but earned a second Amateurliga title in 1966 to return to the second tier where they would play the next eight seasons as a mid- to lower table side. "HSV" made appearances in the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) tournament from 1973-76, but went out in the early going each time.

The country's football leagues were restructured in 1974 and "Barmbek-Uhlenhorst" found itself overmatched in the new 2nd Bundesliga Nord where they finished in 20th place. This second division adventure left the team crippled under a debt load of more than 500,000 DM. The team was sent down to the Amateuroberliga Nord (III) where they struggled for a half dozen seasons until slipping to the Verbandsliga Hamburg (IV). Their fall continued, through the Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa (V) in 1982, to the Bezirksliga Hamburg-Nord (VI) in 1984.

"BU" clawed its way out of the sixth division with a Berzirksliga title in 1986 and played fourth and fifth tier football until league restructuring made the Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa a sixth division circuit again in 1994. Since 1999, the team has played in the Verbandsliga Hamburg (V) as an upper table side, earning a single season turn in the Oberliga Nord in 2004-05.

Honours

* Amateurliga Hamburg (II) champions: 1963, 1966
* Bezirksliga Hamburg-Nord (VI) champions: 1986
* Verbandsliga Hamburg-Hammonia (III) champions: 1962
* Landesliga Hamburg-Hansa (VI) champions: 1999
* Verbandsliga Hamburg (V) champions: 2004

Famous Players

* Andreas Brehme, playing for the youth and the Oberliga team until 1980

External links

* [http://www.hsv-bu.de Official team site]
* [http://www.abseits-soccer.com/clubs/barmbeck.html Abseits Guide to German Soccer]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables (in German)

References