Hamburg (AFP) – A clock ticks in Hamburg’s stadium, proudly displaying how long the club has been in the Bundesliga, yet time is running out to avoid the relegation which would stop it.
Hamburg are the only club to have played in each season since the Bundesliga was founded in 1963 — when even Bayern Munich were only a second-division club.
Hamburg’s golden era in the late 1970s and early 80s are long gone.
Since Angela Merkel became German Chancellor in 2005, 18 different coaches have tried and failed to bring success to Hamburg.
“Economically speaking, Hamburg football club is the worst investment decision of my life,” bemoaned German billionaire Klaus-Michael Kuehne, who has pumped millions of euros into the club since 2010.
“There hasn’t been the right management, which is a pity and terrible for Hamburg (as a city),” Kuehne told Friday’s edition of Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
Only by winning a relegation play-off in both 2014 and 2015 did Hamburg stay up and, with the team currently second from bottom, they are again fighting to avoid the drop.
They have just two games left, at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday then at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach, to bridge a two-point gap to Wolfsburg, who occupy the relegation play-off place.
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