Hamburg

:This article is about the city in Germany. For other articles named Hamburg, see Hamburg (disambiguation).

Sport

Football (soccer)

Hamburg is home of Hamburger SV and FC St. Pauli. Hamburger SV (HSV) is the only football club to have played in the 1. Bundesliga (premier league) in every season since the league's formation in 1963. In 1983, HSV won the European Cup by beating Juventus Turin 1:0 in Athens. The best known players to have played for HSV are Uwe Seeler, Franz Beckenbauer and Kevin Keegan.

Related Topics:
Hamburger SV - FC St. Pauli - Football - 1. Bundesliga - 1963 - 1983 - European Cup - Juventus - Turin - Athens - Uwe Seeler - Franz Beckenbauer - Kevin Keegan

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Hamburg also has several American Football teams, amongst others the Hamburg Blue Devils (four time champion of the semi-pro German Football League) and - since 2005 - the NFL-Europe team Hamburg Sea Devils.

Related Topics:
Hamburg Blue Devils - German Football League - NFL-Europe - Hamburg Sea Devils

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World Cups

Among other events, Hamburg regularly hosts a marathon, a triathlon and a bike race, all of them world cup events attended by professional athletes and at the same time open to amateurs.

Related Topics:
Marathon - Triathlon - World cup

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Several matches of the FIFA Football World Cup 2006 will be held in Hamburg.

Related Topics:
FIFA - Football World Cup

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The ITU Triathlon World Championship 2007 will be held in Hamburg.

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