Hamburger SV Soccer News

A win for Arsenal won't guarantee the Gunners a spot in the second round of the Champions League. It won't hurt, though. Arsenal, which earned only one point from its last two matches against Group G leader CSKA Moscow, faces Hamburger SV on Tuesday. ``I think we are under serious pressure to deliver and I think we will,'' Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. ``We know what we have to do.'' ...

Substitute Paolo Guerrero scored two goals Sunday to help Hamburger SV snap a 14-match winless streak with a 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. Hamburg coach Thomas Doll and his players hugged each other after the Peruvian put in an 86th-minute cross to end the team's drought in the Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup. ``Sometime that had to end, a series like that. The important thing is ...

Hamburger SV midfielder Nigel de Jong has been ruled out for four weeks because of a knee injury. He will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, team doctor Oliver Dierk said Thursday. The Dutchman, who underwent a similar operation in April, was injured in Hamburg's 4-1 loss to FC Porto in the Champions League on Tuesday. Hamburg has several key players out injured and is winless in the Bundesliga ...

Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen both lost in the first round of the German Cup to third-division teams Saturday. Bremen, a five-time German Cup winner that meets Chelsea in the Champions League on Tuesday, lost 4-2 in a penalty shootout to Pirmasens. It was 1-1 after extra-time. Bremen, which rested Germany internationals Tim Borowski, Torsten Frings and Per Mertesacker with slight injuries, trailed before Ivan Klasnic equalized in the 83rd. Bremen captain Frank Baumann was ejected during extra time. Hamburger ...

Hamburger SV captain Rafael van der Vaart tore a right thigh tendon in Sunday's game against Hertha Berlin and could be sidelined for the Sept. 9 European Champions League match against Arsenal. The club, already weakened by transfers, suspensions and other injuries, also lost two more starters Monday due to Sunday's 1-1 draw. Czech midfielder David Jarolim will miss six weeks due to an arm injury, and a foul by ...

BERLIN (AP) _ Boubacar Sanogo scored his third goal of the season Sunday, enough to give sluggish Hamburger SV a 1-1 draw with Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga. The Ivory Coast forward took the league's scoring lead with his 18th-minute header off Rafael van der Vaart's free kick as Hamburg drew for the third straight time to open the season. Neither team during the hectic match seemed boosted by successful European efforts during the week. Hamburg qualified ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) _ SV Hamburger defender Guy Demel was suspended for four Bundesliga matches by the German soccer federation on Tuesday. The Ivory Coast international choked Energie Cottbus captain Kevin McKenna during a 2-2 draw on Saturday. Hamburg's tight defence helped it finish third last season but it has since lost two members _ Khalid Boulahrouz to Chelsea and Daniel van Buyten to Bayern Munich.