Hamburg: Some of the club’s milestones over the years

1887 founding of club

1923 German champions

1928 German champions

1960 German champions

1963 German Cup

1976 German Cup

1977 European Cup Winners’ Cup

1977 transfer of Kevin Keegan from Liverpool breaks British transfer record with 500,000 pounds.

1979 Bundesliga champions for the first time

1980 Hamburg crush Real Madrid 5-1 in the European Cup semi-final second leg in what is considered among the club’s finest games.

1980 European Cup runners-up after defeat to Nottingham Forest in the final.

1981 Austrian coach Ernst Happel joins club to lead them to European Cup victory and successive Bundesliga titles in their most successful spell.

1982 German champions

1983 German champions

1983 European champions. They beat Italy’s Juventus 1-0 in the final.

1987 German Cup

2014 Bundesliga relegation play-off

2015 Bundesliga relegation play-off