The Dinosaur in Freefall. Founding member of the Bundesliga, 55 years without relegation — until 2018. The HSV is the club of broken promises: Uwe Seeler, Kevin Keegan, Felix Magath, the famous clock. European champions in 1983, searching for lost greatness ever since. Hamburg is too big for the 2. Bundesliga — but the 2. Bundesliga does not know that.