Hamburg Play Goalless Draw In First Bundesliga Match After Seven Years

Last Updated:August 24, 2025, 23:14 IST

Hamburg were playing in the Bundesliga for the first time in 2,661 days since they were relegated despite a last-day 2-1 win over the same opponent.

Hambug play goalless draw in first Bundesliga match after seven years. (Picture Credit: AFP)

Hamburg played to a 0-0 draw away at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday in their return to the top flight after seven years in the second division.

Hamburg competed in the Bundesliga for the first time in 2,661 days since their relegation despite a last-day 2-1 win over the same opponent.

Hamburg seemed set to clinch the match when William Mikelbrencis headed the ball in with 89 minutes played, but the goal was overturned for offside.

Replays showed the ball was already heading into the goal and the score might have stood had the French defender not intervened.

Gladbach had the better of the second half but Hamburg’s defence, significantly changed since their promotion, held firm.

Six-time German champions and winners of the 1983 European Cup, Hamburg were relegated in 2018 after years of struggling.

Hamburg were the last remaining top-flight team not to have played in the second division in the Bundesliga era.

The club struggled to return to the top flight with a series of near misses, finishing fourth four times and third twice.

In Sunday’s earlier game, Marius Buelter scored in the final minute to give Cologne a 1-0 win at 10-man Mainz.

Mainz were reduced to 10 men when winger Paul Nebel was red-carded for a last-man foul with half an hour remaining.

With the match heading for stoppage time, Buelter leapt high to head in a Luca Waldschmidt cross.

Cologne, promoted alongside Hamburg at the end of last season, last won a top-flight match in May 2024.

(With inputs from AFP)

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August 24, 2025, 23:14 IST

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