‘Misrepresented’: HSV corrects reports on Lemke! | OneFootball

With HSV’s DFB Cup win in Verl, Louis Lemke made club history with his goal for 3:0. The 16-year-old is the youngest goalscorer in the history of the Rothosen.

However, some inaccuracies have apparently been circulating around this record ever since. HSV has now corrected them itself. After Lemke’s goal, numerous media outlets as well as fans on social media wrote that the left-back had overtaken club legend Uwe Seeler as HSV’s youngest scorer in a competitive match. However, that was “presented incorrectly,” as the club has now explained on its homepage.

In fact, Lemke was younger when he scored — at 16 years, 10 months and 16 days — than Seeler was when he scored his first competitive goal for HSV. “Uns Uwe” scored for the first team for the first time on August 1, 1954, in an 8:2 win over Holstein Kiel, and was 17 years, 8 months and 27 days old at the time. However, Seeler never held the record as HSV’s youngest goalscorer.

Before Lemke: Sommer, not Seeler, held the HSV record

As HSV explained in detail, this record actually dates back to January 15, 1922. On that day, Otto Sommer scored a brace in a 7:0 win over St. Pauli TV at the age of 17 years and 14 days. That means Sommer was still significantly younger when he scored his first documented goal than Seeler was later when he netted his first.

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Either way, Lemke really has broken this club record, which had stood for more than 104 years. The academy product’s historic achievement therefore still stands. While Seeler was widely named as the previous record holder, HSV is pointing to the correct classification of the club’s history.

However, the real message of the cup night remains unchanged. Lemke delivered a strong performance in his first competitive start for the first team and crowned it with a goal and an assist. He is likely to be in the starting lineup once again for the Bundesliga opener against Borussia Dortmund (Saturday, 6:30 p.m.).

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