Next opponent revealed: HSV to face Austrian giants | OneFootball

More and more details about HSV’s summer preparations are currently coming to light. Now the first high-profile friendly opponent has also been confirmed.

According to matching reports from the Hamburger Abendblatt and Sky Sport Austria, the Rothosen will face Austrian record champions Rapid Vienna on July 18. The clash in the capital of the Alpine republic also marks the start of an important phase of preparation. Immediately after the friendly, the team will travel on to a training camp in Oberlängenfeld in the Ötztal, where they are set to work intensively on the foundations for the 2026/27 season until July 25. Another friendly is also planned there.

Before that, HSV will pitch camp in Denmark. From July 8 to 11, the team will complete its first training camp in Helsingør. The professionals will then return to Hamburg before heading to Austria. The first public training session at the Volkspark is scheduled for July 13.

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No HSV friendly against FC Copenhagen

It is also interesting to note who Hamburg will not be playing. Despite the close fan friendship with FC Copenhagen, there will be no friendly against the Danish top club this summer, according to the Abendblatt. Many supporters had been hoping for a reunion.

But the list of preseason opponents is unlikely to be any less prominent than last year. Sources in England are currently reporting that HSV will play a friendly against Everton FC. The side that finished 13th in the most recent Premier League season is considered a possible opponent for the season opener at the Volkspark on August 1. However, official confirmation is still pending.

Regardless of the opponent, the Hanseatic side will then still have enough time to fine-tune their game. Their first competitive match is scheduled for the end of August, in the first round of the DFB-Pokal against third-division side SC Verl.

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