Soccer or football in Hamburg

AOL Arena

Should we start playing soccer or football in Hamburg? Actually, Europeans know soccer as football, which is different from the football played in American sports. If you do want to witness matches of soccer (or football) in Hamburg, then the AOL Arena is the stadium you should head for. During the 2006 World Cup, the AOL Arena hosted four soccer group games plus a quarter final for the soccer World Cup matches.

Hamburger SV football club

Whether you want to call the game soccer or football in Hamburg, you should at least be familiar with the Hamburger SV football club which is the Hamburg home team that participates in World Cup soccer matches at the AOL Arena. The Hamburger SV football club has been consistently performing well in German football since World War I ended. That historical footnote also makes the Hamburger SV football club one of the oldest teams playing soccer or football in Hamburg and Germany.