Bizarre poll result: HSV given fifth-best chance of winning a title! | OneFootball

Will HSV present the championship trophy on the balcony of Hamburg City Hall in the summer of 2026? At least a few thousand fans believe so.

This comes as a surprise: In a recent kicker survey, which appeared in the new Bundesliga special issue, Hamburger SV was voted fifth place among the title contenders. The question, to which nearly 127,000 online participants responded, was: "Who will be the German Champion 2025?" And while FC Bayern unsurprisingly leads by a significant margin, the recently promoted HSV raises eyebrows.

With a hefty 55 percent of the votes, the Munich team clearly leads the list. They are followed by Borussia Dortmund (8.9 percent), Eintracht Frankfurt (8.3 percent), and Bayer Leverkusen (4.9 percent). Right behind the current elite of German football: HSV!

The Red Shorts received a respectable 3.9 percent of the votes. This puts the newcomer ahead of established first division teams like RB Leipzig or VfB Stuttgart.

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Whether this is an act of Hanseatic loyalty, sheer optimism, or simply humorous fan support remains officially open. The only fact is: HSV is realistically as far away from winning the German Championship as possible.

In Hamburg, however, the result is taken with a wink. Some fans are already celebrating the ranking on social media as a "perceived Champions League".

However, the course on the Elbe remains clear: In the 2025/2026 season, the only thing that counts is staying in the league! Even this task will be difficult enough.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.