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Altona, Hamburg

Altona, also called Hamburg-Altona, is the westernmost urban borough (Bezirk) of the German city state of Hamburg. Located on the right bank of the Elbe river, Altona had a population of 270,263 in 2016.

From 1640 to 1864, Altona was under the administration of the Danish monarchy. Altona was an independent borough until 1937.

Danish period
Altona was founded in 1535 as a village of fishermen in what was then Holstein-Pinneberg. In 1640, Altona came under Danish rule as part of Holstein-Glückstadt, and in 1664 was granted municipal rights by the Danish King Frederik III, who then ruled in personal union as Duke of Holstein. Altona was one of the Danish monarchy's most important harbor towns. The railway from Altona to Kiel, the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway (Christian VIII Østersø Jernbane), was opened in 1844.

Imperial period
The wars between Denmark and the German Confederation — the First Schleswig War (1848–1851) and the Second Schleswig War (February–October 1864) led to Denmark's cession of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg; they were initially jointly administered as a condominium by Prussian and Austrian administration. With the Gastein Convention of 14 August 1865, Holstein came under solely Austrian administration, while Schleswig and Lauenburg came under Prussian authority. After the Austro-Prussian War, Schleswig-Holstein as a whole became the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein in 1867 and as such Altona became part of the German Empire in 1871. In the same year, the town was hit by cholera, with a minimum of 16 casualties in Altona.

Because of severe restrictions on the number of Jews allowed to live in Hamburg until 1864 (with the exception of 1811–1815), a major Jewish community developed in Altona starting in 1611, when Count Ernest of Schaumburg and Holstein-Pinneberg granted the first permanent residence permits to Ashkenazic Jews. Members did business both in Hamburg and in Altona itself. All that remains after the Nazi Holocaust during World War II are the Jewish cemeteries, but in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, the community was a major center of Jewish life and scholarship. Holstein-Pinneberg and later Danish Holstein had lower taxes and placed fewer civil impositions on their Jewish community than did the government of Hamburg.

History from 1918 to 1945
During the Weimar era following World War I, the town of Altona was disturbed by major labor strikes and street disorders. Inflation in Germany was a major problem. In 1923, Max Brauer, the mayor of Altona, directed that town personnel should be paid in part with gas meter tokens, as the tokens did not lose value from inflation.

The most notable event at that time was the Altona Bloody Sunday (German: Altonaer Blutsonntag) on 17 July 1932, when 18 people were killed, all but two by police, during a violent clash between Nazi marchers and members or supporters of the Communist Party. In 1938, the Greater Hamburg Act removed Altona from the Free State of Prussia in 1937 and merged it (and several surrounding towns) with the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. After police raids and a special court, on 1 August 1933, Bruno Tesch and others were found guilty and put to death by beheading with a hand-held axe.

Modern history
In the 1990s, the Federal Republic of Germany reversed the convictions of Tesch and the other men who were put to death, clearing their names.

On 1 February 2007, the Ortsämter (district offices) in Hamburg were done away with. In Altona, the districts of Blankenese, Lurup and Osdorf had existed and had local offices. On 1 March 2008, the Schanzenviertel neighborhood, which had spanned parts of the boroughs of Altona, Eimsbüttel and Hamburg-Mitte, became the Sternschanze quarter, the entirety of which is now in the Altona borough.

Altona is noted for being the site of the popular Altona Fischmarkt.

Borough profile
Commentators and politicians, including former member of the Hamburg Parliament, have noted that neighborhoods in Altona is diverse in terms of social conditions. Von Berg noted that poverty present in the Lurup and Osdorf quarters contrast with the affluent Blankenese and Nienstedten quarters within the borough.

Geography
The border of Altona to the south is the River Elbe, and across the river the state of Lower Saxony and the boroughs of Harburg and Hamburg-Mitte. To the east is the borough of Hamburg-Mitte and to the north is the borough of Eimsbüttel. The western border is with the state of Schleswig-Holstein. According to the statistical office of Hamburg, Altona has an area of 77.5 km2 or 29.9 sq mi in 2006.

Quarters
Politically, the following quarters (Stadtteile) are part of Altona borough:
 * 1) Altona-Altstadt
 * 2) Altona-Nord
 * 3) Bahrenfeld
 * 4) Ottensen
 * 5) Othmarschen (including parts of Klein Flottbek)
 * 6) Groß Flottbek
 * 7) Osdorf
 * 8) Lurup
 * 9) Nienstedten (including parts of Klein Flottbek)
 * 10) Blankenese
 * 11) Iserbrook
 * 12) Sülldorf
 * 13) Rissen
 * 14) Sternschanze

Demographics
In 2018, Altona had a population of 274,702 people. 18.0% are children under the age of 18 and 17.9% are 65 years of age or older. 16.2% are immigrants. 5.0% of people are registered as unemployed. In 2018, 53,4% of all households are single-person households.

There are 195 kindergartens and 31 primary schools in Altona as well as 879 physicians in private practice, 254 dentists and 60 pharmacies.

Politics
Simultaneously with elections to the state parliament (Bürgerschaft), the Bezirksversammlung is elected as representatives of the citizens. It consists of 51 representatives.

Elections
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 * 35.1
 * 13.0
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 * 20.4
 * 9.6
 * style="text-align:center;" | 11
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 * 16.6
 * 6.7
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 * 14.8
 * 0.8
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 * 6.8
 * 2.4
 * style="text-align:center;" | 3
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 * 4.4
 * 1.1
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 * 1.4
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Transport
Altona is the location of a major railway station, Hamburg-Altona, connecting the Hamburg S-Bahn with the regional railways and local bus lines.

The A 7 autobahn passes through Altona borough.

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in Altona 87,131 private cars were registered (359 cars per 1000 people).

Notable people

 * Jean de Labadie (1610–1674), French Christian mystic who died in Altona.
 * Gluckel of Hameln (1646–1724)
 * Jonathan Eybeschutz (1690–1764), was a Talmudist, Halachist, and Kabbalist who died in Altona.
 * Jacob Emden (1697–1776), was a Talmudist, Halachist, and Kabbalist who lived most his life in Altona.
 * Meshullam Solomon (1723-1794), rabbi and son of Jacob Emden.
 * Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737–1772), doctor of medicine, de facto ruler of Denmark
 * Jens Jacob Eschels (1757–1842), nautical captain, author of the oldest known captain's autobiography in Germany (Born in Nieblum, died in Altona).
 * Conrad Hinrich Donner (1774–1854), banker and philanthropist, of Donners Park, Altona
 * Johann Heinrich Wohlien (1779–1842), organ builder
 * John Henry Weber (1779–1859), fur trader and explorer in the Rocky Mountains, born and raised in Altona.
 * Akiba Israel Wertheimer (1778–1835), was chief Rabbi in Altona from 1815 to 1835
 * George Jarvis (Philhellene) (1797–1828), was the first of the American Philhellenes who took part in the Greek Revolution 1821–1829, general of Greek army, born in Altona.
 * Johannes Groenland (1824–1891), botanist and microscopist who worked for Louis de Vilmorin in Paris and was born in Altona.
 * Carl Reinecke (1824–1910), composer, conductor, and pianist was born in Altona
 * Carl Semper (1832–1893), German ethnologist and animal ecologist
 * Georg Semper (1837–1909), German entomologist
 * Sophie Wörishöffer (1838–1890), was a writer of adventure stories for young people who died in Altona.
 * Bernhard von Bülow (1849–1929), German politician and chancellor
 * Constantin Brunner (1862–1937), German philosopher, grandson of Akiba Israel Wertheimer, was born in Altona
 * Carlos Schwabe (1866-1926), painter and printmaker of the Symbolist art movement
 * Karl Yens (1868–1945), plein-air painter of Southern California, born in Altona.
 * Carl F. W. Borgward (1890–1963), German engineer, car designer and businessman
 * Friedrich Völtzer (1895–1951), German politician was born in Altona
 * Johannes de Boer (1897–1986), Highly decorated Generalleutnant during World War II, was born in Altona.
 * Louise Schroeder (1887–1957), German politician (SPD)
 * Carl Theodor Sørensen, (1893–1979), Danish landscape architect was born in Altona
 * Fatih Akın, (born 1973), Turkish film director was raised in Altona
 * Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, (born 1989), Cameroonian footballer was born in Altona

General sources

 * Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website
 * Act of the areal organisation, 6 July 2006 Gesetz über die räumliche Gliederung der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (RäumGiG)
 * Stolpersteine Hamburg Stolpersteine in Hamburg

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Yama-uba

Yamauba (山姥 or 山うば), Yamamba or Yamanba are variations on the name of a yōkai found in Japanese folklore.

Description
The word can also be written as 山母, 山姫, or 山女郎, and in the town of Masaeki, Nishimorokata District, Miyazaki Prefecture (now Ebino), a "yamahime" would wash her hair and sing in a lovely voice. Deep in the mountains of Shizuoka Prefecture, there is a tale that the "yamahime" would appear as a woman around twenty years of age and would have beautiful features, a small sleeve, and black hair, and that when a hunter encounters her and tries to shoot at it with a gun, she would repel the bullet with her hands. In Hokkaido, Shikoku, and the southern parts of Kyushu, there is also a yamajijii (mountain old man), and the yamauba would also appear together with a yamawaro (mountain child), and here the yamauba would be called "yamahaha" (mountain mother) and the yamajijii a "yamachichi" (mountain father). In Iwata District, Shizuoka Prefecture, the "yamababa" that would come and rest at a certain house was a gentle woman that wore clothes made of a tree's bark. She borrowed a cauldron to boil some rice, but the cauldron would become full with just two go of rice. There wasn't anything unusual about it, but it was said that when she sat to the side of it, the floor would creak. In Hachijō-jima, a "dejji" or "decchi" would perform kamikakushi by making people walk around places that should not exist for an entire night, but if one becomes friendly with her, she would lend you lintel, among other things. Sometimes she would also nurse children who go missing for three days. It is said that there are splotches on her body, and she has her breasts attached to her shoulders as if there was a tasuki cord. In the Kagawa Prefecture, yamauba within rivers are called "kawajoro" (river lady), and whenever a dike is about to break due to a great amount of water, she would say in a loud weeping voice, "My house is going to be washed away." In Kumakiri, Haruno, Shūchi District, Shizuoka Prefecture (now Hamamatsu), there are legends of a yamauba called "hocchopaa", and it would appear in mountain roads during the evening. Mysterious phenomena, such as the sounds of festivals and curses coming from the mountains, were considered to be because of this hocchopaa. In the Higashichikuma District, Nagano Prefecture, they are called "uba", and the legends there tell of a yokai with long hair and one eye, and from its name, it is thought to be a kind of yamauba.

In the tales, the ones attacked by yamauba are typically travelers and merchants, such as ox-drivers, horse-drivers, coopers, and notions keepers, who often walk along mountain paths and encounter people in the mountains, so they are thought to be the ones who had spread such tales.

Yamauba have been portrayed in two different ways. There were tales where men stocking ox with fish for delivery encountered yamauba at capes and got chased by them, such as the Ushikata Yamauba and the Kuwazu Jobo, as well as a tale where someone who was chased by the yamauba would climb a chain appearing from the skies in order to flee, and when the yamauba tried to make chase by climbing the chain too, she fell to her death into a field of buckwheat, called the "Tendo-san no Kin no Kusari". In these tales, the yamauba was a fearsome monster trying to eat humans. On the other hand, there were tales such as the Nukafuku Komefuku (also called "Nukafuku Kurifukk"), where two sisters out gathering fruit met a yamauba who gave treasure to the kind older sister (who was tormented by her stepmother) and gave misfortune to the ill-mannered younger sister. There is also the "ubakawa" tale, where a yamaba would give a human good fortune. In Aichi Prefecture, there is a legend that a house possessed by a yamauba would quickly gain wealth and fortune, and some families have deified them as protective gods.

Appearance
Depending on the text and translator, the Yamauba appears as a monstrous crone, "her unkempt hair long and golden white ... her kimono filthy and tattered", with cannibalistic tendencies. In one tale a mother traveling to her village is forced to give birth in a mountain hut assisted by a seemingly kind old woman, only to discover, when it is too late, that the stranger is Yamauba, with plans to eat the helpless Kintarō. In another story, the yōkai raises the orphan hero Kintarō, who goes on to become the famous warrior Sakata no Kintoki.

Yamauba is said to have a mouth at the top of her head, hidden under her hair. In one story it is related that her only weakness is a certain flower containing her soul.

Noh drama
In one Noh drama, translated as, Yamauba, Dame of the Mountain, Konparu Zenchiku states the following:

 * Yamauba is the fairy of the mountains, which have been under her care since the world began. She decks them with snow in winter, with blossoms in spring ... She has grown very old. Wild white hair hangs down her shoulders; her face is very thin. There was a courtesan of the Capital who made a dance representing the wanderings of Yamauba. It had such success that people called this courtesan Yamauba though her real name was Hyakuma.

The play takes place one evening as Hyakuma is traveling to visit the Zenko Temple in Shinano, when she accepts the hospitality of a woman who turns out to be none other than the real Yamauba, herself.

Western literature
Steve Berman's short story, "A Troll on a Mountain with a Girl" features Yamauba.

Lafcadio Hearn, writing primarily for a Western audience, tells a tale like this:

 * Then [they] saw the Yama-Uba,—the "Mountain Nurse." Legend says she catches little children and nurses them for awhile, and then devours them. The Yama-Uba did not clutch at us, because her hands were occupied with a nice little boy, whom she was just going to eat. The child had been made wonderfully pretty to heighten the effect. The spectre, hovering in the air above a tomb at some distance ... had no eyes; its long hair hung loose; its white robe floated light as smoke. I thought of a statement in a composition by one of my pupils about ghosts: "Their greatest peculiarity is that they have no feet." Then I jumped again, for the thing, quite soundlessly, but very swiftly, made through the air at me.

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Hamburger SV

Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V., commonly known as Hamburger SV or Hamburg , or HSV , is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football department. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three earlier clubs, it traces its origins to 29 September 1887 when the first of the predecessors, SC Germania, was founded.

HSV has won the German national championship six times, the DFB-Pokal three times and the former League Cup twice. The team's most successful period was from the mid-1970s until the mid-1980s when, in addition to several domestic honours, they won the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1982–83 European Cup. The outstanding players of this period were Horst Hrubesch, Manfred Kaltz, and Felix Magath, all regulars in the West German National Team. To date, HSV's last major trophy was the 1986–87 DFB-Pokal. Up until the 2017–18 Bundesliga season, which found the team relegated for the first time in history, HSV's football team had the distinction of being the only team that had played continuously in the top tier of the German football league system since the founding of the club at the end of World War I. It was subsequently the only team that had played in every season of the Bundesliga since its foundation in 1963.

HSV play their home games at the Volksparkstadion in Bahrenfeld, a western district of Hamburg. The club colours are officially blue, white and black but the home kit of the team is white jerseys and red shorts. The team's most common nickname is "die Rothosen" (the Red Shorts). As it is one of Germany's oldest clubs, it is also known as der Dinosaurier (the Dinosaur). HSV have rivalries with Werder Bremen, with whom they contest the Nordderby, and Hamburg-based FC St. Pauli, with whom they contest the Hamburg derby.

HSV is notable in football as a grassroots-oriented organisation which places strong emphasis on youth development. The club had a team in the Women's Bundesliga from 2003 to 2012 but it was demoted to Regionalliga level because of financial problems. Other club sections include badminton, baseball, basketball, bowling, boxing, cricket, darts, ice hockey, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, handball, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation exercises. These sections represent about 10% of the club membership. HSV is one of the biggest sports clubs in Germany with over 84,000 members total in all its sections, and according to Forbes it is among the 20 largest football clubs in the world.

Early years
Hamburger Sport-Verein (HSV) traces its origin to the merger of Der Hohenfelder Sportclub and Wandsbek-Marienthaler Sportclub on 29 September 1887 to form Sport-Club Germania Hamburg, usually referred to as SC Germania. This was the first of three clubs that merged on 2 June 1919 to create HSV in its present form. HSV in its club statute recognises the founding of SC Germania as its own date of origin. The other two clubs in the June 1919 merger were Hamburger FC founded in 1888 and FC Falke Eppendorf dating back to 1906. The merger came about because the three clubs had been severely weakened by the impact of the First World War on manpower and finance, and they could not continue as separate entities.

SC Germania was formed originally as an athletics club, and did not begin to play football until 1891, when some Englishmen joined the club and introduced it. SC Germania had its first success in 1896, winning the Hamburg-Altona championship for the first of five times. Germania player Hans Nobiling emigrated to Brazil at the end of the 19th century, in the foundation of SC Internacional, the third oldest club of the country which became part of São Paulo FC, one of the major sports clubs of Brazil, in 1938 and SC Germânia of São Paulo, which later became EC Pinheiros.

Hamburger SC 1888 was founded by students on 1 June 1888. It later had links with a youth team called FC Viktoria 95 and, during World War I, was temporarily known as Viktoria Hamburg 88. SC Germania and Hamburger SC 1888 were among 86 clubs who founded the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB; German Football Association) in Leipzig on 28 January 1900. FC Falke was founded by students in Eppendorf on 5 March 1906, but it was never a successful team and played in lower leagues.

The newly formed Hamburger SV contested in the 1922 national final against 1. FC Nürnberg, who were playing for their third consecutive title. The game was called off on account of darkness after three hours and ten minutes of play, drawn at 2–2. The re-match also went into extra time, and in an era that did not allow for substitutions, that game was called off at 2–2 when Nuremberg were reduced to just seven players (two were injured, two had been sent off) and the referee ruled they could not continue. Considerable wrangling ensued over the decision. The DFB awarded the win to HSV, but urged them to refuse the title in the name of good sportsmanship (which they grudgingly did). Ultimately, the Viktoria trophy was not officially presented that year.

HSV's first success was achieved in the 1923 German football championship, when they won the national title against Union Oberschöneweide. They lost the title in 1924, losing the final to Nuremberg. They lifted the Viktoria again in 1928, when they defeated Hertha BSC 5–2 at the Altonaer Stadion in the final.

During the Third Reich, HSV had local success in the Gauliga Nordmark, also known as the Gauliga Hamburg, winning the league championship in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941 and 1945. At national level the club was unsuccessful, with semi-final losses in 1938 and 1939 their best performances in this period. Its main rival in the Gauliga in those years was Eimsbütteler TV.

Post-war era
HSV's first post-war season was in the newly formed Stadtliga Hamburg, and they won its championship in 1946. The club also won the championship of the British occupation zone in 1947 and 1948, the only two seasons this competition was staged.

In May 1950, HSV became the first German team to tour the United States after World War II, and came away with a 6–0 record.

Playing in the Oberliga Nord after the resumption of league play in post-war West Germany in 1947, HSV became a dominant regional club. In 16 seasons from 1947 to 1948 to 1962–63, they won the Oberliga title 15 times, only posting an 11th-place finish in 1953–54. During this period, they scored over 100 goals in each of the 1951, 1955, 1961 and 1962 seasons. In 1953, the club's all-time leading goalscorer Uwe Seeler debuted. In nine seasons, he scored 267 goals in 237 Oberliga matches.

In 1956, HSV reached the DFB-Pokal final, but were beaten by Karlsruher SC. This was followed by losses in the finals of the national championship to Borussia Dortmund, in 1957, and Schalke 04, in 1958.

In 1960, HSV became German champions for the first time since 1928, defeating 1. FC Köln 3–2 in the championship final. Seeler, who scored twice in the final, was named West German Footballer of the Year.

As national champions, HSV represented West Germany in the 1960–61 European Cup. The club's first ever match in European competition was a 5–0 defeat of Swiss club Young Boys in Bern, with HSV winning the tie 8–3 on aggregate. In the quarter-finals, they beat English champions Burnley before being defeated by Barcelona at the semi-final stage in a playoff game after the scores were level over two legs. The crowd of 77,600 at the Volksparkstadion for the first leg against Barcelona remains the record attendance for a HSV home match.

Entry into the Bundesliga
Germany's first professional football league, the Bundesliga, was formed, with HSV one of 16 clubs invited to join that first season. Hamburger SV was the only original Bundesliga side to have played continuously in the top flight – without ever having been relegated – from when the league was formed in 1963, until they were relegated in the 2017–18 season, finishing in 17th place. They had shared that special status with Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Kaiserslautern until 1996, and with 1. FC Köln until 1998. The Bundesliga celebrated its 40th anniversary on 24 August 2004 with a match between "The Dinosaur", as the club has been nicknamed due to its old age, and Bayern Munich, the league's most successful side.

In August 1963, HSV defeated Borussia Dortmund 3–0 at Hanover's Niedersachsenstadion to win the club's first DFB-Pokal. In the same month, the club played its first Bundesliga match, drawing 1–1 with Preußen Münster. HSV finished the Bundesliga's first season in sixth place, with Uwe Seeler scoring 30 goals to secure the Torjägerkanone. He was also named Footballer of the Year for the second time. The DFB-Pokal victory enabled HSV to play in the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup, where they reached the quarter-final, falling to Lyon.

In 1967, HSV again reached the final of the DFB-Pokal where they were defeated 4–0 by Bayern Munich. HSV, however, were admitted to the following season's European Cup Winners' Cup, where they lost to Milan in the final.

In 1970, Seeler was named Footballer of the Year for the third time. He retired at the end of the 1971–72 season in front of 72,000 fans at the Volksparkstadion. He ended his career with 137 goals from 239 Bundesliga matches and 507 goals from 587 appearances in all competitions. In the same season, HSV played in the UEFA Cup for the first time, but were knocked out in the first round by Scottish side St Johnstone.

Golden era
In 1973, HSV won the first edition of the DFB-Ligapokal, beating Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–0 in the final. A year later, they reached the DFB-Pokal final, where they were beaten by Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1976, HSV reached another DFB-Pokal final, beating 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–0 to win the trophy for the second time in the club's history. The following year, HSV achieved its first international success with a 2–0 win over Anderlecht in the final of the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup. The club then signed English player Kevin Keegan from European champions Liverpool. After spending much of the previous decade in mid-table, HSV achieved their best Bundesliga position in 1974–75 by finishing fourth. The club bettered this in 1975–76, with a second-place finish. Keegan's first season there saw the club go down to tenth place, however, the player himself was named European Footballer of the Year.

In 1978, Branko Zebec was appointed trainer of HSV. The Yugoslav led the club to its first Bundesliga title in his first season in charge. Keegan top scored for die Rothosen, and was awarded the Ballon d'Or for a second successive year.

In the 1979–80 season, HSV returned to the European Cup for the first time since 1960–61. As had happened 19 years previously, HSV faced Spanish opposition in the semi-finals. After losing the first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium 2–0, HSV beat six-time winners Real Madrid 5–1 at the Volksparkstadion to qualify for the final. HSV returned to Madrid to play Nottingham Forest in the final, where they were beaten 1–0. In the Bundesliga, HSV lost their title by two points, finishing in second place behind champions Bayern Munich.

In December 1980, HSV dismissed Zebec, who had been struggling with a drinking problem. His assistant Aleksandar Ristić was appointed caretaker for the remainder of the season and secured a second-place finish in the Bundesliga.

In 1981, Austrian coach Ernst Happel was appointed as Zebec's permanent replacement. In his first season, his HSV side regained the Bundesliga title, and reached the UEFA Cup final, where they lost 4–0 on aggregate to Sweden's IFK Göteborg.

Between 16 January 1982 and 29 January 1983, HSV went undefeated in the Bundesliga. The run stretched across 36 games and remained a Bundesliga record until November 2013, when it was broken by Bayern Munich.

A third Meisterschale followed at the end of the 1982–83 season, with HSV defending their title against local rivals Werder Bremen on goal difference. The same year, HSV defeated Juventus 1–0 in Athens to win the club's first European Cup.

In December 1983, HSV traveled to Tokyo where they faced South American champions Grêmio in the Intercontinental Cup. The Brazilian club took home the trophy, with a 93rd minute winning goal. Back home, they lost the league championship to VfB Stuttgart on goal difference.

Both 1984–85 and 1985–86 were low seasons for HSV, with the club finishing fifth and seventh respectively. In 1986, midfielder Felix Magath, who had played for the club for ten years and scored the winning goal in the 1983 European Cup Final, retired from professional football.

In 1986–87, HSV finished second in the Bundesliga and won a fourth DFB-Pokal, beating Stuttgarter Kickers 3–1 in the final at West Berlin's Olympiastadion. After this success, Ernst Happel left the club to return to Austria. He remains HSV's most successful trainer, with two Bundesliga titles, one DFB-Pokal and one European Cup.

Modern era
In the early 1990s, HSV fell in financial trouble. Thomas Doll was sold to Lazio for a then record 16 million Deutsche Marks in June 1991. On the pitch, meanwhile, the team was in decline. After a fifth-place finish in 1990–91, HSV finished in the bottom half of the Bundesliga in four consecutive seasons.

In October 1995, Felix Magath returned to HSV to become the club's trainer. The following month, Uwe Seeler also returned as the club president. Under the new regime, HSV finished fifth in the Bundesliga, securing European qualification for the first time in six years. The following season, HSV reached the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal. In May 1997, however, Magath was fired after a 4–0 defeat to 1. FC Köln, with the team one place above the relegation zone. HSV eventually finished in 13th place under reserve team coach Ralf Schehr.

In 1997, HSV appointed Frank Pagelsdorf, who would coach the team for over four years, making him the longest serving trainer since Ernst Happel. A ninth-place finish in 1997–98 was followed by seventh in 1998–99 and third in 1999–2000, the team's best performance since 1986–87.

On 2 September 2000, the new Volksparkstadion was officially opened as the national team played its first 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier, against Greece.

In 2000–01, HSV competed in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the competition's expansion from the old European Cup. Their first match was a 4–4 draw against Juventus, with Tony Yeboah scoring the club's first Champions League goal. HSV failed to qualify for the second round, but managed a 3–1 win over Juventus in the return fixture at the Stadio delle Alpi.

In July 2003, HSV won its first trophy in 16 years with a 4–2 defeat of Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Ligapokal final.

In August 2004, HSV lost in the early rounds of the DFB-Pokal by regional league side SC Paderborn. Referee, Robert Hoyzer, had accepted money from a Croatian gambling syndicate to fix the match, which he did, awarding two penalties to Paderborn and sending off HSV player Émile Mpenza.

Another third-place finish in 2005–06 saw HSV qualify for the Champions League for the second time. They finished bottom of Group G, with a solitary win against Russian club CSKA Moscow. In the league, the team was in 17th place going into the winter break, having won once in the league all season, leading to the dismissal of trainer Thomas Doll. Under new coach Huub Stevens, HSV advanced further away from the relegation zone and qualified for the UEFA Cup via a seventh-place finish and victory in the Intertoto Cup. The following season, Stevens led the team to fourth place in the Bundesliga before leaving to take over at Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven. He was replaced by Martin Jol, who took HSV to the semi-finals of both the 2008–09 UEFA Cup and the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal, both of which die Rothosen lost to rivals Werder Bremen. In the league, they did not qualify for the Champions League on the final day of the season. In the summer of 2009, after only one season, Jol departed to become coach of Ajax.

Under new coach Bruno Labbadia, HSV reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup (now renamed the UEFA Europa League) for the second season in a row. However, a defeat in the away leg to Fulham, days after the firing of Labbadia, denied the club the opportunity to play in the final, which was held at its home stadium.

On 13 October 2011, Thorsten Fink was appointed as coach with the team in the relegation zone after losing six of their opening eight matches. In HSV's first nine games under Fink they were unbeaten, going into the winter break in 13th place. The team finished the season in 15th position, avoiding by five points what would have been its first relegation. In 2012–13, HSV recorded a seventh-place finish. During the season, however, the team equaled the club's record Bundesliga defeat, losing 9–2 at the Allianz Arena to Bayern Munich.

Fink was replaced on 25 September 2013 by Bert van Marwijk, who in the same season was replaced by Mirko Slomka on 17 February 2014. Under Slomka, the club narrowly avoided its first relegation from the Bundesliga in May 2014, by defeating Greuther Fürth on the away goals rule in a play-off.

Hamburg once again changed managers due to a poor start of the season, firing Slomka in 2014. His successor Josef Zinnbauer held the job until March of said year and was replaced by interim coach Peter Knäbel, who was eventually replaced by returning Bruno Labbadia, who saved the club at the end of the season in the relegation play-off for the second year running against Karlsruher SC. Labbadia achieved only two points in the first ten games of the 2016–17 season, and was replaced by Markus Gisdol, reached 20 points in 9 games from the 19th match day to the 28th match day. On the last match day, Hamburg avoided the relegation play-offs and stayed in the Bundesliga.

Relegation and missed promotions
In the 2017–18 Bundesliga, after a 3–1 defeat in the first round of DFB-Pokal against the third-division team VfL Osnabrück, HSV had two wins against FC Augsburg and 1. FC Köln. However, eight games followed without a win. At the end of the first half of the season, HSV was in second last place in the table. After two defeats in the first two games of the second half, coach Markus Gisdol was dismissed. HSV hired Bernd Hollerbach, a former player of the club, as a new coach. After seven games without a win and a 6–0 defeat against Bayern Munich, he was also dismissed in 2018. A few days before the game against Bayern, the club announced the dismissal of CEO Heribert Bruchhagen. Frank Wettstein, CFO of the club, was appointed as the new CEO. On the day of his appointment, he dismissed the sports director Jens Todt. The club hired former successful HSV player Thomas von Heesen as a sports consultant until the end of season. For the last eight games in the 2017–18 Bundesliga, the club promoted the coach of Hamburger SV II, Christian Titz. In the Regionalliga Nord (fourth league), his team were the top of the table. With four wins and an offensively minded style of play, the coach convinced the club and received a two-year contract.

After the low season in the 2017–18 Bundesliga under three different coaches, a final day win over Borussia Mönchengladbach was not enough to escape relegation after Wolfsburg won against Köln 4–1. They were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time in the Bundesliga's 55-year history, causing riots by Hamburg supporters.

After the relegation Christian Titz was sacked in October 2018, and replaced by Hannes Wolf. Hamburg did not gain promotion back to the Bundesliga, and failed to reach the playoffs, with a one-point difference between them and Union Berlin. The team reached the semi-finals of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, before being defeated by RB Leipzig 1–3 at home.

For the 2019–20 2. Bundesliga, their second year in the 2. Bundesliga, Wolf was laid-off and was replaced by Dieter Hecking. They did not get a return to the Bundesliga by one-point, and they were eliminated in the second round of the 2019–20 DFB Pokal by Vfb Stuttgart 1–2 in extra time.

By again missing promotion, Hecking's contract was not extended. For the 2020–21 season, Daniel Thioune was brought in as the new head coach from league rivals VfL Osnabrück. The season began with a 1–4 first-round knockout loss in the DFB-Pokal to 3. Liga club Dynamo Dresden. Despite this loss, HSV then started the season and won the first 5 games. After a subsequent winless streak of 5 games, 3 of which were lost in a row, the team stabilised again from matchday 11 and went undefeated until the winter break. HSV ended the season as first in the league table. From matchday 20 and onwards, HSV were again winless for 5 games. After 2 wins, another winless series of 5 games followed from matchday 27 and onwards, during which, the club drew against Hannover 96 3–3. The club also lost to relegation candidates SV Sandhausen. Due to this development, Thioune was released at the beginning of May 2021, and replaced by the head of academy Horst Hrubesch for the final three games of the season. At that point, HSV were in third place with 52 points, five points from a spot guaranteeing direct promotion.

In the 2021–22 season, HSV reached the promotion playoff spot, finishing third on goal difference over Darmstadt 98. Once again, however, the season ended with HSV losing to Bundesliga's 16th place side Hertha Berlin 1–2 in the playoff, losing 0–2 at home, despite winning the first leg in Berlin. In the DFB-Pokal, Hamburg reached the semi-finals, where they lost 1–3 to SC Freiburg.

In the 2022–23 season, their fifth season in the 2. Bundesliga, the club had the highest spectator average of any second-division club in Europe. During that season, Hamburger SV were in the top three places since matchday 6, and finished the year 2022 in second place. On the last matchday, HSV played an away match against SV Sandhausen, where they won 1–0, and as SSV Jahn Regensburg were leading 2–1 against second-place 1. FC Heidenheim, HSV were about to be promoted to Bundesliga. However, during eleven minutes of stoppage time, Heidenheim scored two goals to finish top; hence, Hamburger SV had to play the promotion/relegation play-offs against VfB Stuttgart. They lost both legs, missing promotion to the top division for the fifth year in a row.

In the 2023–24 season, HSV spent the majority of the season in the top three, only briefly slipping down to fourth on matchday 19, when they lost 3–4 against Karlsruher SC. However, following a 1–1 against Greuther Fürth on matchday 27, they dropped to fourth place, where they remained for the rest of the season. For a sixth time in a row, HSV narrowly missed promotion to the Bundesliga, while the club's rivals FC St. Pauli and Holstein Kiel were both promoted.

Stadium
Hamburger SV plays its home games in the Volksparkstadion, which was previously known as the Imtech Arena between 2010 and 2015. Built on the site of the original Volksparkstadion, opened in 1953, the current stadium was opened in 2000, and has a capacity of 57,000 – approximately 47,000 seats with another 10,000 spectators standing. The first Volksparkstadion had been a venue for the 1974 World Cup and UEFA Euro 1988. The Volksparkstadion is a UEFA category one stadium, which certifies it to host UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League finals. The stadium was the site of four group matches and a quarter-final of the 2006 World Cup, hosted by Germany, and was known as FIFA World Cup Stadium Hamburg during the event. It was also the venue for the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final.

HSV fans can be buried at a dedicated graveyard near the home stadium, covered in turf from the original Hamburg pitch.

Rivals and affinities
HSV contests the Nordderby with fellow Northern Germany side Werder Bremen. In Spring 2009, HSV faced Werder four times in only three weeks, and Werder defeated HSV in the UEFA-Cup semi-final, as well as in the DFB-Pokal semi-final.

Furthermore, HSV shares a cross-town rivalry with FC St. Pauli. When, after seven years in different leagues, the game where HSV played against FC St. Pauli, there were already disputes between both fan groups several weeks before the game. It started when about 100 HSV fans interrupted a St. Pauli concert because it took place on the "HSV-side" of the Reeperbahn. In a league game, the HSV fans showed a banner in the stadium with the inscription "Stellt euch endlich unsrer Gier – 100 Ihr : 100 Wir" ("Finally satisfy our lust – 100 of you vs. 100 of us"). After fans of FC St. Pauli attacked HSV fans working on a choreography for the game and destroyed parts of it, some HSV fans threatened them by hanging figures in the colours of the rival at several bridges throughout the city. In addition, one day later there was a march of about 80 HSV-Ultras across the Reeperbahn, where insulting chants against St. Pauli were screamed. In the hours leading up to first 2. Bundesliga Hamburg Derby on 10 March 2019 at the Millerntor-Stadion, the supporters groups of both teams were escorted by the Hamburg police to avoid conflict. They won with a 4–0 win over FC St. Pauli at the Millerntor-Stadion, the first time HSV had won at the stadium in the St. Pauli quarter since 1962. In response to Benedikt Pliquett's celebratory kick of HSV's corner flag at the Volksparkstadion in 2011, Tom Mickel mimicked Pliquett with a "Kung-Fu Kick" of his own, according to MOPO.

HSV have an affinity with Scottish club Rangers. The link between Rangers and Hamburg dates back to 1977, when the Hamburg Rangers Supporters' Club was set up by HSV fans who had visited Rangers matches before and were thrilled by the atmosphere at Ibrox. The links were further strengthened when Rangers signed Jörg Albertz from Hamburg. The fans of Rangers also have a fan-friendship with the German club Hamburger SV, dating from the 1970s when Scots moved to the German port in search of work and reinforced by their shared affection for the midfielder Jörg Albertz. This link was formalised in February 2021 with the formation of an official club partnership between the two sides. Conversely, St. Pauli has a long-standing friendship with Rangers' city rivals, Celtic. The friendship exists due to both the HSV-Rangers affinity and the shared left-wing politics of Celtic and St. Pauli fans. HSV fans provoked Celtic, whose fanbase have historically been sympathetic to Irish republicanism, with a controversial tifo when they played each other in the Europa League in 2009. It displayed a Union Jack bearing the words "No Surrender", a popular Ulster loyalist slogan which originated from the Northern Irish ethnoreligious conflict known as the Troubles.

HSV have a friendship bond with Hannover 96 due to both being known by the abbreviation "HSV". Their meetings involve the visitors' club song being played, and fans chanting "HSV" from each end of the stadium.

Furthermore, Hamburger SV has a friendship bond with Arminia Bielefeld – both teams share the same colours, resulting in the popular fan chant "Schwarz, weiß, blau – Arminia und der HSV" ("Black, white, blue – Arminia and the HSV"). Especially in the 1990s, multiple players transferred between the two clubs. In addition, some fan groups maintain good contacts with the fourth division team VfB Lübeck, whose fans also have an aversion to St. Pauli and Holstein Kiel. In 2013, HSV helped the club, which was threatened by insolvency, with a free friendly match, in which the team competed with several national players to attract as many spectators as possible and left the entire earnings for VfB Lübeck.

Fans
The band Abschlach! has written the HSV anthem "Mein Hamburg lieb ich sehr". The band always plays this song before HSV games.

HSV has more than 700 officially registered fan clubs in Germany and abroad. These include "Rautengeil Fallingbostel", "Hermanns Treue Riege", "Totale Offensive e. V." and the "Wilhelmsburg Boys". HSV ultra groups are or were "Poptown" and "Chosen Few". The "Rothosen" supporters' association founded in April 1972 is the oldest HSV fan club. It still has around 40 members. The business fan club of Hamburger SV was registered by HSV as an official fan club in 2006. This fan club was founded by entrepreneurs and combines sporting interests with business interests. Since the 2006–07 season, the Hamburger Sport-Verein has had a fan club for gay and bisexual fans called "BLUE PRIDE", which merged into the "Volksparkjunxx" in January 2012. The members of fan club "Die Löwen" are aggressive. The group was associated with skinheads and right-wing radicalism in the 1980s. The Bremen fan Adrian Maleika was murdered by members of the group on 16 October 1982.

As a reaction to the murder of Maleika, the HSV fan project was founded, which still exists today and is financially supported by the German Football League and the Hamburg Authority for Labour, Social Affairs, Family and Integration. The fan project makes travel offers for away games and supports the Supporters Club with its offers. Numerous events take place in the fan house, also with the support of HSV itself.

The Supporters Club, founded in 1993, has (as of 1 June 2019) been joined by 66,489 fans, who have thus also become members of HSV. The 36 founding members include the former board member responsible for membership matters, Oliver Scheel, the former supervisory board members Henning Trolsen and Christian Reichert, and the current director of the HSV Museum, Dirk Mansen.

As a reaction to the spin-off, fans founded the "HFC Falke" – based on the model of FC United of Manchester – which started playing in the 2015–16 season, and as of 2024, are playing in the Hamburg district league north.

Club kit and colours
The club colours are officially blue, white and black, according to its statute, but its fans use the combination "schwarz-weiss-blau" (black-white-blue) in their songs and chants; they also chant "HSV". The club crest is a black and white diamond on a blue background. These were the colours of SC Germania. The use of the blue background is a link with Hamburg's maritime tradition as the Blue Peter flag signal (meaning "All Aboard" or "Outward Bound") is a white rectangle on a similar blue background.

In contrast, the team's home kit is white jerseys and red shorts, which are the colours of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. As a result, the team's most common nickname is die Rothosen ("the Red Shorts"). HSV was previously also known as der Dinosaurier ("the Dinosaur"), and used a dinosaur mascot called "Hermann" (named after long-time club physiotherapist Hermann Rieger) for marketing purposes.

HSV's kit was made by Adidas from 1978 to 1995 and the club re-engaged Adidas in 2007, having worked with a number of its competitors in the meantime. The first shirt sponsorship was introduced in 1974. The following is a list of shirt sponsors by date:

 * Sponsor

 * Kit sponsor

In international competitions
HSV's first participation in European competition came after they won the German championship in 1960 and were invited to take part in the 1960–61 European Cup. They had a match in the preliminary round, and their first round opponents were Young Boys. HSV won the two-legged tie 8–3 on aggregate, beating the Swiss side 0–5 in the away leg on 2 November 1960, and then drawing 3–3 at home on 27 November.

HSV reached the semi-final of the European Cup in 1961. Subsequently, they have twice played in the final, losing 1–0 to Nottingham Forest in 1980 and defeating Juventus 1–0 in 1983. With Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, HSV is one of three German teams who have won the European Cup. HSV won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1976–77, and have been runners-up in both that competition and the UEFA Cup. Their most recent European campaign was the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, in which they reached the semi-final.

Hamburg became, in 1982, the first club in European football to have been runner-up in all three major UEFA club competitions, having lost the 1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup, the 1979–80 European Cup and the 1981–82 UEFA Cup finals. Additionally, having lost the European Super Cup for the first time in the 1977 edition, the 1983 Intercontinental Cup and in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup, they became the first and only club in Europe to have obtained the silver medal in all six confederation competitions.

HSV's biggest win in a European match occurred on 23 October 1974 when they defeated Romanian team Brașov 8–0 in a UEFA Cup second round tie. Their biggest defeat was in the second leg of the 1977 Super Cup when they lost 6–0 to Liverpool at Anfield on 6 December. Manfred Kaltz with 81 has made the most appearances for HSV in Europe and Horst Hrubesch with 20 is their leading goalscorer.

Based on data published by UEFA, a summary of HSV's European record to the end of the 2021–22 season is as follows:

According to UEFA, HSV is currently unranked among European clubs. The last year that the club had a coefficient was in 2014 when it ranked 64th (34.328).

Honours
HSV have the record in German football of having won the most regional titles, having won 31 regional titles. However, the regional titles do not count as a trophy or even as a title itself. Winning a regional title only guaranteed a club to battle, with other regional winning clubs, for the German Championship.

Hamburg's three Bundesliga championships entitle the club to display one gold star of the "Verdiente Meistervereine". Under the current award system, their pre-Bundesliga championships are not recognized, and so they are not entitled to the second star of a five-time champion.

After the replay of the championship final in 1922 had to be abandoned due to the opponents no longer having enough players on the ground, the German Football Association (DFB) requested HSV to renounce the title, which the club did.

During his first season with Hamburger SV (2000–01), Sergej Barbarez became the top scorer for his club with 22 goals and joint top scorer of the Bundesliga with Ebbe Sand.

Until the 2017–18 season, HSV took pride in its status as the only club to have played continuously in the Bundesliga since its foundation. A large clock in the northwest corner of the Volksparkstadion marked the time, down to the second, since the league was founded on 24 August 1963.

Domestic

 * German Champions:
 * Winners: 1923, 1928, 1960, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83
 * Runners-up: 1923–24, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1986–87
 * DFB-Pokal:
 * Winners: 1962–63, 1975–76, 1986–87
 * Runners-up: 1955–56, 1966–67, 1973–74

 * DFB-Ligapokal:
 * Winners: 1972–73, 2003
 * DFB-Supercup:
 * Runners-up: 1977, 1983, 1987

European

 * European Cup:
 * Winners: 1982–83
 * Runners-up: 1979–80
 * European Cup Winners' Cup:
 * Winners: 1976–77
 * Runners-up: 1967–68
 * UEFA Cup:
 * Runners-up: 1981–82
 * UEFA Super Cup:
 * Runners-up: 1977, 1983
 * UEFA Intertoto Cup:
 * Winners: 2005, 2007 (Outright Winners)
 * Runners-up: 1999
 * Intertoto Cup:
 * Group Winners: 1970, 1994

Worldwide

 * Intercontinental Cup
 * Runners-up: 1983

Double

 * 1982–83: League and European Cup

Regional

 * Northern German football championship (unrecognized)
 * Winners (10): 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933 (record)
 * Oberliga Nord (unrecognized)
 * Winners (15): 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 (record)
 * Gauliga Nordmark (unrecognized)
 * Winners: 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941
 * Gauliga Hamburg
 * Winners: 1945
 * Stadtliga Hamburg
 * Winners: 1946
 * British occupation zone championship
 * Winners: 1947, 1948 (record)

Head coaches since 1963
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Name!!class="unsortable"|From!!class="unsortable"|To!!Days!!Played!!Win!!Drawn!!Lost!!Win %!!class="unsortable"|Honours
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Martin Wilke
 * align=left|1 July 1963
 * align=left|7 May 1964
 * 311
 * 311

 * align=left|1962–63 DFB-Pokal – winner
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Georg Gawliczek
 * align=left|8 May 1964
 * align=left|17 April 1966
 * 709
 * 709

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Josef Schneider
 * align=left|18 April 1966
 * align=left|30 June 1967
 * 438
 * align=left|30 June 1967
 * 438

 * align=left|1966–67 DFB-Pokal – runners-up
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Kurt Koch
 * align=left|1 July 1967
 * align=left|30 June 1968
 * 365
 * 365

 * align=left|1967–68 European Cup Winners' Cup – runners-up
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Georg Knöpfle
 * align=left|1 July 1968
 * align=left|30 June 1970
 * 729
 * 729

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Klaus-Dieter Ochs
 * align=left|1 July 1970
 * align=left|30 June 1973
 * 1095
 * align=left|30 June 1973
 * 1095

 * align=left|1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal – winner
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Kuno Klötzer
 * align=left|1 July 1973
 * align=left|30 June 1977
 * 1460
 * 1460

 * align=left|1973–74 DFB-Pokal – runners-up 1975–76 Bundesliga – runners-up 1975–76 DFB-Pokal – winner 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup – winner
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Rudi Gutendorf
 * align=left|1 July 1977
 * align=left|27 October 1977
 * 118
 * 118

 * align=left|1977 DFB-Supercup – runners-up
 * align=left|🇹🇷 Özcan Arkoç
 * align=left|28 October 1977
 * align=left|30 June 1978
 * 245
 * 245

 * align=left|1977 European Super Cup – runners-up
 * align=left| Branko Zebec
 * align=left|1 July 1978
 * align=left|18 December 1980
 * 901
 * 901

 * align=left|1978–79 Bundesliga – winner 1979–80 Bundesliga – runners-up 1979–80 European Cup – runners-up
 * align=left| Aleksandar Ristić
 * align=left|19 December 1980
 * align=left|30 June 1981
 * 193
 * 193

 * align=left|1980–81 Bundesliga – runners-up
 * align=left|🇦🇹 Ernst Happel
 * align=left|1 July 1981
 * align=left|30 June 1987
 * 2190
 * 2190

 * align=left|1981–82 Bundesliga – winner 1981–82 UEFA Cup – runners-up 1982–83 Bundesliga – winner 1982–83 European Cup – winner 1983 Intercontinental Cup – runners-up 1983 European Super Cup – runners-up 1983 DFB-Supercup – runners-up 1983–84 Bundesliga – runners-up 1986–87 Bundesliga – runners-up 1986–87 DFB-Pokal – winner
 * align=left| Josip Skoblar
 * align=left|1 July 1987
 * align=left|9 November 1987
 * 131
 * 131

 * align=left|1987 DFB-Supercup – runners-up
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Willi Reimann
 * align=left|11 November 1987
 * align=left|4 January 1990
 * 785
 * 785

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Gerd-Volker Schock
 * align=left|5 January 1990
 * align=left|10 March 1992
 * 795
 * align=left|10 March 1992
 * 795

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Egon Coordes
 * align=left|12 March 1992
 * align=left|21 September 1992
 * 193
 * align=left|21 September 1992
 * 193

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Benno Möhlmann
 * align=left|23 September 1992
 * align=left|5 October 1995
 * 1107
 * align=left|5 October 1995
 * 1107

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Felix Magath
 * align=left|6 October 1995
 * align=left|18 May 1997
 * 590
 * align=left|18 May 1997
 * 590

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Ralf Schehr*
 * align=left|19 May 1997
 * align=left|30 June 1997
 * 42
 * align=left|30 June 1997
 * 42

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Frank Pagelsdorf
 * align=left|1 July 1997
 * align=left|17 September 2001
 * 1593
 * align=left|17 September 2001
 * 1593

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Holger Hieronymus*
 * align=left|18 September 2001
 * align=left|3 October 2001
 * 15
 * align=left|3 October 2001
 * 15

 * align=left|🇦🇹 Kurt Jara
 * align=left|4 October 2001
 * align=left|22 October 2003
 * 748
 * align=left|22 October 2003
 * 748

 * align=left|2003 DFB-Ligapokal – winner
 * align=left|🇩🇪 Klaus Toppmöller
 * align=left|23 October 2003
 * align=left|17 October 2004
 * 360
 * 360

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Thomas Doll
 * align=left|18 October 2004
 * align=left|1 February 2007
 * 836
 * align=left|1 February 2007
 * 836

 * align=left|2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup – winner
 * align=left| Huub Stevens
 * align=left|2 February 2007
 * align=left|30 June 2008
 * 514
 * 514

 * align=left|2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup – winner
 * align=left| Martin Jol
 * align=left|1 July 2008
 * align=left|26 May 2009
 * 329
 * 329

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Bruno Labbadia
 * align=left|1 July 2009
 * align=left|25 April 2010
 * 298
 * align=left|25 April 2010
 * 298

 * align=left| Ricardo Moniz*
 * align=left|26 April 2010
 * align=left|30 June 2010
 * 65
 * align=left|30 June 2010
 * 65

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Armin Veh
 * align=left|1 July 2010
 * align=left|13 March 2011
 * 255
 * align=left|13 March 2011
 * 255

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Michael Oenning
 * align=left|14 March 2011
 * align=left|19 September 2011
 * 189
 * align=left|19 September 2011
 * 189

 * align=left|🇦🇷 Rodolfo Cardoso*
 * align=left|19 September 2011
 * align=left|17 October 2011
 * 28
 * align=left|17 October 2011
 * 28

 * align=left| Frank Arnesen*
 * align=left|10 October 2011
 * align=left|16 October 2011
 * 6
 * align=left|16 October 2011
 * 6

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Thorsten Fink
 * align=left|17 October 2011
 * align=left|16 September 2013
 * 700
 * align=left|16 September 2013
 * 700

 * align=left|2012 Peace Cup – winner
 * align=left|🇦🇷 Rodolfo Cardoso*
 * align=left|17 September 2013
 * align=left|24 September 2013
 * 7
 * 7

 * align=left| Bert van Marwijk
 * align=left|25 September 2013
 * align=left|16 February 2014
 * 144
 * align=left|16 February 2014
 * 144

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Mirko Slomka
 * align=left|16 February 2014
 * align=left|15 September 2014
 * 211
 * align=left|15 September 2014
 * 211

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Josef Zinnbauer
 * align=left|16 September 2014
 * align=left|22 March 2015
 * 187
 * align=left|22 March 2015
 * 187

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Peter Knäbel*
 * align=left|22 March 2015
 * align=left|15 April 2015
 * 24
 * align=left|15 April 2015
 * 24

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Bruno Labbadia
 * align=left|15 April 2015
 * align=left|25 September 2016
 * 529
 * align=left|25 September 2016
 * 529

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Markus Gisdol
 * align=left|25 September 2016
 * align=left|21 January 2018
 * 483
 * align=left|21 January 2018
 * 483

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Bernd Hollerbach
 * align=left|22 January 2018
 * align=left|12 March 2018
 * 49
 * align=left|12 March 2018
 * 49

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Christian Titz
 * align=left|13 March 2018
 * align=left|23 October 2018
 * 224
 * align=left|23 October 2018
 * 224

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Hannes Wolf
 * align=left|23 October 2018
 * align=left|19 May 2019
 * 208
 * align=left|19 May 2019
 * 208

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Dieter Hecking
 * align=left|29 May 2019
 * align=left|30 June 2020
 * 399
 * align=left|30 June 2020
 * 399

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Daniel Thioune
 * align=left|6 July 2020
 * align=left|3 May 2021
 * 302
 * align=left|3 May 2021
 * 302

 * align=left|🇩🇪 Horst Hrubesch*
 * align=left|3 May 2021
 * align=left|30 June 2021
 * 58
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HSV-Panthers (Futsal)
The Futsal section of Hamburger SV competes under the name "HSV Panthers", which emerged from the Hamburg Panthers. They play in the highest German Futsal division, the Futsal Bundesliga.

The team is a founding member of the Futsal Bundesliga of the German Football Association. The team has won the Deutsche Futsal Meisterschaft four times and is therefore German record champion. The HSV Panthers were also represented four times internationally in the UEFA Futsal Champions League, in 2015 they were the first German team to qualify for the elite round. With Michael Meyer, Onur Saglam, Dennis Oztürk, Sid Ziskin, Nico Zankl, and Ian-Prescott Claus, six German futsal national players play in the ranks of Hamburger SV.

Hamburger SV II
The reserve team serves as the second team for young players before being promoted to the main team.

Women's football
The women's section was created in 1970. The team played in the Bundesliga between 2003 and 2012.

Other sports
The club's rugby section was established in 1925, but ceased operation in the 1990s. It was re-established in March 2006. The club's men's baseball section, HSV Hamburg, known as the Stealers, was established in 1985, and plays in the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga. Other sections include volleyball and cricket. Okka Rau qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics of volleyball. HSV Cricket plays in the league of the North German Cricket Federation (Norddeutscher Cricket Verband), winning several first places.

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Uwe Seeler

Uwe Seeler (5 November 1936 – 21 July 2022) was a German footballer and football official. As a striker, he was a prolific scorer for Hamburger SV and also made 72 appearances for the West Germany national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in German football history, Seeler was named one of FIFA's 100 greatest living players by Pelé in 2004. He was the first football player to be awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Club career
Seeler followed in his father's footsteps as a player for Hamburger SV, making his first team debut in 1954 in a DFB-Pokal match, aged just under 18, scoring four goals (8–2 vs. Holstein Kiel). In later years, despite tempting offers from Italian and Spanish clubs, he remained loyal to Hamburg, working on a second career as a merchant besides playing football.

Seeler was a gifted, powerful, and prolific striker who, among other things, was most of all renowned for his leadership, consistency, overhead kicks, and aerial ability. He scored 137 times in 239 Bundesliga games, 43 times in 72 international games for the German national team, and 21 times in 29 European club tournament games. He was captain of both his club team and the national team for many years. He and his club won the German championship in 1960 and the DFB-Pokal in 1963. He was top scorer of the first Bundesliga season in 1963–64 and German Footballer of the Year in 1960, 1964, and 1970. During the 1960–61 season, Seeler, alongside his brother Dieter Seeler, helped to lead Hamburger SV to the semi-finals of the European Cup, where they narrowly missed out on the final against Benfica, losing out to Barcelona in a play-off match. During the 1967–68 season, Seeler also helped Hamburg to reach the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, finishing the competition as top scorer, only to lose out to AC Milan.

In 1978, he and his former teammate Franz-Josef Hönig played for Cork Celtic in a one-off sponsored event. Seeler had ended his active playing career in 1972. However, this match turned out to be an official League of Ireland one and Uwe scored twice. Thus, his overall record of goals scored in league and championship matches adds up to 446 (Hamburger SV 444, Cork Celtic 2). His 404 goals in German Oberliga and Bundesliga league games is a record that stands as of today, his 406 goals in league games overall making him the second-best German goalscorer behind Gerd Müller.

International career
Seeler participated in the same four FIFA World Cups as Pelé did: 1958, 1962, 1966, and 1970. Of those West German World Cup teams, the 1966 side reached the final, where they lost to host nation England 4–2 in extra time. In 1958, the German team finished in fourth place; in 1970 the West German team finished in third after being eliminated by European rivals Italy in the semi-finals, following a closely fought 4–3 extra-time loss, a match often referred to as the "Game of the Century". In the previous round, a backward second-half header against England tied the score 2–2, a game West Germany went on to win 3–2.

Although Seeler never won a World Cup (his involvement as a player in the tournament started four years after West Germany won their first World Cup (1954) and ended four years before they won their second (1974)), he had a prolific career in the tournament; he was the first player ever to appear in 20 World Cup matches (he retired with 21 matches played, tied for third all-time); the first ever to score in four World Cups (beating Pelé by only a few minutes), and the first player to score at least two goals in each of four World Cups (matched in 2014 by his compatriot Miroslav Klose). He also ranks third in all-time minutes played in World Cups, with 1,980, behind Paolo Maldini and Lothar Matthäus. In total, he scored nine goals across the four World Cups in which he played, as well as three goals in World Cup Qualifying matches; he scored 43 times in 72 international appearances between 1954 and 1970. A photo by Sven Simon (photographer) of a dejected Seeler leaving the field after the 1966 World Cup final is famous in Germany, and was voted as Photo of the Century by kicker magazine.

Career after football
He had a two-and-a-half-year tenure as president of Hamburger SV, which began in 1995, and ended in resignation in 1998 due to a financial scandal, for which he took responsibility. Seeler, however, was not himself implicated in the irregularities.

Recognition
Seeler was a tremendously popular player due to his fairness and modesty and is still widely called Uns Uwe (West Low German: Our Uwe) in Hamburg and the surrounding area. The DFB (German FA) made him the second honorary captain of the German national team in 1972 (the first being Fritz Walter). In 2003, he became an honorary citizen of his hometown Hamburg; the first time the honor was bestowed on a sportsman. That year he also published his memoirs Danke, Fußball ("Thank you, football"). 2005 saw the unveiling of a giant monument in front of the Hamburger SV stadium depicting his right foot.

Film appearances
Seeler appeared in a cameo role in the popular 1972 Heinz Erhardt comedy Willi wird das Kind schon schaukeln (English title: Willi Manages the Whole Thing), playing himself.

Personal life
From 1959 until his death, Uwe Seeler lived with his wife in Harksheide, today a district of Norderstedt in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.

Seeler's grandson, Levin Öztunalı, is also a professional footballer.

Death
Seeler died on 21 July 2022, aged 85, in his home in Norderstedt. He was honoured later in the day with a moment of silence before the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 quarter-final between Germany and Austria. The following second matchday of the 2. Bundesliga, where Hamburg played a home match against Hansa Rostock, as well as the first round of the DFB-Pokal also began with a minute of silence in Seeler's tribute. The Bundesliga home game of HSV featured supporters dressed in black displaying a banner reading "loyal and modest – the greatest of all time" ("Loyal und bescheiden - der Größte aller Zeiten) in honor of Seeler's club career.

International

 * Scores and results list West Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Seeler goal.

Honours
Hamburger SV
 * German football championship: 1959–60
 * DFB-Pokal: 1962–63

West Germany
 * FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1966; third place: 1970

Individual
 * Ballon d'Or third place: 1960
 * Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1960, 1964, 1970
 * FIFA XI (Reserve): 1963
 * Bundesliga Top Scorer: 1964
 * European Cup Winners Cup Top Scorer: 1967–68
 * FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1966
 * kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1969–70
 * FIFA 100
 * Member of Germany's Sports Hall of Fame
 * Silver Laurel Leaf

Literature

 * Becker, Robert: Uwe Seeler und seine goldenen Tore. Copress, München 1991, ISBN 3-7679-0363-6
 * Seeler, Uwe: Danke, Fußball! – Mein Leben. Rowohlt-Verlag, Reinbek 2003, ISBN 978-3-498-06375-7 (auch als Hörbuch auf 1 CD, Hörbuch Hamburg, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-89903-133-4)

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John Morgan (comedian)

John Morgan (September 21, 1930 – November 15, 2004) was a Welsh-born Canadian comedian.

Born in Aberdare, Wales, Morgan and his comedy partner, Martin Bronstein, co-founded the comedy troupe The Jest Society in Montreal in 1970. The troupe moved to Toronto and evolved into the Royal Canadian Air Farce in 1973 which had a sketch comedy CBC Radio show under that name on which he played numerous characters such as mortician Hector Baggley and socialite Amy De La Pompa. When the troupe moved to CBC Television in 1993, he played additional characters on the Air Farce television show such as perpetually disgusted Scotsman Jock McBile, and monosyllabic Mike from Canmore, as well as satirical portrayals of such prominent individuals as Herb Gray, Deborah Grey, and Boris Yeltsin.

Morgan wrote the pilot for the popular Canadian sitcom King of Kensington. Prior to founding the Jest Society, he and writing partner Bronstein created and starred in the CBC radio series Funny You Should Say That. He also had his own BBC Radio series called It's All in the Mind of John Morgan.

In 2000, he was nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award. Along with the original cast of Air Farce – Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson and Luba Goy – Morgan received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 1998.

Before launching his comedy career in 1966, Morgan worked as a journalist, editor, teacher, and pub owner.

Morgan retired from Air Farce in 2001. On November 15, 2004, Morgan died at his home in Toronto from a heart attack at the age of 74.

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Johnny Whitaker

John Orson Whitaker, Jr. (born December 13, 1959) is an American actor notable for several film and television performances during his childhood. The redheaded Whitaker played Jody Davis on Family Affair from 1966 to 1971. He originated the role of Scotty Baldwin on General Hospital in 1965, played the lead in Hallmark's 1969 The Littlest Angel, and portrayed the title character in the 1973 musical version of Tom Sawyer.

Early life
Whitaker was born in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Van Nuys, the fifth of eight children of Thelma and John O. Whitaker, Sr.

Acting career
Whitaker began his professional acting career at the age of three by appearing in a television commercial for a local used-car dealer. He went on to appear in advertisements for Mattel Toymakers, for such toys as Larry the Lion and Crackers the Parrot in their Animal Yackers series. In 1965, Whitaker originated the character of the young Scotty Baldwin in the soap opera General Hospital. In 1966, he acted in a major feature film, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, which also starred Brian Keith. After Keith was cast as the lead in the television series Family Affair, he recommended Whitaker to play the part of his on-screen nephew.

Family Affair aired from 1966 to 1971. It co-starred Whitaker playing the role of an orphaned boy named Jody Davis, living in a high-rise apartment in New York City with his twin sister Buffy (Anissa Jones) and older sister Cissy (Kathy Garver), his bachelor uncle Bill Davis (Brian Keith), and Bill's gentleman's gentleman, Mr. French (Sebastian Cabot). Jody and Buffy were originally supposed to be different ages, but the show's producers thought Whitaker and Jones looked so cute together that they changed them to be twins.

While still appearing regularly on Family Affair, in 1968 Whitaker was a featured guest star (along with Julie Harris) in "A Dream to Dream," a poignant episode of Bonanza, written by series co-star Michael Landon.

During breaks in production of Family Affair, Whitaker starred in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production, The Littlest Angel, alongside Fred Gwynne and Tony Randall, and an episode of the long-running Western, The Virginian; both aired in 1969.

Also, in 1969, Whitaker was a guest star playing Jack in an episode of Bewitched titled "Samantha and the Beanstalk". In 1970, Whitaker played the part of Willie in a Green Acres episode titled "The Confrontation". Later, he played Dinky Watson in a Green Acres episode titled "The Beeping Rock". Later on in 1970 he played in the Church of Jesus Christ LDS Film A Day For Justin as Justin the main character.

After Family Affair, he appeared in a two-part episode of Gunsmoke in 1971. Whitaker went on to star in the 1973 Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning children's series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters alongside Billy Barty and Scott Kolden, and appeared in feature films, including Disney's Snowball Express (1972), The Biscuit Eater (1972), Napoleon and Samantha (1972), and The Magic Pony (1977). His most prominent feature film role during this period was the lead in the musical version of Tom Sawyer (1973).

In an interview with Tom Snyder on The Late Late Show, Whitaker said he had worked as a computer consultant at CBS. He later joined a Los Angeles talent agency, Whitaker Entertainment, owned by his sister. Whitaker also was Dana Plato's manager.

In 1999, Whitaker received the Young Artist Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award at the 20th Youth in Film Awards.

In 2012, Whitaker co-produced and co-hosted a short-lived radio talk show, The Dr. Zod and Johnny Show. The following year, he appeared onstage in Judson Theatre Company's production of To Kill a Mockingbird in the cameo role of Judge Taylor.

In 2016, Whitaker gave a guest-star cameo appearance in Amazon's reboot of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. In the premiere episode, he played the part of heckling boat owner Zach, against David Arquette's salty character Captain Barnabas. The episode had a similar cameo appearance by original show creators Sid and Marty Krofft.

Personal life
Whitaker struggled as an adult with an addiction to drugs and alcohol until his family held an intervention and threatened to cut off contact with him unless he got help. He agreed and joined a twelve-step program; he later became a certified drug counselor and founder of a nonprofit organization for Spanish-speaking addicts. In 2011, he said he had been clean and sober for 13 years.

Whitaker grew up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) and attended the same congregation as Marie Osmond. He and she became friends and still maintain their friendship today. After leaving the LDS church for several years, Whitaker rejoined the church.

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Content forking
Oops. I just posted an article I'd written while away from the internet: Kappa (Japanese folklore). It's considerably more detailed than this one, but this one does have a few details mine does not. What's the procedure to merge these suckers? Amcaja 22:08, 18 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * Okay, I merged them. Amcaja 07:23, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Final Fantasy
The article mentions that these creatures are common in Final Fantasy games. Are they known under a different name in the US versions, or did I miss them? - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 20:42, Apr 27, 2004 (UTC)

 * They're renamed "Imps" in the US translations. -Sean 03:44, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Lombre and jaken
I -guess- Lombre looks like a kappa.. but Golduck is actually said to be confused for one in its description. Also, Jakken is a kappa? I'd never heard that before, but I suppose he isn't too unlike one. Takahashi is pretty bad at making creatures look like you'd expect them to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.245.29.229 (talk • contribs) 00:29, 14 March 2005 (UTC)
 * Update: Jaken is definitely not a kappa. In the Inuyasha episode "Chokyukai and the Abducted Bride" there is a kappa, and it looks totally different from Jaken and the other examples of his race, so Takahashi's kappa are definitely different from Jakken. Fortunately the article seems to have revised it and just said that the show has kappa in it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.92.176.164 (talk • contribs) 05:42, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Adults vs children
Evan1975 recently reworded part of the article to make it sound like kappa were invented by adults to scare children away from places they might drown. Lacking a source, I reverted. It's my understanding that adults have historically believed in kappa just as much as children have, so the change does not seem warranted. If there's a source citation to back it up, I have no problem with it. — Amcaja 23:27, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

 * I tend to take Amcajas side in this. Adults were just as scared of kappa in the olden days as children were, and the idea that adults made kappa up to scare children is somewhat farfetched, IMO. The two sources given are not of the best quality - one has an unnamed local city official as the source of this claim (granted, the local city in question is Tōno, but still...), and the other only has a link to the first source. I have moved the claim here, pending better sources (a historian or ethnologist would be nice. Better than some city official, anyway).

 * *Another theory is that the kappa were invented to scare children away from rivers or rice paddies, using the swollen anus common in drowning victims as "proof" of having one's shirikodama stolen.
 * (btw, this talk page is a mess...) — TomorrowTime 19:51, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

 * ... Why... would drowning... cause your anus to swell up? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 00:36, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Harry Potter
I've read all the Harry Potter novels to date, and to my knowledge, kappa play little to no role in the series. The fact that they are mentioned is hardly notable enough to include that information here, in my opinion. Therefore, I've re-removed this bit: "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them also mention kappa." — Amcaja 15:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Kappa and Haruki Murakami
The INKlings in the Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World are only kappa in the translation. The japanese version has them as the Yamikuro, a made-up word, meant to imply darkness and lurking. The translator chose to call them INKlings for a similar reason and at one point explains the INK stands for Infra Nocturnal Kappa. This is however exclusive to the english translation, not mentioned anywhere in the Japanese. I'm torn here: they are not kappa in the original, so atributing Haruki Murakami with having written about kappa is wrong. They are however, portrayed as kappa in the translation, so it would probably be in order to at least mention this in the article. Any suggestions as to what should be done? I'll remove the reference, if nobody speaks up in about a week or so. 213.172.254.113 16:25, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Kappa meaning raincoat
Kappa is also the Japanese word for raincoat, taken from the little beasie itself.

But I can't figure out where it would fit on this page...

— MightyAtom 03:35, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Actually, the world kappa "raincoat" comes from Portuguese capa "cloak", another loan from Portuguese sailors and missionaries of the 16th Century. Whether the mytical creature's name also comes from the same source (as the article suggests, though this etymology looks rather dubious) is another story.— 201.21.202.46 07:09, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Mythology?
I think the kappa is arguably more a creature of folklore than mythology - maybe the name of the article should be changed? Just a thought. Kotengu 20:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Alright, if nobody objects, I'm moving the article. Kotengu 07:31, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I object. Westerners not understanding East Asian religion isn't a reason to ignore it or its importance. Placing this at 'folklore' pretends that there's some kind of a throughline between popular European belief as opposed to the official Christian religion and a completely mythological creature from East Asian animism.

 * That said, obviously this has sat at the wrong place for over a decade now so others would need to join in to actually move it back to the correct namespace. — Llywelyn II   01:40, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

"Undoubtably"
Yikes! How many times is this strong word used when talking about modern cultural references to kappa. The use of such a word should be avoided with EXTREME PREJUDICE IMHO in Wikipedia. You can either allege a fact, or back it up (thus removing any chance of doubt - except in your source). For instance I doubt Psyduck's kappa like nature as it is a platypus pokemon.--ZayZayEM 01:59, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Lambda?
If a kappa is a turtle-monster, is a lambda a sheep-monster? Or is it a headcrab? --Damian Yerrick (☎) 08:55, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Oh dear oh dear oh dear... is there any precedent for calling WP:ISNOT (subsection: Talk boards) a respository of horrendous jokes? :D 193.63.174.211 (talk) 17:56, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Origin of Term Kappa
Can you two stop wasting time edit-warring for a moment and maybe try to track down a reliable source on the topic instead? I'm pretty sure the information came from here. If I find anything better I'll let you know. Kotengu 小天狗 06:33, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * A search on google scholar turns up a paper on JSTOR which I can't access, which refers to a word "kappa" coming from the Portuguese "capa", but I'm guessing it's referring to "kappa" as in a straw raincoat rather than "kappa" as in a water imp. Kotengu 小天狗 06:44, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The original reference for Kappa as "water leeches", meaning aborted fetuses dumped into the river, comes from the Tono Monogatari, written by Yanagita Kunio. I'm not sure why this was discredited as a reference, as it is one of the most important books on Japanese folklore ever written.  For a discussion on the book, which also talks about the origin of the kappa, here is a link from a paper by Takayuki Tatsumi,Ph.D of Keio University.  However, this was also dismissed out of hand as a random google search.  With references like this, I am honestly don't understand why it is in dispute.MightyAtom 14:03, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * http://www.uri.edu/artsci/english/clf/n5_a1.html
 * The link you provide above is a perfectly sound source for the kappa-fetus connection, so feel free to add that back in. Just be sure to include the reference in the article as well. As for the Tono Monogatari, it should be fine as a source, too, but it's not enough to just list the name and author in the article as a reference. We need the information to be easily verifiable by a third party, so it's important to indicate what specific published version of that book you got the information from (i.e., give the author, title, date, publisher, and page number). Let me know if I can help. — Amcaja ( talk ) 22:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Kappah
Could someone please include the character "Kappah" who was a hidden boss in the 1996 arcade and Playstation release(by CAPCOM) "Star Gladiator?" I remember his sigil was a crossed pair of cucumbers. Thanks. -Ryuseimaru — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.151.171.176 (talk • contribs) 09:36, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Finny the Fish character
also, if we're talking vidgames, in finny the fish and the seven waters for ps2, kappa is the master of the waters. and he is sweet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.142.18.139 (talk • contribs) 09:31, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Is it real?
Are these creatures real??? 69.181.141.140 (talk) 01:54, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Depends on who you ask, but most sources regard them only as mythological. — Dulcem (talk) 01:58, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

IT'S A MOGWAI!!!
The whole article is wrong. The picture and all the facts are of the Mogwai except for the bowl on the head. I want this article to be renamed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.42.150.43 (talk) 20:49, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Kappa in Media
In a tokusatsu TV series Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kamen Rider Ouja's hybrid monster, Genocider, is strongly resemblance to Kappa.

In the PC game Throne of Darkness, Kappa was among the many monsters appeared in the game. In the game, it possesses brute strength and poisoned tipped claws. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Firerat45 (talk • contribs) 07:42, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Koopa
Under "See also", the article mentions a type of enemy from Nintendo's Super Mario video game series, Koopa Troopa. It states that its name is derived from kappa (though they look like generic anthromorphized turtles rather than kappa). However, that is its name in the West, its original Japanese name is Nokonoko (literally "unconcernedly"). Its western name is derived from Kuppa (the anglicized spelling "Koopa" has also been adopted to Japanese), the Japanese name of the character Bowser. As far as I know, the character's creator Shigeru Miyamoto never said that Koopa Troopa/Nokonoko and Bowser/Koopa are based on kappa in any way, but he told indeed about the origin of the name Kuppa (Koopa): the character was named after the Korean dish of the same name (source). No word about kappa there.

A game guide of Prima Games told that Bowser/Koopa is based on kappa, but that is hardly reliable, since those guides also told about relations (siblings, cousins) of Mario series characters never mentioned in any game and named debut games of certain characters wrong, and there are several other mistakes. Regarding their appearance alone, those video game characters hardly resemble kappa at all, and the name Koopa (Kuppa) does officialy come from the Korean dish, not kappa. So, any comments, should this line be removed until there is an official statement from Nintendo (if there will ever be one)? --Grandy02 (talk) 18:01, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

 * That entry was added in the last week. I support its removal. Flatscan (talk) 22:49, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

No one opposed, so I removed the entry. When someone got official proof that the word "Kuppa" is also derived from kappa, the entry can be recovered. --Grandy02 (talk) 19:49, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Sightings
If there are supposed sightings of the kappa then why not a section about some sightings?Abomasnow (talk)
 * As far as I'm aware, no one seriously believes the Kappa may actually exist and they are solely folklore creatures. I'm tempted to remove the offending statement, as well as the crypto category unless some reliable sources are provided. bridies (talk) 03:54, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Appeances in media
This section is not acceptable, per WP:OR. It contains blatant personal commentary (such as "in a way meant to be comedic while loosely adhering to actual kappa folklore"; "in a suggestive manner") based on primary sources i.e. the game/show itself. Primary sources are not sufficient references: secondary sources are required to show that this piece of otherwise trivia is even worthy of note. While this entire article is unsourced, there is no such glaring policy violation as this one. bridies (talk) 23:30, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Kappa Signs
Just because signs near to water have kappa on them, this doesn't imply a literal belief in kappa the way the article seems to suggest. All kinds of signs have cartoons on them in Japan. A sign with a dog scooping up after itself doesn't imply a literal belief that dogs can clean up after themselves by handling scoops. The 'Even today' sentence and the 'modern' sign say more about the credulity of people who want to believe in superstitious Japanese villagers than the credulity of the villagers themselves.--Rsm77 (talk) 01:03, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
 * But a sign with a dog scooping up after itself does imply a literal belief that dogs exist. Your overall point isn't completely wrong, but it's similarly mis/overstated. Of course there are some credulous people with premodern supernatural beliefs. We have them in the west too. — Llywelyn II   01:53, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Plural?
"Kappa" and "Kappas" are used as plural for Kappa throughout the article. Are both acceptable? Also, why is kappa italicized in many places within the article? The whole thing becomes disjointed as a result. Validusername (talk) 09:11, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Japanese language does not traditionally have plurals.ZayZayEM (talk) 05:49, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Which isn't important in English translation: One kappa, two kappas, a kappa, the kappa... — Llywelyn II   01:50, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Kappa bowing trick
I had heard of this tactic as well. The bow to a kappa and it will bow back - thus, spilling the water from the bowl shaped depression in their heads. However, the way I heard it was that the used that water to be able to "breath" when they were out of the water. So if that water was depleted or drained out, the Kappa would have to rush back to water or die - as if they had gills in that bowl shaped depression on their heads. I had also heard that one of their prankster like tricks was to steal or free fish from fisherman's hooks and nets. I believe I found this information at some point from some source of Japanese folklore, but it was so long ago that some of it might have come from some translation of a manga (and, therefore, who knows how accurate to folklore it actually was versus a modern writer's creativity). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.140.49.57 (talk) 22:05, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

External links modified
In the Behavior section I am adding "While younger kappa are frequently found in family groups, adult kappa live solitary lives. However, it is common for kappa to befriend other yōkai and sometimes even people." under this section because it doesn't say anything about how kappa are one of the only few yokai that befriend other yokai. In the Appearance sectionI am adding "Clumsy on land, they are at home in the water, and thrive during the warm months." and "Inhuman traits include three anuses that allow them to pass three times as much gas as humans," and "Kappa are generally the size and shape of a human child, yet despite their small stature they are physically stronger than a grown man."from yokai.com/kappa because it shows how strong the kappa is despite its size and to add more to the "appearance" section since it is lacking this information. In the In Media section I am adding "These yokai also represent Japan as a nation, featuring in advertisements for a range of products from a major brand of sake to Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank’s DC Card (a credit card). In their explicitly commercial conceptions, yokai are no longer frightening or mysterious—the DC Card Kappa, for example, is not a slimy water creature threatening to kill unsuspecting children but a cute and (almost) cuddly cartoon character." because it represents more of how the kappa is incorporated in Japanese culture and a different point of view of the kappa and their appearance/behavior. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ericsowards (talk • contribs) 00:16, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

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 * Kappa in world cup uniform.jpg

9 not 12
The image with 12 kappa types are actually only 9 kappa. Two front and back and one on all fours and while standing. 85.144.246.247 (talk) 08:48, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Chinese and Scottish nonsense

 * The Japanese folklore creature Kappa is known in Chinese folklore as 神水 shuǐguǐ "water-ghost", or water monkey and may also be related to the kelpie of Scotland and the nixie of Scandinavia.

There's probably some connection to Chinese popular religion (/"folklore") but those characters are shenshui—"divine water"—and have nothing to do with the word gui or any form of ghost. The correct term 水神 would be a water god like Mazu and not anything to do with kappas. If there is an actual Chinese term, include it with the correct characters and transcription and source it. Similarly, the Japanese folklore has absolutely nothing to do with Norse or Scottish figures beyond the fact that all three places have water and imaginative people. Rephrase to something more accurate or just leave them entirely out of the article. — Llywelyn II   01:45, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

What is the deal with these sources?
I just added a citation for the Foster 2015 book. It was cited by page before in the References section. Do you guys think we should clean this up so it is clear it is all from one book? Also, what citation style should we be using on this page? ImperialSquash (talk) 19:05, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Kappas vs. Koopas
Neither this article nor Koopa Troopa has any discussion of whether or not there is a connection between the two. Given that both creatures are based on turtles and have similar names, it seems like something that people would speculate about. It’s also possible that the creator of Koopas (called “nokonoko” in Japanese) wasn’t thinking about the kappa, but whoever came up with its English name later on _was_. 2604:2D80:6984:3800:0:0:0:77FB (talk) 12:24, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Inuyasha section
there's a section under pop culture about Inuyasha that is wildly out of place and almost unintelligible but I'm not sure whether it should be removed entirely or shortened and cleaned up. I think it goes into too much detail but is also poorly written and doesn't make much sense.

As an aside, it might be worth mentioning Kawamatsu, a Kappa from One Piece introduced fairly recently. Its one of the longest and most well known anime and he deserves a mention. 2601:1C0:CA00:A0A0:C4D4:1D56:24F9:D25F (talk) 06:27, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

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