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Bundesliga season preview: Hamburger SV

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With not long until the 2016/17 Bundesliga season gets under way, it is high time to put each club's upcoming campaign under the microscope. bundesliga.com's previews will provide you with all you need to know ahead of the big kick-off on 26 August…

Big question

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Next up are Hamburger SV…

After a number of eye-catching summer signings, the big question in Germany's second-largest city is whether the Bundesliga's only ever-present side can restore its place near the top of the German football pyramid.

Watch: highlights of Hamburg beating fierce local rivals Bremen in 2015/16

- © DFL DEUTSCHE FUSSBALL LIGA

Boasting a rare stability by the standards of their recent history and coming off the back of a tenth-place finish in 2015/16, Hamburg seem well set to make an assault on the European places for the first time in a long time. There is once again a justifiable optimism around the Volksparkstadion.

- © DFL DEUTSCHE FUSSBALL LIGA

New faces

Coach

Key man

Watch: Bobby Wood's top five goals

Summer signing Wood will be the key man for Hamburg this term. Despite finishing tenth, the Red Shorts ended last season with a negative goal difference (-6) and only found the net 40 times in 34 games.

Brought in from Bundesliga 2 side 1. FC Union Berlin after becoming the highest scoring American in a single season in Germany's top two divisions (17 goals) and an impressive Copa America Centenario for the USA, Wood could be the striker to spearhead Hamburg's European push.

Key dates

Hamburg welcome FC Ingolstadt 04 to the Volksparkstadion on opening weekend, part of a tricky start to the season. Labbadia's side will have met last season's top four by Matchday 10, facing Leverkusen away on Matchday 3, FC Bayern München at home on Matchday 5, Borussia Mönchengladbach away on Matchday 7 and Borussia Dortmund at home on Matchday 10.

Click here to see Hamburg's full schedule

Home ground

The Volksparkstadion, a 57,000-capacity venue, hosted five games at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Watch: get to know the Volksparkstadion in the exclusive video tour below