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Hamburger SV (HSV) is one of Germany's oldest and largest sports clubs, tracing its roots to 29 September 1887 (as SC Germania) and formally forming in June 1919 via a merger of three earlier clubs. The club reached its peak in the late 1970s and early 1980s, winning the 1976-77 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1982-83 European Cup, and overall holds six German championships and three DFB-Pokals, with key stars like Horst Hrubesch, Manfred Kaltz, and Felix Magath. Their last major trophy was the 1986-87 DFB-Pokal, and they remarkably held the record as the only team to play in every Bundesliga season since its creation in 1963 until their historic relegation in 2017-18. Playing at the Volksparkstadion, they are nicknamed "die Rothosen" (Red Shorts) for their white jerseys and red shorts, and they maintain fierce rivalries with Werder Bremen (Nordderby) and FC St. Pauli (Hamburg derby). As a massive grassroots organization with over 84,000 members, HSV emphasizes youth development across its many sections—including handball, basketball, and baseball—although its women's football team was demoted from the Women's Bundesliga in 2012 due to financial problems.