BUNDESLIGA · 2017/18 · ARCHIVE
Hamburger Sport-Verein 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Filip Kostic on £70,000 per week · see the current Hamburger Sport-Verein wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £681k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £35m
SQUAD SIZE63
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £24k
Then and now
Hamburger Sport-Verein pay £678,607 a week in 2026/27 — level with the £681,370 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 12 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Kostic | £70,000 | £3,640,000 | 24 | Winger | Serbia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Lewis Holtby | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Bobby Wood | £54,000 | £2,808,000 | 24 | Striker | U.S.A. | JUN 2021 | ||
| Kyriakos Papadopoulos | £51,000 | £2,652,000 | 25 | Centre-back | Greece | JUN 2020 | ||
| Aaron Hunt | £46,000 | £2,392,000 | 30 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Douglas Santos | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 23 | Left-back | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| André Hahn | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 26 | Winger, striker | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Albin Ekdal | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder | Sweden | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nicolai Müller | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Walace | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 22 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Dennis Diekmeier | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 27 | Right-back, right winger | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Gideon Jung | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 22 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2022 | ||
| Julian Pollersbeck | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 22 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Mërgim Mavraj | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 31 | Centre-back | Albania | JUN 2019 | ||
| Gotoku Sakai | £18,000 | £936,000 | 26 | Full-back, defensive midfielder | Japan | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sven Schipplock | £11,000 | £572,000 | 28 | Striker | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Arianit Ferati | £9,500 | £494,000 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Rick van Drongelen | £9,000 | £468,000 | 18 | Centre-back | Holland | JUN 2022 | ||
| Tatsuya Ito | £8,600 | £447,200 | 20 | Winger | Japan | JUN 2021 | ||
| Christian Mathenia | £8,400 | £436,800 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Luca Waldschmidt | £8,000 | £416,000 | 21 | Right winger, striker | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mohamed Gouaïda | £7,900 | £410,800 | 24 | Attacking midfielder | Tunisia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Sejad Salihovic | £7,600 | £395,200 | 32 | Attacking midfielder | Bosnia & Herzegovina | JUN 2018 | ||
| Bjarne Thoelke | £5,500 | £286,000 | 25 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Fiete Arp | £4,300 | £223,600 | 17 | Striker | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Vasilije Janjicic | £3,500 | £182,000 | 19 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Switzerland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Bakery Jatta | £2,500 | £130,000 | 19 | Winger, striker | Gambia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Christian Stark | £2,400 | £124,800 | 19 | Winger, striker | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Matti Steinmann | £1,900 | £98,800 | 22 | Defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Mats Köhlert | £1,900 | £98,800 | 19 | Winger | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Tom Mickel | £1,600 | £83,200 | 28 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Andreas Hirzel | £1,500 | £78,000 | 24 | Goalkeeper | Switzerland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Frank Ronstadt | £940 | £48,880 | 19 | Right-back, right winger | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Izzet Isler | £860 | £44,720 | 17 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Patric Pfeiffer | £840 | £43,680 | 17 | Defender | Germany | JUN 2021 | ||
| Törles Knöll | £800 | £41,600 | 19 | Striker | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Dominic Cyriacks | £780 | £40,560 | 18 | Right-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Gino van den Berg | £750 | £39,000 | 20 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Holland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Henrik Giese | £740 | £38,480 | 28 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jonas Behounek | £720 | £37,440 | 19 | Right-back | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Bennett Schauer | £710 | £36,920 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Marco Drawz | £690 | £35,880 | 18 | Striker | Poland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Moritz-Broni Kwarteng | £690 | £35,880 | 19 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Patrick Storb | £660 | £34,320 | 19 | Defender | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Seo Young-Jae | £630 | £32,760 | 22 | Left-back | South Korea | JUN 2018 | ||
| Leon Mundhenk | £610 | £31,720 | 20 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Sebastian Haut | £600 | £31,200 | 21 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Tino Dehmelt | £580 | £30,160 | 25 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Fabian Gmeiner | £580 | £30,160 | 20 | Full-back | Austria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Aaron Opoku | £570 | £29,640 | 21 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Ghana | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jakob Golz | £540 | £28,080 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Stephan Ambrosius | £540 | £28,080 | 18 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tobias Knost | £530 | £27,560 | 17 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2020 | ||
| Michael Kyeremeh | £510 | £26,520 | 18 | Winger | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Morten Behrens | £510 | £26,520 | 20 | Goalkeeper | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Aaron Opoku | £470 | £24,440 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Germany | JUN 2018 | ||
| Daniel Owusu | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Tobias Fagerström | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger, striker | Finland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Péter Beke | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Hungary | JUN 2019 | ||
| Anssi Suhonen | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Finland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Josha Vagnoman | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Full-back | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jan Sieracki | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Right-back | Poland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Lenny Borges | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back | Germany | JUN 2019 | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
31 Under £1k 2%
4 £1k-£2k 1%
4 £2k-£5k 2%
8 £5k-£10k 9%
6 £10k-£25k 17%
10 £25k-£100k 68%
Top 5 earners took 41% of the squad wage bill, across the 63 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Hamburger Sport-Verein wages, 2017/18
What was Hamburger Sport-Verein's wage bill in 2017/18?
Hamburger Sport-Verein paid £681,370 a week in 2017/18 - £35,431,240 across the year - spread over a squad of 63. We hold a wage for all 63 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Hamburger Sport-Verein player in 2017/18?
Filip Kostic was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £70,000 a week, 2.9x the 22+ squad average of £23,744.
What was the average Hamburger Sport-Verein salary in 2017/18?
The average Hamburger Sport-Verein player aged 22 or over earned £23,744 a week in 2017/18, across the 26 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 63. The top five earners took 41% of the bill between them.
How do Hamburger Sport-Verein's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Hamburger Sport-Verein pay £678,607 a week in 2026/27, level with the £681,370 of 2017/18. The current squad is 34 players against 63 then.