The focus: the test game causes excitement in the heart of Hamburg!

The focus: the test game causes excitement in the heart of Hamburg!

Sternschanze 42, 20357 Hamburg, Deutschland - Last Saturday, July 12, 2025, a test game between SC Sternschanze III and the first team of SC Sternschanze took place on the Sportplatz Sternschanzen . Around 30 spectators had gathered to support the players, while the construction sites around the square provided some parking difficulties. In addition, access to the field was a bit adventurous - a hatch in the fence made it possible for admission because no ticket was required. It was a camp like we like it!

not everything went very smoothly: a player injured his head when entering the square through the said Luke. The game itself, under the direction of a referee team, was shaped by strategic thinking and was held in three times of 30 minutes in three halves. The first team was finally able to prevail with a 2-0 win. However, there was no fanartic sales for the visitors because the associated showcase was closed and no sales staff present.

insights into the sports facility

The Sternschanzen sports field is celebrated with an artificial turf and offers space for up to 3,000 spectators. The place has a partially existing career, is equipped with floodlights and counts 216 crosses. This also shows how versatile the space can be used, since it offers the perfect backdrop for numerous amateur and youth games.

The charming atmosphere of the club home in the old water tower, in which VfL Hammonia is located, rounds off the overall picture. From there you look at the striking television tower of the city and the water tower - a successful mix of tradition and modernity.

The future of amateur football

In a time when amateur football is strong, Deutschlandfunk to improve for amateur football. In view of the upcoming football European championship, which Germany organizes in five years, Grindel is looking for ways to promote local sport. Especially in Hamburg, Munich and Kiel there are many children who like waiting lists of the football clubs and do not know whether they will ever receive a certain game practice.

Grindel asked the mayors of the EM venues to create more artificial turf pitches in order to give as many football-loving children as possible the chance to actively take part in the game. This is essential to brilliant the leisure area of football and to ensure that all children are given the opportunity to develop in their passion.

The combination of the impressive backdrop of the sports field, the unofficial atmosphere of the test game and the challenges of amateur football was a successful start to a new season. It remains to be seen whether the event of July 12 marks the starting signal for conspicuous developments in German football.