Players who played for Bayern Munich and Hamburg

23 players have played for both Bayern Munich and Hamburg, according to Wikidata. The best known include Franz Beckenbauer, Jérôme Boateng and Ivica Olić. 12 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Ivica Olić. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1959 (Willi Giesemann), the most recent in 2019 (Adrian Fein).

Play today's football grid (in French)One player ticks both the row and the column, for every square. Bayern Munich special (in French)Today's games with its 301 players. Hamburg special (in French)Today's games with its 232 players.

The full list (23 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBayern MunichHamburg
Franz BeckenbauerDefenderGermany1965–19771980–1982
Jérôme BoatengDefenderGermany2011–20212007–2010
Ivica OlićForwardCroatia2009–20122007–2016
Eric-Maxim Choupo-MotingForwardCameroon2020–20242007–2011
Niko KovačMidfielderCroatia2001–20031999–2001
Daniel Van BuytenDefenderBelgium2006–20142004–2006
Jonathan TahDefenderGermanysince 20252013–2015
Marcell JansenDefenderGermany2007–20082008–2015
José Paolo GuerreroForwardPeru2004–20062006–2012
Hasan SalihamidžićMidfielderBosnia and Herzegovina1998–20071995–1998
Hans-Jörg ButtGoalkeeperGermany2008–20121997–2001
Sven UlreichGoalkeeperGermany2015–20252020–2021
Piotr TrochowskiMidfielderGermany2003–20052005–2011
Zé RobertoMidfielderBrazil2002–20092009–2011
Tom StarkeGoalkeeperGermanysince 20122004
Markus BabbelDefenderGermany1991–20001992–1994
Julian GreenMidfielderUnited Statessince 20132014–2015
David JarolímMidfielderCzech Republic1997–20002003–2012
Vahid HashemianForwardIran2004–20051999–2001
Bruno LabbadiaForwardGermany1991–19941987–1989
Alfréd SchafferForwardHungary––
Willi GiesemannDefenderGermany1959–19631963–1968
Adrian FeinMidfielderGermany–since 2019

Players ranked from best known to least known (number of language editions of their Wikipedia page). Data from Wikidata: spotted a mistake? Let us know.

Other club pairs

With Bayern Munich

VfB Stuttgart23Nuremberg23Bayer Leverkusen22Borussia Dortmund20Schalke 0420Werder Bremen17Köln17VfL Wolfsburg16

With Hamburg

Werder Bremen19Schalke 0418Bayer Leverkusen17Nuremberg15Hertha BSC14VfB Stuttgart14Eintracht Frankfurt14Köln13