1) 1974/75, 2nd Round: VfB Eppingen 2-1 Hamburg
“At first, I didn’t want to believe it,” said former Hamburg president Peter Krohn, who was not among the 15,000 spectators at the Hugo-Koch-Stadion who witnessed what esteemed German football magazine kicker described as “The Mother of All Shocks”.
Krohn’s state of disbelief was understandable. A star-stacked Hamburg line-up arrived for the tie top of the Bundesliga, and had just hammered Romanian side Steagul Roșu Brașov 8–0 to progress in the UEFA Cup.
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