Overview
- HSV confirmed Tuesday that Louis Lemke scored the final goal in the 3–0 DFB-Pokal first-round win at Verl and, at 16 years and 320 days, is the club’s youngest player to score in a competitive match.
- The club’s official statement said earlier assumptions were wrong about who held the youngest-scorer mark and asked fans to use the revised archival record.
- HSV named Otto Sommer as the previous overall record-holder, noting his 17 years and 14 days mark had stood for more than 104 years.
- The club also clarified a separate cup/reserve-team context: Torsten Bernhardt remains the youngest HSV-related cup scorer for HSV II after his 1991 DFB-Pokal goal at 17 years, 6 months and 23 days, which is distinct from the overall club record.
- Coaches and teammates praised Lemke’s progress and the club signalled it will manage his development carefully, limiting media exposure as it integrates him into the first-team pathway.