Cardiff to be reunited with Hamburger SV in pre-season

Cardiff City will take on Hamburger SV in a pre-season friendly in Bramberg, Austria on Sunday, 21 July (15:00 BST).

It will be the Bluebirds’ first reunion with Hamburger since their famous European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final meeting in 1967-68, when the Germans triumphed 4-3 on aggregate.

Hamburger, where striker Robert Glatzel has been playing for the last three years after joining from Cardiff, finished second in the German second tier last season.

Cardiff being their pre-season campaign against Kidderminster Harriers on 10 July, then face KV Kortrijk (13 July) and Penybont (16 July) in the Welsh capital before the Hamburger match.

They will host Reading at the Cardiff City Stadium on 31 July before making the short trip to Bristol Rovers on 3 August.