Hamburg earned a second chance at securing their Bundesliga status with a 2-0 win over Schalke on the final day of the season lifting them into a relegation play-off for the second season running. Ivica Olic and Slobodan Rajkovic eased a tense afternoon in northern Germany with two goals in 10 second-half minutes as Hamburg climbed above Freiburg and saved their Bundesliga status at least for a...Full Story »

Hamburg picked up their first win since early February, and their first goals in seven games, to move off the foot of the Bundesliga by beating Augsburg 3-2. Ivica Olic ended their club record goal drought to put them in front before Pierre-Michel Lasogga added a second goal. Raul Bobadilla and Tobias Werner brought Augsburg back into the game, but Lasogga had the final say with a spectacular ...Full Story »

Ivica Olic returns to the Volksparkstadion this Saturday, and he will be wearing a Hamburg shirt again with his transfer from Wolfsburg going through on Friday. The 35-year-old spent two and a half years with Hamburg, scoring 48 goals in 115 games before moving south to Bayern Munich. He returned to the north of Germany to join Wolfsburg in 2012, but now he has come back to Hamburg. "I traine...Full Story »

Ivica Olic looks to be on his way back to Hamburg, with Andre Schurrle increasingly likely to join Wolfsburg. Olic has told websiteKicker.de that he has agreed terms with Hamburg and is on his way back there, possibly in time to make his debut against Cologne on Saturday."I'm pleased that we've found a solution," said the 35-year-old, who played for Hamburg from 2007 until 2009 before moving to...Full Story »

In-form Wolfsburg reduced the arrears on Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga to four points with a comfortable 2-0 win over Hamburg in a northern Germany derby. Ivica Olic broke the deadlock with a goal against his former club before Aaron Hunt sealed a sixth successive Bundesliga victory and eighth on the trot in all competitions for his side early in the second half. Kevin De Bruyne c...Full Story »

Croatia's Nikola Kalinic was called up on Monday to the Euro 2012 squad to replace veteran striker Ivica Olic as scans showed Olic's right thigh injury was more serious than first feared. Ultrasound and MR scans performed on 32-year-old Olic in Munich earlier Monday showed a partial rupture of a right thigh muscle, the Croatian squad doctor said. "The injury that did not seem serious ... unfor...Full Story »

Ivica Olic: The Bayern Munich forward is an injury doubt for Croatia Croatia striker Ivica Olic has emerged as an injury doubt for Euro 2012 after being hurt on Saturday against Norway in Oslo. The Bayern Munich man injured his right thigh and although he is optimistic at being ready for their opening game with Republic of Ireland next Sunday, team doctors have doubts. Olic will now await the...Full Story »

Two first-half goals from Ivica Olic helped Bayern Munich to a routine 2-0 win over Marseille that booked them a Champions League semi-final birth. Already leading 2-0 from the first leg, the German giants were always favourites to progress and so it proved as two clinical moments from the Croatian proved sufficient. Were it not for the heroics of visiting goalkeeper Steve Mandanda it could ha...Full Story »

Ivica Olic has confirmed he will almost certainly depart Bayern Munich during the summer, after enduring a troubled 2011-12 campaign. The 32-year-old has been no more than a squad player this season, with just two goals to his name to date, and his current predicament has forced the forward into making the likely decision of quitting the German giants when the transfer window reopens in a few...Full Story »

Bayern Munich's out-of-favour striker Ivica Olic has repeated his intention to look for another club when his contract runs out next June. The Croatian forward has been sparsely deployed since the arrival of coach Jupp Heynckes and on Monday suggested he had a "50-50" chance of leaving in the upcoming transfer window. Olic is conscious he needs regular playing time in the run-up to Euro 2012 w...Full Story »