2025–26 FC St. Pauli season

FC St. Pauli
2025–26 season
Head coachAlexander Blessin
StadiumMillerntor-Stadion
Bundesliga16th
DFB-PokalQuarterfinal
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andréas Hountondji (4)

All:
Andréas Hountondji (4)
All statistics correct as of 13 December 2025.

The 2025–26 FC St. Pauli season is the 115th season in the football club's history and second consecutive season in the top division of German football, the Bundesliga and 11th overall. The last time the club remained in the German top tier was in the 1995–1997 period. In addition to the domestic league, FC St. Pauli also participated in this season's edition of the DFB-Pokal. This is the 63rd season for FC St. Pauli in the Millerntor-Stadion, located in St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2025.

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Arkadiusz Pyrka Piast Gliwice Free transfer 19 May 2025 [1]
MF James Sands New York City FC Loan 20 May 2025 [2]
DF Jannik Robatsch Austria Klagenfurt €400,000 6 June 2025 [3]
FW Ricky-Jade Jones Peterborough United Free transfer 14 June 2025 [4]
GK Simon Spari Austria Klagenfurt €200,000 19 June 2025 [5]
FW Mathias Pereira Lage Brest Free transfer 20 June 2025 [6]
MF Joel Chima Fujita St. Truiden €3,500,000 27 June 2025 [7]
FW Maurides Debreceni VSC Loan return 1 July 2025
FW Andréas Hountondji Burnley Loan 8 July 2025 [8]
DF Louis Oppie Arminia Bielefeld €2,000,000 11 July 2025 [9]
FW Martijn Kaars 1. FC Magdeburg €4,000,000 28 August 2025 [10]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Simon Zoller Retired End of contract 4 June 2025 [11]
GK Sascha Burchert Retired End of contract 4 June 2025 [11]
GK Sören Ahlers Retired End of contract 4 June 2025 [11]
GK Eric Oelschlägel Released End of contract 4 June 2025 [11]
FW Andreas Albers Retired End of contract 4 June 2025 [11]
DF Siebe Van der Heyden Mallorca Loan return 4 June 2025 [11]
MF Robert Wagner SC Freiburg Loan return 4 June 2025 [11]
FW Noah Weißhaupt SC Freiburg Loan return 4 June 2025 [11]
FW Morgan Guilavogui RC Lens €4,500,000 11 June 2025 [12]
MF Carlo Boukhalfa FC St. Gallen End of contract 12 June 2025 [13]
FW Johannes Eggestein Austria Wien End of contract 12 June 2025 [13]
FW Elias Saad FC Augsburg €2,000,000 26 June 2025 [14]
DF Philipp Treu SC Freiburg €5,500,000 30 June 2025 [15]
FW Maurides Radomiak Radom €50,000 15 July 2025 [16]
FW Scott Banks Blackpool Loan 1 September 2025 [17]

Friendlies

Pre-season

6 July 2025 (2025-07-06) Friendly SV Grün-Weiß Firrel 0–10 FC St. Pauli Aurich
16:00 UTC+2
  • Schaffer
Report
Stadium: Ellernfeldstadion
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Anke Hölscher (Westerende)
12 July 2025 (2025-07-12) Friendly SV Drochtersen/Assel 1–0 FC St. Pauli Drochtersen
15:00 UTC+2
  • Mohr 60'
Report Stadium: Kehdinger Stadion
Attendance: 3,561
Referee: Kilian Braun (Jork)
15 July 2025 (2025-07-15) Friendly Silkeborg IF 1–4 FC St. Pauli Malente
16:00 UTC+2 Report
Stadium: Uwe-Seeler-Sportpark
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Lennart Kernchen (Hanover)
20 July 2025 (2025-07-20) Friendly FC St. Pauli 6–1 Karlsruher SC Saalfelden, Austria
16:00 UTC+2
Report
Stadium: Saalfelden Arena
Attendance: 500
Note: Two halves of 60 minutes
26 July 2025 (2025-07-26) Friendly FC St. Pauli 2–0 OGC Nice Anif, Austria
15:00 UTC+2
Report Stadium: Maximarkt Sportpark
Attendance: 800
Referee: Philip Gadler (Klagenfurt)
2 August 2025 (2025-08-02) Friendly Coventry City 2–2 FC St. Pauli Coventry, England
16:30 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Tom Reeves
9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) Friendly FC St. Pauli 1–0 Hellas Verona Imst, Austria
16:00 UTC+2 Report Stadium: Velly Arena
Attendance: 500
Referee: Stefan Macanovic

In-season (autumn)

3 September 2025 (2025-09-03) Friendly Holstein Kiel 1–1 FC St. Pauli Kiel
13:30 UTC+2
Report Stadium: CITTI Fussball Park
Attendance: behind closed doors
Referee: Ben Henry Uhrig (Rellingen)

Mid-season

4 January 2026 (2026-01-04) Friendly FC St. Pauli v Werder Bremen Hamburg
15:30 UTC+1 Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Bundesliga 23 August 2025 16 May 2026 Matchday 1 14 3 2 9 13 26 −13 021.43
DFB-Pokal 16 August 2025 First round 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 033.33
Total 17 4 4 9 17 29 −12 023.53

Last updated: 13 December 2025
Source: Flashscore

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
14 Hamburger SV 14 4 3 7 15 24 −9 15
15 FC Augsburg 14 4 1 9 17 28 −11 13
16 FC St. Pauli 14 3 2 9 13 26 −13 11 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17 1. FC Heidenheim 14 3 2 9 13 30 −17 11 Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18 Mainz 05 14 1 4 9 13 26 −13 7
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.[18]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
14 3 2 9 13 26  −13 11 2 1 4 8 15  −7 1 1 5 5 11  −6

Last updated: 13 December 2025.
Source: kicker.de

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultDWWLLLLLLLLLDW
Position85459101414151616171716
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2025. Source: Bundesliga Fixtures & Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 27 June 2025.[19]

23 August 2025 (2025-08-23) 1 FC St. Pauli 3−3 Borussia Dortmund Hamburg
18:30 UTC+2
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck (Freiburg im Breisgau)
29 August 2025 (2025-08-29) 2 Hamburger SV 0−2 FC St. Pauli Hamburg
20:30 UTC+2
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)
14 September 2025 (2025-09-14) 3 FC St. Pauli 2–1 FC Augsburg Hamburg
15:30 UTC+2
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Harm Osmers (Hanover)
19 September 2025 (2025-09-19) 4 VfB Stuttgart 2−0 FC St. Pauli Stuttgart
20:30 UTC+2 FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: MHPArena
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)
27 September 2025 (2025-09-27) 5 FC St. Pauli 1−2 Bayer Leverkusen Hamburg
15:30 UTC+2
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Martin Petersen (Stuttgart)
4 October 2025 (2025-10-04) 6 Werder Bremen 1−0 FC St. Pauli Bremen
15:30 UTC+2
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 42,100
Referee: Sören Storks (Ramsdorf)
19 October 2025 (2025-10-19) 7 FC St. Pauli 0−3 TSG Hoffenheim Hamburg
17:30 UTC+2
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,248
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Bremen)
25 October 2025 (2025-10-25) 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 2−0 FC St. Pauli Frankfurt
15:30 UTC+2
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park
Attendance: 59,500
Referee: Robin Braun (Wuppertal)
1 November 2025 (2025-11-01) 9 FC St. Pauli 0−4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hamburg
15:30 UTC+1
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen im Allgäu)
9 November 2025 (2025-11-09) 10 SC Freiburg 2–1 FC St. Pauli Freiburg im Breisgau
15:30 UTC+1
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 34,700
Referee: Benjamin Brand (Schwebheim)
23 November 2025 (2025-11-23) 11 FC St. Pauli 0−1 Union Berlin Hamburg
17:30 UTC+1 FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Sölden)
29 November 2025 (2025-11-29) 12 Bayern Munich 3–1 FC St. Pauli Munich
15:30 UTC+1
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
6 December 2025 (2025-12-06) 13 1. FC Köln 1−1 FC St. Pauli Cologne
15:30 UTC+1
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Tobias Reichel (Sindelfingen)
13 December 2025 (2025-12-13) 14 FC St. Pauli 2−1 1. FC Heidenheim Hamburg
15:30 UTC+1
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Sören Storks (Ramsdorf)
21 December 2025 (2025-12-21) 15 Mainz 05 v FC St. Pauli Mainz
15:30 UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Mewa Arena
10 January 2026 (2026-01-10) 16 FC St. Pauli v RB Leipzig Hamburg
15:30 UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
14 January 2026 (2026-01-14) 17 VfL Wolfsburg v FC St. Pauli Wolfsburg
18:30 UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
17 January 2026 (2026-01-17) 18 Borussia Dortmund v FC St. Pauli Dortmund
15:30 UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
23 January 2026 (2026-01-23) 19 FC St. Pauli v Hamburger SV Hamburg
20:30 UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
30–31 January 2026 (2026-01) 20 FC Augsburg v FC St. Pauli Augsburg
--:-- UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: WWK Arena
6–8 February 2026 (2026-02) 21 FC St. Pauli v VfB Stuttgart Hamburg
--:-- UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
13–15 February 2026 (2026-02) 22 Bayer Leverkusen v FC St. Pauli Leverkusen
--:-- UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: BayArena
20–22 February 2026 (2026-02) 23 FC St. Pauli v Werder Bremen Hamburg
--:-- UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
27–29 February 2026 (2026-02) 24 TSG Hoffenheim v FC St. Pauli Sinsheim
--:-- UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: PreZero Arena
6–8 March 2026 (2026-03) 25 FC St. Pauli v Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburg
--:-- UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
13–15 March 2026 (2026-03) 26 Borussia Mönchengladbach v FC St. Pauli Mönchengladbach
--:-- UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Borussia-Park
20–22 March 2026 (2026-03) 27 FC St. Pauli v SC Freiburg Hamburg
--:-- UTC+1 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
4–5 April 2026 (2026-04) 28 Union Berlin v FC St. Pauli Berlin
--:-- UTC+2 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei
10–12 April 2026 (2026-04) 29 FC St. Pauli v Bayern Munich Hamburg
--:-- UTC+2 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
17–19 April 2026 (2026-04) 30 FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Köln Hamburg
--:-- UTC+2 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
24–26 April 2026 (2026-04) 31 1. FC Heidenheim v FC St. Pauli Heidenheim
--:-- UTC+2 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Voith-Arena
2–3 May 2026 (2026-05) 32 FC St. Pauli v Mainz 05 Hamburg
--:-- UTC+2 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
8–10 May 2026 (2026-05) 33 RB Leipzig v FC St. Pauli Leipzig
--:-- UTC+2 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
16 May 2026 (2026-05-16) 34 FC St. Pauli v VfL Wolfsburg Hamburg
15:30 UTC+2 [ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

DFB-Pokal

16 August 2025 (2025-08-16) First round Eintracht Norderstedt 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
FC St. Pauli Hamburg[note 1]
15:30 UTC+2
  • Bera  34'
  • Obushnyi  57'
  • Yago  96'
  • Kummerfeld  101'
DFB Report
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 28,946
Referee: Eric Weisbach (Halle (Saale))
Penalties
28 October 2025 (2025-10-28) Second round FC St. Pauli 2−2 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 p)
TSG Hoffenheim Hamburg
20:45 UTC+2
DFB Report
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 28,123
Referee: Daniel Schlager (Gernsbach)
Penalties
2 December 2025 (2025-12-02) Round of 16 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1−2 FC St. Pauli Mönchengladbach
18:00 UTC+1
DFB Report
FCSP Report
Kicker Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 48,104
Referee: Sven Jablonski (Bremen)
3 February 2026 (2026-02-03) Quarterfinal Bayer Leverkusen v FC St. Pauli Leverkusen
20:45 UTC+1 DFB Report
[ FCSP Report]
[ Kicker Report]
Stadium: BayArena

Squad and statistics

As of 13 December 2025
No. Pos Player 1. Bundesliga DFB-Pokal Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Ben Voll 0 0 1 0 1 0
2 DF Manolis Saliakas 4+4 0 0+2 0 10 0
3 DF Karol Mets 7+1 0 2 0 10 0
4 DF David Nemeth 0 0 1 0 1 0
5 DF Hauke Wahl 13 1 3 1 16 2
6 MF James Sands 13 0 3 0 16 0
7 MF Jackson Irvine 4+3 0 1 0 8 0
8 DF Eric Smith 14 1 3 0 17 1
9 FW Abdoulie Ceesay 0+10 0 0+3 0 13 0
10 FW Danel Sinani 9+4 2 1+1 0 15 2
11 DF Arkadiusz Pyrka 10+1 0 3 0 14 0
14 DF Fin Stevens 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Joel Chima Fujita 14 0 3 0 17 0
17 FW Dapo Afolayan 1+6 0 1+1 0 9 0
19 FW Martijn Kaars 6+6 2 1+1 1 14 3
20 MF Erik Ahlstrand 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Lars Ritzka 4+3 0 0+3 0 10 0
22 GK Nikola Vasilj 14 0 2 0 16 0
23 DF Louis Oppie 13+1 1 3 1 17 2
24 MF Connor Metcalfe 1+13 0 1+2 0 17 0
25 DF Adam Dźwigała 5+3 1 0 0 8 1
26 FW Ricky-Jade Jones 0+2 1 0 0 2 1
27 FW Andréas Hountondji 8+3 4 2 0 13 4
28 FW Mathias Pereira Lage 14 0 2+1 1 17 1
30 GK Simon Spari 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Jannik Robatsch 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW Romeo Aigbekaen 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF Marwin Schmitz 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season

Notes

  1. ^ The Eintracht Norderstedt v FC St. Pauli match will take place at the Millerntor-Stadion instead of Eintracht Norderstedt's home stadium.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Boys In Brown sign Arkadiusz Pyrka". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 19 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Loan deal for Sands extended". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 20 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Boys In Brown sign Jannik Robatsch". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 6 June 2025.
  4. ^ "FC St. Pauli sign Ricky-Jade Jones". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 14 June 2025.
  5. ^ "FC St. Pauli sign Simon Spari". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 19 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Mathias Pereira Lage joins the Boys in Brown". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 20 June 2025.
  7. ^ "FC St. Pauli sign midfielder Joel Chima Fujita". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 27 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Loan deal agreed for Andréas Hountondji". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 8 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Boys in Brown sign Louis Oppie". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 11 July 2025.
  10. ^ "FC St. Pauli sign striker Martijn Kaars". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 28 August 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h "Thanks for everything and all the best for the future!". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 4 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Guilavogui to return to RC Lens". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 11 June 2025.
  13. ^ a b "Eggestein and Boukhalfa depart". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 12 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Saad joins Augsburg". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 26 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Treu joins SC Freiburg". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 30 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Maurides returns to Radomiak Radom". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 15 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Banks goes to England on loan". www.fcstpauli.com. FC St. Pauli. 1 September 2025.
  18. ^ "DFL–Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 29 May 2025. p. 3. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  19. ^ "2025/26 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixtures lists revealed". Bundesliga. 27 June 2025.
  20. ^ "Perfekt: DFB-Pokal-Knaller steigt am Millerntor!". Eintracht Norderstedt (in German). 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.