2025–26 FC St. Pauli season

FC St. Pauli
2025–26 season
Head coach	Alexander Blessin
Stadium	Millerntor-Stadion
Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	League: ; Andréas Hountondji; Danel Sinani; (4 each); All: ; Andréas Hountondji; Danel Sinani; (4 each)
	← 2024–25 2026–27 →
	All statistics correct as of 16 May 2026.

The 2025–26 FC St. Pauli season was 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 was the 63rd season for FC St. Pauli in the Millerntor-Stadion, located in St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

Head coachAlexander Blessin

StadiumMillerntor-Stadion

Bundesliga18th (relegated)

DFB-PokalQuarterfinal

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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]
DF	Tomoya Ando	Avispa Fukuoka	Undisclosed	1 January 2026	^[11]
GK	Emil Gazdov	CF Montréal	Loan	4 January 2026	^[12]
MF	Mathias Rasmussen	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	€1,000,000	24 January 2026	^[13]
FW	Taichi Hara	Kyoto Sanga	Free transfer	31 January 2026	^[14]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Simon Zoller	Retired	End of contract	4 June 2025	^[15]
GK	Sascha Burchert	Retired	End of contract	4 June 2025	^[15]
GK	Sören Ahlers	Retired	End of contract	4 June 2025	^[15]
GK	Eric Oelschlägel	Released	End of contract	4 June 2025	^[15]
FW	Andreas Albers	Retired	End of contract	4 June 2025	^[15]
DF	Siebe Van der Heyden	Mallorca	Loan return	4 June 2025	^[15]
MF	Robert Wagner	SC Freiburg	Loan return	4 June 2025	^[15]
FW	Noah Weißhaupt	SC Freiburg	Loan return	4 June 2025	^[15]
FW	Morgan Guilavogui	RC Lens	€4,500,000	11 June 2025	^[16]
MF	Carlo Boukhalfa	FC St. Gallen	End of contract	12 June 2025	^[17]
FW	Johannes Eggestein	Austria Wien	End of contract	12 June 2025	^[17]
FW	Elias Saad	FC Augsburg	€2,000,000	26 June 2025	^[18]
DF	Philipp Treu	SC Freiburg	€5,500,000	30 June 2025	^[19]
FW	Maurides	Radomiak Radom	€50,000	15 July 2025	^[20]
FW	Scott Banks	Blackpool	Loan	1 September 2025	^[21]
MF	Erik Ahlstrand	Heracles Almelo	Loan	8 January 2026	^[22]
FW	Scott Banks	Barnsley	Loan	26 January 2026	^[23]
FW	Dapo Afolayan	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	1 February 2026	^[24]

6 July 2025 (2025-07-06) Friendly	SV Grün-Weiß Firrel	0–10	FC St. Pauli	Aurich
16:00 UTC+2	Schaffer	Report	Banks 8' Stevens 12' Pereira Lage 30' Jones 49', 90' Nemeth 61' Sinani 65' Maurides 68' Afolayan 70' Sands 75'	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	Pyrka	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	Adamsen 24' Andersen	Report	Ceesay 5' Afolayan 20' Lage 54' Hountondji 83'	Stadium: Uwe-Seeler-Sportpark Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lennart Kernchen (Hanover)

2025–26 FC St. Pauli season

Transfers

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-season

In-season (autumn)

Mid-season

Competitions

Overall record

Bundesliga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

DFB-Pokal

Squad and statistics

Notes

References

Related Articles

20 July 2025 (2025-07-20) Friendly	FC St. Pauli	6–1	Karlsruher SC	Saalfelden, Austria
16:00 UTC+2	Dźwigała 18' Metcalfe 29' Afolayan 39' Sinani 72', Pyrka 102' Ceesay 106'	Report	Ben Farhat 86' Burnić	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	Banks 84' Stevens 89'	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	Thomas-Asante 18' Simms 75'	Report	Hountondji 43' Sinani 81'	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	Hountondji 15' Afolayan	Report	Nuñez Valentini Slotsager	Stadium: Velly Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Stefan Macanovic

3 September 2025 (2025-09-03) Friendly	Holstein Kiel	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Kiel
13:30 UTC+2	Müller 55'	Report	Afolayan 41'	Stadium: CITTI Fussball Park Attendance: behind closed doors Referee: Ben Henry Uhrig (Rellingen)

4 January 2026 (2026-01-04) Friendly	FC St. Pauli	0−0	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
15:30 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 25,087 Referee: Luca Jürgensen (Hamburg)

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	23 August 2025	16 May 2026	Matchday 1		34	6	8	20	29	60	−31	017.65
DFB-Pokal	16 August 2025	3 February 2026	First round	Quarterfinal	4	1	2	1	4	6	−2	025.00
Total					38	7	10	21	33	66	−33	018.42

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	1. FC Köln	34	7	11	16	49	63	−14	32
15	Werder Bremen	34	8	8	18	37	60	−23	32
16	VfL Wolfsburg (R)	34	7	8	19	45	69	−24	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
17	1. FC Heidenheim (R)	34	6	8	20	41	72	−31	26	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga
18	FC St. Pauli (R)	34	6	8	20	29	60	−31	26	Relegation to 2. Bundesliga

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	6	8	20	29	60	−31	26	4	5	8	17	31	−14	2	3	12	12	29	−17

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L
Position	8	5	4	5	9	10	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18

23 August 2025 (2025-08-23) 1	FC St. Pauli	3–3	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburg
18:30 UTC+2	Dźwigała 22' Smith 38', 89' Hountondji 50' Sinani 86' (pen.)	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Bensebaini 26' Guirassy 34', 39' Couto 65' Anton 67' Brandt 74' Mané 85' Sabitzer 90+3'	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	Gocholeishvili 26' 77' Poulsen 64'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Dźwigała 7', 19' Sinani 37' Pyrka 54' Houtondji 60'	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	Pyrka 36' Houtondji 45', 45' Sinani 77'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Rieder 16' Rexhbeçaj 40' Wagner 45+3' Saad 63' Matsima 67' Fellhauer 76'	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	Stiller 25' Demirović 43' El Khannouss 50'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Sands 40' Afolayan 67'	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	Wahl 32' Fujita 50' Smith 86' Ceesay 90+8'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Quansah 21' Tapsoba 25' Poku 58' Vázquez 60' Hjulmand 85' Badé 90+2' Fernández 90+2' Kofane 90+9'	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	Mbangula 2' Puertas 68' Stage 72' Grüll 90'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Saliakas 90+5'	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	Dźwigała 67'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Burger 43' Hajdari 44' Touré 54' Kramarić 59' Prömel 79' Hranáč 87'	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	Burkardt 36', 56'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Pereira Lage 37'	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	Sands 18' Saliakas 60' Ceesay 63' Hountondji 90+4'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Tabaković 15', 40' Machino 75' Fraulo 80'	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	Suzuki 40' Eggestein 50', 81' Beste 84'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Oppie 69' Sinani 84' Chima Fujita 90+2'	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	Chima Fujita 38'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Khedira 44', 46'	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	Guerreiro 44' Tah 83' Díaz 90+3' Jackson 90+6'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Hountondji 6' Mets 39'	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	El Mala 51'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Jones 90+4', 90+5'	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	Sands 25' Kaars 35', 53' Smith 45+1' Blessin 45+3' Pyrka 69'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Schöppner 42' Pieringer 64', 87' Kaufmann 73'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Sören Storks (Ramsdorf)

21 December 2025 (2025-12-21) 15	Mainz 05	0–0	FC St. Pauli	Mainz
15:30 UTC+1	Sano 32'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Pereira Lage 62'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck (Freiburg im Breisgau)

14 January 2026 (2026-01-14) 17	VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Wolfsburg
18:30 UTC+1	Eriksen 25' (pen.) Jenz 55' Pejčinović 88'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Smith 40' Ritzka 53' Dźwigała 84'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,031 Referee: Frank Willenborg (Osnabrück)

17 January 2026 (2026-01-17) 18	Borussia Dortmund	3–2	FC St. Pauli	Dortmund
15:30 UTC+1	Schlotterbeck 16' Adeyemi 43', 54' Brandt 45+1' Bellingham 69' Can 90+6' (pen.)	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Smith 38' Sands 62' Jones 72'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Harm Osmers (Hanover)

23 January 2026 (2026-01-23) 19	FC St. Pauli	0–0	Hamburger SV	Hamburg
20:30 UTC+1	Dźwigała 7'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Rember 24'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,183 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

27 January 2026 (2026-01-27) 16	FC St. Pauli	1–1	RB Leipzig	Hamburg
20:30 UTC+1	Kaars 90+3' (pen.)	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Baumgartner 49' Diomande 66'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,147 Referee: Florian Exner (Münster)
Note: The game was scheduled originally for 10 January, but it was postponed due to extreme weather conditions.^[27] On 13 January the DFL announced a new date for the game.^[28]

31 January 2026 (2026-01-31) 20	FC Augsburg	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Augsburg
15:30 UTC+1	Wolf 29' Baum 31' Gregoritsch 41', 59' Fellhauer 44' Banks 69'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Sinani 32' (pen.) Sands 90+1'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

7 February 2026 (2026-02-07) 21	FC St. Pauli	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
15:30 UTC+1	Saliakas 35' Sinani 55' (pen.)	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Undav 58' Demirović 72' Leweling 90'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Benjamin Brand (Schwebheim)

14 February 2026 (2026-02-14) 22	Bayer Leverkusen	4–0	FC St. Pauli	Leverkusen
15:30 UTC+1	Quansah 13' Schick 14' Tapsoba 52' Poku 78'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Mets 90+2'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Bremen)

22 February 2026 (2026-02-22) 23	FC St. Pauli	2–1	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
17:30 UTC+1	Kaars 29' Wahl 55' Chima Fujita 70' Saliakas 75'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Schmidt 7' Lynen 54' Milošević 62', 76' Friedl 75' Bittencourt 76' Stark 88'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Sören Storks (Ramsdorf)

28 February 2026 (2026-02-28) 24	TSG Hoffenheim	0–1	FC St. Pauli	Sinsheim
15:30 UTC+1	Kabak 21'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Sinani 38' Pereira Lage 45+4' Chima Fujita 80'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 27,786 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)