2015–16 FC St. Pauli season

FC St. Pauli
2015–16 season
President	Oke Göttlich
Manager	Ewald Lienen
Stadium	Millerntor-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	4th
DFB-Pokal	Round 1
Top goalscorer	League: Lennart Thy (8); All: Lennart Thy, Marc Rzatkowski (8)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 FC St. Pauli season is the club's 105th season of existence, and their fifth consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.

Background

After narrowly avoiding relegation during the 2014–15 season, FC. St Pauli started to strengthen the squad in the summer to prevent another relegation battle.

Transfers

In

Position	Name	From	Fee	Reference
MF	Jeremy Dudziak	Borussia Dortmund	€ 500K	^[1]
DF	Lasse Sobiech	Hamburger SV	free
FW	Fafà Picault	Sparta Prague	free
FW	Ryo Miyaichi	Arsenal	free
DF	Davidson Eden	FC Wacker Innsbruck	free
DF	Marc Hornschuh	FSV Frankfurt	free
FW	Waldemar Sobota	Club Brugge	loan

Out

Position	Name	From	Fee
DF	Marcel Halstenberg	RasenBallsport Leipzig	€3.5mln
GK	Philipp Tschauner	Hannover 96	free
MF	Tom Trybull	Greuther Fürth	free
MF	Dennis Daube	Union Berlin	free
MF	Michael Görlitz	Arminia Bielefeld	free
FW	Christopher Nöthe	Arminia Bielefeld	free
MF	Armando Cooper	Árabe Unido	free
DF	Sebastian Schachten	FC Luzern	free
DF	Markus Thorandt	no club	free
MF	Florian Kringe	end of career
FW	Ante Budimir	F.C. Crotone	loan
MF	Julian Koch	FSV Mainz	end of loan

Competitions

Preseason

26 June 2015 1	Buxtehuder SV	1–9	FC St. Pauli	Buxtehude
18:30	Ramazanoglu (17)	Report	Budimir (19, 31), Miyaichi (27), Halstenberg (29), Thy (33, 42), Stenzel (66), Verhoek (72, 73)	Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 2,032

28 June 2015 2	MTV Barum	0–3	FC St. Pauli	Barum
16:00		Report	Thy (12), Rzatkowski (31), Braun (83 o.g.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 1,400

30 June 2015 3	Hetlinger MTV	0–13	FC St. Pauli	Hetlingen
18:30		Report	Stenzel (21), Buchtmann (23, 39), Empen (38), Maier (43), Sobota (49, 71), Halstenberg (56), Litka (68), Rosin (75, 90), Rzatkowski (83), Choi (88)	Stadium: Deichstadion Attendance: 1,000

3 July 2015 4	ETSV Weiche Flensburg	0–4	FC St. Pauli	Flensburg
19:00		Report	Buballa (2), Budimir (47), Sobota (76), Stenzel (89)	Stadium: Manfred-Werner-Stadion Attendance: 1,589

5 July 2015 5	BK Frem Kopenhagen	2–3	FC St. Pauli	Valby
15:00	Nielsen (16), Andersson (66)	Report	Maier (31), Ziereis (32), Thy (36)	Stadium: Valby Idrætspark Attendance: 5,510

9 July 2015 6	Austria Lustenau	0–1	FC St. Pauli	Lustenau
18:30		Report	Halstenberg (83)	Stadium: Reichshofstadion Attendance: 2,000

11 July 2015 7	FC Winterthur	0–1	FC St. Pauli	Winterthur
18:30		Report	Choi (79)	Stadium: Stadion Schützenwiese Attendance: 4,800

14 July 2015 8	SC Freiburg	0–0	FC St. Pauli	Friedrichshafen
18:30		Report		Stadium: Zeppelinstadion

18 July 2015 9	FC St. Pauli	4–2	Rayo Vallecano	Hamburg
15:30	Maier (7), Sobiech (28), Gonther (36), Thy (49)	Report	Uche (51), Moreno (71)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 9,839

19 July 2015 10	SV Todesfelde	1–9	FC St. Pauli	Todesfelde
15:00	Unknown (44)	Report	Sobota (11, 25), Verhoek (20, 63, 90), Ziereis (41), Budimir (49, 56, 67)	Stadium: A-Platz Todesfelde

2. Bundesliga

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	RB Leipzig (P)	34	20	7	7	54	32	+22	67	Promotion to Bundesliga
3	1. FC Nürnberg	34	19	8	7	68	41	+27	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	FC St. Pauli	34	15	8	11	45	39	+6	53
5	VfL Bochum	34	13	12	9	56	40	+16	51
6	Union Berlin	34	13	10	11	56	50	+6	49

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(P) Promoted

Match results

25 July 2015 1	FC St. Pauli	0–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Hamburg
15:30		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

2 August 2015 2	Karlsruher SC	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Karlsruhe
15:30	Gordon (29)	Report	Sobiech (10), Halstenberg (40)	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 21,899 Referee: Benjamin Brand

16 August 2015 3	FC St. Pauli	3–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Hamburg
13:30	Rzatkowski (20, 74), Halstenberg (34)	Report	Freis (42), Zulj (79)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 28,421 Referee: Frank Willenborg

23 August 2015 4	RasenBallsport Leipzig	0–1	FC St. Pauli	Leipzig
13:30		Report	Thy (44)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 41,795 Referee: Bastian Dankert

30 August 2015 5	FSV Frankfurt	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Frankfurt
13:30	Halimi (46)	Report		Stadium: Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion Attendance: 10,217 Referee: Sören Storks

14 September 2015 6	FC St. Pauli	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Hamburg
20:15	Sobiech (70), Maier (87)	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: René Rohde

20 September 2015 7	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–0	FC St. Pauli	Braunschweig
13:30		Report		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 23,325 Referee: Benjamin Brand

23 September 2015 8	FC St. Pauli	1–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Hamburg
17:30	Maier (34)	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,154 Referee: Christian Dietz

26 September 2015 9	SC Paderborn 07	0–0	FC St. Pauli	Paderborn
13:00		Report		Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Harm Osmers

3 October 2015 10	FC St. Pauli	1–3	SV Sandhausen	Hamburg
13:00	Choi (75)	Report	Kosecki (5), Jovanovic (8), Bouhaddouz (77)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

17 October 2015 11	1.FC Union Berlin	3–3	FC St. Pauli	Berlin
13:00	Zejnullahu (42), Thiel (45), Kessel (90+3)	Report	Sobota (22), Hornschuh (54), Dudziak (72)	Stadium: Alte Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Robert Schröder

25 October 2015 12	FC St. Pauli	1–0	SC Freiburg	Hamburg
13:30	Rzatkowski (90+1)	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Peter Sippel

30 October 2015 13	VfL Bochum	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Bochum
18:30	Terodde (12)	Report	Kalla (10)	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 25,914 Referee: Felix Zwayer

9 November 2015 14	FC St. Pauli	4–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hamburg
20:15	Thy (13, 22, 70, 86)	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,017 Referee: Florian Meyer

21 November 2015 15	TSV 1860 München	2–0	FC St. Pauli	Munich
13:00	Liendl (53), Okotie (56)	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 30,100 Referee: Dr. Jochen Drees

29 November 2015 16	FC St. Pauli	0–4	1.FC Nürnberg	Hamburg
13:30		Report	Füllkrug (19, 43), Leibold (53), Erras (88)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Sören Storcks

6 December 2015 17	1.FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Halfar (69)	Report	Thy (3, 56)	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 29,352 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

14 December 2015 18	Arminia Bielefeld	0–0	FC St. Pauli	Bielefeld
20:15		Report		Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 19,012 Referee: Benjamin Brand

18 December 2015 19	FC St. Pauli	1–2	Karlsruher SC	Hamburg
18:30	Nehrig (24)	Report	Torres (37), Diamantakos (71)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Michael Weiner

7 February 2016 20	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–2	FC St. Pauli	Fürth
13:30		Report	Hornschuh (34), Sobota (62)	Stadium: Stadion am Laubenweg Attendance: 12,055 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

12 February 2016 21	FC St. Pauli	1–0	RasenBallsport Leipzig	Hamburg
18:30	Rzatkowski (8)	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Tobias Welz

19 February 2016 22	FC St. Pauli	1–3	FSV Frankfurt	Hamburg
18:30	Rzatkowski (10)	Report	Yann (11), Schahin (32), Sobiech (o.g.) (53)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,342 Referee: Aarne Arnink

28 February 2016 23	MSV Duisburg	0–2	FC St. Pauli	Duisburg
13:30		Report	Rzatkowski (64), Verhoek (90+4)	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 20,790 Referee: Frank Willenborg

3 March 2016 24	FC St. Pauli	1–0	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hamburg
20:15	Verhoek (82)	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,271 Referee: Benjamin Brand

6 March 2016 25	1. FC Heidenheim	2–0	FC St. Pauli	Heidenheim
13:30	Thomalla (71), Finne (81)	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

11 March 2016 26	FC St. Pauli	3–4	SC Paderborn 07	Hamburg
18:30	Sobiech (pen) (51), Sobota (84), Picault (90+3)	Report	Helenius 7, 59, Hartherz (24), Bertels (81)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 28,815 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

19 March 2016 27	SV Sandhausen	0–2	FC St. Pauli	Sandhausen
13:00		Report	Thy (8), Rzatkowski (40)	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 7,043 Referee: Thorsten Schriever

1 April 2016 28	FC St. Pauli	0–0	1.FC Union Berlin	Hamburg
18:30		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

10 April 2016 29	SC Freiburg	4–3	FC St. Pauli	Freiburg
13:30	Kempf (3, 85), Grifo (36), Philipp (60)	Report	Nehrig (55), Alushi (75), Sobiech (pen) (90)	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

16 April 2016 30	FC St. Pauli	2–0	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
13:00	Picault (52, 65)	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Florian Meyer

22 April 2016 31	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Düsseldorf
18:30	Demirbay (5)	Report	Picault (71)	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 30,820 Referee: Robert Schröder

29 April 2016 32	FC St. Pauli	0–2	TSV 1860 München	Hamburg
18:30		Report	Claasen (8), Aycicek (88)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Knut Kircher

8 May 2016 33	1.FC Nürnberg	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Nuremberg
15:30	Füllkrug (22)	Report		Stadium: Grundig-Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

15 May 2016 34	FC St. Pauli	5–2	1.FC Kaiserslautern	Hamburg
15:30	Miyaichi (5, 57), Thy (22), Maier (72), Buchtmann (79)	Report	Görtler (4), Jenssen (76)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

DFB-Pokal

10 August 2015 First Round	FC St. Pauli	1–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
20:30	Rzatkowski (34)	Report	Stindl (55, 67), Traoré (56), Hazard (86)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 28,175 Referee: Florian Meyer

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of 4 June 2016^[update]^[2]^[3]<

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Philipp Heerwagen	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	GER	Robin Himmelmann	35	0	34	0	1	0
33	GK	GER	Sven Brodersen	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	GER	Lasse Sobiech	32	4	32	4	0	0
4	DF	GER	Philipp Ziereis	31	0	30	0	1	0
5	DF	SUI	Joël Keller	5	0	5	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Daniel Buballa	35	0	34	0	1	0
16	DF	GER	Marc Hornschuh	27	2	27	2	0	0
17	DF	GHA	Davidson Eden	2	0	2	0	0	0
22	DF	GER	Yannick Deichmann	4	0	4	0	0	0
26	DF	GER	Sören Gonther	13	0	12	0	1	0
27	DF	GER	Jan-Philipp Kalla	15	1	15	1	0	0
34	DF	GER	Andrej Startsev	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	GER	Bernd Nehrig	23	2	22	2	1	0
8	MF	GER	Jeremy Dudziak	21	1	21	1	0	0
10	MF	GER	Christopher Buchtmann	30	1	30	1	0	0
11	MF	GER	Marc Rzatkowski	29	8	28	7	1	1
13	MF	JPN	Ryo Miyaichi	5	2	5	2	0	0
19	MF	KOS	Enis Alushi	27	1	26	1	1	0
25	MF	GER	Dennis Rosin	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	POL	Waldemar Sobota	32	3	31	3	1	0
29	MF	GER	Sebastian Maier	28	3	27	3	1	0
31	MF	GER	Maurice Litka	1	0	0	0	1	0
36	MF	TUR	Okan Adil Kurt	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	KOR	Kyoung-Rok Choi	22	1	21	1	1	0
9	FW	HAI	Fafà Picault	16	4	16	4	0	0
12	FW	NED	John Verhoek	17	2	16	2	1	0
18	FW	GER	Lennart Thy	31	8	30	8	1	0
24	FW	GER	Nico Empen	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Jeremy Dudziak transfers to FC St. Pauli". 28 August 2015.
^ "Mannschaft". fcstpauli.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
^ "FC St. Pauli squad". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.

[1] "Jeremy Dudziak transfers to FC St. Pauli". 28 August 2015.

[2] "Mannschaft". fcstpauli.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.

[3] "FC St. Pauli squad". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.

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