2016–17 FC St. Pauli season

The 2016–17 FC St. Pauli season is the club's 106th season of existence, and their sixth consecutive season in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football.

FC St. Pauli

2016–17 season
President	Oke Göttlich
Manager	Ewald Lienen
Stadium	Millerntor-Stadion
2. Bundesliga	7th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Background

After narrowingly missing out on promotion during the 2015–16 season, FC. St Pauli started to strengthen the squad in the summer to mount another push for promotion.

Transfers

In

Position	Name	From	Fee
GK	Jay Lee	Seattle Sounders FC 2	free
FW	Waldemar Sobota	Club Brugge	€ 300K
FW	Marvin Ducksch	Borussia Dortmund II	€ 250K
DF	Vegar Eggen Hedenstad	SC Freiburg	free
MF	Christopher Avevor	Hannover 96	free
DF	Jacob Rasmussen	FC Schalke 04	free
MF	Richard Neudecker	TSV 1860 München	free
FW	Aziz Bouhaddouz	SV Sandhausen	free
MF	Cenk Sahin	İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.	loan

Out

Position	Name	From	Fee
MF	Marc Rzatkowski	Red Bull Salzburg	€ 2 mln
FW	Ante Budimir	F.C. Crotone	€ 1 mln
FW	John Verhoek	1. FC Heidenheim	free
MF	Sebastian Maier	Hannover 96	free
FW	Lennart Thy	Werder Bremen	free
MF	Enis Alushi	1.FC Nürnberg	free
DF	Andrej Startsev	TSV Havelse	free
MF	Okan Adil Kurt	Fortuna Sittard	free
DF	Davidson Eden	Hobro IK	free

Competitions

Preseason

SpVgg Billstedt-Horn v FC St. Pauli

2 July 2016 1	SpVgg Billstedt-Horn	0–8	FC St. Pauli	Hamburg
16:00		Report	Choi 25' Buchtmann 28', 40' Hornschuh 41' Pasalic 58' (o.g.) Sobiech 65', 81' (pen.) Litka 84'	Stadium: Hein-Klink-Stadion

FC St. Pauli v FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin

3 July 2016 2	FC St. Pauli	1–0	FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin	Schwarzenbek
14:00	Empen 58'	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Schützenallee

SV Babelsberg 03 v FC St. Pauli

8 July 2016 3	SV Babelsberg 03	0–3	FC St. Pauli	Potsdam
18:00		Report	Bouhaddouz 52' Ziereis 63' Pahl 77'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 4,164

FC St. Pauli v Borussia Dortmund

14 July 2016 4	FC St. Pauli	2–3	Borussia Dortmund	Brixen im Thale
18:30	Empen 60', 79'	Report	Aubameyang 4', 17' (pen.) Mangala 88'	Stadium: Sportplatz SV Brixen Attendance: 900

FC St. Pauli v FC Ufa

17 July 2016 5	FC St. Pauli	2–0	FC Ufa	Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee
17:15	Avevor 9' Sobota 12'			Stadium: Der Nuaracher Sportplatz

FC St. Pauli v FC Zbrojovka Brno

20 July 2016 6	FC St. Pauli	0–1	FC Zbrojovka Brno	Bischofshofen
18:30		Report	Litsingi 46'	Stadium: Sportplatz Bischofshofen

Cardiff City v FC St. Pauli

23 July 2016 7	Cardiff City	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Osnabrück
16:45	Immers 2' Sobiech 28' (o.g.)	Report	Litka 20'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Note: Match lasted 60 minutes

FC St. Pauli v Borussia Mönchengladbach

23 July 2016 8	FC St. Pauli	0–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Osnabrück
18:00		Report		Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Note: Match lasted 60 minutes

FC St. Pauli v Sevilla FC

30 July 2016 9	FC St. Pauli	1–2	Sevilla FC	Hamburg
16:00	Bouhaddouz 36'	Report	Vitolo 53' Correa 69'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 16,621

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2016–17 2. Bundesliga

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Dynamo Dresden	34	13	11	10	53	46	+7	50
6	1. FC Heidenheim	34	12	10	12	43	39	+4	46
7	FC St. Pauli	34	12	9	13	39	35	+4	45
8	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	34	12	9	13	33	40	−7	45
9	VfL Bochum	34	10	14	10	42	47	−5	44

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

Match results

VfB Stuttgart v FC St. Pauli

8 August 2016 1	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Stuttgart
20:15	Maxim 67' Gentner 87'	Report	Bouhaddouz 28'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

FC St. Pauli v Eintracht Braunschweig

13 August 2016 2	FC St. Pauli	0–2	Eintracht Braunschweig	Hamburg
15:30		Report	Kumbela 40' Biada 67'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,456 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Dynamo Dresden v FC St. Pauli

28 August 2016 3	Dynamo Dresden	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Dresden
13:30	Lambertz 7'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Dresden Attendance: 29,350 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

FC St. Pauli v Arminia Bielefeld

10 September 2016 4	FC St. Pauli	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Hamburg
13:00	Bouhaddouz 38' Şahin 90'	Report	Schuppan 50'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Robert Kempter (Sauldorf)

Karlsruher SC v FC St. Pauli

18 September 2016 5	Karlsruher SC	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Karlsruhe
13:30	Diamantakos 57'	Report	Bouhaddouz 32'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 14,686 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

FC St. Pauli v TSV 1860 München

22 September 2016 6	FC St. Pauli	2–2	TSV 1860 München	Hamburg
20:15	Buchtmann 16' Nehrig 76'	Report	Liendl 70' (pen.) Andrade 77'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Referee: Robert Kampka (Mainz)

1. FC Union Berlin v FC St. Pauli

26 September 2016 7	1. FC Union Berlin	2–0	FC St. Pauli	Berlin
20:15	Hosiner 12' Redondo 42'	Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Harm Osmers

Hannover 96 v FC St. Pauli

1 October 2016 8	Hannover 96	2–0	FC St. Pauli	Hannover
13:00	Karaman 75' Klaus 90+3'	Report		Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Felix Brych

FC St. Pauli v Erzgebirge Aue

14 October 2016 9	FC St. Pauli	1–2	Erzgebirge Aue	Hamburg
18:30	Ducksch 3'	Report	Köpke 39' Breitkreuz 90'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,075 Referee: Jochen Drees

SV Sandhausen v FC St. Pauli

22 October 2016 10	SV Sandhausen	3–0	FC St. Pauli	Sandhausen
13:00	Höler 26' Pledl 45+1' Wooten 72'	Report		Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 6,653 Referee: Florian Badstübner

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Nürnberg

31 October 2016 11	FC St. Pauli	1–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Hamburg
20:15	Buchtmann 6'	Report	Burgstaller 20'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Harm Osmers

Würzburger Kickers v FC St. Pauli

7 November 2016 12	Würzburger Kickers	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Würzburg
20:15	Hedenstad 84' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 13,080 Referee: Guido Winkmann

FC St. Pauli v Fortuna Düsseldorf

20 November 2016 13	FC St. Pauli	0–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hamburg
13:30		Report	Buballa 36' (.g.)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1. FC Heidenheim v FC St. Pauli

26 November 2016 14	1. FC Heidenheim	2–0	FC St. Pauli	Heidenheim
13:00	Schnatterer 20', 81' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

2 December 2016 15	FC St. Pauli	0–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hamburg
18:30		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,037 Referee: Robert Hartmann

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v FC St. Pauli

11 December 2016 16	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0–2	FC St. Pauli	Fürth
13:30		Report	Bouhaddouz 64' C. Şahin 90+1'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Attendance: 10,015 Referee: Frank Willenborg

FC St. Pauli v VfL Bochum

17 December 2016 17	FC St. Pauli	1–1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
12:00	Bouhaddouz 76'	Report	Mlapa 20'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Felix Zwayer

FC St. Pauli v VfB Stuttgart

29 January 2017 18	FC St. Pauli	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
12:30		Report	Carlos Mané 84'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Robert Schröder

Eintracht Braunschweig v FC St. Pauli

5 February 2017 19	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Braunschweig
12:30	Abdullahi 90+6'	Report	Sobiech 7' Şahin 72'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22,775 Referee: Christian Dietz

FC St. Pauli v Dynamo Dresden

12 February 2017 20	FC St. Pauli	2–0	Dynamo Dresden	Hamburg
12:30	Choi 28' Şahin 59'	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Arminia Bielefeld v FC St. Pauli

19 February 2017 21	Arminia Bielefeld	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Bielefeld
12:30	Klos 90+3'	Report	Buchtmann 50'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 20,426 Referee: Robert Hartmann

FC St. Pauli v Karlsruher SC

27 February 2017 22	FC St. Pauli	5–0	Karlsruher SC	Hamburg
19:15	Dæhli 12' Sobota 50' Bouhaddouz 52', 58', 79'	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,073 Referee: Gunter Perl

TSV 1860 München v FC St. Pauli

4 March 2017 23	TSV 1860 München	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Munich
12:00	Agbenyenu 27'	Report	Sobiech 36' (pen.) Bouhaddouz 41'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 30,300 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Union Berlin

10 March 2017 24	FC St. Pauli	1–2	1. FC Union Berlin	Hamburg
17:30	Bouhaddouz 83'	Report	Polter 19' Kreilach 48'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

FC St. Pauli v Hannover 96

18 March 2017 25	FC St. Pauli	0–0	Hannover 96	Hamburg
12:00		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Erzgebirge Aue v FC St. Pauli

31 March 2017 26	Erzgebirge Aue	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Aue
18:30 CEST	Adler 28'	Report		Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt

FC St. Pauli v SV Sandhausen

4 April 2017 27	FC St. Pauli	0–0	SV Sandhausen	Hamburg
17:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,085 Referee: Florian Badstübner

1. FC Nürnberg v FC St. Pauli

7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) 28	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	FC St. Pauli	Nuremberg
18:30 CEST		Report	Bouhaddouz 51', 70'	Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg Attendance: 28,889 Referee: Daniel Schlager

FC St. Pauli v Würzburger Kickers

16 April 2017 (2017-04-16) 29	FC St. Pauli	1–0	Würzburger Kickers	Hamburg
13:30 CEST	Buchtmann 87'	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Sven Jablonski

Fortuna Düsseldorf v FC St. Pauli

21 April 2017 (2017-04-21) 30	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–3	FC St. Pauli	Düsseldorf
18:30 CEST	Bodzek  66' Hoffmann 72'  82'	Report	Ziereis 78' Buchtmann 83' Bouhaddouz 90+3'	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 28,429 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Heidenheim

28 April 2017 (2017-04-28) 31	FC St. Pauli	3–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Hamburg
18:30 CEST	Verhoek 52' (o.g.) Møller Dæhli 56' Bouhaddouz 62'	Report	Titsch-Rivero  79'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Robert Schröder

1. FC Kaiserslautern v FC St. Pauli

5 May 2017 (2017-05-05) 32	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Kaiserslautern
18:30 CEST	Gaus 90'	Report	Bouhaddouz 49' Buchtmann 69'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 35,781 Referee: Felix Zwayer

FC St. Pauli v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14) 33	FC St. Pauli	1–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Hamburg
15:30 CEST	Sobiech 70'	Report	Zulj 37'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Alexander Sather

VfL Bochum v FC St. Pauli

21 May 2017 (2017-05-21) 34	VfL Bochum	1–3	FC St. Pauli	Bochum
15:30 CEST	Gündüz 7'	Report	Thy 3', 86' Sobiech 55'	Stadium: Vonovia-Ruhrstadion Attendance: 27,600 Referee: Christof Günsch

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2016–17 DFB-Pokal

VfB Lübeck v FC St. Pauli

19 August 2016 First Round	VfB Lübeck	0–3	FC St. Pauli	Lübeck
20:45		Report	Hedenstad 16' Gonther 61' Ducksch 88'	Stadium: Stadion an der Lohmühle Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Martin Thomsen

FC St. Pauli v Hertha BSC

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25) Second Round	FC St. Pauli	0–2	Hertha BSC	Hamburg
20:45		Report	Weiser 42' Stocker 54'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,123 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of 21 May 2017^[update][1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	GER	Philipp Heerwagen	21	0	19+1	0	1	0
30	GK	GER	Robin Himmelmann	16	0	15	0	1	0
33	GK	GER	Svend Brodersen	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	NOR	Vegar Eggen Hedenstad	16	1	14+1	0	1	1
3	DF	GER	Lasse Sobiech	29	4	28+1	4	0	0
4	DF	GER	Philipp Ziereis	16	1	12+3	1	1	0
5	DF	SUI	Joël Keller	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
15	DF	GER	Daniel Buballa	31	0	24+6	0	1	0
16	DF	GER	Marc Hornschuh	23	0	21+1	0	1	0
19	DF	DEN	Jacob Rasmussen	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	GER	Sören Gonther	23	1	17+5	0	1	1
27	DF	GER	Jan-Philipp Kalla	13	0	6+7	0	0	0
35	DF	GER	Brian Koglin	3	0	2	0	1	0
6	MF	GER	Christopher Avevor	9	0	5+2	0	2	0
7	MF	GER	Bernd Nehrig	31	1	29+1	1	1	0
8	MF	GER	Jeremy Dudziak	21	0	17+3	0	1	0
10	MF	GER	Christopher Buchtmann	32	6	27+3	6	2	0
13	MF	JPN	Ryo Miyaichi	19	0	8+9	0	1+1	0
14	MF	NOR	Mats Møller Dæhli	13	2	13	2	0	0
20	MF	GER	Richard Neudecker	8	0	3+5	0	0	0
22	MF	TUR	Cenk Şahin	29	4	19+8	4	0+2	0
23	MF	GER	Johannes Flum	11	0	6+5	0	0	0
25	MF	GER	Dennis Rosin	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
28	MF	POL	Waldemar Sobota	33	1	31	1	2	0
29	MF	GER	Jan-Marc Schneider	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
31	MF	GER	Maurice Litka	7	0	2+4	0	1	0
37	MF	KOR	Choi Kyoung-rok	18	1	12+4	1	2	0
39	MF	KOR	Park Yi-young	2	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	HAI	Fafà Picault	8	0	3+3	0	1+1	0
11	FW	GER	Aziz Bouhaddouz	29	15	26+2	15	1	0
18	FW	GER	Lennart Thy	15	2	4+11	2	0	0
24	FW	GER	Nico Empen	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
34	FW	GER	Marvin Ducksch	12	2	4+6	1	0+2	1

References

1. "Offizielle Homepage des FC St. Pauli von 1910 e. V. - Mannschaft". Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-07-15.