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)
	← 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
MF	Jeremy Dudziak	Borussia Dortmund	€ 500K
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	showBuxtehude
18:30	(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		0–3	FC St. Pauli	showBarum
16:00		Report	Thy (12), Rzatkowski (31), (83 o.g.)	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 1,400

30 June 2015 3		0–13	FC St. Pauli	showHetlingen
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	showFlensburg
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	showValby
15:00	(16), (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	showLustenau
18:30		Report	Halstenberg (83)	Stadium: Reichshofstadion Attendance: 2,000

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

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

18 July 2015 9	FC St. Pauli	4–2	Rayo Vallecano	showHamburg
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		1–9	FC St. Pauli	showTodesfelde
15:00	Unknown (44)	Report	Sobota (11, 25), Verhoek (20, 63, 90), Ziereis (41), Budimir (49, 56, 67)	Stadium:

2. Bundesliga[]

Table[]

Pos	Team v t	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	showHamburg
15:30		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

2 August 2015 2	Karlsruher SC	1–2	FC St. Pauli	showKarlsruhe
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	showHamburg
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	showLeipzig
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	showFrankfurt
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	showHamburg
20:15	Sobiech (70), Maier (87)	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee:

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

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

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

3 October 2015 10	FC St. Pauli	1–3	SV Sandhausen	showHamburg
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	showBerlin
13:00	Zejnullahu (42), Thiel (45), Kessel (90+3)	Report	Sobota (22), Hornschuh (54), Dudziak (72)	Stadium: Alte Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee:

25 October 2015 12	FC St. Pauli	1–0	SC Freiburg	showHamburg
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	showBochum
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	showHamburg
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	showMunich
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	showHamburg
13:30		Report	Füllkrug (19, 43), Leibold (53), Erras (88)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee:

6 December 2015 17	1.FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	FC St. Pauli	showKaiserslautern
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	showBielefeld
20:15		Report		Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 19,012 Referee: Benjamin Brand

18 December 2015 19	FC St. Pauli	1–2	Karlsruher SC	showHamburg
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	showFürth
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	showHamburg
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	showHamburg
18:30	Rzatkowski (10)	Report	Yann (11), Schahin (32), Sobiech (o.g.) (53)	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,342 Referee:

28 February 2016 23	MSV Duisburg	0–2	FC St. Pauli	showDuisburg
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	showHamburg
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	showHeidenheim
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	showHamburg
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	showSandhausen
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	showHamburg
18:30		Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

10 April 2016 29	SC Freiburg	4–3	FC St. Pauli	showFreiburg
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	showHamburg
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	showDüsseldorf
18:30	Demirbay (5)	Report	Picault (71)	Stadium: ESPRIT arena Attendance: 30,820 Referee:

29 April 2016 32	FC St. Pauli	0–2	TSV 1860 München	showHamburg
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	showNuremberg
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	showHamburg
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	showHamburg
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^[1]^[2]<

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

References[]

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

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

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