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{{short description|German sports club}}
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| ground = [[Millerntor-Stadion]]
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| chrtitle = President
| chairman = Oke Göttlich<ref>{{cite web |last=Krause |first=Stefan |date=17 July 2024 |editor-last1= |editor-first1= |title=Im Sinne eines gerechten Fußballs |url=https://www.mopo.de/sport/fc-st-pauli/im-sinne-eines-gerechten-fussballs-goettlich-im-amt-bestaetigt-und-kaempferisch/ |website=Hamburger Morgenposto |language=de |translator-last1= |translator-first1= |location= |publisher= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>
| manager = [[Alexander Blessin]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
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'''Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 e.V.''', commonly known as simply '''St. Pauli''' ({{IPA|de|ɛfˌtseː zaŋkt ˈpaʊli|-|De-FC St. Pauli.ogg}}), is a German professional [[association football|football]] club based in the [[St. Pauli]] district of [[Hamburg]]. The team plays in the [[Bundesliga]] for the [[2025–26 Bundesliga|2025–26 season]], their second consecutive season in the top flight following promotion from the [[2. Bundesliga]] in [[2023–24 2. Bundesliga|2023–24]].

The [[Association football|football]] department is part of a larger sports club that also has departments in [[rugby football|rugby]] ([[FC St. Pauli Rugby]]), [[baseball]], [[bowling]], [[boxing]] (FC St. Pauli Boxen),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.st-pauli-boxen.de/bc-barracuda.htm|title=Die Boxabteilung des FC St. Pauli|publisher=st-pauli-boxen.de|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806215308/http://www.st-pauli-boxen.de/bc-barracuda.htm|archive-date=6 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[chess]], [[cycle sport|cycling]], [[handball]], [[roller derby]] ([[Harbor Girls Hamburg]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://harborgirls.de/about/|title=About|publisher=harbourgirls.de|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-date=23 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523061638/http://harborgirls.de/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[skittles (sport)|skittles]], [[softball]], [[table tennis]], and since 2011, [[marathon]].<ref>Fabian Balicki: Więcej niż piłka nożna? St. Pauli jest tą możliwością. Poligraf, 2015, {{ISBN|978-83-7856-321-1}}.</ref> Until the end of 2013, the club also had a department in [[American football]], but it was dissolved because it lacked the youth team required in order to hold a men's team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcstpauli.com/data/news/verein/home_page/jhv_2013/nsb_jhv |title=Harmonische Mitgliederversammlung |website=fcstpauli.com |publisher=FC St. Pauli |date=27 November 2013 |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203022718/http://www.fcstpauli.com/data/news/verein/home_page/jhv_2013/nsb_jhv |url-status=live }}</ref> As of April 2023, FC St. Pauli has 30,400 members.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/fc-st-pauli/info/2-bundesliga/2015-16 |title=FC St. Pauli |website=[[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] |publisher=Olympia-Verlag GmbH |access-date=5 April 2023 |archive-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504185550/https://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/2bundesliga/vereine/2-bundesliga/2015-16/fc-st-pauli-18/vereinsinformationen.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The men's professional football team dropped down to the [[Regionalliga (football)|Regionalliga]] in 2003, at that time the third highest football division in Germany and remained there for four years. In 2007, they won promotion back to the [[2. Bundesliga]], the German second tier. In 2010, they won promotion back to the top-flight Bundesliga, but were immediately relegated the following season. Their current tenure in the top-flight dates to their promotion in [[2023-24 2. Bundesliga|2023–24 season]].

FC St. Pauli has a cross-city rivalry with [[Hamburger SV]], with whom they contest the ''[[Hamburg derby]]'', the only cross-city derby currently featured in the Bundesliga. The club also has a more recent rivalry with [[F.C. Hansa Rostock|Hansa Rostock]], known as the ''[[Politisches derby|Political derby]]'', or even the ''Fear derby'', reflecting the divergent political identities of the two clubs.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=8 March 2012 |title=Für die Fans: St. Pauli klagt für Hansa Rostock|url=http://www.mopo.de/st-pauli/untersagungsverfuegung-fuer-die-fans--st--pauli-klagt-fuer-hansa-rostock,5067040,11805190.html |language=de |newspaper=Hamburger Morgenpost |location=Hamburg |publisher=Morgenpost Verlag GmbH |access-date=31 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.11freunde.de/interview/hansa-rostock-gegen-st-pauli-das-gefaehrlichste-spiel-des-jahres |title=Hansa Rostock gegen St. Pauli: Das gefährlichste Spiel des Jahres |last=Peter |first=Erik |date=18 November 2011 |website=11freunde.de |publisher=11FREUNDE Verlag GmbH & Co. KG |language=de |access-date=31 July 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222154758/http://www.11freunde.de/interview/hansa-rostock-gegen-st-pauli-das-gefaehrlichste-spiel-des-jahres |url-status=live }}</ref>

Although the club has been only modestly successful, it is widely recognised for its distinctive social culture and has a large popular following as one of the country's "Kult" clubs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.midfielddynamo.com/clubs/profiles/stpauli/st-pauli.htm |title=Midfield Dynamo Football Site |publisher=Midfielddynamo.com |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117154821/http://www.midfielddynamo.com/clubs/profiles/stpauli/st-pauli.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fcstpauli.com/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=496&topmenu=113&keepmenu=inactive&keepmenu=inactive |title=Offizielle Homepage des FC St. Pauli von 1910 e. V. – Mannschaft |publisher=FC St. Pauli |access-date=4 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505193614/http://www.fcstpauli.com/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=496&topmenu=113&keepmenu=inactive&keepmenu=inactive |archive-date=5 May 2010}}</ref> FC St. Pauli and supporters are strongly identified with their support of [[left-wing politics]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Conti |first1=Allie |title=It's an Anti-Fascist Thing: How an Obscure German Soccer Team Gained a Brooklyn Cult |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/nyregion/fc-st-pauli-east-river-bar.html |website=The New York Times |date=7 February 2019 |access-date=1 October 2022 |archive-date=9 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109064951/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/nyregion/fc-st-pauli-east-river-bar.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
===Early years===
The club began its existence in 1899 as a loose, informal group of football enthusiasts within the ''Hamburg-St.Pauli Turn-Verein 1862''.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} This group did not play its first match until 1907, when they faced a similar side assembled from the local Aegir swimming club.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Officially established on 15 May 1910, the club played as ''St. Pauli TV'' in the [[Kreisliga]] Groß-Hamburg (Alsterkreis) until 1924, when a separate football side called St. Pauli was formed.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The team played as an undistinguished lower-to-mid table side until making their first appearance in 1934 in the top-flight [[Gauliga Nordmark]], 1 of 16 premier level divisions created in the re-organization of German football that took place under the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]]. They were immediately relegated, but returned to the top flight in 1936. Relegated again in 1940, St. Pauli re-appeared in the [[Gauliga]] Hamburg in 1942, and played there until the end of [[World War II]].

===Post-war football===
[[File:St. Pauli Performance Chart.png|260px|thumb|Historical chart of St. Pauli league performance]]
After the war, the club resumed play in the [[Oberliga Nord]] in 1947. A second-place finish in the 1947–48 season led St. Pauli to its first appearance in the national championship rounds.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} They advanced as far as the semi-finals, where they were knocked out 2–3 by eventual champions [[1. FC Nürnberg]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The club continued to play well throughout the early 1950s, but were unable to overtake rivals [[Hamburger SV]], finishing in second place in five of the next seven seasons, and going out in the early rounds in each of their championship-round appearances from 1949 to 1951.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In the late 1950s and into the early 1960s, St. Pauli were overtaken by rivals such as [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]] and [[VfL Osnabrück]], but finished fourth a number of times.

===Promotion to the Bundesliga===
In 1963, the [[Bundesliga]] – West Germany's new top-flight professional league – was formed. Hamburger SV, Werder Bremen, and [[Eintracht Braunschweig]] joined the new circuit as the top-finishers from the Oberliga Nord, while FC St. Pauli found themselves in the second-tier Regionalliga Nord.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} That year, the club signed [[Guy Acolatse]], who became the first [[Black people|Black]] professional footballer to play in Germany.<ref name="ak">{{cite news |last1=Bauer |first1=Gabi |last2=Piro |first2=Peter |title=ak 551: Die hatten noch nie einen Schwarzen gesehen |url=https://archiv.akweb.de/ak_s/ak551/23.htm |access-date=19 June 2021 |work=[[analyse & kritik]] |issue=551 |date=18 June 2010 |language=de |archive-date=22 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622125401/https://archiv.akweb.de/ak_s/ak551/23.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="melzer">{{cite web |last1=Melzer |first1=Dennis |title=Guy Acolatse: Die Geschichte von Deutschlands erstem schwarzen Profifußballer |url=https://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/1811/Artikel/guy-acolatse-deutschlands-erster-schwarzer-profifussballer-st-pauli-hamburg-togo,seite=2.html |website=Spox |access-date=19 June 2021 |language=de |date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202405/https://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/1811/Artikel/guy-acolatse-deutschlands-erster-schwarzer-profifussballer-st-pauli-hamburg-togo,seite=2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Nearly a decade-and-a-half of frustration followed. St. Pauli won their division in 1964, but finished bottom of their group in the promotion play-off round.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} They won their next Regionalliga Nord title in 1966, but, while they performed far better in the play-offs, still could not advance to the top-flight, losing to [[Rot-Weiss Essen]] on goal difference, having conceded two more goals.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Division championships in 1972 and 1973, and runner-up finishes in 1971 and 1974, were each followed by promotion-round play-off disappointment.

The success of the Bundesliga, and the growth of professional football in West Germany, led to the formation of the [[2. Bundesliga]] in 1974.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} St. Pauli was part of the new second-tier professional circuit in the 2. Bundesliga Nord and, in 1977, they advanced to the top flight as winners of their division. The team survived for one season at the highest level in the Bundesliga.

The club's return to the 2. Bundesliga Nord was also short-lived. On the verge on bankruptcy in 1979,{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} they were denied a license for the following season and were sent down to the [[Oberliga (football)|Oberliga Nord (III)]]. Strong performances that set the team atop that division in 1981 and 1983 were marred by poor financial health.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} By 1984, the club had recovered sufficiently to return to the 2. Bundesliga, overtaking Werder Bremen's amateur side, who, despite finishing two points ahead of St. Pauli, were ineligible for promotion.

==="Kult" phenomenon===
It was in the mid-1980s that St. Pauli's transition from a standard traditional club into a "[[cult following|Kult]]" club began. The club was also able to turn the location of its ground in the dock area part of town, near Hamburg's famous [[Reeperbahn]] – centre of the city's night life and its [[red-light district]] – to its advantage. An alternative fan scene slowly emerged, built around [[left-wing politics|left-leaning politics]], [[activism|social activism]] and the event and party atmosphere of the club's matches. St. Pauli became the first team in Germany to officially ban [[nationalism#Types|right-wing nationalist activities]] and displays in its stadium during a period of fascist-inspired [[football hooliganism]] across Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freedompress.org.uk/news/2010/05/16/fc-st-pauli-pirates-of-the-league/ |title=St Pauli: Pirates of the League |publisher=Freedom Press |date=16 June 2010 |access-date=17 May 2014 |archive-date=18 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518035652/http://freedompress.org.uk/news/2010/05/16/fc-st-pauli-pirates-of-the-league/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1981, the team was averaging small crowds of only 1,600 spectators, but by the late 1990s they were frequently selling out their entire 20,000-capacity ground.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of FC St.Pauli|url=http://rebelultras.com/2014/02/10/history-of-fc-st-pauli/|website=Rebel Ultras|access-date=15 February 2017|archive-date=16 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216064724/http://rebelultras.com/2014/02/10/history-of-fc-st-pauli/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:FC St. Pauli Flagge.jpg|thumb|right|175px|The club's official skull and crossbones symbol on a supporter flag]]Supporters adopted the [[Jolly Roger|skull and crossbones]] as their own unofficial emblem in the 1980s.<ref name="alltherightthings">{{cite web |last1=Hesse |first1=Uli |title=St Pauli: the club that stands for all the right things ... except winning |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/sep/06/st-pauli-club-that-stands-for-all-the-right-things-except-winning |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=29 March 2024 |date=6 September 2015}}</ref> Although precise details are uncertain, the story goes that named "Doc Mabuse", a singer in a Hamburg punk band, nailed a [[Jolly Roger]] flag to a broomstick and brought it to the Millerntor-Stadion.<ref name="alltherightthings"/> The original flag featured a skull with pirate eyepatch. Inspired, other fans began to bring similar flags to matches.<ref name="doubleinvention"/>  In 1989, Hamburg screenprinter Steph Braun created an image combining a detailed representation of a skull (taken from an anatomy textbook) with the words "ST. PAULI" underneath. Intended to represent the area itself, and sold in various record shops around the district, Braun's graphic was adopted by St. Pauli fans and came to be seen as specifically associated with the club.<ref name="doubleinvention">{{cite web |title=KIEZQUAKE STORIES: THE DOUBLE INVENTION OF THE SKULL |url=https://www.fcstpauli.com/news/kiezbeben-geschichten-die-doppelte-erfindung-des-totenkopfs/ |website=fcstpauli.com |publisher=FC St. Pauli |access-date=29 March 2024 |date=14 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="texmen">{{cite web |title=St. Pauli skull and crossbones |url=https://www.texmen.de/st-pauli-skull/ |website=texmen.de |publisher=Texmen |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>

In the early 1990s, the media in Germany began to recognize the ''Kult''-image of the club, focusing on the [[punk ideologies|punk]] part of the fan-base in TV broadcasts of the matches.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} By this time, the media also started to establish nicknames like "''Freibeuter der Liga''" ("[[Buccaneer]]s of the League") as well as the satirical "''das Freudenhaus der Liga''" ("Brothel of the League", literally "House of Joy").{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}  The club itself realized the potential and in September 1999 bought the rights to Steph Braun's skull and crossbones graphic, making it an official club logo.<ref name="doubleinvention"/><ref name="texmen"/>

St. Pauli moved in and out of the Bundesliga over the course of the next dozen years: the club was narrowly relegated to the Oberliga in the 1984–85 season, but won the 1985–86 championship and returned to 2. Bundesliga.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Two increasingly strong years followed, resulting in promotion and three seasons in the Bundesliga, from 1988 to 1991.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Four seasons followed in 2. Bundesliga, and then another two in the Bundesliga in 1995 to 1997, before another return to the 2. Bundesliga.

===Into the new millennium===
[[File:Millerntor budapester 2009.JPG|right|thumb|The new South Tribune of the [[Millerntor-Stadion]], seen from Budapester Straße in 2009]]
[[File:FC St. Pauli logo.svg|thumb|150px|Former logo]]
Until 2010, the club's most recent appearance in the top-flight had been a single-season cameo in [[2001–02 Bundesliga|2001–02]]. A win against [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], the reigning [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]] winners, led to the popular "''Weltpokalsiegerbesieger''" ("World Club Champion beaters") shirts.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brux|first1=Sven|title=CLUB HISTORY|url=https://www.fcstpauli.com/en/club/history/|website=fcstpauli.com|access-date=15 February 2017|archive-date=16 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216060925/https://www.fcstpauli.com/en/club/history/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the team finished last in the league, partly because the management did not trust the team which surprisingly won the promotion in 2001, but rather spent the additional money from Bundesliga TV contracts and advertisements on expensive but disappointing players. After the relegation to the 2. Bundesliga, only a skeleton of the successful 2001 team remained. The [[2002–03 2. Bundesliga|2002–03 season]] ended up in chaos, with the team fighting relegation (ultimately in vain) from the very beginning, various coaches departing and other problems internal to the club.

With the club almost bankrupt again and the less-lucrative [[Regionalliga (football)|Regionaliga Nord (III)]] looming, the club began its fund-raising activities, the so-called "''Retteraktion''".{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} They printed [[t-shirt]]s with the club's crest surrounded by the word ''Retter'' ("rescuer/saviour") and more than 140,000 were sold within six weeks.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} They also organized a lucrative benefit game, against Bayern Munich, to raise funds to save the club.

The club has also been active in terms of charity and in 2005 the club, the team and the fans initiated the [[Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli]] campaign, which collects money for water-dispensers for schools in [[Cuba]], for clean water in [[Rwanda]] et cetera.

During the [[2005–06 2. Bundesliga|2005–06 season]], the team enjoyed unprecedented success in the [[2005–06 DFB-Pokal|DFB-Pokal]], with wins over [[SV Wacker Burghausen|Burghausen]], [[VfL Bochum]] and, significantly, Bundesliga sides [[Hertha BSC]] and, in the quarter-finals on 25 January 2006, Werder Bremen.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Their 3–1 victory in front of a sell-out Millerntor crowd, and their subsequent place in the DFB Cup semi-final, netted the club approximately €1&nbsp;million in TV and sponsorship money, going a long way to saving the club from immediate financial ruin.

St. Pauli finally went out of the cup to Bayern Munich on 12 April, going down 3–0 with a goal from [[Owen Hargreaves]] and two from [[Claudio Pizarro]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Coincidentally, Bayern were also St. Pauli's opponents and dispatchers in the first round of [[2006–07 DFB-Pokal|the following season's cup]].

After success in the [[2006–07 2. Bundesliga|2006–07 season]], the team was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.fcstpauli.com/en/club/history/ |access-date=5 November 2024 |website=FC St. Pauli |language=de}}</ref> After defeating [[SpVgg Greuther Fürth]] in the [[2009–10 2. Bundesliga|2009–10 season]], the team secured promotion back to the Bundesliga for the [[2010–11 Bundesliga|2010–11 season]].<ref>{{Cite web |work=NDR |title=St. Pauli feiert den Bundesliga-Aufstieg |url=https://www.ndr.de/sport/fussball/pauli/St-Pauli-feiert-Bundesliga-Aufstieg,stpauli668.html |access-date=5 November 2024 |language=de}}</ref> On 16 February 2011, during the 2010–11 season and for the first time since 1977, St. Pauli defeated their cross-city rivals, Hamburger SV, away at the [[Volksparkstadion]], courtesy of a [[Gerald Asamoah]] goal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamburg vs. St. Pauli 0 - 1 |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/02/16/germany/bundesliga/hamburger-sv/fc-st-pauli-von-1910-ev/958626/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref> The team, however, finished the domestic season in last place, resulting in their relegation to the 2. Bundesliga for the [[2011–12 2. Bundesliga|2011–12 season]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Since then, the club remained in the 2. Bundesliga, finishing fourth in 2011–12 but declining in results in the years to come, until they earned promotion back to the Bundesliga in the [[2023–24 2. Bundesliga|2023–24 season]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 May 2024 |title=St. Pauli earn Bundesliga promotion after 13 years |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40131213/st-pauli-promoted-back-bundesliga-13-year-wait |access-date=12 May 2024 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Football Cooperative St. Pauli von 2024 eG ==
In order to be able to guarantee and expand financial security in professional football, the board and members of the club have decided in the End of 2024 to found the Football Cooperative St. Pauli von 2024 eG. The [[cooperative]] will enable fans and members to acquire shares for 750 euros plus a subscription and administration fee of 100 euros. The club is expecting 20,000 to 30,000 shareholders, which should raise up to 30 million euros, with the sale of shares to be discontinued once 36 million is reached. The co-operative will use these funds to acquire a majority stake in the Millerntor stadium operating company. The income is also needed to service existing loans, in particular from the new stadium construction and the coronavirus period. Members of the cooperative have co-determination rights according to the [[One man, one vote|one man, one vote - principle]] and elect the [[Board of directors|Executive Board]]. The Football Cooperative St. Pauli von 2024 eG is the first cooperative in German professional football.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Läsker |first=Kristina |date=5 November 2024 |title=FCSP-Genossenschaft: Anstoß, Genossen! |url=https://www.zeit.de/hamburg/2024-11/fcsp-genossenschaft-teilhabe-kapital-fussball-finanzierung-faq |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=Die Zeit |language=de-DE |issn=0044-2070}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hürner |first=Thomas |date=24 September 2024 |title=Genossenschaft in St. Pauli: "Wir spüren die finanzielle Schere am eigenen Leib" |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/bundesliga-st-pauli-genossenschaft-wolframm-lux.973vJqgeNyu9MFyNhF8cLc?reduced=true |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=Süddeutsche.de |language=de}}</ref>

==Colours and kit==
{{Commons|FC St. Pauli kits}}
The colours of FC St. Pauli are [[brown]] and [[white]], and to a lesser extent [[red]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Black]] is also common among fans and on third kits.

The club has worn brown and white since 1910, when it joined the [[Northern German Football Association]] (''Norddeutscher Fußball-Verband'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Club History |url=https://www.fcstpauli.com/en/club/history/ |website=fcstpauli.com |publisher=FC St. Pauli |access-date=26 May 2023 |archive-date=5 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405212659/https://www.fcstpauli.com/en/club/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> These early uniforms were made up of brown shirts and socks with white shorts.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Some time between the 1920s and 30s, the club took on what would become its traditional look, namely a white shirt, brown shorts and brown socks with a white turnover.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} From early on in the club's history until the 1990s, the club readily wore its brown [[Away colours|change shirts]] at home, even during such games as those against rivals HSV, who also wear white shirts.

During the 1960s, the club introduced white socks which regularly alternated with plain brown socks.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} A motif was used on the club shirt for the first time in 1968, when the club donned stripes, and, in the 1970s, various other motifs adorned the club's first and second-choice shirts.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In the [[1976–77 2. Bundesliga|1976–77 season]], St. Pauli began wearing [[Adidas]] kits, marking the end of a period of often experimental shirts, and this traditional look continued when the club started wearing [[Puma (brand)|Puma]] kits in the 1980s.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} For the 1985–86 season, the club sported an all-white Puma kit, which would be worn for four consecutive seasons before some brown details returned to the shirt.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} However, the Kiezkicker would continue to wear these predominantly white kits until 1993.

At this point, the club would return to a kit based on a white-brown-white scheme, but in a more contemporary style, often incorporating patterns.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The [[Reusch (company)|Reusch]] kits of [[1994–95 2. Bundesliga|1994]]–[[1995–96 Bundesliga|96]] and [[1996–97 Bundesliga|1996–97]] had hoops and stripes respectively, while [[Kappa (brand)|Kappa]] would also produce a striped kit in 2000–01.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The Italian brand would provide a set of kits for the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons in which the shirt, shorts, and socks were all available in white and brown, meaning that the team would wear a different combination each game, reminiscent of the club's look between the 1960s and 1980s.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} During the 2001–02 season, the team would frequently make recourse to the previous year's all-black away kit.

In [[2003–04 Regionalliga|2003–04]], the club would once again sport a white shirt with brown sleeves, manufactured by Stanno.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} However this is, as of the 2022–23 season, the last time the club has donned its traditional kit.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} While the club's uniform for the 2005–06 season would combine a light shirt and brown shorts, St. Pauli would wear an all-black kit during the following campaign (marking the first time that neither of the club's colours were present on the home kit).{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} From the [[2007–08 2. Bundesliga|2007–08 season]], St. Pauli has worn an all-brown home kit on all but three occasions, one of which saw the team return to a striped shirt, while in the two other instances the team wore white shorts.

Between 2019–20 and 2021–22, [[LGBT]] details were integrated into the third shirt. In 2020, having sought a kit supplier who would meet their ecological and ethical requirements since 2018, St. Pauli founded their own brand, Di!Y ("Do it. Improve Yourself").<ref>{{cite web |title=DIIY – Alles muss man selber machen! |url=https://www.fcstpauli.com/news/der-fc-st-pauli-geht-mit-eigener-teamsport-kollektion-in-die-saison-2021-22/ |website=fcstpauli.com |publisher=FC St. Pauli |access-date=9 April 2023 |archive-date=9 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409102508/https://www.fcstpauli.com/news/der-fc-st-pauli-geht-mit-eigener-teamsport-kollektion-in-die-saison-2021-22/ |url-status=live }}</ref> From the 2021–22 season, St. Pauli have worn kits made in-house by Di!Y.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===Sponsors===
{{More citations needed section|date=January 2024}}
{| class="wikitable center" style="width:500px; font-size:90%;"
|- style="background:#630; color:#FFF; font-weight:bold;"
|style=min-width:5em| Period
|style=min-width:8em| Brand
|style=min-width:8em| Sponsor
|-
|1975–1976
|Hummel
| rowspan="2" |Lüder Bauring
|-
|1976–1977
| rowspan="4" |Adidas
|-
|1977–1978
|Minolta
|-
|1978–1979
|Lüder Bauring
|-
|1979–1980
| rowspan="2" |–
|-
|1980–1981
| rowspan="5" |Puma
|-
|1981–1982
|Block House
|-
|1982–1983
|–
|-
|1983–1984
|Klein-Kleckersdorf
|-
|1984–1991
| rowspan="4" |Deutscher Ring
|-
|1991–1992
|Diadora
|-
|1992–1994
|Patrick
|-
|1994–1995
| rowspan="2" |Reusch
|-
|1995–1997
|Böklunder
|-
|1997–2000
|Puma
|Jack Daniels
|-
|2000–2001
| rowspan="2" |Kappa
|World of Internet/Astra
|-
|2001–2003
|Securvita
|-
| 2003–2005
| Stanno
|rowspan=2| Mobilcom
|-
| 2005–2006
|rowspan=5| Do You Football
|-
| 2006–2009
| Congstar
|-
| 2009–2010
| Dacia
|-
| 2010–2013
| Fernsehlotterie
|-
| 2013–2014
| Relentless
|-
| 2014–2016
| Hummel
|rowspan=4| Congstar
|-
| 2016–2021
| Under Armour
|-
| 2021–2024
| Di!Y
|-
| 2024–
| Puma
|}

==Stadium==
The home venue of the FC St. Pauli is the [[Millerntor-Stadion]]. Work on the stadium began in 1961, but its completion was delayed until 1963 as there was initially no drainage system in place, making the pitch unplayable after rain.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} It originally held 32,000 supporters, but the capacity was later reduced for safety reasons.

In 1970, the stadium was renamed the Wilhelm Koch-Stadium in honour of a former club president.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} However, this name became highly controversial when it was discovered by historian René Martens that Wilhelm Koch had been a member of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party|Nazi Party]] from 1937 to 1945, as stated in his 1997 book "FC St. Pauli - You'll never walk alone".<ref>{{cite news |last=Gerlach |first=Clemens |date=27 October 1997 |title=Braune Soße im Wilhelm-Koch-Studio |trans-title=Brown sauce in the Wilhelm Koch Studio |url=https://taz.de/Braune-Sosse-im-Wilhelm-Koch-Studio/!1376340/ |language=German |work=Die Tageszeitung |location=Berlin |access-date=15 May 2024|ref=none}}</ref> After protests by fans, the name was changed back to Millerntor-Stadion in 1999.

A total redevelopment began in 2006. The final phase of the redevelopment work ended with the completion of the new north stand in July 2015. The stadium is since then permitted for a capacity of 29,546 spectators of which 16,940 are standing and 12,606 are seated.<ref name="Stadion Fakten"/>

The stadium is located next to the [[Heiligengeistfeld]], and is overlooked by the [[Flak tower#Flakturm IV – Heiligengeistfeld, Hamburg|Flak Tower IV]] to the north and a building of the [[Deutsche Telekom]] to the south.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} It can be reached with the [[U-Bahn|Hamburg U-Bahn]] line U3 ([[St. Pauli (Hamburg U-Bahn station)|St. Pauli Station]] and [[Feldstraße (Hamburg U-Bahn station)|Feldstraße Station]]).

==Supporters==
St. Pauli enjoys a certain fame for the left-leaning character of its supporters: most of the team's fans regard themselves as [[anti-racist]], anti-fascist, [[Anti-homophobia|anti-homophobic]] and [[anti-sexist]], and this has, on occasion, brought them into conflict with [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazis]] and hooligans at away games. However, the fans are reportedly split on the [[Israel-Palestine conflict]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/st-pauli-supporter-clubs-clash-over-palestine-solidarity | title=St. Pauli supporter clubs clash over Palestine solidarity &#124; Morning Star }}</ref> The organization has adopted an outspoken stance against racism, fascism, sexism, and homophobia and has embodied this position in its constitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcstpauli.com/en/club/guiding-principles/|title=The Guiding Principles of FC St. Pauli|website=Homepage FC. St. Pauli|publisher=FC St. Pauli|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-date=24 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024040144/https://www.fcstpauli.com/en/club/guiding-principles/|url-status=live}}</ref> Team supporters traditionally participate in demonstrations in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, including those over [[squatting]] or low-income housing, such as the [[Hafenstraße]] and [[Bambule]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The centre of fan activity is the ''Fanladen St. Pauli''.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} St. Pauli has a number of supporters group in England, including [[Yorkshire St. Pauli]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magee |first=Will |date=29 July 2016 |title=Meet Yorkshire St. Pauli, The Activist Fan Club Facilitating Change |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-yorkshire-st-pauli-the-activist-fan-club-facilitating-change/ |access-date=5 September 2025 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}</ref> and St Pauli-on-Sea in Essex.

Partly because of shared leftist political views, St. Pauli fans have strong relationships with supporters of [[Bayern Munich]] (Schickeria),{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Werder Bremen]],{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Ternana Calcio|Ternana]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 October 2021 |title=Ternana Calcio – Introduction |url=https://fmyouthintake.wordpress.com/2021/10/27/ternana-calcio-introduction/ |access-date=5 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref> [[Club Universidad Nacional]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=pumas_st._pauli |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/pumas_st._pauli?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref> [[Unione Calcio Sampdoria|UC Sampdoria]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berlingheri |first=Federico |date=17 October 2019 |title=Sampdoria and St Pauli: story of a friendship forged on the terraces |url=https://www.sampdoria.it/en/news-en-2/archive/2019/10/17/sampdoria-and-st-pauli-story-of-a-friendship-forged-on-the-terraces/ |access-date=5 September 2025 |website=U.C. Sampdoria |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Rayo Vallecano]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 September 2019 |title="FC St Pauli is a way of life" - From Kult status to something more |url=https://www.getfootballnewsgermany.com/2019/feature-fc-st-pauli-is-a-way-of-life-from-kult-status-to-something-more/ |access-date=5 September 2025 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[SV Babelsberg 03]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Kopp |first=Johannes |date=11 May 2011 |title=St. Pauli des Ostens: SV Babelsberg 03 und seine Fans: Stammplatz links außen |url=http://www.taz.de/!5120929/ |language=de |newspaper=[[Die Tageszeitung]] |location=Berlin |publisher=taz Verlags u. Vertriebs GmbH |access-date=11 July 2016 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815140323/http://www.taz.de/!5120929/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]],{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[AEK Athens F.C.|AEK Athens]] ([[Original 21]]),{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Olympique Marseille]],{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}  [[Venezia FC|Venezia]],{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Cosenza Calcio|Cosenza]],{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Standard Liège]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} and [[Clapton CFC]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In the past they also had a friendship with the fans of [[Bohemians 1905]],{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Partizan Minsk]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} and [[F.C. United of Manchester]], the latter of whom were invited to the Millerntor for a friendly game to celebrate St. Pauli's centenary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fc-utd.co.uk/match-report/st-pauli-versus-fc-united-of-manchester-15-05-2010#:~:text=FC%20United%20of%20Manchester%203&text=A%20brace%20from%20Carlos%20Roca,in%20Hamburg%20on%20Saturday%20evening|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429125746/https://fc-utd.co.uk/match-report/st-pauli-versus-fc-united-of-manchester-15-05-2010#:~:text=FC%20United%20of%20Manchester%203&text=A%20brace%20from%20Carlos%20Roca,in%20Hamburg%20on%20Saturday%20evening |archive-date=29 April 2023 | title=Match Report - St Pauli 3 - 3 FC United of Manchester - 15th May 2010 }}</ref> The group ''Ultrá Sankt Pauli'' also has a special friendship with the group ''Schickeria München'', from the ultras scene of [[Bayern Munich]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schickeria-muenchen.org/index.php?id=38&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=133&cHash=0b81a5315126eb522b824d85dfc20888 |language=de |title=Schickeria München: Offizielle Freundschaften und Kontakte ins In- und Ausland |url-status=dead |access-date=10 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001202600/http://www.schickeria-muenchen.org/index.php?id=38&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=133&cHash=0b81a5315126eb522b824d85dfc20888 |archive-date=1 October 2013}}</ref> A banner of the Schickeria München is occasionally displayed at the Millerntor-Stadion, and a flag of the Ultrá Sankt Pauli – sporting a picture of [[Che Guevara]] – has been displayed at the [[Allianz Arena]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=14 June 2016 |title=Bayern-Fans mit klarer Botschaft gegen Rechts |url=https://www.tz.de/sport/fc-bayern/suedkurve-fc-bayern-klaren-botschaften-gegen-rechte-hooligans-meta-4341075.html |language=de |newspaper=[[Tz (newspaper)|Tz]] |location=[[München]] |publisher=Zeitungsverlag tz München GmbH & Co. KG |access-date=5 May 2017 |archive-date=19 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819232644/https://www.tz.de/sport/fc-bayern/suedkurve-fc-bayern-klaren-botschaften-gegen-rechte-hooligans-meta-4341075.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Both Ultrá Sankt Pauli and Schickeria München are members of ''Alerta Network'', an international anti-fascist network of supporter groups.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

The club prides itself on having the largest number of female fans in all of German football.<ref name="nzh">{{cite news |title=Bohemians mixing it with big boys |first=Dean |last=Parker |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=14 September 2010 |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/human-rights/news/article.cfm?c_id=500838&objectid=10673207 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110215093301/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/human-rights/news/article.cfm?c_id=500838&objectid=10673207 |archive-date=15 February 2011 |access-date=4 March 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2002, advertisements for the men's magazine ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' were removed from the Millerntor-Stadion in response to fans' protests over the adverts' [[sexism|sexist]] depictions of women.<ref>{{cite news |last=Foster |first=Richard |date=27 October 2016 |title=How a German football club inspired fans in Yorkshire to unite and help refugees |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/2016/oct/27/yorkshire-st-pauli-germany-football-club-refugees-leeds |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=5 May 2017 |archive-date=11 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211165913/https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-agony-and-the-ecstasy/2016/oct/27/yorkshire-st-pauli-germany-football-club-refugees-leeds |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, the club banned [[lap dancing|lap dancers]] from performing during match before guests at a corporate suite, following fans' complaints. The suite belonged to local lap dance club ''Susies Show Bar''.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=20 January 2011 |title=St. Pauli strippers get sent off |url=https://www.thelocal.de/20110120/32557 |newspaper=[[The Local]] |location=Stockholm |publisher=The Local Europe AB |access-date=5 May 2017 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010004537/https://www.thelocal.de/20110120/32557 |url-status=live }}</ref>

St. Pauli is also a worldwide symbol for [[punk rock|punk]] and related subcultures.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/features/2004/11/st_pauli/st_pauli.shtml |title=Punk rock football |work=BBC Birmingham |date=20 November 2004 |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=31 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831012115/http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/features/2004/11/st_pauli/st_pauli.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> The skull and crossbones logo and the team's brown and white football jerseys have often been worn by international artists such as the bands [[Asian Dub Foundation]], [[Gaslight Anthem]], [[Panteon Rococo]] and [[Molotov (band)]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The [[KMFDM]] frontman and Hamburg native [[Sascha Konietzko]] is a recognisable St. Pauli fan at one point placing a huge picture of a fist smashing a [[swastika]] on his band's main page, with the caption ''"St. Pauli Fans gegen Rechts!"'' ("St. Pauli fans against the [[Far-right politics|Right]]") underneath it.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} American punk band [[Anti-Flag]] can be seen wearing St. Pauli shirts in numerous music videos for their album ''[[American Fall]]''.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Another notable supporter and sponsor is [[Andrew Eldritch]], lead singer of band [[The Sisters of Mercy]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} On his 2006 "Sisters Bite The Silver Bullet"- tour, Eldritch wore the famous skull and crossbones shirt.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Georg Holm]], the bassist of the Icelandic [[post rock]] band [[Sigur Rós]], has performed at several festivals wearing a St. Pauli shirt.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Alex Rosamilia]], the guitarist for [[The Gaslight Anthem]], frequently wears a St. Pauli hat and hoodie and displays a flag of the club's logo in front of the speakers of his guitar amp.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Editors (band)|Editors]] guitarist and synthesiser player [[Chris Urbanowicz]] frequently wears the skull and crossbones t-shirt.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Dave Doughman, the singer for [[Dayton, Ohio]]'s [[Swearing at Motorists]], who has been spotted in concert with the skull and crossbones on his guitar and amplifier, moved to St. Pauli in 2010.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Bad Religion]] played a charity match against St. Pauli's third team in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebrpage.net/theanswer/?article=soccer |title=Soccer entry in The Answer hosted at The Bad Religion Page |publisher=The Bad Religion Page |access-date=9 October 2010 |archive-date=31 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831091629/http://www.thebrpage.net/theanswer/?article=soccer |url-status=live }}</ref> German musicians who are fans include: [[Fettes Brot]],{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} [[Die Ärzte]] singer/drummer/songwriter [[Bela B.]],{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} [[Kettcar]],{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} [[Tomte (band)|Tomte]],{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} and many other bands, most of them underground.
[[File:Kollmarlibre 06.JPG|thumb|right|The [[ska punk]] group Kollmarlibre are avowed supporters of FC St. Pauli.]]

Several bands have also made music directly related to St. Pauli: The Norwegian punk rock band [[Turbonegro]] recorded a special version of their song "[[I Got Erection]]" with re-worked German lyrics for St. Pauli.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In 2009, Italian ska combat-folk punk band [[Talco (band)|Talco]] from [[Marghera]], [[Venice]], wrote the song "St. Pauli".{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} The team has since used the song as an anthem and Talco has played a number of concerts at Millerntor-Stadion.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} [[Glasgow]] band [[The Wakes (band)|The Wakes]] have also played the Millerntor, having written "The Pirates of the League" about the club.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Also, British band [[Art Brut]] has written a song about the club called "St Pauli" which is featured on their album ''[[It's a Bit Complicated]]''.<ref name="fly">{{cite news |url=http://mamacolive.com/thefly/blog/8064/The-Reeperbahn-Festival-Preview/ |title=The Reeperbahn Festival Preview |work=[[The Fly (magazine)|The Fly]] |url-status=dead |access-date=10 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913002023/http://mamacolive.com/thefly/blog/8064/The-Reeperbahn-Festival-Preview/ |archive-date=13 September 2013}}</ref> In 2010, FC St. Pauli celebrated its 100th anniversary. For the occasion, the fan club 18auf12 recorded the song "Happy Birthday St Pauli, One Hundred Beers for You", with words and music by Henning Knorr and [[Christoph Brüx]].<ref>[http://www.18auf12.de/exec/cdpromo/ ''One Hundred Beers''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331015341/http://www.18auf12.de/exec/cdpromo/ |date=31 March 2008 }} website of the fan club 1''8auf12'' 14 November 2010</ref>

The Canadian punk rock band The Pagans of Northumberland recorded a song in 2014 called simply "St Pauli" for their first 7-inch detailing their love of the club and its supporters around the world.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

In January 2017, FC St. Pauli announced an extensive co-operation with [[Irish Americans|Irish-American]] [[Celtic punk]] band [[Dropkick Murphys]]. The co-operation includes a strictly limited seven-inch picture disc of the song "[[You'll Never Walk Alone]]" recorded by the band, and new club merchandise labeled "You'll Never Walk Alone", sporting both the club and the band.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fcstpauli.com/news/kooperation-mit-dropkick-murphys/ |title=St. Pauli & die Dropkick Murphys: You'll Never Walk Alone! |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=11 January 2017 |website=fcstpauli.com |location=Hamburg |publisher=Fußball-Club St. Pauli v. 1910 e.V. |language=de |access-date=12 January 2017 |archive-date=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113095652/https://www.fcstpauli.com/news/kooperation-mit-dropkick-murphys/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

When the team played in Germany's 2. Bundesliga, their home fixtures at the [[Millerntor-Stadion|Millerntor]] used to average greater attendances than any other team and often exceeded turnouts for second division teams.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} As of the [[2011–12 2. Bundesliga|2011–12 season]], St. Pauli was the only team that has close to 100% in average home attendance.

In 2006, St. Pauli had more season ticket holders than many Bundesliga teams.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nathanson |first=Patrick |date=11 August 2006 |title=A loveable, eccentric little club |url=https://www.ft.com/content/9df7500e-23cf-11db-ae89-0000779e2340 |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |location=London |publisher=The Financial Times Ltd. |access-date=5 May 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> One study estimated that the team had roughly 11&nbsp;million fans throughout Germany,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Mobilcom-sponsert-FC-St-Pauli-83059.html |title=New sponsorship deal for St. Pauli (German) |date=30 July 2003 |publisher=Heise.de |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=15 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215180824/http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Mobilcom-sponsert-FC-St-Pauli-83059.html |url-status=live }}</ref> making the club one of the most widely recognised German sides. The number of official fan clubs in 2011 passed 500, which was an increase of 300 over three years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcstpauli.com/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=9631&menuid=1 |language=de |title=Offizielle Homepage des FC St. Pauli von 1910 e. V. |url-status=dead |access-date=10 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329114936/http://www.fcstpauli.com/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=9631&menuid=1 |archive-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>

In January 2020, the club's skull and crossbones flag was listed by the [[United Kingdom]]'s counter-terrorism police in a guide sent to public sector workers, to notice potential [[extremism]], prompting a backlash from St. Pauli's Welsh defender [[James Lawrence (footballer)|James Lawrence]].<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/german-soccer-club-fc-st-pauli-symbol-listed-on-uk-counterterrorism-guide/a-52053207 German soccer club FC St. Pauli symbol listed on UK counterterrorism guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119201702/https://www.dw.com/en/german-soccer-club-fc-st-pauli-symbol-listed-on-uk-counterterrorism-guide/a-52053207 |date=19 January 2020 }} Deutsche Welle. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.</ref>

==Club culture==
St. Pauli opens its home matches with "[[Hells Bells (song)|Hells Bells]]" by [[AC/DC]], and after every home goal "[[Song 2]]" by [[Blur (band)|Blur]] is played.<ref name="nzh"/>

The former club president [[Corny Littmann]], long active in German theatre and head of the Schmidt Theater on the [[Reeperbahn]], is [[openly gay]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.sports.yahoo.com/060630/43/65i69.html |title=Gay footballers still frowned at in Germany |work=Yahoo! Sports|date=30 April 2010 |access-date=4 May 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080119183905/http://in.sports.yahoo.com/060630/43/65i69.html |archive-date = 19 January 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nerve.in/news:2535006640 Gay footballers still frowned at in Germany] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719064328/http://www.nerve.in/news:2535006640 |date=19 July 2011 }} Nerve – News and Analysis of India, 30 June 2006</ref>

St. Pauli have made pre-season appearances at [[Wacken Open Air]], a heavy metal festival, several times.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}

The club hosted the [[2006 FIFI Wild Cup]], a tournament made up of unrecognised national football teams like [[Greenland national football team|Greenland]], [[Tibet national football team|Tibet]] and [[Zanzibar national football team|Zanzibar]]. They participated as the "Republic of St Pauli".<ref name="cyprusmail">{{cite news|title=Turkish Cypriot football team in FIFI Wild Cup |first=John |last=Leonidou |newspaper=[[Cyprus Mail]] |date=4 June 2006 |url=http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/turkish-cypriot-football-team-fifi-wild-cup |access-date=1 October 2010 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 2008, [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] commemorated the club with two exclusive [[Dunk (footwear)|Dunk]] shoes, both released in limited quantities. The High Dunk (featuring a black [[wikt:colorway|colorway]], and the skull and crossbones symbol) was released to all countries throughout Europe, with only 500 pairs produced. The Low Dunk (featuring a smooth white colorway, and holding the team's logo impregnated in the side panel leather) was released only to shops in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, with only 150 pairs produced.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballshirtculture.com/football-fashion/st-pauli-x-nike-dunk-pack.html |title=St. Pauli x Nike Dunk Pack &#124; Football Fashion |publisher=Football Shirt Culture.com |date=18 March 2008 |access-date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511091621/http://www.footballshirtculture.com/football-fashion/st-pauli-x-nike-dunk-pack.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Fundamental Principles==
St. Pauli were the first club in Germany to integrate a set of Fundamental Principles (Leitlinien) to dictate how the club is run, passed by an overwhelming majority at the club's annual general meeting in 2009.<ref name="principles"/>

The first five Principles states that:

– ''"In its totality, consisting of members, staff, fans and honorary officers, St Pauli FC is a part of the society by which it is surrounded and so is affected both directly and indirectly by social changes in the political, cultural and social spheres."''

– ''"St Pauli FC is conscious of the social responsibility this implies, and represents the interests of its members, staff, fans and honorary officers in matters not just restricted to the sphere of sport."''

– ''"St Pauli FC is the club of a particular city district, and it is to this that it owes its identity. This gives it a social and political responsibility in relation to the district and the people who live there."''

– ''"St Pauli FC aims to put across a certain feeling for life and symbolises sporting authenticity. This makes it possible for people to identify with the club independently of any sporting successes it may achieve. Essential features of the club that encourage this sense of identification are to be honoured, promoted and preserved."''

– ''"Tolerance and respect in mutual human relations are important pillars of the St Pauli philosophy."''<ref name="principles">{{cite web |url=https://www.fcstpauli.com/en/club/guiding-principles/ |title=Principles – FC St. Pauli |access-date=23 October 2018 |archive-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024040144/https://www.fcstpauli.com/en/club/guiding-principles/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Players==
===Current squad===
{{updated|1 September 2025|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcstpauli.com/teams/profis/|accessdate=5 July 2023|language=de|publisher=FC St. Pauli|title=Unsere Profis ☠ FC St. Pauli|archive-date=16 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216012341/https://www.fcstpauli.com/teams/profis/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=GER|name=[[Ben Voll]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=GRE|name=[[Manolis Saliakas]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=EST|name=[[Karol Mets]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=AUT|name=[[David Nemeth]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=GER|name=[[Hauke Wahl]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=USA|name=[[James Sands]]|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from [[New York City FC|New York City]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=AUS|name=[[Jackson Irvine]]|pos=MF|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=SWE|name=[[Eric Smith (Swedish footballer)|Eric Smith]]|pos=DF|other=[[Captain (association football)#Vice-captain|vice-captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=GAM|name=[[Abdoulie Ceesay]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=LUX|name=[[Danel Sinani]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=POL|name=[[Arkadiusz Pyrka]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=WAL|name=[[Fin Stevens]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=JPN|name=[[Joel Chima Fujita]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ENG|name=[[Dapo Afolayan]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=NED|name=[[Martijn Kaars]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=SWE|name=[[Erik Ahlstrand]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=GER|name=[[Lars Ritzka]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=BIH|name=[[Nikola Vasilj]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=GER|name=[[Louis Oppie]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=AUS|name=[[Connor Metcalfe]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=POL|name=[[Adam Dźwigała]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=ENG|name=[[Ricky-Jade Jones]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=BEN|name=[[Andréas Hountondji]]|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=POR|name=[[Mathias Pereira Lage]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=AUT|name=[[Simon Spari]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=AUT|name=[[Jannik Robatsch]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=38|nat=GER|name=Romeo Aigbekaen|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=GER|name=Marwin Schmitz|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SCO|name=[[Scott Banks]]|pos=FW|other={{small|at [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] until 30 June 2026}}}}
{{Fs end}}

===FC St. Pauli II===
{{updated|18 June 2025|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcstpauli.com/teams/u23/|accessdate=16 March 2024|language=de|publisher=FC St. Pauli|title=Unsere U23 ☠ FC St. Pauli|archive-date=27 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627145750/https://www.fcstpauli.com/teams/nachwuchs/mannschaften/u23/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=GER|name=Kevin Jendrzej|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=GER|name=Luca Günther|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=GER|name=[[Muhammad Dahaba]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=GER|name=Jannik Westphal|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=GER|name=Jamel Gramberg|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=GER|name=Thieß Mahnel|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=GER|name=Romeo Aigbekaen|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=GER|name=Max Herrmann|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=AUS|name=Rawley St. John|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=GER|name=Bennet Winter|pos=FW}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=GER|name=Juri Behr|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=GER|name=Julius Grunwald|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=GER|name=Sisco Ngambia Dzonga|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=GER|name=Selçuk Rinal|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=GER|name=Ols Backhaus|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=GER|name=Haron Sabah|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=GER|name=Luis Jahraus|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=GER|name=Toralf Hense|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=NIG|name=Isma Baraze Adam|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=UKR|name=Oleg Skakun|pos=FW}}
{{Fs end}}

===Notable players===
====International players====
The following international players have also played for St. Pauli:
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{Flagicon|NGA}} [[Yakubu Adamu]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|BEN}} [[Moudachirou Amadou]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Gerald Asamoah]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|BIH}} [[Zlatan Bajramović]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|TUR}} [[Deniz Barış]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Alfred Beck]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Morten Berre]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|MAR}} [[Mourad Bounoua]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Caligiuri]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|PAN}} [[Armando Cooper]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Cory Gibbs]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|CMR}} [[Marc Gouiffe à Goufan]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Gyau]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Heino Hansen]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Ari Hjelm]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Junior Hoilett]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|TUR}} [[Uğur İnceman]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|NGA}} [[Henry Isaac]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivan Klasnić]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|CRO}} [[Ante Budimir]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|CSK}} [[Ivo Knoflíček]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|CSK}} [[Ján Kocian]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Max Kruse]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|WAL}} [[James Lawrence (footballer)|James Lawrence]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|IRN}} [[Alireza Mansourian]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Mason (soccer)|Michael Mason]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|HAI}} [[Frantz Mathieu]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|ALB}} [[Artur Maxhuni]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|COD}} [[Michél Mazingu-Dinzey]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Karl Miller (footballer)|Karl Miller]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuo Ozaki]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Tore Pedersen]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|ANG}} [[Miguel Francisco Pereira]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|AUT}} [[Michael Gregoritsch]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{flagicon|HAI}} [[Fafà Picault]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikolai Pisarev]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Polunin]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Ingo Porges]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Christian Rahn]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Savichev]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Helmut Schön]]<ref>Jankowski/Pistorius/Prüß, Fußball im Norden (Barsinghausen 2005), p. 100</ref>
*{{Flagicon|LIB}} [[Feiz Shamsin]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|CUW}} [[Rocky Siberie]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|POL}} [[Waldemar Sobota]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Ive Sulentic]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|GHA}} [[Charles Takyi]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|COG}} [[Jean-Clotaire Tsoumou-Madza]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Niels Tune-Hansen]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Yang Chen (footballer, born 1974)|Yang Chen]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|PER}} [[Carlos Zambrano (footballer)|Carlos Zambrano]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|JPN}} [[Ryo Miyaichi]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*{{Flagicon|VIE}} [[Sáu Dũng]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
{{div col end}}

====Greatest ever team====
In 2010, as part of the club's celebration of its 100th anniversary, fans voted the following players as the best in the club's history:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fcstpauli.com/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=6249&type=&menuid=57&topmenu=112 | title=FC St. Pauli Jahr100Elf steht offiziell fest | date=23 March 2010 | language=de | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003060944/http://www.fcstpauli.com/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=6249&type=&menuid=57&topmenu=112| archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref>

*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Klaus Thomforde]]
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[André Trulsen]]
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Walter Frosch]]
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Karl Miller (footballer)|Karl Miller]]
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Dirk Dammann]]
*{{Flagicon|COD}} [[Michél Mazingu-Dinzey]]
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Thomas Meggle]]
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Jürgen Gronau]]
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Harald Stender]]
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Peter Osterhoff]]
*{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Franz Gerber]]

==Coaching staff==
[[File:2025-04-23 - FC St Pauli - Alexander Blessin - Peter Németh.jpg|thumb|Head coach Alexander Blessin (left) and assistant coach Peter Németh in 2025]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Position
!Name
|-
|align="left"|Head coach
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Alexander Blessin]]
|-
|align="left"|Assistant coach
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|SVK}} [[Peter Németh]]
|-
|align="left"|Goalkeeping coach
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Sven Van Der Jeugt]]
|-
|align="left"|Athletic coach
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|ENG}} Karim Rashwan <br/> {{Flagicon|GER}} Thomas Barth <br/> {{Flagicon|GER}} Frederic Bokelmann
|-
|align="left"|Match analyst
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|GER}} Sami Pierau
|-
|align="left"|Performance Manager
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|NZL}} Dr. James Morgan
|-
|align="left"|Club Doctor
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|GER}} Dr. Sebastian Schneider <br/> {{Flagicon|GER}} Dr. Volker Carrero
|-
|align="left"|Physiotherapists
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|GER}} Dominik Körner <br/> {{Flagicon|GER}} Jan Altmeyer
|-
|align="left"|Osteopath
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|GER}} Florian Lechner
|-
|align="left"|Kit Manager
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|GER}} Siegmar Krahl <br/> {{Flagicon|GER}} Thorge Düwer <br/> {{Flagicon|JPN}} Kenta Kambara
|-
|align="left"|Team Manager
|align="left"|{{Flagicon|GER}} Jonas Wömmel
|}

===Managerial history===
{{updated|24 August 2025|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fc-st-pauli/9/|accessdate=24 August 2025|language=en|publisher=worldfootball.net|title=FC St. Pauli » Manager history}}</ref>}}
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Josef Müller (footballer)|Josef Müller]] (1937–38)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} Richard Sump (1938–39)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} Hans Sauerwein (1945–47)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Woldemar Gerschler]] (1948)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} Fred Harthaus (1948–50)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Walter Risse]] (1950–52)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Hans Appel]] (1952)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} Otto Westphal (1963–64)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} Jockel Krause (1964–65)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} Erwin Türk (1970–71)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} Edgar Preuß (1971–72)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} Karl-Heinz Mülhausen (1972–74)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} Jockel Krause (1974–76)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Diethelm Ferner]] (1976–78)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Sepp Piontek]] (1978–79)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} Werner Pokropp (1979)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} Kuno Böge (1979–1982)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Lorkowski]] (1982–86)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Willi Reimann]] (1986–87)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Helmut Schulte]] (1987–91)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Horst Wohlers]] (1991–92)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Josef Eichkorn]] (1992)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Lorkowski]] (1992)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Josef Eichkorn]] (1992–94)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Uli Maslo]] (1994–97)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Klaus-Peter Nemet]] (1997)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Eckhard Krautzun]] (1997)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Gerhard Kleppinger]] (1997–99)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Willi Reimann]] (1999–00)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Dietmar Demuth]] (2000–02)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Joachim Philipkowski]] (2002)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Franz Gerber]] (2002–04)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Andreas Bergmann]] (2004–06)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Holger Stanislawski]] (2006–07)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[André Trulsen]] (2007–08)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Holger Stanislawski]] (2008–11)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[André Schubert]] (2011–12)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Frontzeck]] (2012–13)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Roland Vrabec]] (2013–14)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Thomas Meggle]] (2014)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Ewald Lienen]] (2014–2017)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Olaf Janßen]] (2017)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Markus Kauczinski]] (2017–19)
* {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Jos Luhukay]] (2019–20)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Timo Schultz]] (2020–22)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Fabian Hürzeler]] (2022–24)
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Alexander Blessin]] (2024–)

==Honours==
===League===
* '''[[2. Bundesliga]]''' (II)
**Champions: [[1976–77 2. Bundesliga|1976–77]] (Nord), [[2023–24 2. Bundesliga|2023–24]]
**Runners-up : [[1987–88 2. Bundesliga|1987–88]], [[1994–95 2. Bundesliga|1994–95]], [[2009–10 2. Bundesliga|2009–10]]
* '''[[Regionalliga Nord (1963–74)|Regionalliga Nord]]''' (II)
** Champions : [[1963–64 Regionalliga|1963–64]], [[1965–66 Regionalliga|1965–66]], [[1971–72 Regionalliga|1971–72]], [[1972–73 Regionalliga|1972–73]]{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
* '''[[Regionalliga Nord]]''' (III)
** Champions : 2007{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
* '''[[Oberliga Nord]]''' (III)
** Champions : 1981, 1983, 1986{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
* '''[[Stadtliga Hamburg]]''' (I)
** Champions : 1947{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===Cup===
* '''[[Hamburger Pokal]]'''
** Winners: 1986, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008

===Reserve team===
* '''[[Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein]]''' (IV)
** Champions: 1995, 1999, 2003{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
* '''[[Oberliga Hamburg]]''' (V)
** Champions: 2011{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
* '''[[Hamburger Pokal]]'''
** Winners: 1998, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

==Records==
'''Note:''' FC St. Pauli did not play in the Bundesliga or the 2. Bundesliga until 1974, 1979–1984, 1985–86 and 2003–2007.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}<br/>
Statistics are correct as of 22 June 2022.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===Most appearances overall===
{{More citations needed section|date=January 2024}}
BL = [[Bundesliga]], 2.BL = [[2. Bundesliga]], OLN = [[Oberliga Nord (1947–63)|Oberliga Nord (1947–1963)]], RLN = [[Regionalliga Nord (1963–1974)]] <br/> OtL = Other leagues: [[Oberliga Nord|Oberliga Nord (1974–1994)]], [[Regionalliga Nord|Regionalliga Nord (since 1994)]] <br/> Cup = [[DFB-Pokal]], OtC = Other competitions: [[List of German football champions|German championship]] (1947–1951), Relegation play-offs, [[Hamburg Cup]]
{| class="wikitable sortable nowrap" style="text-align: center"
!Rank
!width=170|Name
!{{abbr|First|First appearance for St. Pauli}}
!{{abbr|Last|Last appearance for St. Pauli}}
!width=50|[[Bundesliga|BL]]
!width=50|[[2. Bundesliga|2.BL]]
!width=50|[[Oberliga Nord (1947–63)|OLN]]
!width=50|[[Regionalliga Nord (1963–1974)|RLN]]
!width=50|OtL
!width=50|[[DFB-Pokal|Cup]]
!width=50|OtC
!width=60|Total
|-
|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jürgen Gronau]]
|1981||1997
|117
|202
|–
|–
|112
|21
|24
|'''476'''
|-
|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[André Trulsen]]
|1986||2005
|177
|206
|–
|–
|1
|20
|5
|'''409'''
|-
|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Klaus Thomforde]]
|1983||1998
|100
|217
|–
|–
|42
|17
|13
|'''389'''
|-
|4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Harald Stender
|1947||1960
|–
|–
|336
|–
|–
|5
|15
|'''356'''
|-
|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Ingo Porges]]
|1956||1968
|–
|–
|166
|147
|–
|3
|12
|'''328'''
|-
|6
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Peter Osterhoff
|1958||1970
|–
|–
|138
|170
|–
|3
|9
|'''320'''
|-
|7
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Werner Pokropp
|1960||1970
|–
|–
|78
|223
|–
|3
|11
|'''315'''
|-
|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[André Golke]]
|1983||1991
|98
|107
|–
|–
|62
|10
|16
|'''293'''
|-
|9
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Fabian Boll]]
|2003||2014
|28
|141
|–
|–
|103
|19
|1
|'''292'''
|-
|10
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Michael Dahms
|1982||1991
|65
|97
|–
|–
|97
|8
|22
|'''289'''
|}

===Most appearances in Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga===
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_top_player/bundesliga/fc-st-pauli/|title=Germany " Bundesliga " All-time appearances " FC St. Pauli|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=30 January 2020|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901060536/https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_top_player/bundesliga/fc-st-pauli/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_top_player/2-bundesliga/fc-st-pauli/|title=Germany " 2. Bundesliga " All-time appearances " FC St. Pauli|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable nowrap" style="text-align: center"
!Rank
!width=170|Name
!Years
!width=80|[[Bundesliga]]
!width=80|[[2. Bundesliga|2. Liga]]
!width=80|Total
|-
|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[André Trulsen]]
|1986–1991, 1994–2002
|177
|206
|'''383'''
|-
|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jürgen Gronau]]
|1984–1997
|117
|202
|'''319'''
|-
|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Klaus Thomforde]]
|1984–2000
|100
|217
|'''317'''
|-
|4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dirk Dammann]]
|1990–1999
|81
|179
|'''260'''
|-
|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Holger Stanislawski]]
|1993–2003
|80
|178
|'''258'''
|-
|6
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dietmar Demuth]]
|1974–1979, 1984–1988
|34
|192
|'''226'''
|-
|7
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[André Golke]]
|1984–1991
|98
|107
|'''205'''
|-
|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Daniel Buballa]]
|2014–2021
|–
|191
|'''191'''
|-
|9
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Christopher Buchtmann]]
|2012–2022
|–
|190
|'''190'''
|-
|10
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Stephan Hanke]]
|1994–2000
|61
|119
|'''180'''
|}

===Top goalscorers in Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga===
''Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_goalgetter/bundesliga/fc-st-pauli/|title=Germany " Bundesliga " All-time topscorers " FC St. Pauli|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=30 January 2020|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901060540/https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_goalgetter/bundesliga/fc-st-pauli/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/alltime_goalgetter/2-bundesliga/fc-st-pauli/|title=Germany " 2. Bundesliga " All-time topscorers " FC St. Pauli|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable nowrap" style="text-align: center"
!Rank
!width=170|Name
!Years
!width=80|[[Bundesliga]]
!width=80|[[2. Bundesliga|2. Liga]]
!width=80|Total
!Ratio
|-
|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Rüdiger Wenzel]]
|1974–1975, 1984–1990
|{{0}}4 ''(27)''
|59 ''(137)''
|'''63''' ''(164)''
|0.38
|-
|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Franz Gerber]]
|1976–1978, 1986–1988
|16 ''(32)''
|42 {{0}}''(73)''
|'''58''' ''(105)''
|0.55
|-
|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Dirk Zander]]
|1986–1991
|20 ''(80)''
|31 {{0}}''(90)''
|'''51''' ''(170)''
|0.30
|-
|4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[André Golke]]
|1984–1991
|25 ''(98)''
|24 ''(107)''
|'''49''' ''(205)''
|0.24
|-
|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Marius Ebbers]]
|2008–2013
|{{0}}3 ''(31)''
|43 ''(107)''
|'''46''' ''(138)''
|0.33
|-
|6
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Marcus Marin]]
|1994, 1997–2000
|–
|40 ''(102)''
|'''40''' ''(102)''
|0.39
|-
|7
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Martin Driller]]
|1991–1997
|10 ''(49)''
|29 ''(103)''
|'''39''' ''(152)''
|0.26
|-
|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Horst Neumann
|1974–1979
|{{0}}3 ''(25)''
|33 ''(132)''
|'''36''' ''(157)''
|0.23
|-
|9
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jens Scharping]]
|1993–1998
|12 ''(46)''
|20 {{0}}''(55)''
|'''32''' ''(101)''
|0.32
|-
|10
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Rolf Höfert
|1974–1979
|{{0}}3 ''(23)''
|28 ''(118)''
|'''31''' ''(141)''
|0.22
|}

==Recent seasons==
The club's recent seasons:
{{List missing criteria|reason=how recent is 'recent'? who decides this? why does this section begin in 1999?|date=January 2024}}
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center; background:#dfdfdf"
! Year
! Division
! Position
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[1999–2000 FC St. Pauli season|1999–2000]]
| style="text-align:left"| [[2. Bundesliga]] (II)
| 13th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2000–01 FC St. Pauli season|2000–01]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 3rd (promoted)
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2001–02 FC St. Pauli season|2001–02]]
| style="text-align:left"| [[Bundesliga]] (I)
| 18th (relegated)
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2002–03 FC St. Pauli season|2002–03]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga (II)
| 17th (relegated)
|- style="text-align:center"
| 2003–04
| style="text-align:left"| [[Regionalliga Nord]] (III)
| 8th
|- style="text-align:center"
| 2004–05
| style="text-align:left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 7th
|- style="text-align:center"
| 2005–06
| style="text-align:left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 6th
|- style="text-align:center"
| 2006–07
| style="text-align:left"| Regionalliga Nord
| 1st (promoted)
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2007–08 FC St. Pauli season|2007–08]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga (II)
| 9th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2008–09 FC St. Pauli season|2008–09]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 8th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2009–10 FC St. Pauli season|2009–10]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 2nd (promoted)
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2010–11 FC St. Pauli season|2010–11]]
| style="text-align:left"| Bundesliga
| 18th (relegated)
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2011–12 FC St. Pauli season|2011–12]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 4th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2012–13 FC St. Pauli season|2012–13]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 10th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2013–14 FC St. Pauli season|2013–14]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 8th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2014–15 FC St. Pauli season|2014–15]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 15th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2015–16 FC St. Pauli season|2015–16]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 4th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2016–17 FC St. Pauli season|2016–17]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 7th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2017–18 FC St. Pauli season|2017–18]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 12th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2018–19 FC St. Pauli season|2018–19]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 9th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2019–20 FC St. Pauli season|2019–20]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 14th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2020–21 FC St. Pauli season|2020–21]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 10th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2021–22 FC St. Pauli season|2021–22]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 5th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2022–23 FC St. Pauli season|2022–23]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 5th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2023–24 FC St. Pauli season|2023–24]]
| style="text-align:left"| 2. Bundesliga
| 1st (promoted)
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2024–25 FC St. Pauli season|2024–25]]
| style="text-align:left"| Bundesliga
| 14th
|- style="text-align:center"
| [[2025–26 FC St. Pauli season|2025–26]]
| style="text-align:left"| Bundesliga
| 
|}

==Other sports==
{{Main|FC St. Pauli Rugby}}

The St. Pauli rugby section has several teams, both in the men's and women's leagues.

The men's rugby department has not been as successful as its female counterpart, reaching the German final only once, in 1964.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In 2008–09, St. Pauli was the only club to have a team in both the rugby and football 2nd Bundesliga.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} In 2008–09, the men's team finished fourth in the second division.

The women's team have won the [[German rugby union championship]] eight times (1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005–08) and the [[Rugby sevens|sevens]] championship 3 times (2000, 2001 and 2002).{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Several of their players play in the national squad.

St. Pauli has a blind football team which plays in the Blindenfussball Bundesliga.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

St. Pauli also has a [[Roller Derby]] team known as [[Harbor Girls Hamburg]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

The club's chess section competes in the German [[Chess Bundesliga]]. In 2024, the section landed a coup when they were able to recruit five-time World Champion [[Magnus Carlsen]] to play in Bundesliga matches for them. Carlsen made his debut for St. Pauli on 11 January 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Magnus Carlsen to make St. Pauli chess debut in January 2025 |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/magnus-carlsen-chess-world-champion-play-for-st-pauli-2024-25-27422 |access-date=5 February 2025 |date=6 December 2024}}</ref>

==Notable presidents==
{{List missing criteria|reason=at least 1 does not even have a page.|date=January 2024}}
* 1990–00: [[Heinz Weisener]]
* 2002–10: [[Corny Littmann]]

==See also ==
*[[Hamburg derby]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal bar|Hamburg|Association football}}
{{Commons category}}
*{{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
*[http://n.ink-live.com/features/2014/01/punk-politics-football Punk, Politics & Football] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207090337/http://n.ink-live.com/features/2014/01/punk-politics-football |date=7 December 2019 }} article on FC St. Pauli by ''N by Norwegian''
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRpJNhT_2aA A brief guide to FC St Pauli] video on [[YouTube]]

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