# 2019–20 FC St. Pauli season

The 2019–20 FC St. Pauli season is the 109th season in the football club's history and 9th consecutive season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 27th overall. In addition to the domestic league, FC St. Pauli also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 57th season for FC St. Pauli in the Millerntor-Stadion, located in St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 29 January 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | POL | Jakub Bednarczyk |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 4 | DF | GER | Philipp Ziereis |
| 5 | MF | GER | Marvin Knoll |
| 6 | DF | GER | Christopher Avevor (captain) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Kevin Lankford |
| 8 | DF | GER | Marc Hornschuh |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Viktor Gyökeres (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 10 | MF | GER | Christopher Buchtmann |
| 12 | MF | JPN | Ryo Miyaichi |
| 15 | DF | GER | Daniel Buballa (vice-captain) |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Matt Penney (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) |
| 18 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Diamantakos |
| 19 | DF | GER | Luca-Milan Zander |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Park Yi-young |
| 21 | DF | WAL | James Lawrence (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | GER | Johannes Flum |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Borys Tashchy |
| 25 | FW | NED | Henk Veerman |
| 26 | MF | GER | Rico Benatelli |
| 27 | DF | GER | Jan-Philipp Kalla (vice-captain) |
| 28 | MF | POL | Waldemar Sobota |
| 30 | GK | GER | Robin Himmelmann |
| 31 | MF | GER | Ersin Zehir |
| 32 | MF | GER | Christian Conteh |
| 33 | GK | GER | Svend Brodersen |
| 36 | MF | GER | Luis Coordes |
| 37 | MF | GER | Finn Ole Becker |
| 38 | DF | GER | Florian Carstens |
| 40 | GK | GER | Korbinian Müller |
| 43 | DF | SWE | Sebastian Ohlsson |

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Leo Skiri Østigård (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Viktor Gyökeres (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Matt Penney (on loan from Sheffield Wednesday) |
| 19 | DF | GER | Luca-Milan Zander (from Werder Bremen, previously on loan) |
| 21 | DF | WAL | James Lawrence (on loan from Anderlecht) |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Borys Tashchy (from MSV Duisburg) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Rico Benatelli (from Dynamo Dresden) |
| 43 | DF | SWE | Sebastian Ohlsson (from IFK Göteborg) |
| 44 | MF | MLI | Youba Diarra (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Korbinian Müller (retired) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Jeremy Dudziak (to Hamburger SV) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Alexander Meier (released) |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Sami Allagui (to Royal Excel Mouscron) |
| 20 | MF | GER | Richard Neudecker (to VVV-Venlo) |
| 22 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma (loan return to 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jan-Marc Schneider (to Jahn Regensburg) |
| 34 | MF | GER | Jakob Münzner (to FC St. Pauli II) |
| 35 | DF | GER | Brian Koglin (to 1. FC Magdeburg) |
| — | MF | GER | Maurice Litka (to Preußen Münster, previously on loan at KFC Uerdingen 05) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | GER | Maximilian Franzke (from FC Bayern Munich II) |
| 40 | GK | GER | Korbinian Müller (free agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | GER | Niklas Hoffmann (to Würzburger Kickers) |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Mats Møller Dæhli (to KRC Genk) |
| 22 | FW | TUR | Cenk Şahin (to Kayserispor) |
| 44 | MF | MLI | Youba Diarra (loan return to Red Bull Salzburg) |

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### 2. Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 43 | |
| 13 | VfL Osnabrück | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 40 | |
| 14 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 39 | |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 37 | |
| 16 | 1. FC Nürnberg (O) | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 37 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 June 2020. Source: Kicker

#### Results by round

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

#### Results
### DFB-Pokal
## Squad and statistics

    As of 28 June 2020
| No. | Pos | Player | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | Jakub Bednarczyk | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Leo Skiri Østigård | 26+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Philipp Ziereis | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Marvin Knoll | 21+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Christopher Avevor | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Kevin Lankford | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Marc Hornschuh | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Viktor Gyökeres | 19+7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 |
| 10 | MF | Christopher Buchtmann | 4+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Ryo Miyaichi | 28+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Daniel Buballa | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Matt Penney | 13+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Dimitris Diamantakos | 18+3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 12 |
| 19 | DF | Luca-Milan Zander | 16+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Park Yi-young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | James Lawrence | 11+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Maximilian Franzke | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Johannes Flum | 6+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Borys Tashchy | 2+16 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Henk Veerman | 16+6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 |
| 26 | MF | Rico Benatelli | 10+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Jan-Philipp Kalla | 5+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Waldemar Sobota | 25+2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
| 30 | GK | Robin Himmelmann | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Ersin Zehir | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Christian Conteh | 5+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 33 | GK | Svend Brodersen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Mert Kuyucu | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Luis Coordes | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Finn Ole Becker | 19+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 38 | DF | Florian Carstens | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Korbinian Müller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | Christian Viet | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Marvin Senger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Sebastian Ohlsson | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||||||
| 13 | MF | Niklas Hoffmann | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Mats Møller Dæhli | 15+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Cenk Şahin | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Youba Diarra | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |