# 2018–19 FC St. Pauli season

The 2018–19 FC St. Pauli season is the 108th season in the football club's history and 8th consecutive season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 26th 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 56th season for FC St. Pauli in the Millerntor-Stadion, located in St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 20 June 2019
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 |
| 1 | GK | GER | Korbinian Müller |
| 2 | DF | POL | Jakub Bednarczyk |
| 4 | DF | GER | Philipp Ziereis |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marvin Knoll |
| 6 | MF | GER | Christopher Avevor (Captain) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Kevin Lankford |
| 8 | MF | GER | Jeremy Dudziak |
| 9 | FW | GER | Alexander Meier |
| 10 | MF | GER | Christopher Buchtmann |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Sami Allagui |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Ryo Miyaichi |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Mats Møller Dæhli |
| 15 | DF | GER | Daniel Buballa |
| 16 | DF | GER | Marc Hornschuh |
| 19 | DF | GER | Luca-Milan Zander (on loan from Werder Bremen) |
| 20 | MF | GER | Richard Neudecker |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 23 | MF | GER | Johannes Flum |
| 25 | FW | NED | Henk Veerman |
| 27 | DF | GER | Jan-Philipp Kalla |
| 28 | MF | POL | Waldemar Sobota |
| 29 | FW | GER | Jan-Marc Schneider |
| 30 | GK | GER | Robin Himmelmann |
| 31 | MF | GER | Ersin Zehir |
| 33 | GK | GER | Svend Brodersen |
| 34 | MF | GER | Jakob Münzner |
| 35 | DF | GER | Brian Koglin |
| 36 | FW | GER | Luis Coordes |
| 37 | MF | GER | Finn Ole Becker |
| 38 | DF | GER | Florian Carstens |
| 39 | DF | KOR | Park Yi-young |
| 45 | FW | GRE | Dimitris Diamantakos |

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Korbinian Müller (from SpVgg Unterhaching) |
| 5 | DF | GER | Marvin Knoll (from Jahn Regensburg) |
| 14 | MF | NOR | Mats Møller Dæhli (from SC Freiburg, previously on loan) |
| 25 | FW | NED | Henk Veerman (from Heerenveen) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Ersin Zehir (from FC St. Pauli II) |
| 34 | MF | GER | Jakob Münzner (from FC St. Pauli youth) |
| 36 | FW | GER | Luis Coordes (from FC St. Pauli youth) |
| 37 | MF | GER | Finn Ole Becker (from FC St. Pauli youth) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Philipp Heerwagen (to FC Ingolstadt 04) |
| 3 | DF | GER | Lasse Sobiech (to 1. FC Köln) |
| 5 | DF | SUI | Joël Keller (to SC Weiche Flensburg 08) |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Aziz Bouhaddouz (to Al-Batin FC) |
| 31 | MF | GER | Maurice Litka (on loan to KFC Uerdingen 05) |
| 37 | MF | KOR | Choi Kyoung-rok (to Karlsruher SC) |
| 42 | MF | BEL | Thibaud Verlinden (loan return to Stoke City) |
| — | FW | GER | Marvin Ducksch (to Fortuna Düsseldorf, previously on loan at Holstein Kiel) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | POL | Jakub Bednarczyk (from Bayer Leverkusen) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Kevin Lankford (from 1. FC Heidenheim) |
| 9 | FW | GER | Alexander Meier (free agent) |
| 22 | DF | NED | Justin Hoogma (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim) |
| 38 | DF | GER | Florian Carstens (from FC St. Pauli II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Clemens Schoppenhauer (to VfR Aalen) |
| 7 | MF | GER | Bernd Nehrig (to Eintracht Braunschweig) |
| 22 | MF | TUR | Cenk Şahin (on loan to FC Ingolstadt 04) |

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 49 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 49 |
| 9 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 49 |
| 10 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 46 |
| 11 | VfL Bochum | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 44 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 May 2019. 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 | 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 |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Squad and statistics

    As of 19 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Player | 2. Bundesliga | 2. Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Korbinian Müller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Jakub Bednarczyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Philipp Ziereis | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Marvin Knoll | 29+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | Christopher Avevor | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Kevin Lankford | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jeremy Dudziak | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Alexander Meier | 11+5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
| 10 | MF | Christopher Buchtmann | 23+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| 11 | FW | Sami Allagui | 19+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| 12 | MF | Ryo Miyaichi | 17+8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| 14 | MF | Mats Møller Dæhli | 30+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Daniel Buballa | 26+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Marc Hornschuh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Dimitris Diamantakos | 10+8 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 19 | 7 |
| 19 | DF | Luca-Milan Zander | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Richard Neudecker | 8+8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| 22 | DF | Justin Hoogma | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Johannes Flum | 18+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | Henk Veerman | 7+9 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 17 | 6 |
| 27 | DF | Jan-Philipp Kalla | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Waldemar Sobota | 8+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Jan-Marc Schneider | 0+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Robin Himmelmann | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Ersin Zehir | 3+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Svend Brodersen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Jakob Münzner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Brian Koglin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Luis Coordes | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Finn Ole Becker | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Florian Carstens | 12+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | Park Yi-young | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||||||
| 2 | DF | Clemens Schoppenhauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Bernd Nehrig | 2+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Cenk Şahin | 4+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |