FC St. Pauli : 1. FC Köln 0:2 (0:0)
FC Carl Zeiss Jena : FC St. Pauli 0:1 (0:1)
FC St. Pauli : TuS Koblenz 1:0 (0:0)
SpVgg Greuther Fürth : FC St. Pauli 2:1 (1:1)
FC St. Pauli : Kickers Offenbach 3:1 (2:1)
TSV 1860 München : FC St. Pauli 2:1 (2:1)
FC St. Pauli : Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:3 (0:1)
VfL Osnabrück : FC St. Pauli 3:1 (1:0)
FC St. Pauli : SC Paderborn 2:1 (2:0)
SC Freiburg : FC St. Pauli 2:0 (1:0)
FC St. Pauli : SV Wehen Wiesbaden 1:1 (0:1)
1899 Hoffenheim : FC St. Pauli 1:1 (0:1)
FC St. Pauli : FC Augsburg 2:0 (1:0)
FC Erzgebirge Aue : FC St. Pauli 0:0 (0:0)
FC St. Pauli : 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3:4 (2:3)
Alemannia Aachen : FC St. Pauli 2:2 (0:1)
FC St. Pauli : 1. FSV Mainz 05 1:0 (1:0)
1. FC Köln : FC St. Pauli 1:1 (0:1)
FC St. Pauli : FC Carl Zeiss Jena 2:2 (1:0)
TuS Koblenz : FC St. Pauli 1:1 (0:0)
FC St. Pauli : SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1:1 (0:1)
Kickers Offenbach : FC St. Pauli 4:3 (1:2)
FC St. Pauli : TSV 1860 München 0:0 (0:0)
Bor. Mönchengladbach : FC St. Pauli 1:0 (0:0)
FC St. Pauli : VfL Osnabrück 2:1 (1:0)
SC Paderborn : FC St. Pauli 4:1 (1:1)
FC St. Pauli : SC Freiburg 5:0 (3:0)
SV Wehen Wiesbaden : FC St. Pauli 1:3 (0:0)
FC St. Pauli : 1899 Hoffenheim 3:1 (1:1)
FC Augsburg : FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli : FC Erzgebirge Aue
1. FC Kaiserslautern : FC St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli : Alemannia Aachen
1. FSV Mainz 05 : FC St. Pauli

I don't get the following of this club, something Pauli. Saw a thread on the Whitecaps forum too. Who the heck are they?

Erm, a German club?

Currently in the second division. They're in Hamburg. They have a U-20 Canuck in their squad.

Won't be able to see them back again anytime soon...

Well, Sankt Pauli (Saint Pauli) is a fun club I've followed for a while because of the culture of the clubs and fans. In many ways they are the polar opposite of Bayern Munchen. A small club with little success in a tiny stadium. They still don't have an electronic scorboard and guy has to change the score when a goal is scored.

Yet, they have carved out a unique identity in part do to their left wing beliefs which has caused them to fight fascism and sexism and all. In the 1980s the club went from being an average unsuccessful club to identifying with the odd balls in the tatoo parlors and grafitti artists and all.

The club plays in the poorer part of Hamburg and is a ture working class or poor club. I'd describe Sankt Pauli as a "punk rock" club or alternative with the symbolic skull and cross bones and moshing at matches with carnival atmosphere and often being referred to as 'The Anarchists'.

Sankt Pauli is basically for fans who don't fit in, the misfits or freaks of society. Their main rival is the big club HSV in Hamburg who like to sing "Eine U-Bahn bauen wir - von St. Pauli bis nach Auschwitz" basically a rip on Sankt Pauli's anti-fascism by saying send them to the death camp from Der Dritte Riech period. Sankt Pauli also has a relationship with Celtic so they also sing "You'll Never Walk Alone" in repsonse Rangers has a relationship with HSV.

Sankt Pauli is simply a unique club with an intimate atmosphere an connection between club and supporters. In the following video can see a bit of the culture (my favorite bit starts at 3:00 when players contibute with fans in a chant).



Sankt Pauli won promotion to Bundesliga 2 (which is roughly where they typically are) with the dream of someday reaching the top flight ( aplace that has been rare in their history). So through it all Sankt Pauli suffers, and has been on the brink of bankruptcy and collapse on multiple occasions, but continues on.

Oooooooooooh, VIVA SANKT PAULI!

Scary club, betcha can't even get a decent burger during half-time.

I have a feeling you would like the Salzburg club (not the RedBull franchise, but the original lot)

Likely, I am a misfit and identify with misfits.

A couple of my mates went to go see their final game of last season, and ending up drinking beer out of the League trophy, with their main striker

FC Augsburg 1:0 FC St. Pauli

FC St. Pauli 4:2 FC Erzgebirge Aue

Solid 8th place finish seems very possible now for Sankt Pauli, overall a good season for the club and hopefully build on it for next year.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzYtdD5Eaik

Counted as my 2nd fav team in Germany, I love this club, and I love the vibe around it.... couldn't hope for a better season in 2. Bundesliga, we'll hope for promotion next season.

Whoa whoa whoa.

You like Bayern and Sankt Pauli!?! Should be a law against that or something.

What made that possible is that am not in Germany, am somehow real far... but been following German football since I was 10 years old... so this helped me to develop a healthy sporty spirit.

Ah, sorry. Where are you from then my new Bundesliga friend?

am from Jordan, a bit far in the Middle East.

Are you still on vacation or already officially underway?

Im Urlaub ist man als Trainer grundsätzlich nie. On holiday, you are basically never as a coach. Ich war aber ein paar Tage auf Mallorca. I was but a few days in Mallorca. Das hatte aber auch St. Pauli- und somit Fußballbezug. It also had St. Pauli and thus a football reference. Ich war mit der Altliga unterwegs und da ist das Sportliche natürlich auch immer ein Thema. I was with the Altliga underway and there is the Sports course always an issue. Darüber hinaus waren Stani, Helmut und ich ständig im Austausch. In addition, Stani, Helmut and I keep in exchange. In der Sommerpause hat man aber an sich schon ein paar Tage, an denen man weniger in den Job investiert als während der Saison. In the summer but has been in itself a couple of days on which is less invested in the job than during the season. Nur ganz ohne geht es eben auch nicht. Only without it also.

Hattest Du denn bisher ausreichend Zeit um zu regenerieren? Did you have as yet sufficient time to regenerate?
Ja, doch, eigentlich schon und das obwohl wir schlechtes Wetter auf Malle hatte. Yes, but, actually, and the bad weather although we had to Malle. Ich hätte gerne ein paar Stunden faul in der Sonne gelegen. I would have liked a few lazy hours in the sun. Abschalten konnte ich dennoch ein wenig. I still was off a little.

Drei Neuzugänge stehen fest, dazu die Jugendspieler, die mit Profiverträgen ausgestattet worden sind. Three new resources are found, and the youth players with professional contracts have been equipped. Was wird an Spielern noch kommen? What will happen to players yet to come?
Wir hoffen, noch einen Offensivspieler verpflichten zu können und auch einen Verteidiger, der möglichst variabel in der Viererkette spielen kann. We hope still to be able to undertake offensive and also a defender, the most variable in the Viererkette can play. Namen möchte ich Moment aber einfach nicht kommentieren. Names moment but I would simply not comment. Wir sprechen erst darüber, wenn sie wirklich feststehen. We are talking about only if they are really determined. Im Großen und Ganzen wollten wir unseren Kader zusammenhalten und lediglich punktuell verstärken. By and large we wanted our squad together and only selectively. Wenn wir jetzt noch ein, zwei gute Spieler hinzubekommen, haben wir wieder eine sehr gutes Team am Start. If we now have one or two good players style, we have a pretty good team at the start.


Wie verhält sich das mit der Trainerbezeichnung in der neuen Saison? How does the coach with the name in the new season? Du bleibst weiterhin Cheftrainer? You continue to remain head coach?
Nein, denn dadurch dass Stani seinen Fußball-Lehrer jetzt macht, wird er zur neuen Saison der Cheftrainer. No, because it means that his football Stani teachers now make it to the new season of head coach. Ich lasse ihm sozusagen den Vortritt und rücke wieder als Co-Trainer ins zweite Glied - (und fügt schmunzelnd hinzu) ich bin mit meinem 9. I let him, so to speak, and thus in the rücke again as a co-trainer in the second link - (and adds a smile added) I am with my 9th Platz als Cheftrainer zufrieden. Place as head coach happy.

Wann wird Stani zur Mannschaft stoßen? When will Stani team to face?
Von Montag bis Donnerstag wird Stani wohl nicht vor Ort, sprich bei uns sein können, ansonsten hoffen wir natürlich, dass es mit der DFL so geregelt wird, dass er vor den Spielen jeweils so früh wie möglich bei uns und der Mannschaft sein kann. From Monday to Thursday Stani is probably not on the spot, speak with us, otherwise of course we hope that with the DFL is so regulated that it held before the games each as soon as possible with us and the team can be.

Verfolgst du die EM? Verfolgst you EM?

Ja, klar. Yes, of course. Jetzt haben ja auch alle Teams schon einmal gespielt und für die ein und andere Überraschung gesorgt. Now, yes, all teams have played once and for a surprise and other care. Ich denke, es wird eine spannende EM, besonders ab dem Viertelfinale - mit deutscher Beteiligung. I think it is an exciting EM, particularly from the quarter-finals - with German participation.

Welche Teams haben denn für eine Überraschung aus Deiner Sicht gesorgt? Which teams have because for a surprise from your perspective to be taken?

Holland habe ich zwar schon vor dem Turnier zum Favoritenkreis gezählt, dass sie aber so stark gegen Italien auftreten, war dann schon beeindruckend. While I Holland before the tournament favorites district counted, but that it so strongly against Italy occur was already impressive. Diese Gruppe hat es ja generell in sich und die Rumänen haben sich gegen das französische Team ja ganz gut präsentiert. This group has so generally and the Romanians were against the French team quite well. Hier bleibt es auf jeden Fall spannend zu sehen, wer ins Viertelfinale kommt. Here it is in any case thrilling to see who comes into the quarter-finals. Leid tut es mir ein wenig für die beiden gastgebenden Mannschaften, die jeweils mit einer Niederlage gestartet sind. Suffering does me a little for the two host teams, with the defeat started. Aber noch ist ja nichts entschieden. But there is nothing decided.

Vielen Dank und noch ein paar erholsame Stunden bis zum Trainingsbeginn. Thank you and a few relaxing hours to Start training.

Onto next season and thinking top 6 finish is possible for Sankt Pauli.

Class video, old style football will make the effort to get there

Do you reckon they have a decent chance of beating Aachen tonight!?!?!

Tough to say, I think mid to upper table is within reach, but promotion too far this year.

Thanks fr reminding me, brain goes on escrow so need a new thread.