FC St. Pauli

The six EURO 2024 play-off semi-finals took place on Thursday evening. For Greece and Manolis Saliakas the dream of qualifying for Germany lives on, but Nikola Vasilj's Bosnia and Herzegovina and Karol Mets's Estonia were both knocked out, as were Luxembourg and Danel Sinani. Elsewhere, Jackson Irvine and Connor Metcalfe helped Australia make it three wins out of three in World Cup qualifying, while Aljoscha Kemlein and Eric da Silva Moreira have also enjoyed success in Germany colours.

Eight players will be away with their respective national teams next week in what is the only international break left this season. Jackson Irvine and Connor Metcalfe will be in action for Australia in the World Cup play-offs, while Nikola Vasilj (Bosnia-Herzegovina) and Manolis Saliakas (Greece) have EURO 2024 play-offs in front of them. Danel Sinani is in the Luxembourg squad, and Elias Saad is taking part in a tournament in Egypt with Tunesia. Aljoscha Kemlein (Germany Under-20s) and Eric da Silva Moreira (Germany Under-18s) have also been called up.

FC St. Pauli lost the only warm-up game of their winter preparations on Friday afternoon, going down 3-1 to VfL Osnabrück after 2 x 75 minutes in La Nucia. Dave Gnaase and Christian Conteh gave Osnabrück the lead before the break before Adam Dźwigała pulled one back, only for Noel Niemann to finish it 17 minutes from time.