FC St. Pauli

As at the end of every season, the time has come to bid farewell to a number of players. Besides Simon Zoller, who is hanging up his boots, Sascha Burchert, Sören Ahlers, Eric Oelschlägel, Andreas Albers and loanees Siebe Van der Heyden, Robert Wagner and Noah Weißhaupt are all leaving the club.

FC St. Pauli won their opening pre-season friendly on head coach Alexander Blessin's debut, beating fourth-tier side Bremer SV 3-1 in front of 1,200 spectators at Uwe Seeler Sportpark in Malente on Saturday afternoon. Johannes Eggestein opened the scoring in the tenth minute, only for Nikky Goguadze to equalise on 25. But second-half goals from Danel Sinani and Andreas Albers eased the Boys in Brown to a 3-1 victory.

FC St. Pauli began their pre-season preparations on Monday after a extended seven-week summer break. Some 200 fans gathered to watch new head coach Alexander Blessin take his first training session, in which work on the ball formed the focus.