St. Pauli

St. Pauli net spend since 2015

St. Pauli have spent €30m on disclosed transfer fees since July 2015 and received €42m: a net profit of €12m on transfers.

That covers 70 signings (43 for a disclosed fee, 23 free, 4 undisclosed) and 70 departures (24 sold for a disclosed fee, 33 free, 13 undisclosed). Loans are counted apart: 17 in, 13 out.

Record signing: Martijn Kaars, €4m from Magdeburg (Aug 2025). Record sale: Philipp Treu, €6m to SC Freiburg (Jul 2025).

St. Pauli transfer spending by season

St. Pauli record signings

1. Martijn Kaars · €4m from Magdeburg · Aug 2025
2. Joel Chima Fujita · €4m from Sint-Truiden · Jul 2025
3. Morgan Guilavogui · €3m from Lens · Jul 2025
4. Louis Oppie · €2m from DSC Arminia Bielefeld · Jul 2025
5. David Nemeth · €1m from FSV Mainz 05 · Jul 2022

St. Pauli record sales

1. Philipp Treu · €6m to SC Freiburg · Jul 2025
2. Morgan Guilavogui · €5m to Lens · Jul 2025
3. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh · €5m to SC Freiburg · Jul 2022
4. Marcel Halstenberg · €4m to RB Leipzig · Aug 2015
5. Jakov Medic · €3m to Ajax · Aug 2023

St. Pauli trading record: profit on players bought and sold

On the 42 players St. Pauli both signed and sold since July 2015 (academy graduates and free signings cost nothing), sales brought in €34m against €11m paid: a trading profit of €23m.

Academy graduates sold since July 2015 brought in €4m across 4 players, led by Igor Matanovic (€2m to Eintracht Frankfurt, Aug 2021).

• Philipp Treu: signed for €500k (Jul 2023), sold to SC Freiburg for €6m (Jul 2025): profit €5m
• Daniel-Kofi Kyereh: signed free (Jul 2020), sold to SC Freiburg for €5m (Jul 2022): profit €5m
• Jakov Medic: signed for €400k (Jul 2021), sold to Ajax for €3m (Aug 2023): profit €3m
• Hauke Wahl: signed free (Jul 2023), sold to VfL Wolfsburg for €2m (Jul 2026): profit €2m
• Mats Møller Dæhli: signed for €600k (Jul 2018), sold to Genk for €3m (Jan 2020): profit €2m

• Johannes Eggestein: signed for €600k (Jul 2022), left free for Austria Wien (Jul 2025): loss €600k
• James Lawrence: signed for €500k (Oct 2020), left free for Nürnberg (Jul 2022): loss €500k
• Carlo Boukhalfa: signed for €500k (Jul 2022), left free for St. Gallen (Jul 2025): loss €500k
• Maurides: signed for €500k (Jan 2023), sold to Radomiak Radom for €50k (Jul 2025): loss €450k
• Karol Mets: signed for €450k (Jul 2023), left free for VfL Bochum 1848 (Jul 2026): loss €450k

St. Pauli ins and outs 2026/27: who left and who came in, by position

St. Pauli have made 5 signings and 7 departures in 2026/27, plus 2 loans in and 1 out. Who left each position and who came in:

• Goalkeeper: out Nikola Vasilj (left free for Al Diraiyah FC); in Dimitar Mitov (from Aberdeen).
• Defence: out Hauke Wahl (to VfL Wolfsburg), Fin Stevens (to Leyton Orient), Karol Mets (left free for VfL Bochum 1848), Manolis Saliakas (to Olympiacos F.C.), Jannik Robatsch (loan to SK Beveren); in Marcus Mathisen (free from Magdeburg), Rony Jansson (from Kalmar).
• Midfield: out Danel Sinani (left free for Sampdoria), Jackson Irvine (to Cerezo Osaka); in Samuel Klein (from Brisbane Roar), Gísli Thórdarson (loan from Lech Poznań).
• Attack: out nobody; in Youssoupha Niang (loan from FC Köln).
• Position unknown: out nobody; in Branimir Hrgota (free from SpVgg Greuther Fürth).

St. Pauli injury news: injuries and suspensions

St. Pauli have 1 player injured as of 8 Nov 2026, with €3m of value sidelined.

• Mathias Pereira Lage (FWD): Cruciate ligament tear · out since 22 Apr 2026 · expected back 31 Dec 2026 · 22 games missed

St. Pauli club-trained players

We can verify 1 club-trained player in the St. Pauli squad: Nick Schmidt. 2 other squad players are not verifiable on our record.

• Nick Schmidt (MID): no league minutes yet

On the record we can verify, 5 players club-trained at St. Pauli now play for other clubs we track, led by Igor Matanovic (SC Freiburg, value €49m), Eric da Silva Moreira (Excelsior, value €5m) and Christian Conteh (Heidenheim, value €2m).

• Igor Matanovic · SC Freiburg · €49m
• Eric da Silva Moreira · Excelsior · €5m
• Christian Conteh · Heidenheim · €2m
• Leon Flach · Jagiellonia Białystok · €1m
• Sirlord Conteh · Heidenheim · €980k

We count a player as club-trained when his record shows him registered with the club for three entire seasons or 36 months between the ages of 15 and 21 (UEFA's home-grown test), wherever he started and whatever he cost; time on loan counts for the club that borrowed him.