1988–89 FC St. Pauli season
# 1988–89 FC St. Pauli season

The 1988–89 season was the 76th season in the history of FC St. Pauli. They competed in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, and the DFB-Pokal. It was the club's second season in the Bundesliga and first following their promotion from the 2. Bundesliga in the 1987–88 season.

## Competitions

### Bundesliga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 34 |
| 9 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 33 |
| 10 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 32 |
| 11 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 32 |
| 12 | Waldhof Mannheim | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 31 |

**Matches**

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| - | - | - |

Bundesliga match results :

| Match | Date | Time | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 23 July 1988 | 15:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Home | 0–1 | — | 18,500 |
| 2 | 30 July 1988 | 15:30 | VfL Bochum | Away | 0–0 | — | 12,000 |
| 3 | 13 August 1988 | 15:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Home | 2–0 | Flad 63' (pen.), Kocian 70' | 19,000 |
| 4 | 19 August 1988 | 20:00 | Karlsruher SC | Away | 1–3 | Steubing 53' | 25,000 |
| 5 | 26 August 1988 | 18:15 | VfB Stuttgart | Home | 2–1 | Golke 65', Gronau 86' | 20,000 |
| 6 | 3 September 1988 | 15:30 | Hamburger SV | Away | 1–1 | Kocian 85' | 48,000 |
| 7 | 9 September 1988 | 17:45 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Home | 1–1 | Duve 48' | 23,000 |
| 8 | 13 September 1988 | 17:45 | Bayer Leverkusen | Away | 2–2 | Steubing 57', Ottens 74' | 8,000 |
| 10 | 8 October 1988 | 15:30 | Werder Bremen | Away | 0–0 | — | 17,727 |
| 9 | 15 October 1988 | 15:00 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Home | 1–1 | Gronau 58' | 17,000 |
| 11 | 22 October 1988 | 15:00 | Borussia Dortmund | Home | 1–0 | Golke 49' | 20,500 |
| 12 | 29 October 1988 | 15:30 | Hannover 96 | Away | 2–2 | Bargfrede 41', Gronau 82' | 20,000 |
| 13 | 5 November 1988 | 14:30 | Bayern Munich | Home | 0–0 | — | 20,551 |
| 14 | 12 November 1988 | 15:30 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Away | 2–2 | Olck 43', Gronau 62' | 7,000 |
| 15 | 19 November 1988 | 14:15 | Waldhof Mannheim | Home | 2–1 | Bockenfeld 71' (o.g.), Wenzel 75' | 17,800 |
| 16 | 26 November 1988 | 14:15 | 1. FC Köln | Home | 0–1 | — | 20,551 |
| 17 | 3 December 1988 | 15:30 | Bayer Uerdingen | Away | 0–0 | — | 8,000 |
| 18 | 18 February 1989 | 15:30 | 1. FC Nürnberg | Away | 3–5 | Golke 6', Flad 21', Brunner 41' (o.g.) | 18,000 |
| 19 | 25 February 1989 | 15:30 | VfL Bochum | Home | 1–0 | Zander 56' | 17,300 |
| 20 | 4 March 1989 | 15:30 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Away | 1–1 | Flad 79' (pen.) | 11,345 |
| 21 | 11 March 1989 | 15:30 | Karlsruher SC | Home | 1–0 | Zander 32' | 19,100 |
| 22 | 19 March 1989 | 17:30 | VfB Stuttgart | Away | 1–2 | Golke 11' | 21,000 |
| 23 | 23 March 1989 | 20:00 | Hamburger SV | Home | 1–2 | Wenzel 2' | 53,950 |
| 24 | 1 April 1989 | 15:30 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Away | 0–1 | — | 16,626 |
| 25 | 7 April 1989 | 19:30 | Bayer Leverkusen | Home | 2–0 | Zander 3', Dahms 31' | 20,200 |
| 26 | 15 April 1989 | 15:30 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Away | 2–2 | Golke 20', Wenzel 65' | 12,000 |
| 27 | 29 April 1989 | 15:30 | Werder Bremen | Home | 1–3 | Flad 34' (pen.) | 20,551 |
| 28 | 6 May 1989 | 15:30 | Borussia Dortmund | Away | 0–0 | — | 27,870 |
| 29 | 13 May 1989 | 15:30 | Hannover 96 | Home | 1–1 | Zander 69' | 15,100 |
| 30 | 20 May 1989 | 15:30 | Bayern Munich | Away | 1–2 | Duve 55' | 25,000 |
| 31 | 25 May 1989 | 19:30 | Stuttgarter Kickers | Home | 1–0 | Zander 26' | 16,100 |
| 32 | 2 June 1989 | 20:00 | Waldhof Mannheim | Away | 1–2 | Zander 63' | 10,177 |
| 33 | 10 June 1989 | 15:30 | 1. FC Köln | Away | 2–4 | Golke 5', Großkopf 85' | 9,000 |
| 34 | 17 June 1989 | 15:30 | Bayer Uerdingen | Home | 5–1 | Golke 52', 54', 81', Duve 60', Zander 74' | 16,250 |

### DFB-Pokal

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| - | - | - |

DFB-Pokal match results :

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First round | 5 August 1988 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Away | 1–2 | Bargfrede 90' | 12,650 | |

## Appearances and goals

Players having played at least one first-team match :

| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | GER | Volker Ippig | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| GK | GER | Klaus Thomforde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | GER | Jens Duve | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| DF | CZE | Jan Kocian | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| DF | GER | Reinhard Kock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | GER | Bernhard Olck | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| DF | GER | André Trulsen | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| DF | GER | Klaus Ulbricht | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | GER | Hans-Jürgen Bargfrede | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| MF | GER | Michael Dahms | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| MF | GER | Egon Flad | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4 |
| MF | GER | André Golke | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 9 |
| MF | GER | Jürgen Gronau | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| MF | GER | Peter Knäbel | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| MF | GER | Klaus Ottens | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| MF | GER | Dirk Zander | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 |
| FW | GER | André Bistram | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | GER | Jörn Großkopf | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| FW | JPN | Kazuo Ozaki | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | GER | Waldemar Steubing | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| FW | GER | Rüdiger Wenzel | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
