FC St. Pauli

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.

The Boys in Brown began preparations for their first Bundesliga campaign in 13 years on Monday, among them new SC Freiburg loan signing Robert Wagner. On Wednesday, the midfielder faced the media for the first time.

FC St. Pauli have handed Manolis Saliakas a new contract, thus tying another key player down for the foreseeable future. The 27-year-old right-back moved to the Millerntor from Greek top-division club PAS Giannina at the start of the 2022/23 season. Since then, the Greek international has made 64 second division and five DFB Cup appearances for the Boys in Brown, scoring six goals and providing six assists.