2nd League: St. Pauli on the verge of another record – 1. FC Köln’s mark is wobbling

&copy IMAGO

Thomforde had already made his first appearances as a substitute for two seasons before he took over the regular place in the third-tier league in 1985. After promotion, he remained the most used goalkeeper for another season before Volker Ippig rebelled again.

&copy IMAGO

At the beginning of the 80s, Ippig was allowed to play in the major leagues as a 19-year-old. In 1987/88, the Hafenstrasse resident caught up with Thomforde after appearances and became a regular after the Bundesliga promotion in ’88, but replaced Thomforde again in 89/90. Ippig is considered a symbol of the alternative, left-wing St. Paulian, while the fan scene also developed in this direction in the late 80s. All performance data from Ippig near St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

After relegation, Thomforde was again mainly in goal. Ippig had to end his career because of back problems. But Thomforde’s career as a regular employee was soon interrupted again.

&copy IMAGO

In 1993, Andreas Reinke came from Hamburger SV to the second division club St. Pauli and only gave Thomforde time for four appearances. Reinke himself moved on to Kaiserslautern after just one season. All performance data from Reinke near St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

From 1994/95, when the next Bundesliga promotion was achieved, Thomforde dominated Hamburg’s goal. René Müller and Frank Böse, later Carsten Wehlmann, were only granted individual appearances. Thomforde ended his career at St. Pauli after 16 years and was voted into the FCSP’s eleven of the century by the fans in 2010. All its performance data

&copy IMAGO

Wehlmann is the first heir to the Thomforde era, replaced the cult keeper in the neighborhood in the second half of the season at the turn of the year from 1998 to 1999 and also played all the games in 1999/00. Wehlmann’s performance data at St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

The Kiezkickers’ consistency in goal was initially gone. In the surprise season of 2000/01, when the FCSP managed to get promoted to the Bundesliga as a complete outsider, the Austrian Heinz Weber was in the box for one season. His performance data

&copy IMAGO

New signing Tihomir Bulat was only allowed to spend the first half of the season in the Bundesliga in goal at St. Pauli (his performance data)…

&copy IMAGO

…then Simon Henzler took over for the second half of the season, who also scored in goal in the surprising win against FC Bayern. But also relegation after the season. Henzler’s performance data at St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

Bulat and Henzler were also used in the subsequent second division season. But Heinz Müller, who later went on to play in Mainz, was most often in goal. In the end, St. Pauli was passed on to the then third-class Regionalliga Nord. Müller’s performance data at St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

With the 2003/04 regional league season, a new era began in FC St. Pauli’s goal with the first crowd favorite in goal since Thomforde. Achim Hollerieth stayed between the Hamburg posts for three seasons and celebrated reaching the semi-finals of the DFB Cup in 05/06. His performance data at St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

Patrik Borger achieved promotion to the second division. He remained the most frequently used keeper in the lower house for another season before he was replaced again before the next Bundesliga promotion. Borger’s performance data at St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

In almost all league games from 2008/09 until promotion to the Bundesliga in 2010, veteran Mathias Hain was in goal. He was also allowed to play the first games in the upper house. Since then, the current goalkeeper coach has not left the club. Hains performance data at St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

Since Thomforde, there has been no one who has played for St. Pauli for such a long period of time as substitute keeper Benedikt Pliquett (since 2005), who played his maximum season of ten league games in 2011/12. Before relegation to the Bundesliga, coach Holger Stanislawski gave him a (surprising) appearance in the derby victory at HSV. Pliquett’s performance data at St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

In the first three years back in the 2nd league, St. Pauli’s goal was primarily Philipp Tschauner, who even scored a goal from the game against Paderborn in 2013 to make it 2-2. Tschauner’s performance data at St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

No goalkeeper at St. Pauli since Thomforde has been used as long and as often as Robin Himmelmann. Only in one season in between did THE face in goal in recent FCSP history not play the most games.

&copy IMAGO

Shortly before the end of the first half of the season, Philipp Heerwagen, who had been with the club since 2013, replaced Himmelmann and ended the season in goal for FC St. Pauli. Then we went back to the bench. He left the club in 2018. Heerwagen’s performance data at St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

After returning to his regular place, Himmelmann was hardly pushed aside for three years and only missed three games up to and including 2019/20. Himmelmann’s 184 appearances for St. Pauli

&copy IMAGO

When the long-standing Himmelmann era at St. Pauli ended, Middlesbrough’s loan keeper Dejan Stojanovic was in the box for the second half of the 20/21 season. But left the club again after the season. Stojanovic’s performance data for St. Pauli