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St Pauli Beat Hamburg 2-0 in First Top-Flight Derby in 14 Years

A VAR offside followed by a late red card marred Hamburg's first home Bundesliga game in seven years.

Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Hamburger SV v St. Pauli - Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany - August 29, 2025 St Pauli's Nikola Vasiljev and Mathias Pereira Lage celebrate after the match REUTERS/Teresa Kroeger
Fans light flares during the Bundesliga match between Hamburg and St Pauli on Friday.

Overview

  • Adam Dzwigala struck on 19 minutes and Andreas Hountondji added a second on the hour for the visitors.
  • Ransford-Yeboah Koenigsdoerffer's apparent equalizer three minutes after halftime was overturned for offside after a lengthy VAR review.
  • Hamburg finished with 10 men as Giorgi Gocholeishvili received a second yellow card in the 77th minute.
  • The hosts controlled early possession yet failed to register a first-half shot on target as St Pauli sat deep and countered.
  • The derby was the clubs' first Bundesliga meeting since 2010–11, played before 57,000, and leaves St Pauli on four points to Hamburg's one.