FC St. Pauli 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Mats Møller Dæhli on £16,000 per week · see the current FC St. Pauli wage bill
We hold a wage for all 37 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 18 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
FC St. Pauli pay £270,975 a week in 2026/27 — 103% higher than the £133,400 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 11 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mats Møller Dæhli | £16,000 | £832,000 | 21 | AM LC | Norway | ||
| Lennart Thy | £10,000 | £520,000 | 24 | AM RL, ST | Germany | ||
| Lasse Sobiech | £9,000 | £468,000 | 25 | D C | Germany | ||
| Johannes Flum | £8,100 | £421,200 | 28 | DM | Germany | ||
| Sören Gonther | £7,600 | £395,200 | 29 | D C | Germany | ||
| Ryo Miyaichi | £6,700 | £348,400 | 23 | AM RL | Japan | ||
| Aziz Bouhaddouz | £6,500 | £338,000 | 29 | ST | Morocco | ||
| Waldemar Sobota | £6,400 | £332,800 | 29 | AM RL | Poland | ||
| Cenk Şahin | £6,400 | £332,800 | 21 | AM RL | Türkiye | ||
| Philipp Ziereis | £5,800 | £301,600 | 23 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Bernd Nehrig | £5,500 | £286,000 | 29 | D/WB R, DM | Germany | ||
| Christopher Buchtmann | £5,400 | £280,800 | 24 | DM, AM LC | Germany | ||
| Robin Himmelmann | £4,700 | £244,400 | 27 | GK | Germany | ||
| Christopher Avevor | £4,400 | £228,800 | 24 | D RC, DM | Germany | ||
| Jeremy Dudziak | £4,100 | £213,200 | 20 | D/WB L, AM LC | Germany | ||
| Marc Hornschuh | £3,900 | £202,800 | 25 | D RC, DM | Germany | ||
| Choi Kyoung-Rok | £3,400 | £176,800 | 21 | AM RLC | South Korea | ||
| Daniel Buballa | £3,400 | £176,800 | 26 | D/WB/AM L | Germany | ||
| Jan-Philipp Kalla | £3,100 | £161,200 | 29 | D/WB/AM RL | Germany | ||
| Richard Neudecker | £2,700 | £140,400 | 19 | DM | Germany | ||
| Philipp Heerwagen | £1,800 | £93,600 | 33 | GK | Germany | ||
| Dennis Rosin | £1,400 | £72,800 | 20 | DM, AM C | Germany | ||
| Joël Keller | £1,100 | £57,200 | 21 | D LC | Switzerland | ||
| Nico Empen | £900 | £46,800 | 20 | ST | Germany | ||
| Maurice Litka | £900 | £46,800 | 20 | AM RL | Germany | ||
| Svend Brodersen | £780 | £40,560 | 19 | GK | Germany | ||
| Michael Ambrosius | £540 | £28,080 | 20 | D C | Germany | ||
| Park Yi-Young | £510 | £26,520 | 22 | D R, DM | South Korea | ||
| Benjamin Nadjem | £430 | £22,360 | 21 | D RL | Germany | ||
| Marian Kunze | £410 | £21,320 | 20 | D/WB/AM R | Germany | ||
| Jan-Marc Schneider | £400 | £20,800 | 22 | AM LC, F C | Germany | ||
| Tim Pahl | £300 | £15,600 | 20 | D LC | Germany | ||
| Rasmus Tobinski | £270 | £14,040 | 18 | ST | Germany | ||
| Marcell Sobotta | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | DM | Germany | ||
| Brian Koglin | £220 | £11,440 | 19 | D C, DM | Germany | ||
| Daniel Owusu | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | D C | Germany | ||
| Stefan Rakocevic | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Serbia | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 38% of the squad wage bill, across the 37 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
FC St. Pauli wages, 2016/17
What was FC St. Pauli's wage bill in 2016/17?
FC St. Pauli paid £133,400 a week in 2016/17 - £6,936,800 across the year - spread over a squad of 37. We hold a wage for all 37 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid FC St. Pauli player in 2016/17?
Mats Møller Dæhli was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £16,000 a week, 3.1x the 22+ squad average of £5,178.
What was the average FC St. Pauli salary in 2016/17?
The average FC St. Pauli player aged 22 or over earned £5,178 a week in 2016/17, across the 18 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 37. The top five earners took 38% of the bill between them.
How do FC St. Pauli's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
FC St. Pauli pay £270,975 a week in 2026/27, 103% higher than the £133,400 of 2016/17. The current squad is 30 players against 37 then.