Full name | FC St. Pauli Rugby | |
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Union | German Rugby Federation | |
Founded | 1910 (club) 1933 (rugby department) | |
Location | Hamburg, Germany | |
Chairman | Dr. Nils Zurawski | |
Coach(es) | Paul McGuigan | |
Captain(s) | Julian Maury | |
League(s) | Rugby-Bundesliga | |
2015–16 | Rugby-Bundesliga North/East, 5th | |
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Official website | ||
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The FC St. Pauli Rugby is the rugby union section of German sports club FC St. Pauli, based in Hamburg. The squad currently plays in the Rugby-Bundesliga, the highest level of the German rugby league system. Other sports practised at St. Pauli are American football, association football, and baseball.
While the men's team has had limited success over the years, St. Pauli's women are one of the most successful teams in Germany, having reached every championship final from 1995 to 2008 and winning eight out of the fourteen.[1]