Confirmed lineups: St. Pauli vs. Borussia Dortmund

Official team news has just been released for both Borussia Dortmund and St. Pauli for their Bundesliga Matchday 1 clash.

St.Pauli and Borussia Dortmund kick off their 2025/26 Bundesliga campaigns at the Millerntor-Stadion this evening in Hamburg.

With around an hour to go before kickoff, the confirmed St.Pauli vs Borussia Dortmund lineups have been announced – and you can find the official starting XIs below.

St.Pauli have gone with a strong lineup, albeit the loss of David Nemeth is a blow with Dzwigala in to replace him. There’s many a German topflight debut for the Kiezkickers with Hountondji and Pereira Lage to make just two. 

Dortmund set up with two changes to the team from their DfB-Pokal win over Rot-Weiss Essen with Jobe Bellingham in to make his Bundesliga debut and Adeyemi replacing Beier. Meanwhile, Yan Couto recovers from an injury scare to start. 

Confirmed St.Pauli vs Borussia Dortmund lineups:

St.Pauli starting XI (3-4-1-2): Vasilj – Wahl, Smith, Dzwigala – Pyrka, Sands, Fujita, Oppie – Sinani – Hountondji, Pereira Lage

Bor. Dortmund starting XI (3-4-1-2): Kobel – Mané, Anton, Bensebaini – Couto, Groß, Sabitzer, Svensson – Jobe – Guirassy Adeyemi