Book "Class Struggle"

Promotion, Cooperative, Stance: The historic Bundesliga season of FC St. Pauli

“An extraordinary season,” summarized President Oke Göttlich regarding the completed 2024/25 season of the football club FC St. Pauli.

The club, which strives to do so many things differently than other football clubs, not only survived its first Bundesliga year following its promotion, thereby securing its place in the league. Furthermore, the “Kiezklub” is also in a good financial position, which is no small feat when competing with the big clubs.

We accompanied FC St. Pauli through the season and are documenting every matchday—not just with a summary of the game, but also with the best photos from the pitch and the stands—because the club is not just the players around the popular captain Jackson Irvine; it is above all the fans, who impress every season with their creativity and their stance.

• Exclusive seasonal insights into a historic club season
• Emotional documentation of every matchday
• Everything about the path to establishing the cooperative

Values such as solidarity instead of hate-mongering and division, as well as resistance against the advancing commercialization of the football business, unite the fans with the committees, which also set a milestone in the club’s history in the 2024/25 season: the founding of the cooperative. It serves the common-good-oriented character of the club in the multi-billion-dollar football business while simultaneously making it more economically independent.

A historic season that will be remembered for a long time!

Edition: 1st edition 2025

Publisher: VDW 7307

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN: 978-3-7307-0794-4

Pages: 194

Format: 21.9 x 24.7 cm

Photos and illustrations: 221

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