FC St. Pauli 1910 is over a century old, with its soccer history going back to its origins with a Hamburg, Germany-based gymnastics club. But the true, modern identity of the club started emerging roughly 30 years ago, when an FCSP that had been defined by its rises and falls on the German soccer ladder began transcending its performances on the field. Come the 1980s, a club now more famous for is culture than its results began reflecting the unique, counter-culture environment of its slice of Hamburg.
That environment flourished in the Reeperbahn section of the club’s home district, as well as the Hafenstraße street from where the club’s current ethos originates.