St Pauli upset Bayer Leverkusen

Second division St Pauli beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 yesterday to knock the Bundesliga side out in the first round of the German Cup.

Fabian Boll scored in the 87th minute for St Pauli, regular giantkillers who reached the semi-finals two years ago.

For Leverkusen, who finished fifth last season in the Bundesliga, it was their first Cup exit in the first round in 11 years in a match played in front of a crowd of 15,000 in Hamburg.

Werder Bremen avoided embarrassment against third division side Eintracht Braunschweig, who have Malta striker Andrè Schembri on their books, with a late Boubacar Sanogo goal giving them a 1-0 win.

Three other Bundesliga clubs advanced to the next round with victories over opponents from lower divisions. Borussia Dortmund beat FC Magdeburg 4-1, Hanover 96 defeated Rot-Weiss Ahlen 3-1, and Hertha Berlin came safely through 3-0 against SpVgg Unterhaching.

Results

FC Magdeburg (III) vs Bor. Dortmund 1-4; Eint. Braunschweig (III) vs W. Bremen 0-1; FC St Pauli (II) vs B. Leverkusen 1-0; Ahlen (III) vs Hanover 96 1-3; SC Verl (III) vs TSV 1860 Munich (II) 0-3; Unterhaching (III) vs Hertha Berlin 0-3; Osnabrueck (II) vs B. M'gladbach (II) 0-1; SV Sandhausen (III) vs Kickers Offenbach (II) 0-4; Rot-Weiss Essen (III) vs Energie Cottbus 2-2 (Rot-Weiss Essen win 6-5 on pens); SV Wehen Wiesbaden (II) vs VfB Stuttgart 1-2; Rot-Weiss Hasborn (IV) vs Hansa Rostock 0-8; SV Wilhelmshaven (IV) vs Kaiserslautern 0-4.