SKU Amstetten

SKU Amstetten
Full nameSportklub Union Amstetten
Nickname(s)Wir fürs Mostviertel (We for Mostviertel)[1]
Founded30 November 1997; 26 years ago (1997-11-30)
GroundErtl-Glas-Stadion
Capacity3,000
ChairmanHarald Vetter
Bernhard Reikersdorfer
Gerhard Reikersdorfer
Mario Holzer
Head coachPatrick Enengl
League2. Liga
2023–242. Liga, 16th of 16
Websitehttps://www.sku-amstetten.at/
Current season

Sportklub Union Amstetten, commonly known as SKU Ertl Glas Amstetten for sponsorship reasons is a professional association football club based in the town of Amstetten, Lower Austria, that competes in the Austrian Regionalliga, the third tier of the Austrian football. Founded in 1997, it is affiliated to the Lower Austrian Football Association. The team plays its home matches at Union-Platz, where it has been based since its foundation.

History

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The club was formed in 1997 from a merger of two local clubs; former second division club ASK Amstetten, founded in 1932, and SC Union Amstetten, founded in 1946. Existing rivalries were pushed aside as a new board was founded by members of both clubs headed by chairman Rodolf Brunner.[2] In the 2007–08 season, the club was promoted to the third highest league, the Austrian Regionalliga before being directly relegated to the 1. Niederösterreichische Landesliga again.[2] In 2011, the club returned to the Regionalliga, where they established themselves until the 2017–18 season, where they managed to win promotion to the Austrian Football Second League for the first time.[3] In the 2023–24 season, the club finished last in the 2. Liga.[4] However, they were spared from relegation after both DSV Leoben and Mohren Dornbirn failed to gain admission to the 2. Liga, and the number of relegated clubs was reduced to two.

Cup performances

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After their first successful performance in the Austrian Cup in the 2013–14 season as a Regionalliga side – a victory over the second division club SV Mattersburg and reaching the quarter-finals –[5] they managed to knock out Austria Lustenau in the 2016–17 Austrian Cup, a club playing at the professional level. After a 2–2 draw in regular time, they won the penalty shoot-out.[6] Before that, in the 2015–16 Austrian Cup season, Amstetten had narrowly lost to Rapid Wien on penalties in the second round.[7]

Stadium

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Main article: Union-Platz
Historical league performance chart

The club plays at the modernised Union-Platz stadium, which has a capacity of 3,000.[8]

Current squad

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As of 28 August, 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Austria AUT Armin Gremsl
2 DF Austria AUT Felix Köchl
5 DF Germany GER Yannick Oberleitner (on loan from Grazer AK)
6 DF Austria AUT Can Kurt
7 MF Austria AUT Dominik Weixelbraun
8 MF Austria AUT Niels Hahn 🚑
9 FW Germany GER Jesaja Herrmann
10 MF Austria AUT Burak Yilmaz
12 DF Austria AUT Lukas Deinhofer Captain
13 GK Austria AUT Simon Neudhart
14 MF Austria AUT Daniel Scharner
15 MF Austria AUT Philipp Offenthaler
16 FW Austria AUT Thomas Mayer
17 DF Austria AUT Moritz Würdinger
18 DF Austria AUT Sebastian Wimmer
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Austria AUT Fabian Palzer
20 MF Austria AUT Martin Grubhofer
21 MF Austria AUT Ferdinand Unterbuchschachner
22 DF Austria AUT Tobias Gruber (on loan from Wolfsberg)
24 DF Austria AUT Mathias Hausberger
32 GK Austria AUT Bernhard Scherz
37 FW Austria AUT Jan-Sebastian Koppensteiner
40 GK Austria AUT Felix Gutmann
41 MF Turkey TUR Tolga Öztürk
42 FW Germany GER Jannik Wanner
43 FW Austria AUT Felix Schönegger
45 FW Austria AUT Marcel Seibert
77 MF Austria AUT Marco Kadlec
92 MF Austria AUT Sebastian Leimhofer

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Staff

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Technical staff

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Position Staff
Head coach Austria Patrick Enengl
Assistant manager Austria Thomas Gebauer
Goalkeeper coach Austria Wolfgang Haunschmid
Fitness coach Austria Patrick Schagerl
Club doctors Austria Dr. Gerhard Bachner
Austria Dr. Andreas Stadlbauer
Team manager Austria Matthias Götz

Source: SKU Amstetten

Managerial history

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  • Austria Siegfried Aigner (1998–99)
  • Austria Erwin Höld (1999–2001)
  • Romania Sandu Tăbârcă (2001–2006)
  • Austria Erwin Spiegel (2006–07)
  • Austria Andreas Gutlederer (2007–09)
  • Austria Harald Vetter (2009)
  • Austria Herbert Panholzer (2009–12)
  • Austria Walter Huemer (2012)
  • Austria Heinz Thonhofer (2012–17)
  • Austria Robert Weinstabl (2017–18)
  • Austria Peter Zeitlhofer (2018–19)
  • Austria Jochen Fallmann (2019–20)
  • Austria Joachim Standfest (2020–21)
  • Austria Jochen Fallmann (2021–23)
  • Austria Patrick Enengl (2023–)

References

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  1. ^ "Wir fürs Mostviertel". SKU Amstetten (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Junges Amstetten". 2. Liga (in Austrian German). 10 September 2018. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Fußball: Die 16 Teams der neuen 2. Liga im Porträt". Profil (in German). 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Kein Sieger im NÖ-Derby: Amstetten fix Letzter". Laola1 (in German). 20 May 2024. Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Mattersburg setzt Abwärtstrend in Amstetten fort". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. ^ "SKU Amstetten – Austria Lustenau 3:2 (ÖFB-Cup 2016/2017, 2. Runde)". weltfussball.at (in German). HEIM:SPIEL. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Spielschema | SKU Amstetten – Rapid Wien 3:4 | 2. Runde | Samsung Cup 2015/16". kicker (in German). Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. ^ "SKU Ertl Glas Amstetten: Stadion". SKU Amstetten (in German). Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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