Austria Vienna serve up new deal for coach Daxbacher
Austria Vienna bosses have extended coach Karl Daxbachers contract, it has been announced today (Fri).The former LASK Linz managers contract would have expired at the end of this season.Officials at the club, which is currently third in the Austrian football Bundesliga, said they had already agreed with Daxbacher to extend the cooperation ahead of the teams 1-0 victory against SV Ried last Saturday.The new deal runs until summer 2011 and will automatically prolong itself if Austria Vienna manages to qualify for international competition next season.Daxbacher had been confronted with increasing pressure ahead of last weekends match since his team failed to win in four matches. Especially the teams 0-2 defeat against city rivals Rapid Vienna was a bitter pill for their fans.Austria Vienna play against Magna Wiener Neustadt tomorrow while leaders Red Bull Salzburg face Mattersburg. Rapid Vienna travel to Klagenfurt to clash with bottom lights Austria Kärnten, and Kapfenberg host Sturm Graz. LASK Linz play against SV Ried in the Upper Austrian derby on Sunday.The Bundesliga table after 26 rounds:Red Bull Salzburg, 56 pointsRapid Vienna, 50Austria Vienna, 47Sturm Graz, 44Magna Wiener Neustadt, 36Mattersburg, 33SV Ried, 31LASK Linz, 26Kapfenberg, 24Austria Kärnten, 11