Bayern Munich star David Alaba has revealed that he tried to console Aleksandar Dragovic after last night’s (Tues) 7-0 defeat. Swiss champs FC Basel did not stand a chance against the German Bundesliga powerhouse in the second leg game of the round of the best 16 UEFA Champions League teams. Alaba, 19, was part of […]
Red Bull Salzburg (RBS) coach Ricardo Moniz is under enormous pressure after his team suffered a humiliating 2-4 defeat in Vienna yesterday (Sun). The Bulls stood no chance against 32-time league champs Rapid Vienna in front of 17,500 fans at the sold-out Gerhard Hanappi Stadium. Rapid were the better side from the very start. Looking […]
One of Austria’s best footballers of all time has launched a devastating attack on Red Bull Salzburg (RBS). Ex-AS Roma star Herbert Prohaska criticised the club yesterday (Thurs) for not letting midfielder Georg Teigl and defender Martin Hinteregger perform for Austria in the upcoming Under-20s World Cup. Prohaska – voted Austria’s Footballer of the 20th […]
A disputed Austrian footballer has made an English newspaper’s top unwanted list. Marko Arnautovic is among the 26 players listed by The Guardian in its new “Europe’s most unwanted” chart. The 22-year-old joined German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen for around seven million Euros after Italian giants Inter decided not to keep him for longer after […]
Toni Polster has been named new manager of an amateur football team competing in the fifth-highest league. Viennese side SC Wiener Viktoria said today (Weds) that the former goal machine will coach its senior squad next season. The club said the first training session was set to take place on 11 July. Polster most recently […]
Erwin Hoffer is about to join Eintracht Frankfurt, according to sport newspapers.The Austrian national team striker most recently played for 1. FK Kaiserslautern after the German Bundesliga club agreed on a one-season loan deal with Italian giants SSC Napoli where Hoffer experienced a tough time. Hoffer who left Rapid Vienna in 2009 is […]
SV Ried fans are looking forward to see their team aiming for European glory next season after Austria Lustenau were beaten in the ÖFB Cup final yesterday (Sun).The second-league side performed well in front of 14,500 fans at Viennas Ernst Happel Stadium, but it was Ried who found the net. Markus Hammerer is tipped to […]
A star-studded Spanish football team have set their sights on a wayward Austrian talent.Villareal CF are interested in snatching Marko Arnautovic, according to sport newspapers. Reports have it that the team who finished last season in fourth place are ready to pay more for the 22-year-old than his current club Werder Bremen forked […]
Sturm Graz have won the Austrian Football Bundesliga for a third time in the clubs history.The team managed by German Franco Foda beat Wacker Innsbruck 2-1 last night (Weds). Red Bull Salzburg (RBS), who won the league last season, overtook Austria Vienna to claim second place in the final standings. The squad of Ricardo Moniz […]
The federal coalition has vowed to take drastic steps after the “derby disgrace” of Vienna.Around 200 fans many of them masked stormed the pitch at the sold-out Gerhard Hanappi Stadium 26 minutes after kick-off on Sunday. Moments earlier, Austria Vienna star Zlatko Junuzovic had made it 2-0 for the away side. His strike […]