SKU Amstetten

SKU Amstetten

Full name	Sportklub Union Amstetten
Nickname(s)	Wir fürs Mostviertel (We for Mostviertel) [1]
Founded	30 November 1997;27 years ago (1997-11-30)
Ground	Ertl-Glas-Stadion
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Harald Vetter Bernhard Reikersdorfer Gerhard Reikersdorfer Mario Holzer
Head coach	Patrick Enengl
League	2. Liga
2023–24	2. Liga, 16th of 16
Website	www.sku-amstetten.at
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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

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

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

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

As of 28 August, 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   AUT Armin Gremsl 2 DF   AUT Felix Köchl 5 DF   GER Yannick Oberleitner(on loan from Grazer AK) 6 DF   AUT Can Kurt 7 MF   AUT Dominik Weixelbraun 8 MF   AUT Niels Hahn 9 FW   GER Jesaja Herrmann 10 MF   AUT Burak Yilmaz 12 DF   AUT Lukas Deinhofer 13 GK   AUT Simon Neudhart 14 MF   AUT Daniel Scharner 15 MF   AUT Philipp Offenthaler 16 FW   AUT Thomas Mayer 17 DF   AUT Moritz Würdinger 18 DF   AUT Sebastian Wimmer

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF   AUT Fabian Palzer 20 MF   AUT Martin Grubhofer 21 MF   AUT Ferdinand Unterbuchschachner 22 DF   AUT Tobias Gruber(on loan from Wolfsberg) 24 DF   AUT Mathias Hausberger 32 GK   AUT Bernhard Scherz 37 FW   AUT Jan-Sebastian Koppensteiner 40 GK   AUT Felix Gutmann 41 MF   TUR Tolga Öztürk 42 FW   GER Jannik Wanner 43 FW   AUT Felix Schönegger 45 FW   AUT Marcel Seibert 77 MF   AUT Marco Kadlec 92 MF   AUT Sebastian Leimhofer

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Staff

Technical staff

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

Source: SKU Amstetten

Managerial history

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

References

1. "Wir fürs Mostviertel". SKU Amstetten (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
2. "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.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• SKU Amstetten at the Austrian Football Association (in German)