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Wiener Neustadt
1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) Logo.png
Full name 1. Wiener Neustädter Sportclub
Founded 2008; 17 years ago (2008)
Ground Wiener Neustadt Arena,
Wiener Neustadt
Ground Capacity 4,000
Manager Christoph Stifter
League 1. Landesliga
2022–23 Regionalliga East, 15th of 16 (relegated)

1. Wiener Neustädter Sportclub is a professional Austrian football (soccer) team from the city of Wiener Neustadt. The club was founded in 2008 and plays its home games at the Wiener Neustadt Arena.

Club History

Wiener neustadt Performance Graph
This chart shows how the team performed in different leagues over the years.

A New Beginning

The club got its start in a very interesting way. In 2008, another team called SC Schwanenstadt had to stop playing because of money problems. A new group, led by the famous businessman Frank Stronach, took over their license. This meant they could start a new club, FC Magna Wiener Neustadt, and play in Austria's second-highest league, the First League.

The team played its first-ever league game on July 12, 2008, against FC Wacker Innsbruck. Even though they lost that first match 0–3, the rest of the season was a huge success. By the end, they had won the league championship! This amazing victory earned them a promotion to the Austrian Bundesliga, the top football league in Austria.

Name Changes and Partnerships

In late 2008, the club decided to merge with an older local team, 1. Wiener Neustädter SC. To honor the history of the older club, the team changed its name to SC Magna Wiener Neustadt in July 2009.

Later, in 2010, the club started working together with another major Austrian team, SK Sturm Graz. These kinds of partnerships help clubs share resources and players.

Club Players

This is the squad from the 2022–23 season.

No. Position Player
1 Austria GK Manuel Kassal
3 Austria DF Mario Postl
6 Austria MF Manuel Haidner
7 Austria MF Marco Meitz
8 Austria MF Matthias Binder
10 Austria FW Maximilian Sax
11 Austria MF Timo Etlinger
12 Austria FW Christopher Tvrdy
15 Austria DF Nenad Vasiljevic
17 Austria MF Pascal Fischer
19 Croatia MF Tomislav Dramac
20 Austria FW Philipp Reinisch
No. Position Player
21 Austria DF Eray Mehmedali
22 Austria DF Philipp Eichberger
23 Austria MF Luka Jokanovic
24 Austria GK Dominik Hemmelmayer
30 Austria DF Bernhard Janeczek
31 Austria DF Thomas Weber
40 Austria MF Fatlum Kreka
Austria GK Dominik Schneidhofer
Austria MF Philipp Brandecker
Austria MF Benedikt Scherleitner
Austria MF Philipp Graf

Notable Former Players

  • Austria Peter Wurz

Manager History

A manager, or coach, is in charge of training the team and deciding game strategy. Here is a list of the club's managers over the years.

  • Austria Helmut Kraft (2008–2009)
  • Austria Peter Schöttel (2009–2011)
  • Austria Peter Stöger (2011–2012)
  • Austria Heimo Pfeifenberger (2012–2014)
  • Iceland Helgi Kolviðsson (2014–2015)
  • Austria Günter Kreissl (2015–2016)
  • Czech Republic René Wagner (2016–2017)
  • Austria Roman Mählich (2017–2018)
  • Austria Gerhard Fellner (2018–2019)
  • Austria Sargon Duran (2019 caretaker)
  • Austria Thomas Flögl (2019–2020)
  • Austria Jürgen Burgemeister (2020–2021)
  • Austria Oliver Oberhammer (2021)
  • Austria Zeljko Ristic (2021–)

See also

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