SKU Amstetten
Full nameSportklub Union Amstetten
Nickname(s)Wir fürs Mostviertel (We for Mostviertel)[1]
Founded30 November 1997 (1997-11-30)
GroundErtl-Glas-Stadion
Capacity3,000
ChairmanHarald Vetter
Bernhard Reikersdorfer
Gerhard Reikersdorfer
Mario Holzer
Head coachPatrick Enengl
LeagueAustrian 2. Liga
2022–232. Liga, 5th of 16
WebsiteClub website

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 2. Liga, the second 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]

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 –[4] 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.[5] Before that, in the 2015–16 Austrian Cup season, Amstetten had narrowly lost to Rapid Wien on penalties in the second round.[6]

Stadium

Historical league performance chart

The club plays at the modernised Union-Platz stadium, which has a capacity of 3,000.[7]

Current squad

As of 16 January, 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 Elias Scherf (on loan from TSV Hartberg)
4 DF Austria AUT Julian Tomka
5 DF Austria AUT Harald Hauser
6 DF Austria AUT Can Kurt
7 MF Austria AUT Dominik Starkl
8 MF Austria AUT Niels Hahn
9 FW Spain ESP Marco Siverio
10 MF Austria AUT Burak Yilmaz
11 DF Austria AUT Daniel Rosenbichler
15 MF Austria AUT Philipp Offenthaler
18 FW Austria AUT Tobias Pellegrini
20 MF Austria AUT Marcel Moschinger
21 FW Ghana GHA Daniel Owusu (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
22 DF Austria AUT Silvio Apollonio
27 DF Austria AUT Sebastian Dirnberger
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 GK Austria AUT Dennis Verwüster
29 FW Austria AUT Marcel Monsberger
30 DF Austria AUT Marco Stark
31 GK Austria AUT Thomas Willersberger
33 GK Austria AUT Kilian Scharner
36 DF Austria AUT Timo Weinberger
37 FW Austria AUT Jan-Sebastian Koppensteiner
39 FW Austria AUT Lukas Henikl
44 MF Austria AUT Marco Sulzner (on loan from LASK)
47 MF Austria AUT Dominik Weixelbraun (on loan from LASK)
77 MF Austria AUT Marco Kadlec
— DF Austria AUT Lukas Deinhofer
— MF Austria AUT Fabian Palzer
— MF Switzerland SUI Daniel Scharner
— FW Japan JPN Atsushi Zaizen (on loan from Grazer)

Staff

Technical staff

Jochen Fallmann, coach since 1 July 2021
Position Staff
Head coachAustria Jochen Fallmann
Assistant managerAustria Gerhard Obermüller
Goalkeeper coachAustria Wolfgang Haunschmid
Fitness coachAustria Patrick Schagerl
Club doctorsAustria Dr. Gerhard Bachner
Austria Dr. Andreas Stadlbauer
Team managerAustria Matthias Götz

Source: SKU Amstetten

References

  1. ↑ "Wir fürs Mostviertel". SKU Amstetten (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. 1 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. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "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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