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.
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| Full name | Sportklub Union Amstetten | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Wir fürs Mostviertel (We for Mostviertel)[1] | |||
| Founded | 30 November 1997 | |||
| Ground | Ertl-Glas-Stadion | |||
| Capacity | 3,000 | |||
| Chairman | Harald Vetter Bernhard Reikersdorfer Gerhard Reikersdorfer Mario Holzer | |||
| Head coach | Patrick Enengl | |||
| League | Austrian 2. Liga | |||
| 2022–23 | 2. Liga, 5th of 16 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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History edit
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 edit
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 edit
The club plays at the modernised Union-Platz stadium, which has a capacity of 3,000.[7]
Current squad edit
- As of 3 February 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan edit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff edit
Technical staff edit
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| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Jochen Fallmann
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| Assistant manager | Gerhard Obermüller
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| Goalkeeper coach | Wolfgang Haunschmid
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| Fitness coach | Patrick Schagerl
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| Club doctors | Dr. Gerhard Bachner
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| Dr. Andreas Stadlbauer
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| Team manager | Matthias Götz
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Source: SKU Amstetten
Manager History edit
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 edit
- ^ "Wir fürs Mostviertel". SKU Amstetten (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Junges Amstetten". 2. Liga (in Austrian German). 10 September 2018. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "SKU Ertl Glas Amstetten: Stadion". SKU Amstetten (in German). Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
External links edit
- Official website (in German)
- SKU Amstetten at the Austrian Football Association (in German)