Fußballclub Mauerwerk is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. From September 2014 to June 2018, the club played under the name FC Karabakh Wien. Currently playing in the Regionalliga Ost and plays their home games at the Rudolf-Tonn-Stadion in Schwechat.

FC Mauerwerk
Full nameFußballclub Mauerwerk
Founded2 August 2014; 9 years ago (2014-08-02)
as Fußballclub Karabakh Wien
GroundRudolf-Tonn-Stadion[1]
Capacity7,000
OwnerMauerwerk Immobilien GmbH
ChairmanMustafa Elnimr
Head CoachNorbert Schweitzer
LeagueRegionalliga Ost
2018–192nd
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History edit

Founding edit

Fußballclub Karabakh Wien was founded on August 2, 2014 and officially registered in 2014 in the Wien Football Association (WFV) and has obtained a license to compete in Oberliga A Wien. Oberliga is officially the 3rd player of the Wien Football Association and the 6th League of Austrian Football Association.

Oberliga edit

2014–15 season edit

In the 2014–15 season, Karabakh Wien has scored 55 points at the end of the season with 17 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from 26 games in Vienna at Oberliga A Wien and finished second behind Wiener SC II in a total of 14 clubs, and with that result did not get access to the 2. Landesliga Wien, so the club decided to buy the SC Kaiserebersdorf-Srbija to secure a place in the top league, moved to Kaiserebersdorf, and played the season 2015–16 in 2. Landesliga Wien. In the same season, the club took part in the Wien Cup and scored 5 consecutive victories. The results obtained for a newly established club have been highly appreciated by local experts.

2. Landesliga edit

2015–16 season edit

It started in the 2. Landesliga Wien, which is a major league than the 2014–15 season. The 2. Landesliga Wien is officially the 2nd league of the Wien Football Association, and the 5th league of the Austrian Football Association. Despite the fact that the board of directors played for the first time in this league before the main team, the main goal was simply a championship. Thus, Karabakh Wien won 30 wins in 2. Landesliga Wien, gaining 67 points as a result of 21 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats and champions the 4 points ahead of the closest spectator in the league where 16 teams fought.

In the same season, the club has achieved great success, as well as parallel to the Wien Cup. In the Wien Cup, where 289 clubs from the Wien Football Association participated, our club rose to the finals and became the champion, winning a 2-0 win over the other finalist SV Gersthof at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion, where the Austria national football team played home matches. Karabakh Wien has been the club for the first time in the history of 2. Landesliga Wien, winning the league and city trophy for the same season. The club has brought the U18 team to the third round of the season. So, in 2015–16, the Karabakh Wien played a historic season by printing 3 championships to Wien's asset.

Landesliga edit

2016–17 season edit

In the 2016–17 season Karabakh Wien will start fighting in the highest city league in the city of Vienna. The Wiener Stadtliga is the 1st League of the Vienna Football Association and the 4th League of Austrian Football Association, where the club will be fighting this season. The club, which is seriously preparing for the season, will first be in the match on August 19, 2016. Karabakh Wien, which will hold 30 matches in 16 stadiums throughout the stadium, will be featured by local experts as the main nominees for the championship title.

During the 2016-17 season Karabakh Wien met with the Austrian club Rapid Wien, July 8, 2016, the first time Rapid won the Austrian Cup as the state champion of Wien and the 8th of July, 2016. In spite of the history, budget, or power ratio between the two clubs, Karabakh Wien suffered a surprisingly fierce battle with the local community in Vienna and lost 3-1 to Rapid Wien.

Regionalliga edit

2017–18 season edit

 
Entrance of the Rudolf-Tonn-Stadion, new stadium of Karabakh Wien from 2018

As master of the league of the viennese city, a rose in the regional league. Since September 2017, the football department has been transferred to FC Karabakh Wien GmbH. Since February 2018 leading the first team to play their home games at the Rudolf-Tonn-Stadion in Schwechat from.

Renamed to FC Mauerwerk edit

On 29 June 2018, it was announced that the previous Azerbaijani donors Orkhan Valiyev after the missed promotion to the new 2nd league and the club is taken over by the native Egyptian Mustafa Elnimr. Elnimr, who is already a sponsor of the Wiener Stadtliga club Mauerwerk Sport Admira, will not merge the two clubs but will continue Karabakh Wien as FC Mauerwerk. Masonry Sport will act as a satellite club of the FC Mauerwerk and introduce talents to the first team, because the club's goal is still the rise in the 2. Liga.[2][3]

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 25 January, 2024.[4]

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   SRB Vladan Pesic
3 DF   GHA Gabriel Awuni
4 DF   CIV Kader Bamba
5 MF   FRA Brooklyn Barataud
6 MF   BUL Milosh Raykovich
7 FW   BRA Bruno Gervasoni
8 MF   CRO Mateo Koscak
9 FW   FRA Wilfried Domoraud
10 MF   GER Ertugrul Tuysuz
11 FW   ALB Alesio Caushaj
17 DF   AUT Loren Limani
19 MF   SVK Tobias Gabris
20 FW   AFG Murtaza Abrahmi
22 DF   SRB Marko Đorđević
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF   MKD Leon Najdovski
24 MF   SRB Uros Jovanovic
30 MF   AUT Furkan Cicek
32 MF   UKR Maksym Yesyp
36 MF   AUT Nemanja Radivojevic
41 FW   AUT Harun Cetin
62 GK   AUT Zidan Koyun
75 MF   AUT Dario Sekic
77 DF   SVK Daniel Borovsky
97 MF   AUT Samuel Oppong
99 DF   SRB Luka Milisavljević
FW   AUT Eren Keles
FW   AUT Ali Sahintürk
MF   MKD David Aliloski
MF   AUT Enes Tetik

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Norbert Schweitzer
Assistant coach   Murat Topal
Goalkeeper coach   Predrag Kojic
Physiotherapist   Seckin Ak
Massagist   Gökce Tuna

Notable players edit

Players with 45 or more league appearances edit

Statistics correct as of the end of the 2014–15 season.

Name Nationality Position Mauerwerk career Appearances
Marko Stevanovic   Serbia Defender 2015–2019 124
Ercan Kara   Austria Forward 2016–2019 90
Nemanja Stojanovic   Serbia Midfielder 2015–2019 84
Erdal Kara   Austria Forward 2015– 80
Michael Harrauer   Austria Goalkeeper 2015–2017 73
Aykut Tekinsoy   Austria Defender 2015–2017 71
Muhammed Ali Keskin   Austria Midfielder 2015– 62
Milan Sapardic   Austria Midfielder 2015–2018 58
Sasa Sormaz   Austria Defender 2014–2017 56
Turgay Gemicibasi   Germany Midfielder 2017–2019 56
Taner Sen   Austria Midfielder 2016–2019 55
Kenan Colakoglu   Austria Forward 2014–2017 49
Aleksandar Ivanovic   Bosnia and Herzegovina Defender 2015–2017 48

Captains edit

  • Only captains in competitive matches are included.
  • Players marked in bold are still playing in the professional team.
Captain Nationality Years
Sasa Sormaz   Austria 2014–2015
Michael Harrauer   Austria 2015–2017
Ümit Korkmaz   Austria 2018
Nemanja Stojanović   Serbia 2018–2019

Coach history edit

No. Head coach Nationality From Until Days
1 Ilija Sormaz   Austria 12 August 2014 30 June 2015 322
2 Hans Slunecko   Austria 1 July 2015 30 June 2016 365
3 Volkan Kahraman   Austria 1 July 2016 13 March 2018 620
4 Johann Kleer   Austria 14 March 2018 30 June 2019 473

Past seasons edit

Season League Level Place Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Austrian Cup
2014–15 Oberliga A Wien (VI) 6 2 26 17 2 7 94 35 +59 53 Did not qualify
2015–16 2. Landesliga Wien (V) 5 1 30 21 4 5 85 26 +59 67 Did not qualify
2016–17 Wiener Stadliga (IV) 4 1 30 21 8 1 80 21 +59 71 1st round
2017–18 Regionalliga Ost (III) 3 5 30 17 5 8 61 44 +17 56 1st round
2018–19 Regionalliga Ost (III) 3 2 30 20 5 5 64 29 35 65 1st round
2019–20 Regionalliga Ost (III) 3 30
Green marks a season followed by promotion.

Reserve team edit

History edit

Since the appearance of the first team in Regionalliga in 2017, the second men's team of the club participates in the regular operation of the game. She worked before in the reserve game operation of the city Wien. The second team initially played in Oberliga B Wien, which is the 3rd league of the Wien Football Association and the 6th league of Austrian Football Association.

The team's stadium is Sportplatz Kaiserebersdorf, where the first team played from 2015 until being promoted to Regionalliga, and much of the championship until moving in early 2018.

Current squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   CAN Andrew Barsalona

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach   Rene Fellner
Assistant coach   Turhan Bölükbas

Past seasons edit

Season League Level Place Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2017–18 1. Klasse B Wien (VII) 7 1 24 21 1 2 115 20 95 64
2018–19 Oberliga B Wien (VI) 6 26
Green marks a season followed by promotion.

Youth academy edit

Football school consisted of 9 children, consisting of different age groups, U7, U9, U10, U11, U12, U13, U14, U16 and U18. In parallel, the fitness, mental and technical education base of the football school has been structured effectively and with the participation of experienced coaches to identify and develop children's full potential. The club's children-youth sports school consists of 200 younger and younger players from 20 different nationalities, a 25-man squadron and five additional technical staff. Mauerwerk football club has a favorable feature in Vienna football with a team of multicultural children-youth sports school.

Honours edit

League edit

Reserve team

Cup edit

  • Wien Cup:
    • Champions (1): 2015–16
    • Semi-finalist (1): 2014–15

Youth league edit

  • U18 C-Liga
    • Champions (1): 2015–16
  • U16 C-Liga
    • Champions (1): 2016–17
  • U14 B-Liga
    • Champions (1): 2017–18

References edit

  1. ^ "Neue spielstätte! Das Rudolf-Tonn-Stadion in Schwechat" (in German). Karabakh Wien. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Wie Salzburg und Liefering? Wiener Stadtligist Mauerwerk soll Karabakh schlucken" (in German). Spox.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Karabakh Wien hat neuen Eigentümer - Vienna bleibt in der 2. Landesliga" (in German). Spox.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Kader FC Mauerwerk" (in German). FC Mauerwerk. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

External links edit