From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Jan 2027
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Market1 Jan 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 3 goals in 3 appearances for Admira Wacker.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Marked 8.64 across it, 4 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Sturm Graz have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Sturm Graz
Vasilije Adžić was marked 8.64 and had a hand in 4 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Dec 2026
Martin Fraisl hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Austria Wien can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
3 assists, 7.28, and a Grodig player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Highest marks in the league belong to a Sturm Graz man
Jeyland Mitchell averaged 8.80 over 2 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Market1 Dec 2026
Yorbe Vertessen wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Red Bull Salzburg hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
A productive month at Red Bull Salzburg — 2 goals from 1 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
2 in 2 for Sturm Graz. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Vasilije Adžić up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Sturm Graz — 2 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
2 goals in 3 appearances for Mattersburg leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Market1 Dec 2026
The Sanel Šaljić story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Sanel Šaljić signs something — a contract at Austria Wien or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Nobody scored more than Axel Witsel
The month closes with Axel Witsel out in front — 4 goals in 5 games, and Sturm Graz have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Axel Witsel is the division's player of the month — 8.17
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Sturm Graz man on 8.17 with 4 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Sturm Graz
Vasilije Adžić was marked 8.19 and had a hand in 5 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Nobody made more than Vasilije Adžić this month
5 assists, 8.19, and a Sturm Graz player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Highest marks in the league belong to a Red Bull Salzburg man
Yorbe Vertessen averaged 8.45 over 5 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
2 goals in 5 appearances for Wolfsberger AC, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
2 goals in 5 appearances for Red Bull Salzburg leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
3 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
2 goals in 5 appearances for Wolfsberger AC leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Market1 Nov 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market1 Nov 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Patrick Schlager signs something — a contract at Mattersburg or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Marked 8.33 across it, 3 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Wolfsberger AC have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Vasilije Adžić is the month's best young player — 7.63
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.63 over the month and 2 goal contributions, from a Sturm Graz player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Oct 2026
Paco Alcácer hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sturm Graz can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Oct 2026
Altach say no — this time
The offer from SV Ried for Patrick Greil was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Andreas Leitner leads the division for assists — 6.93
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a SV Ried player marked 6.93, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Highest marks in the league belong to a Red Bull Salzburg U20 man
John Mellberg averaged 8.39 over 2 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Market1 Oct 2026
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Red Bull Salzburg heard it as anything else.
Market1 Oct 2026
Marcel Onisiwo has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Admira Wacker they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
2 in 4 for Wolfsberger AC. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
4 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
The month closes with Gonçalo Paciência out in front — 4 goals in 3 games, and Grodig have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Nicolas Wimmer is the division's player of the month — 7.83
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Wolfsberger AC man on 7.83 with 1 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Patrick Schlager is the month's best young player — 7.75
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.75 over the month and 2 goal contributions, from a Mattersburg player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Rapid Wien, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Sep 2026
The offer from Red Bull Salzburg for Otar Kiteishvili was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Andreas Leitner leads the division for assists — 6.14
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 8 of them made by a SV Ried player marked 6.14, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Sep 2026
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Austria Wien moved on, Patrick Schlager reports back to Mattersburg, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Florian Grillitsch is the division's best-marked player — 8.27
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.27 across 2 matches for Austria Wien.
Market1 Sep 2026
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
5 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
A productive month at RB Leipzig — 3 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
5 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Aug 2026
Yorbe Vertessen wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Red Bull Salzburg hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Market1 Aug 2026
Reinhold Ranftl is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Austria Wien has been clear about where Reinhold Ranftl stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market1 Aug 2026
11 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.