The Altach Courier
Market3 Aug 2026
Altach turn down Melbourne City for Srđan Hrstić
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A move Ivan Božić would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Ivan Božić is living that version at Altach, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Dejan Stojanović signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dejan Stojanović commits to Altach for another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Altach
Mike-Steven Bähre was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market3 Aug 2026
Daniel Antosch attracts admirers
The name of Daniel Antosch has come up in conversations Altach were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Ousmane Diawara
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Altach and Benedikt Zech
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Altach, another week without a signature from Benedikt Zech.
Squad3 Aug 2026
No place for Husein Balić in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Altach are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Altach ask about Marco Tilio
A loan enquiry to Rapid Wien: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Transfer targets Altach try to borrow Daniel Tanase
- Player ratings Nothing got past Lukas Jäger
- The dugout The view from the dugout