The Hartberg Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Hartberg turn down Red Bull Salzburg for Marco Hoffmann
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jed Drew stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jed Drew and Hartberg agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Aug 2026
Tom Hülsmann moves on
Rapid Wien pay $640.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tobias Kainz in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hartberg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Charlotte Football Club tell Hartberg: David Schnegg is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match8 Aug 2026
Hartberg find a way past LASK
LASK made Hartberg work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Marco Hoffmann
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Michael Arnautovic joins the Hartberg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michael Arnautovic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Patrick Posch joins the Hartberg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Posch is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout Ármin Pécsi is still paying for one afternoon at Hartberg
- Squad The formation has left Husein Balić behind
- Player ratings Marco Hoffmann stands above it all