Markus Ulmer

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Marked for Markus Ulmer

54 Edition

The Mattersburg Sentinel

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Gernot Kalajdzic runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

A fracture rules Raphael Sabitzer out for 24 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Mattersburg will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Xaver Posch stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Xaver Posch and Mattersburg agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Maximilian Posch 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 Mattersburg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Martin Rasner

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Martin Rasner, and the manager let it.

Market

Markus Ulmer is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Mattersburg has been clear about where Markus Ulmer stands, which is more than many ever get.

Match

Honours even between Mattersburg and Rapid Wien

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Player ratings

Off the bench and decisive: Gonzalo Groba

The substitution nobody applauded turned out to be the whole story. Mattersburg were going nowhere until he came on.

Market

The Wolfgang Lienhart story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Wolfgang Lienhart signs something — a contract at Mattersburg or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

Back issues
51 Edition

The Mattersburg Sentinel

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Gernot Weimann damages knee ligaments — 31 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 31 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

Tempers go at Mattersburg

Maximilian Posch 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.

Squad

Markus Ulmer signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Markus Ulmer and Mattersburg agree another 3 years.

In brief

18 Edition

The Mattersburg Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Wolfgang Lienhart breaks a bone — 29 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 29 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Heinz Trimmel: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Mattersburg have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Mattersburg

Martin Rasner 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.

In brief