The Mattersburg Sentinel
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Mattersburg
Christoph Kalajdzic 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Wolfgang Baumgartner
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match15 Aug 2026
Mattersburg see off Austria Wien
Three points for Mattersburg, 1‑0 the final word against Austria Wien in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Wolfgang Posch was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.13. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Market17 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Mattersburg and Martin Rasner
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Mattersburg, another week without a signature from Martin Rasner.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Mattersburg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Edoardo Marchetti is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Marco Alaba stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Marco Alaba and Mattersburg agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Florian Weimann was immovable
14 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Market17 Aug 2026
Peter Lienhart 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 Peter Lienhart stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- Market Mattersburg borrow Benjamin Göschl
- Market Mattersburg pick up Martin Rasner for nothing
- Boardroom Mattersburg were not finished after all