The Mattersburg Sentinel
Match26 Aug 2026
Mattersburg out of the cup
Admira Wacker ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market31 Aug 2026
Dejan Junuzovic puts it in writing
“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 The request is on a desk at Mattersburg, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
Terms done: Marcel Lienhart is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Grodig waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Mattersburg is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market31 Aug 2026
Mattersburg say no — this time
The offer from Austria Wien for Kevin Alaba 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.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Mattersburg bid $1.1M for Salif Tietietta
The offer went to Altach this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Mattersburg
Xaver Hinteregger and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Too dear: Mattersburg walk away from Tobias Gruber
$93.0K was the most the club would pay and Wolfsberger AC were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Door shut on Kenny Quetant
Mattersburg asked and Werder Bremen said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match29 Aug 2026
Mattersburg come up short against Sturm Graz
Sturm Graz left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Alexander Gründler
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Diego Madritsch
- The dugout The view from the dugout