The Mattersburg Sentinel
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Florian Köhler, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.68
A mark of 7.68 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jan Schäfer 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Mattersburg sign Salko Hamzić, one for the future
Salko Hamzić is 19, and Mattersburg have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Match15 Aug 2026
Martin Kalajdzic rescues a point for Mattersburg
It needed Martin Kalajdzic to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Austria Wien, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Julian Onisiwo gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Mattersburg pick somebody else ahead of Thomas Arnautovic
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Market17 Aug 2026
Marko 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 Marko Ulmer stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A Mattersburg teenager takes the young player award
Florian Köhler is 20, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.
Market17 Aug 2026
The Martin Kalajdzic talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Mattersburg know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Market Raphael Prass placed on the list
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Markus Lazaro
- Player ratings Christoph Kalajdzic ran the game