Andreas Ilsanker

Left Forward - Admira Wacker
30 Sep 2026
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Andreas Ilsanker

7 Edition

The Admira Wacker Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Words at Admira Wacker training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Xaver Grillitsch 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Maximilian Lazaro

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The terraces

Admira Wacker supporters have found a favourite in Marco Schlager

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Marco Schlager has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Marco Schlager the difference as Admira Wacker beat Mattersburg

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Marco Schlager. 1‑0 against Mattersburg, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Marco Schlager

Marked 8.16 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Andreas Ilsanker stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Andreas Ilsanker and Admira Wacker agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Andreas Ilsanker 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 Admira Wacker this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Gernot Arnautovic named player of the week

One weekend, judged against everybody else's. Gernot Arnautovic has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.

Player ratings

David Laimer ran the game

Chances created: 5. Not on the scoresheet and not remotely anonymous — a passing performance that pulled a defence apart without leaving a mark on the column that gets read.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Admira Wacker Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

No mercy from Admira Wacker

Grodig will want this one forgotten quickly: 5‑1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Admira Wacker were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings

Gernot Arnautovic scores twice — 8.84

Two goals and a mark of 8.84 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings

Maximilian Lazaro scores twice — 8.45

Two goals and a mark of 8.45 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings

Andreas Ilsanker could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.22

Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.22, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.

Squad

Xaver Grillitsch 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 Admira Wacker this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

6 goals as Admira Wacker and Grodig go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Admira Wacker and Grodig, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

The terraces

Admira Wacker supporters have found a favourite in Valentino Lienhart

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Valentino Lienhart has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings

Valentino Lienhart was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.37. 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.

Squad

Words at Admira Wacker training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Xaver Posch 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.

In brief