Marked for David Baumgartner
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match31 Oct 2026
6 matches without a win for Admira Wacker
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Admira Wacker are no longer polite ones.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Mario García 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.
Match31 Oct 2026
Beaten 2‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Loan watch2 Nov 2026
“I watch every Admira Wacker game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Boavista runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.47 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“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.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Marked 8.27 — 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” David Baumgartner and Admira Wacker agree another 4 years.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Mario García 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.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
“I did not go to Alcione Milano to sit and watch. I want to come back to Admira Wacker and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Arthur Vignaud commits to Admira Wacker for another 3 years.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Defensive actions: 13, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match10 Oct 2026
Point won or two lost for Admira Wacker?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Austria Wien? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Shots: 7. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
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Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
Mario García 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.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.88 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match19 Sep 2026
A 1‑0 win over SV Ried, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Loan watch21 Sep 2026
“I watch every Admira Wacker game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Grodig runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Heinz Wober 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Dejan Lindner knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Admira Wacker, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A season on the outside for Dylan Ragolle
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Admira Wacker has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
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Steady
Match26 Aug 2026
Out, 0‑2 to Mattersburg, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Admira Wacker can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Market31 Aug 2026
SV Ried paid $320.0K and Admira Wacker took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Market31 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Vis Pesaro have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Heinz Wober. The answer from Admira Wacker has not changed — yet.
Match29 Aug 2026
A 1‑0 win over Rapid Wien, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.45 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Michael Dragovic, and the manager let it.