Marked for Kevin Baumgartner
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad28 Aug 2028
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Viborg may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market28 Aug 2028
Victor Bjerge hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Viborg can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Viborg
Thomas Jørgensen 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.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Adam Kleis-Kristoffersen is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Mees Hoedemakers falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match26 Aug 2028
It needed Thomas Jørgensen to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against FC Midtjylland, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Market28 Aug 2028
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Kevin Baumgartner has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Viborg.
Market28 Aug 2028
The clock does Alejandro Avallay’s negotiating for him
1 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Viborg could ask drops and the wages Alejandro Avallay can ask rise.
Back issues
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Steady
Squad7 Feb 2028
Romain Padovani damages knee ligaments — 133 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 133 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market7 Feb 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad7 Feb 2028
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Viborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words at Viborg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mees Hoedemakers 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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Daniel Anyembe
“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.
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Uneasy
Match2 Oct 2027
The wait goes on for Viborg
9 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Viborg
Thomas Jørgensen 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.
Match2 Oct 2027
The run at home goes on for Viborg
10 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Mees Hoedemakers falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“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.
Player ratings4 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match2 Oct 2027
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Thomas Jørgensen asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Loan watch4 Oct 2027
“Nobody here treats me like a loan player, and that is worth more than people think.” 11 appearances and 0 goals, and a summer that will decide it.
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Steady
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match28 Aug 2027
4 matches without a win for Viborg
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Viborg are no longer polite ones.
Squad30 Aug 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Viborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words at Viborg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mees Hoedemakers 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.
Match28 Aug 2027
Viborg make home a hard place to visit
8 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kevin Baumgartner and Viborg agree another 3 years.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“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.
Match28 Aug 2027
Point won or two lost for Viborg?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Esbjerg? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Market30 Aug 2027
The name of Thomas Jørgensen keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Viborg say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Squad23 Aug 2027
Dominik Schlager damages knee ligaments — 18 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 18 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market23 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Mattersburg's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Mattersburg has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Aug 2027
David Ulmer falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match21 Aug 2027
0‑1 to Austria Wien, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Idrissa Dioh, and the manager let it.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Mattersburg know it.
Market23 Aug 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Kevin Baumgartner leaves Mattersburg the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Steady
Match18 Aug 2027
Viborg bow out of the cup
Randers go through and Viborg go home, 1‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Viborg may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market23 Aug 2027
“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 Viborg, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Osman Addo
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Viborg
Thomas Jørgensen 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Filip Đukić has left for OB in a $570.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Mees Hoedemakers falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Noël Atom 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.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Apr 2027
Peter Lienhart damages knee ligaments — 14 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 14 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Words at Mattersburg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Ulmer 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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Idrissa Dioh 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.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Jan 2027
Peter Lienhart: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Mattersburg have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Guido Lazaro and Mattersburg agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at Mattersburg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Ulmer 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.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Dec 2026
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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words at Mattersburg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Guido Hinteregger 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.
Squad28 Dec 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.