The Admira Wacker Gazette
Squad31 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Maximiliano Planté
58 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Admira Wacker lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match26 Aug 2026
Markus Alaba sends Admira Wacker through
Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Markus Alaba obliged against Mattersburg. 4‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Admira Wacker.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A brace, and Markus Alaba takes the afternoon — 8.29
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Markus Alaba provided it, and the 8.29 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Marcel Ilsanker could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.24
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.24, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Michael Ilsanker runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market31 Aug 2026
Heinz Lazaro 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 The request is on a desk at Admira Wacker, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Ziad El Sheiwi 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.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Julian Lainer
At 18 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match29 Aug 2026
Rapid Wien take the points off Admira Wacker
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
- Player ratings One of those days for Valentino Fuchs
- Squad No hiding place for Marc Castells
- Squad Marcel Lainer dropped after a run of poor form