The Admira Wacker Gazette
Squad31 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Alexander Arnautovic
94 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
Cup progress for Admira Wacker
A 2‑0 win over Mattersburg, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match29 Aug 2026
Admira Wacker taken apart
0‑3 to Rapid Wien, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Sebastian Laimer could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.29
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.29, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Álvaro Montoro at 19 — 7.71
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Álvaro Montoro did not need any: 7.71, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market31 Aug 2026
Dejan Schlager asks to leave Admira Wacker
“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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Kevin Arnautovic runs at them all day
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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Admira Wacker
Xaver Alaba 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
Ravenna join the queue for Florian Frank
Add another name to the list: Ravenna have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Florian Frank. The answer from Admira Wacker has not changed — yet.
In brief
- Squad Andreas Posch falls out with a teammate over standards
- The terraces Admira Wacker supporters have found a favourite in Álvaro Montoro
- Squad Xaver Alaba gets it from the manager