The St. Pölten Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Anrie Chase rejects the move
St. Pölten had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Red Bull Salzburg, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Christian Lichtenberger would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Christian Lichtenberger is living that version at St. Pölten, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market10 Aug 2026
St. Pölten turn down Kwara United for Reinhard Young
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
St. Pölten bid $760.0K for Tom Hülsmann
The offer went to Hartberg this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
St. Pölten rebuffed over Florian Wiegele
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Viktoria Plzen have kept their man, and St. Pölten go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at St. Pölten
Marco Hausjell and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Alexandar Borković 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kevin Baumgartner steps up from the St. Pölten academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kevin Baumgartner has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Andreas Posch joins the St. Pölten first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andreas Posch is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Christoph Hinteregger steps up from the St. Pölten academy
- Match St. Pölten see off FAC Wien
- Squad Rok Kidrič is a square peg at St. Pölten