The FAC Wien Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Philipp Bauer stands alone
7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Simon Pirkl 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. Simon Pirkl is living that version at FAC Wien, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market10 Aug 2026
Red Bull Salzburg come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and FAC Wien did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Lukas Gabbichler
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
FAC Wien rebuffed over Andrés Andrade
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. LASK have kept their man, and FAC Wien go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at FAC Wien
Tomislav Glavan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
One of their own: Philipp Bauer
He is 19 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market10 Aug 2026
FAC Wien promote Marcel Weimann from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcel Weimann has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Marcel Onisiwo joins the FAC Wien first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcel Onisiwo 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 Michael Fuchs steps up from the FAC Wien academy
- Squad Simon Pirkl has outgrown this division
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Alexander Posch on the draw