The SV Ried Herald
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 SV Ried, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Marco König
SV Ried asked and Stripfing said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
SV Ried turn down FAC Wien for Joris Boguo
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
Benjamin Leneis due for a SV Ried medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Lukas Wedl turns down SV Ried
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Andreas Leitner stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andreas Leitner and SV Ried agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at SV Ried
Andreas Leitner 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Nikki Havenaar
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nikki Havenaar, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kapfenberg watching Dominik Kirnbauer
The interest is real enough to have reached print. SV Ried have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Philipp Lindner joins the SV Ried first team
- Market One of our own: Wolfgang Lazaro joins the SV Ried first team
- Match Rapid Wien take the points off SV Ried