The Kapfenberg 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 Kapfenberg, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Kapfenberg make their move for Petter Nosa Dahl
$2.1M on the table at Rapid Wien. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Meletios Mišković pops up at the right end — 7.87
7.87, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kapfenberg say no — this time
The offer from Voluntari for Jose-Andrei Rostaş was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Kapfenberg make their move for Erkin Yalcin
$350.0K on the table at Altach. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $330.0K for Alexander Sellegard
Kapfenberg have gone to Monaco with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Albin Berisha 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 Kapfenberg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Kapfenberg rebuffed over Joao Grimaldo
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sparta Prague have kept their man, and Kapfenberg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kapfenberg promote Florian Prass from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Florian Prass 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: David Alaba joins the Kapfenberg first team
- Market One of our own: Marko Lazaro joins the Kapfenberg first team
- Match Kapfenberg see off FC Liefering