The Kapfenberg Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Richard Strebinger keeps Kapfenberg in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Kapfenberg rebuffed over Daniel Maderner
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Grazer AK have kept their man, and Kapfenberg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Kapfenberg go back to the board over Erkin Yalcin
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $350.0K — a club that wants Erkin Yalcin enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Kapfenberg walk away from Yusuf Demir
$950.0K was the most the club would pay and Rapid Wien were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Thomas Maier beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Andreas Lazaro steps up from the Kapfenberg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andreas Lazaro 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
Kapfenberg promote Markus Schlager from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Markus Schlager 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
Lukas Baumgartner steps up from the Kapfenberg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lukas 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.
In brief
- Market Michael Alaba steps up from the Kapfenberg academy
- Match Kapfenberg come up short against FC Liefering
- Squad Thomas Maier reaches 200 appearances