The Austria Salzburg Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Constantin Reiner gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Constantin Reiner has just signed for Austria Salzburg, and for once the answer mattered.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Up for the corner, and Thorsten Schriebl delivers — 7.53
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Thorsten Schriebl scored, was marked 7.53, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcus Maier 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 Austria Salzburg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Grazer AK tell Austria Salzburg: Christoph Nicht is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Austria Salzburg promote David Hinteregger from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Hinteregger 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
Patrick Schlager steps up from the Austria Salzburg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Schlager 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: David Grillitsch joins the Austria Salzburg first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Grillitsch is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Austria Salzburg promote Raphael Lazaro from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Raphael Lazaro 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Thorsten Schriebl falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Squad Marcus Maier needs a bigger stage
- Transfer targets Austria Salzburg ask about Simon Nesler-Täubl
- Transfer targets A loan move for Konstantin Heide is in the works