The Hartberg Gazette
Squad26 Jul 2027
The knee: Maximilian Entrup out for 128 days
128 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Hartberg lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market26 Jul 2027
Terms done: Harald Postl is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Altach waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Hartberg is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
The paperwork begins on Robert Ljubičić
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Hartberg have done the hard part with AEK, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Hartberg
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market26 Jul 2027
Philipp Grillitsch steps up from the Hartberg academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Philipp Grillitsch 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Hartberg promote David Schlager from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Hartberg promote Raphael Alaba from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Raphael Alaba 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Hartberg
Habib Coulibaly and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Looking ahead26 Jul 2027
Karim Onisiwo goes back to face Red Bull Salzburg
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Karim Onisiwo’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Hartberg needing him to play as if none of it matters.
In brief
- The dugout Fabian Wilfinger asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Noah Fadiga still has not settled
- Squad Fabian Wilfinger has seen what the next man earns