The Altach Courier
Squad26 Jul 2027
Nick Scharkowski damages knee ligaments — 93 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 93 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The terraces26 Jul 2027
Supporters organise against the Altach board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Market26 Jul 2027
René Zia hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Altach can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Harald Postl is a medical away from Altach
The deal with Hartberg is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Mike-Steven Bähre 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 Altach this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
4 academy graduates step up at Altach
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Modou Kéba Cissé 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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Altach rebuffed over Precious Benjamin
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. TSG Hoffenheim have kept their man, and Altach go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Modou Kéba Cissé gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Market Altach promote Gernot Onisiwo from within
- Market Konrad Ulmer steps up from the Altach academy
- Market Altach promote Marco Baumgartner from within