Marked for Tim Stegerer
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match25 Nov 2026
SV Ried bow out of the cup
Rapid Wien go through and SV Ried go home, 0‑4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
The terraces30 Nov 2026
SV Ried are taken apart by Rapid Wien — and the town wants answers
It finished 0-4. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.
Squad30 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at SV Ried this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words at SV Ried training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christopher Wernitznig is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Rok Kidrič 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.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Doors closed at SV Ried
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Thomas Sabitzer after 0‑4, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Tim Stegerer
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
Back issues
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Crisis
Match16 Nov 2026
SV Ried are in real trouble now
Position 9, 15 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market16 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” SV Ried may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at SV Ried
Andreas Leitner 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Yusuf Maart 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Fabian Rossdorfer commits to SV Ried for another 5 years.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Jonas Mayer 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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Thomas Sabitzer after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
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Crisis
Match7 Nov 2026
Chastening afternoon for SV Ried
A 0‑3 beating by Sturm Graz was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A falling-out at SV Ried
Andreas Leitner and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andreas Leitner, and the manager let it.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at SV Ried training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christopher Wernitznig is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom9 Nov 2026
Nobody left the SV Ried dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Thomas Sabitzer after 0‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Somebody else has been better, the manager has said so with a team sheet, and there is no argument to be had. He will get the shirt back the only way it can be got back.
Looking ahead9 Nov 2026
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Michael Sollbauer’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and SV Ried needing him to play as if none of it matters.
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Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
9 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
23 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Yusuf Maart 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Evan Eghosa 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 SV Ried this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Michael Sollbauer, and the manager let it.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
15 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Thomas Sabitzer chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Tim Stegerer dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.