After being the subject of numerous rumors this past off-season, Austrian midfielder Jürgen Säumel has signed a three-year contract with Torino of Serie A. The twenty-three year-old former captain of Austrian Bundesliga SK Sturm Graz joins a capable midfield that includes Italy capped World Cup Champion Simone Barone and Alessandro Rosina. This is a superb [...]

Just a quick note to mention we should be receiving a formal announcement of Austria Goalkeeper Alexander Manninger joining Udinese of Serie A with the signing of a three-year contract.

As you can tell by the score the Red Bulls came to play and their fluid passing devastated the Armenian squad, who unfortunately were missing four players due to Visa problems. Equally the turf field in Salzburg definitely caused them problems and was more suited to the Salzburg-style of “total football”. Brilliant victory for Salzburg [...]

For those who don’t have coverage, I just wanted you to be aware that on the rug in Salzburg, Red Bull is up 3-0 at the half to the visiting Armenian FC Banants in UEFA Cup qualifying. You can see how the visitors are having a difficult time adjusting to the turf.
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After an MRI today, it was revealed that prolific Red Bull Salzburg Striker, Marc Janko is likely to miss this Thursdays UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round against Armenia’s Banants Erewan at the EM Stadion
(Red Bull Arena). The thigh injury, which he suffered against Rapid Wien over the weekend, is not serious and he is expected [...]

In the Austrian Bundesliga today, the early season clash between Red Bull Salzburg and Rapid Wien (Vienna) ended in a 2-2 draw before a near capacity crowd of 17,000 fans at Hanappi Stadium. The match got off to a fast start with Wien’s Jimmy Hoffer nearly scoring in the first minute but is was Red [...]

Ümit Korkmaz, the swift Midfielder from Vienna who showed so much promise at the recent Euros, broke his foot yesterday in his first day of practicing with his new club Eintracht Frankfurt of the Bundesliga. Reports indicated that the injury will not require surgery but Ümit is expected to be out till mid to late [...]

Red Bull Salzburg got off to a perfunctory start of the Bundesliga season with a 6-0 demolition of SV Mattersburg. In a flowing orchestration, new manager Co Adriaanse, pushed the team forward in a ruthless attacking style using a 4-3-3 assault. The squad possess a high pedigree roster of internationally capped players such as Croatian [...]

The Austrian Bundesliga gets started tonight with a premier match of Sturm Graz vs. Rapid Wien today with the Green-Whites (Rapid) expected to get off to an impressive start.
Defending champions Rapid Wien have a host of players that are key to national team development and should be carefully watched including Andreas Dober and Veli [...]

The ÖFB has just announced that Andreas Heraf, who earned eleven caps for Austrian including the 1998 World Cup and of recent served as manager for SC Schwanenstadt has been appointed Sport Director of the Academies. He will also coach the new U-20 in their upcoming tournament in Switzerland this August. Good luck Andreas!