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!

With Christian Fuchs off to VfL Bochum of the German Bundesliga this season, his notoriety will surely increase (as well as his pet snakes Goldi and Didi). Given this he has just launched a web-site in both German and English for fans which includes downloads, interesting facts and even a very thoughtful and classy autograph [...]

Crystal Palace in their ongoing fight to Premier League promotion has bolstered their back four with the signing of Johannes “Johnny” Ertl. The twenty-five year old defender, who has seven caps for Austria has spent the last two campaigns with Austria Wien and has been looking for a change since his contract expired this summer. [...]

Austrian national-team member Ronald Gërçaliu will see his first action for Red Bull Salzburg tomorrow as they face Steaua Bucharest in a friendly. In-fact this is the 22 year-old defender’s second stint with the team as he played two matches with them in 2006 before heading to Sturm Graz and Austria Wien. The Red Bull [...]

After a solid Euro campaign that included a draw against Poland and narrow 1-0 losses to Croatia and Germany, our FIFA ranking dropped thirteen spots to 105. Parallel to this, Argentina fell five spots to sixth in the world. I know what you’re thinking - amazing the similarity of Austrian and Argentine Football!
Likely it’s for [...]

Austrian press are reporting that former Schalke 04 manager, Mirko Slomka, had an interview with ÖFB President Friedrich Stickler in Vienna regarding the available head coaching position. The 40 year-old Slomka and Andreas Herzog, Austria’s most capped international, are the only individuals known to be in the running at this stage. Both individuals suit the [...]