SKN St. Pölten

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SKN St. Pölten
Club crest
Full nameSportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten
Nickname(s)reza asadi
FoundedJune 2000; 21 years ago (2000-06)
GroundNV Arena
Capacity8,000
ChairmanHelmut Schwarzl
Manager
LeagueAustrian Football Second League
2020–21Austrian Bundesliga, 9th (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten is an Austrian football club from Sankt Pölten, capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. St. Pölten currently play in the Austrian Football Second League, the second tier of the Austrian football league system.[1]

History[]

Historical chart of league performance of SKN St. Pölten and their predecessor

SKN St. Pölten were formed after the dissolution of their unofficial predecessor FCN St. Pölten (formerly VSE St. Pölten) in June 2000. The new club took over all FCN St. Pölten infrastructure, including the stadium and the Bundesliga junior center. Although the normal rules state that new clubs must start in the lowest possible division, due to the acquisition of the Academy system, SKN St. Pölten were allowed to participate in the 2nd League West, the fifth level of Austrian football.

In their first season in existence (the 2000–01 season), the team won the 2nd League championship, and were therefore promoted to the fourth tier. In the 2001–02 season, SKN St. Pölten won their second successive title and hence were promoted into the Regional League East. In the same year, they also appeared in the final of the Lower Austria Cup, but were beaten by Theresienfeld.

In the 2002–03 season, the team finished twelfth, but improved the following year to finish in fourth. In the 2004–05 season the club attained sixth place in the league and had a run in the ÖFB Cup which included victories over SV Wörgl (3–0), SW Bregenz (2–1) and a sensational 5–1 victory against Austria Salzburg in the third round. In the quarter-finals, St. Pölten, were soundly beaten by Austria Wien 6–0.

St. Pölten finally achieved their third promotion in the 2007–08 season, going 24 games unbeaten during one period of the season. They have since remained in the Austrian Football First League, finishing four times in 5th (2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12 and 2014–15) and three times in 4th (2009–2010, 2012–13, 2013–14).

During the 2013–14 season the club reached the final of the Austrian Cup for the first time in their history. In the final, St. Pölten played Red Bull Salzburg but failed to repeat their stunning third round victory from 2002–03, losing 4–2. However, they qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League as Red Bull Salzburg had already qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League by virtue of winning the Austrian Football Bundesliga. In the second qualifying round they played Botev Plovdiv of Bulgaria, winning 3–2 on aggregate after losing the first leg 2–1. In the third qualifying round they played PSV Eindhoven, losing 2–4 on aggregate, thus ending their first foray into a continental competition.

St. Pölten achieved promotion into the Austrian Bundesliga by winning the First League in 2015–16.

Honours[]

Austrian Football First League

Austrian Cup

European record[]

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 2Q Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv 2–0 1–2 3–2
3Q Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 2–3 0–1 2–4
Notes
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round

Current squad[]

As of 19 January 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Austria AUT Christoph Riegler
6 MF Guinea GUI Karim Conté
7 MF Austria AUT Christoph Halper
8 MF Austria AUT Christoph Messerer
9 FW Austria AUT Bernd Gschweidl
10 FW Austria AUT Deni Alar
11 MF Sierra Leone SLE George Davies
12 FW Austria AUT Marcel Tanzmayr
13 DF Austria AUT Fabian Steininger
14 FW South Korea KOR Hong Yun-sang (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
15 DF Austria AUT Christian Ramsebner
17 FW Austria AUT Mario Vucenovic
19 DF Austria AUT David Riegler
20 MF Austria AUT Daniel Schütz
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Austria AUT Michael Lang
23 MF Austria AUT Lukas Tursch
25 DF Austria AUT Thomas Salamon
26 FW United States USA Ulysses Llanez (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
27 GK Austria AUT Pirmin Strasser
29 DF Austria AUT Daniel Drescher
34 DF Austria AUT Julian Tomka
37 MF Austria AUT Julian Keiblinger
39 GK Austria AUT Franz Stolz
45 GK Germany GER Lino Kasten (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
77 FW Austria AUT Din Barlov
95 FW France FRA Kévin Monzialo (on loan from Lugano)
— FW Croatia CRO Krešimir Kovačević

Youth work[]

SKN St. Pölten currently has ten youth teams between for children from the age of 7 to 15, with a total of 150 children and youths. In addition to the junior teams, the club have a second team (SKN II), who play their games in the Mid Western League, with the squad mostly consisting of squad players under the age of 18.

Sponsors[]

Under the sponsorship of the furniture store Leiner, the club was known as Leiner SKN St. Pölten until 2005. With the introduction of staff24 GmbH, the club changed its name in 2006 to SKN staff24 St. Pölten.

Manager history[]

As of 24 June 2020[2]

References[]

  1. ^ SKN St Pölten – News, Squad, Results & Fixtures – Soccerway
  2. ^ "SKN St. Pölten » Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

External links[]

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