TSV Hartberg

TSV Hartberg
Full name	Turn- und Sportverein Hartberg
Founded	29 April 1946; 75 years ago
Ground	Profertil Arena Hartberg
Capacity	4,635
Chairman	Brigitte Annerl
Manager	Kurt Russ
League	Austrian Bundesliga
2020–21	Austrian Bundesliga, 7th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

TSV Hartberg is an Austrian association football club based in Hartberg, founded in 1946, which is currently playing in the Austrian Bundesliga.

History[]

Historical chart of Hartberg league performance

The club was founded on 29 April 1946. They finished in 7th position in the 2007–2008 season while playing in the Third level Regionalliga. On the last day of the 2008–09 season, TSV Hartberg finished in first position of the Austrian Regionalliga East (third division). They won the eastern title and gained promotion to the 2009–10 Second Division. In the 2010–11 season they finished at 10th and bottom position but survived by winning the relegation play-off, and in the 2014–15 season they were relegated to the third division for finishing at the same bottom position.

TSV Hartberg were promoted to Second Division after winning the 2016–17 Regionalliga Mitte without having to compete in promotion play-offs as no team from the Regionalliga West or Ost applied for promotion.^[1] In the 2017–18 Second Division season, TSV Hartberg finished second to be promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga for the first time in their history, following an appeal to be granted a "license to play" in First Division.^[2] In the 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga season, TSV Hartberg finished fifth to qualify to the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase. In the second qualifying round of the tournament the team lost to Polish Piast Gliwice and was eliminated from the competition.^[3]

European Record[]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	2QR	Piast Gliwice	N/A	2–3	N/A

Stadium[]

Stadion Hartberg is based in the Styria Hartberg district capital. It is a multipurpose sports facility, both for football matches and it is also suitable for athletics events. In addition, the stadium for other events such as music concerts. In 2006, the stadium of TSV Hartberg was expanded to that it could seat both home and away visitors with a capacity of 6,000 increasing from 4,500.^[4]^[5]

Current squad[]

As of 8 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	AUT	René Swete
4	MF	AUT	Florian Weiler (on loan from Sturm Graz)
5	DF	AUT	Manfred Gollner
6	MF	AUT	Philipp Erhardt
7	MF	AUT	Michael John Lema
8	DF	AUT	Marcel Schantl
9	MF	TUR	Okan Aydın
10	MF	GER	Noel Niemann (on loan from Arminia Bielefeld)
11	MF	CRO	Matija Horvat
12	DF	AUT	Michael Steinwender
14	DF	AUT	Christian Klem
16	DF	AUT	Mario Sonnleitner
17	MF	AUT	Mario Kröpfl
18	FW	AUT	Philipp Sturm
20	FW	AUT	Marc Andre Schmerböck


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	AUT	Florian Faist
23	MF	AUT	Tobias Kainz
24	FW	AUT	Dario Tadić
26	FW	BEL	Gabriel Lemoine
27	DF	AUT	Thomas Kofler
28	MF	AUT	Jürgen Heil
29	DF	AUT	Patrick Farkas
30	MF	GHA	Seth Paintsil
31	DF	AUT	Thomas Rotter
32	MF	MLI	Youba Diarra (on loan from RB Salzburg)
35	GK	AUT	Raphael Sallinger
44	GK	AUT	Maximilian Pusswald
77	FW	KVX	Donis Avdijaj

Out on loan[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	AUT	Stefan Gölles (at SV Lafnitz until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUT	Lukas Fadinger (at SV Lafnitz until 30 June 2022)

Staff and board members[]

Sports[]

President:
Director of Football:
Manager: Kurt Russ
Assistant manager:
Assistant manager: Andreas Lienhart
Assistant manager:
Goalkeeper coach: Zoltán Varga
Academy manager:

Manager history[]

Unknown (1946–1994)
Gerald Gamperl (1 July 1994 – 30 June 1996)
Manfred Wirth (1 July 1996 – 20 April 1997)
Hermann Wagner (27 April 1997 – 31 December 1997)
Hans-Peter Schaller (1 January 1998 – 30 June 1999)
Stefan Dörner (1 July 2000 – 25 November 2004)
Norbert Barisits (1 January 2005 – 16 October 2006)
Andrzej Lesiak (22 October 2006 – 31 May 2007)
Bruno Friesenbichler (1 July 2007 – 30 June 2011)
Kurt Garger (1 July 2011 – 31 March 2012)
Walter Hörmann (1 April 2012 – 10 June 2012)
Andreas Moriggl (11 June 2012 – 15 October 2012)
Paul Gludovatz (15 October 2012 – 17 May 2013)
Werner Ofner (interim) (17 May 2013 – 31 May 2013)
Bruno Friesenbichler (1 July 2013 – 19 June 2014)
Ivo Istuk (19 June 2014 – 17 July 2014)
Bruno Friesenbichler (17 July 2014 – 4 June 2015)
Christian Ilzer (5 June 2015 – 25 November 2015)
Uwe Hölzl (12 December 2015 – 16 June 2016)
Philipp Semlic/Uwe Hölzl (16 June 2016 – 30 June 2017)
Christian Ilzer (1 July 2017 – 2018)
Markus Schopp (2018 – 2021)
Kurt Russ (2021 – )

References[]

^ "Lizensierungsverfahren 2017/18 – 22 Lizenzanträge eingegangen" (in German). Sky Sports Austria. 16 March 2017.
^ "WIR SIND BUNDESLIGA !!!". tsv-hartberg-fussball.at (in German). 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018.
^ "Piast-Hartberg". uefa.com. 20 March 2021.
^ "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Austria".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

[1] "Lizensierungsverfahren 2017/18 – 22 Lizenzanträge eingegangen" (in German). Sky Sports Austria. 16 March 2017.

[2] "WIR SIND BUNDESLIGA !!!". tsv-hartberg-fussball.at (in German). 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018.

[3] "Piast-Hartberg". uefa.com. 20 March 2021.

[4] "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Austria".

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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