SKN St. Pölten

Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten is a football club from St. Pölten the capital of the Austrian federal state Lower Austria. St. Poelten plays in the Austrian Football First League, the second division in the Austrian football league system.[1]

Full nameSportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten
FoundedJune 2000
GroundNV Arena
Capacity10,000
ChairmanAustria Gottfried Tröstl
ManagerAustria Martin Scherb
LeagueErste Liga
2010-115th

History

SKN St. Poelten was founded in June 2000. The new club took over all belongings of the predecessor, FCN St. Poelten .Most important was the ownership of the Bundesliga junior center. Through this the club did not enter in the lowest class but was allowed in the 2nd League West, the fifth level of Austrian football.

The next two seasons they won the championships and reached the Regionalliga Ost(3rd division).In the 2003/04 season the club reached the 4th place. The following season the club reached sixth place in the league reached in the Austrian Cup the quarter-finals. They won over SV Wörgl (3-0), SW Bregenz (2–1) and a sensational 5-1 victory overAustria Salzburg in the third round. In the quarter-finals, St. Poelten, was beaten by Austria Wien 6-0. In autumn 2009 the club could present the plans for the new stadium which is currently built in the Ratzersdorf district of St.Pölten.

In the 2007/08 season they won the Regionalliga and were promoted to the First League. In the summer of 2016, they were promoted to the Bundesliga. In the 2020/21 season they were relegated to the 2. Liga.

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

Notable players
  • Croatia Zlatko Kranjcar (1990)
  • NetherlandsAustria Frank Schinkels (2002–04)

Youth work

The SKN St. Poelten currently has ten youth teams 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 has a second team (SKN II), which plays their games in the Mid Western League, with the squad mostly consisting of squad players under the age of 18.

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References
  1. SKN St Pölten – News, Squad, Results & Fixtures – Soccerway
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