SKN St. Pölten

SKN St. Pölten
Full name	Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten
Founded	June 2000
Ground	NV Arena
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Helmut Schwarzl
Manager	Robert Ibertsberger
League	Austrian Bundesliga
2019–20	Austrian Bundesliga, 9th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten is an Austrian association football club from Sankt Pölten, capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. St. Pölten play in the Austrian Bundesliga, which is the top 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 Cup

Runners-up (1): 2013–14

Austrian Football First League

Winners (1): 2015–16

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Botev Plovdiv	2–0	1–2	3–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	3Q	PSV Eindhoven	2–3	0–1	2–4

Notes

2Q: Second qualifying round
3Q: Third qualifying round

Current squad

As of 7 October 2020

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	Christoph Riegler
3	DF	BRA	Luan
4	DF	AUT	Michael Steinwender
5	DF	AUT	Manuel Maranda
6	MF	SVK	Peter Pokorný (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
7	FW	AUT	Nicolas Meister (on loan from Juniors OÖ)
8	MF	IRN	Reza Asadi
9	FW	AUT	Alexander Schmidt (on loan from LASK)
10	MF	AUT	Daniel Luxbacher
11	MF	SLE	George Davies
12	FW	AUT	Marcel Tanzmayr
13	GK	AUT	Armin Gremsl


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	AUT	Michael Blauensteiner
16	DF	HUN	Martin Majnovics
17	DF	AUT	Ahmet Muhamedbegovic
19	FW	ISR	Dor Hugi
20	MF	AUT	Daniel Schütz
21	DF	GER	Kofi Schulz
22	MF	AUT	Christoph Halper
24	FW	AUT	Lukas Grozurek
29	DF	AUT	Daniel Drescher
33	GK	AUT	Pirmin Strasser
39	MF	AUT	Robert Ljubičić

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
—	GK	AUT	Lukas Wackerle (at Union Innsbruck until 30 June 2020)

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.

Manager history

As of 24 June 2020[2]

Karl Daxbacher (2000–2002)
Horst Kirasitsch (2002–2003)
Frank Schinkels (2003–2004)
Günther Wessely (2005–2006)
Peter Benes (2006)
Walter Hörmann (2006–2007)
Martin Scherb (2007–2013)
Thomas Nentwich (2013)
Gerald Baumgartner (2013–2014)
Herbert Gager (2014)
Michael Steiner (2014–2015)
Jochen Fallmann (2015) interim
Karl Daxbacher (2015–2016)
Jochen Fallmann (2016–2018)
Ranko Popović (2018–2019)
Alexander Schmidt (2019–2020)
Robert Ibertsberger (2020–present)

References

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

External links

Official website

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[1] SKN St Pölten – News, Squad, Results & Fixtures – Soccerway

[2] "SKN St. Pölten » Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

Top division football seasons in Austria
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