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]

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Full nameSportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten
FoundedJune 2000
GroundNV Arena
(capacity: 10,000)
ChairmanAustria Gottfried Tröstl
ManagerAustria Aleksandar Gitsov
LeagueSecond League
2023-248th
Home colours
Away colours

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 9 August 2024
No. Position Player
1 Germany GK Tom Hülsmann
2 Germany DF Stefan Thesker
4 Austria DF Sebastian Bauer
5 Austria DF Lukas Buchegger
6 Austria MF Andree Neumayer
7 Austria FW Winfred Amoah
8 Austria MF Christoph Messerer
9 Austria FW Bernd Gschweidl
10 Austria MF Marcel Ritzmaier
11 Germany MF Marc Stendera
12 France DF Wilguens Paugain
13 Austria GK Pirmin Strasser
15 Norway DF Sondre Skogen
No. Position Player
16 Austria MF Nicolas Wisak
18 Austria MF Benedict Scharner
19 Austria DF David Riegler
22 Austria MF Stefan Nutz
23 Austria DF Dirk Carlson
24 Germany DF Dario Tadic
26 Austria GK Thomas Turner
34 Austria MF Leomend Krasniqi
37 Austria DF Julian Keiblinger
70 Germany DF Gerhard Dombaxi
71 France FW Claudy M'Buyi
Austria GK Marcel Kurz

Coaching history (21st century)

[2]

Start End Coach
7/2000 6/2002 Austria Karl Daxbacher
7/2002 6/2003 Austria Horst Kirasitsch
7/2003 11/2004 Austria Frenkie Schinkels
1/2005 4/2006 Austria Günther Wessely
4/2006 6/2006 Austria Peter Benes
4/2006 6/2006 Austria Markus Kernal
7/2006 1/2007 Austria Walter Hörmann
1/2007 9/2013 Austria Martin Scherb
9/2013 9/2013 Austria Thomas Nentwich
9/2013 5/2014 Austria Gerald Baumgartner
6/2014 10/2014 AustriaHerbert Gager
10/2014 3/2015 Austria Michael Steiner
3/2015 6/2015 Austria Jochen Fallmann
6/2015 10/2016 Austria Karl Daxbacher
10/2016 9/2017 Austria Jochen Fallmann
9/2017 9/2017 Germany Marcel Ketelaer
9/2017 4/2018 Austria Oliver Lederer
4/2018 10/2018 Austria Dietmar Kühbauer
10/2018 10/2018 Germany Marcel Ketelaer
10/2018 6/2019 Serbia Ranko Popovic
6/2019 3/2020 Germany Alexander Schmidt
3/2020 4/2021 Austria Robert Ibertsberger
4/2021 4/2021 Austria Georg Zellhofer
4/2021 6/2021 Austria Gerald Baumgartner
7/2021 10/2023 Austria Stephan Helm
8/2023 10/2023 Austria Emanuel Pogatetz
10/2023 12/2023 Germany Jan Schlaudraff
1 /2024 5/2024 Austria Philipp Semlic
5/2024 6/2024 Austria Christoph Witamwas
7/2024 Bulgaria Aleksandar Gitsov

Notable players

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.

SKN St. Pölten Media

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