SKU Amstetten explained

Clubname:SKU Amstetten
Fullname:Sportklub Union Amstetten
Nickname:[1]
Ground:Ertl-Glas-Stadion
Capacity:3,000
Chairman:Harald Vetter
Bernhard Reikersdorfer
Gerhard Reikersdorfer
Mario Holzer
Manager:Patrick Enengl
Mgrtitle:Head coach
League:Austrian Regionalliga
Season:2023–24
Position:2. Liga, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Website:https://www.sku-amstetten.at/
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Current:2023–24 Austrian Football Second League

Sportklub Union Amstetten, commonly known as SKU Ertl Glas Amstetten for sponsorship reasons is a professional association football club based in the town of Amstetten, Lower Austria, that competes in the Austrian Regionalliga, the third tier of the Austrian football. Founded in 1997, it is affiliated to the Lower Austrian Football Association. The team plays its home matches at Union-Platz, where it has been based since its foundation.

History

The club was formed in 1997 from a merger of two local clubs; former second division club ASK Amstetten, founded in 1932, and SC Union Amstetten, founded in 1946. Existing rivalries were pushed aside as a new board was founded by members of both clubs headed by chairman Rodolf Brunner.[2] In the 2007–08 season, the club was promoted to the third highest league, the Austrian Regionalliga before being directly relegated to the 1. Niederösterreichische Landesliga again. In 2011, the club returned to the Regionalliga, where they established themselves until the 2017–18 season, where they managed to win promotion to the Austrian Football Second League for the first time.[3] They returned to the third tier Regionalliga in 2024, after suffering relegation as bottom of the table in the 2023–24 season.[4]

Cup performances

After their first successful performance in the Austrian Cup in the 2013–14 season as a Regionalliga side – a victory over the second division club SV Mattersburg and reaching the quarter-finals –[5] they managed to knock out Austria Lustenau in the 2016–17 Austrian Cup, a club playing at the professional level. After a 2–2 draw in regular time, they won the penalty shoot-out.[6] Before that, in the 2015–16 Austrian Cup season, Amstetten had narrowly lost to Rapid Wien on penalties in the second round.[7]

Stadium

See main article: Union-Platz. The club plays at the modernised Union-Platz stadium, which has a capacity of 3,000.[8]

Current squad

Out on loan

Staff

Technical staff

PositionStaff
Head coach Patrick Enengl
Assistant manager Thomas Gebauer
Goalkeeper coach Wolfgang Haunschmid
Fitness coach Patrick Schagerl
Club doctors Dr. Gerhard Bachner
Dr. Andreas Stadlbauer
Team manager Matthias Götz
Source: SKU Amstetten

Managerial history

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wir fürs Mostviertel . SKU Amstetten . 22 July 2022 . de-AT . 22 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722171012/https://www.sku-amstetten.at/aktuelles/news/details/wir-fuers-mostviertel . live .
  2. News: Junges Amstetten . 22 July 2022 . 2. Liga . 10 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722170413/https://www.2liga.at/2liga/redaktionsbaum/news/18-19/2--liga-amstetten/ . 22 July 2022 . de-AT.
  3. News: Fußball: Die 16 Teams der neuen 2. Liga im Porträt . 22 July 2022 . Profil . 27 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210420102922/https://www.profil.at/gesellschaft/fussball-teams-zweite-liga-10238720 . 20 April 2021 . de.
  4. News: Kein Sieger im NÖ-Derby: Amstetten fix Letzter . 22 May 2024 . Laola1 . 20 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240522195124/https://www.laola1.at/de/red/fussball/2--liga/spielbericht/2023-24/29/2--liga-heute-im-live-stream--sku-amstetten---sv-horn/ . 22 May 2024 . de.
  5. News: Mattersburg setzt Abwärtstrend in Amstetten fort . 22 July 2022 . DER STANDARD . 29 October 2013 . de-AT . 22 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722170924/https://www.derstandard.at/story/1381370318502/mattersburg-setzt-abwaertstrend-in-amstetten-fort . live .
  6. Web site: SKU Amstetten – Austria Lustenau 3:2 (ÖFB-Cup 2016/2017, 2. Runde) . weltfussball.at . HEIM:SPIEL . 22 July 2022 . de . 5 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210805121423/https://www.weltfussball.at/spielbericht/oefb-cup-2016-2017-2-runde-sku-amstetten-austria-lustenau/ . live .
  7. Web site: Spielschema SKU Amstetten – Rapid Wien 3:4 2. Runde Samsung Cup 2015/16 . kicker . 22 July 2022 . de-DE . 22 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722171014/https://www.kicker.de/amstetten-gegen-rapid-wien-2015-oefb-cup-3188334/schema . live .
  8. Web site: SKU Ertl Glas Amstetten: Stadion . SKU Amstetten . 22 July 2022 . de-DE . 7 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707003941/https://www.sku-amstetten.at/der-verein/stadion . live .