SKN St. Pölten

SKN St. Pölten
Full name	Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten
Founded	June 2000
Ground	NV Arena
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Gottfried Tröstl
Manager	Marcel Ketelaer (interim)
League	Austrian Bundesliga
2017–18	Austrian Bundesliga, 10th (won play-off)
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 currently 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 2 October 2018

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Christoph Riegler
3	DF	Luan
4	MF	Dominik Hofbauer
5	DF	Luca Meisl (on loan from FC Liefering)
6	DF	Daniel Petrovic
7	FW	René Gartler
8	MF	Michael Ambichl
9	FW	Taxiarchis Fountas
10	MF	Daniel Luxbacher
13	FW	Aleksandar Vucenovic
14	MF	Husein Balić
16	MF	Osarenren Okungbowa
18	MF	Roko Mišlov
19	FW	Lorenz Grabovac

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Daniel Schütz
21	DF	Patrick Puchegger
22	DF	Sandro Ingolitsch
23	DF	Manuel Haas
24	MF	Martin Rasner
27	MF	Eldis Bajrami
28	DF	Damir Mehmedovic
29	DF	Daniel Drescher
32	GK	Thomas Vollnhofer
33	FW	Issiaka Ouédraogo
39	MF	Robert Ljubicic
82	GK	Lukas Wackerle
89	FW	Pak Kwang-ryong

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player
11		FW	Roope Riski (at AO Chania−Kissamikos until 30 June 2019)
18		MF	George Davies (at Riga FC until 31 December 2018)

Youth work

The SKN St. Poelten 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 3 February 2017^[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–)

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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