TSV Hartberg

TSV Hartberg

Full name	Turn- und Sportverein Hartberg
Founded	29 April 1946; 78 years ago (1946-04-29)
Ground	Profertil Arena Hartberg
Capacity	4,635
Chairman	Brigitte Annerl
Manager	Manfred Schmid
League	Austrian Bundesliga
2023–24	Austrian Bundesliga, 5th of 12
Website	https://www.tsv-hartberg-fussball.at
Home colours Away colours

TSV Hartberg, known as TSV Egger Glass Hartberg for sponsorship purposes, is an Austrian association football club based in Hartberg, founded in 1946, which is currently playing in the Austrian Bundesliga.

History

Historical chart of Hartberg league performance

The club was founded on 29 April 1946. They finished in 7th position in the 2007–2008 season while playing in the Third level Regionalliga. On the last day of the 2008–09 season, TSV Hartberg finished in first position of the Austrian Regionalliga East (third division). They won the eastern title and gained promotion to the 2009–10 Second Division. In the 2010–11 season they finished at 10th and bottom position but survived by winning the relegation play-off, and in the 2014–15 season they were relegated to the third division for finishing at the same bottom position.

TSV Hartberg were promoted to Second Division after winning the 2016–17 Regionalliga Mitte without having to compete in promotion play-offs as no team from the Regionalliga West or Ost applied for promotion.^[1] In the 2017–18 Second Division season, TSV Hartberg finished second to be promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga for the first time in their history, following an appeal to be granted a "license to play" in First Division.^[2] In the 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga season, TSV Hartberg finished fifth to qualify to the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase. In the second qualifying round of the tournament the team lost to Polish Piast Gliwice and was eliminated from the competition.^[3]

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	2QR	Piast Gliwice	—	2–3	—

Stadium

Stadion Hartberg is based in the Styria Hartberg district capital. It is a multipurpose sports facility, both for football matches and it is also suitable for athletics events. In addition, the stadium for other events such as music concerts. In 2006, the stadium of TSV Hartberg was expanded to that it could seat both home and away visitors with a capacity of 6,000 increasing from 4,500.^[4][5]

Current squad

As of 30 September 2024^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Raphael Sallinger 2 DF  NED Björn Hardley 3 MF  NIR Charlie Osborne 4 MF  SVN Benjamin Markuš 5 MF  MLI Youba Diarra (on loan from Cádiz) 6 DF  AUT Mateo Karamatić 7 FW  AUT Elias Havel (on loan from LASK) 9 FW  CRO Patrik Mijić 10 FW  KOS Donis Avdijaj 11 MF  AUT Maximilian Fillafer 14 DF  AUT Paul Komposch 16 MF  AUT Sandro Schendl 17 MF  AUT Jonas Karner 18 DF  AUT Fabian Wilfinger 20 DF  AUT Manuel Pfeifer

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  AUT Luka Marić 22 FW  AUT Marco Hoffmann 23 MF  AUT Tobias Kainz 27 MF  AUT Dominik Prokop 28 MF  AUT Jürgen Heil (captain) 29 FW  NED Nelson Amadin 36 DF  AUT Justin Omoregie (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg) 39 GK  AUT Elias Scherf 44 GK  AUT Harald Postl 47 MF  AUT Michael Hutter 61 DF  TUR Furkan Demir 77 FW  AUT Aaron Sky Schwarz 81 MF  AUT Muhammed Canazlar 95 DF  AUT Damjan Kovacevic — MF  AUT Onurhan Babuşcu (on loan from Gaziantep)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  AUT Julian Halwachs (at ASK Voitsberg until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  AUT Christoph Urdl (at ASK Voitsberg until 30 June 2025)

Staff and board members

Sports

• President: Brigitte Annerl
• Director of Football: Erich Korherr
• Manager: Manfred Schmid
• Assistant manager: Philipp Neumann
• Assistant manager: Joachim Köhler
• Assistant manager: Dieter-Fritz Großmann
• Goalkeeper coach: Moritz Niewald
• Academy manager: Manuel Kauff

Managerial history

• Unknown (1946–1994)
• Gerald Gamperl (1 July 1994 – 30 June 1996)
• Manfred Wirth (1 July 1996 – 20 April 1997)
• Hermann Wagner (27 April 1997 – 31 December 1997)
• Hans-Peter Schaller (1 January 1998 – 30 June 1999)
• Stefan Dörner (1 July 2000 – 25 November 2004)
• Norbert Barisits (1 January 2005 – 16 October 2006)
• Andrzej Lesiak (22 October 2006 – 31 May 2007)
• Bruno Friesenbichler (1 July 2007 – 30 June 2011)
• Kurt Garger (1 July 2011 – 31 March 2012)
• Walter Hörmann (1 April 2012 – 10 June 2012)
• Andreas Moriggl (11 June 2012 – 15 October 2012)
• Paul Gludovatz (15 October 2012 – 17 May 2013)
• Werner Ofner (interim) (17 May 2013 – 31 May 2013)
• Bruno Friesenbichler (1 July 2013 – 19 June 2014)
• Ivo Istuk (19 June 2014 – 17 July 2014)
• Bruno Friesenbichler (17 July 2014 – 4 June 2015)
• Christian Ilzer (5 June 2015 – 25 November 2015)
• Uwe Hölzl (12 December 2015 – 16 June 2016)
• Philipp Semlic/Uwe Hölzl (16 June 2016 – 30 June 2017)
• Christian Ilzer (1 July 2017 – 2018)
• Markus Schopp (2018 – 2021)
• Kurt Russ (2021 – 2022)
• Klaus Schmidt (2022)
• Markus Schopp (2022 – 2024)

References

1. "Lizensierungsverfahren 2017/18 – 22 Lizenzanträge eingegangen" (in German). Sky Sports Austria. 16 March 2017.
2. "WIR SIND BUNDESLIGA !!!". tsv-hartberg-fussball.at (in German). 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018.
3. "Piast-Hartberg". uefa.com. 20 March 2021.
4. "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Austria".
5. "Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga". Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
6. "TSV Hartberg Mannschaft" [First team squad] (in German). TSV Hartberg.

External links

• Official website
• Soccerway profile