SC Rheindorf Altach

SC Rheindorf Altach
Full nameCashpoint Sportclub Rheindorf Altach
Founded26 December 1929
GroundCashpoint Arena, Altach
Capacity8 500
Chairman Peter Pfanner
ManagerFabio Ingolitsch
LeagueAustrian Bundesliga
2024-2511th

The SC Rheindorf Altach is a football club from Altach,Vorarlberg. The club is playing in the Austrian First league, the second division in Austrian football. The official name is Cashpoint Sportclub Rheindorf Altach, due to sponsorship of Austrian sports betting company Cashpoint.

The second team (SC Altach Juniors) is playing in the Vorarlbergliga (4th level).

History

The club was founded on 26 December 1929 as the football section of the gymnastics and sports club Turnerbund Altach. 1930 they started to play in Vorarlberg football. In 1937 the club was dissolved and started again in 1946 as Sportvereinigung Altach . In 1949 this club was dissolved and the football section started under today's name SC Rheindorf Altach.

In 1986 they won the Landesliga for the first time and were promoted to Regionalliga West (3rd division). After some up and downs they could establish themselfe in the first league at the beginning of the 2000s. 2005/06 they won the league and were promoted to the Bundesliga where they played till the 2008/09 season. Since then they played again in the first league where they always played for the champion title but they failed every time marginal . In the 2010/11 season they finished second only one point behind Admira/Wacker Mödling.

In the 2013–14 season they won the league and were promoted to the Bundesliga. 2014–15 they finished 3rd in and qualified to UEFA European League. In the 2015-16 season they finished 8th and avoided relegation by five points. 2018-19 and 2019-20 they finished 8th, 2020-21 10th. The 2021-22 season was not good. Due to the fact that Altach is at the end of the table headcoach Damir Canadi was dismissed in December 2021.[1] In January 2022 Ludovic Magnin became new headcoach of the team.[2] After the return og Magnin to Swizerland Miroslav Klose became new headchoach. [3] After 24 competitive matches, he was relieved of his duties and replaced by Klaus Schmidt[14]. For the 2023/24 season, the previous assistant coach Joachim Standfest took over the team and ended up in tenth place.[4] In October 2024 he was dismissed and replaced by Fabio Ingolitsch.

Current squad

As of 8 August 2024[5]

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  Macedonia Dejan Stojanović
4 DF  Austria Filip Milojević
5 DF  Austria Lukas Gugganig
6 MF  Austria Vesel Demaku
7 MF  Austria Luca Kronberger
8 MF  Germany Mike-Steven Bähre
9 FW  Kosovo Atdhe Nuhiu
10 FW  Brazil Lincoln
11 FW  France Sofian Bahloul
12 DF  Austria Leonardo Lukačević
14 FW  Austria Lukas Fridrikas
15 DF  Austria Paul Koller
16 FW  Austria Damian Maksimović
17 FW  Austria Oliver Strunz (on loan from Rapid Wien)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  Liechtenstein Felix Oberwaditzer
19 MF  Austria Diego Madritsch
20 FW  Brazil Gustavo
21 GK  Austria Ammar Helac
22 DF  Austria Pascal Estrada
23 MF  Austria Lukas Jäger (captain)
24 MF  Burkina Faso Salif Tietietta
25 DF  Austria Sandro Ingolitsch
27 MF  Austria Christian Gebauer
28 DF  Austria Samuel Mischitz
29 DF  Burkina Faso Mohamed Ouédraogo
30 MF  Austria Lukas Fadinger
33 GK  Austria Paul Piffer
37 MF  Austria Dijon Kameri (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)

The club has also a amateur team playing in the Vorarlbergliga (4th division). A football academy is also part of the club. ( AKA Hypo Vorarlberg).

Coaches

  • Head coach: Fabio Ingolitsch
  • Assistance coach: Ahmet Cil
  • Assistance coach: Atdhe Nuhiu
  • Goalkeeper coach: Ramazan Özcan[6]

Ground

The team is playing in the Cashpoint Arena (Stadion Schnabelholz).

Honours

  • 1 x Champion 2nd division: 2006 (Erste Liga)
  • 3 x Champion third division: 1991, 1997, 2004 (Regionalliga West)
  • 1 x Champion fourth division: 1986 (Vorarlbergliga)
  • 5 x Vorarlberg Cup: 1987, 1988, 1993, 2002, 2003


Other websites


References

  1. VOL.at (German)
  2. SCR Altach Official homepage (German)
  3. Homepage SCR Altach
  4. SCR Altach
  5. "Kampfmannschaft" [First team] (in German). SC Rheindorf Altach. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  6. Transfermarkt.at: SCR Altach Mitarbeiter (German)