2020–21 TSV Hartberg season

Hartberg
2020–21 season
Chairman	Brigitte Annerl
Manager	Markus Schopp
Stadium	Profertil Arena Hartberg
Austrian Bundesliga	Regular stage: 7th; Relegation round: 1st
Austrian Cup	Third round
UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 24 May 2021.

The 2020–21 TSV Hartberg season was the club's 75th season in existence and its third consecutive season in the top flight of Austrian football. In addition to the domestic league, Hartberg participated in this season's editions of the Austrian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 5 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 16 October 2020.

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	René Swete
4	DF	AUT	Michael Huber
5	DF	AUT	Manfred Gollner
6	DF	AUT	Andreas Lienhart
7	MF	AUT	Julius Ertlthaler
8	MF	NGA	Samson Tijani (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
9	FW	SVN	Rajko Rep
10	MF	AUT	Stefan Rakowitz
11	MF	CRO	Matija Horvat
14	DF	AUT	Christian Klem
17	MF	BFA	Abdoul Yoda
18	FW	AUT	Philipp Sturm
20	FW	AUT	Marc Andre Schmerböck
21	GK	AUT	Florian Faist
22	MF	AUT	Florian Flecker


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	AUT	Tobias Kainz
24	FW	AUT	Dario Tadić
27	MF	AUT	Lukas Ried
28	MF	AUT	Jürgen Heil
29	MF	AUT	Sascha Horvath
31	DF	AUT	Thomas Rotter
32	DF	AUT	Felix Luckeneder
34	FW	NGA	Emmanuel Igbonekwu
35	GK	AUT	Raphael Sallinger
37	MF	AUT	Michael John Lema (on loan from Sturm Graz)
39	DF	AUT	Stefan Gölles
42	MF	MLI	Bakary Nimaga
44	GK	AUT	Maximilian Pusswald
45	FW	AUT	Seifedin Chabbi

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
—	DF	AUT	Marcel Schantl (at FC Blau-Weiß Linz)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
15			TBD		1 July 2020

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

15 August 2020 Friendly	Hartberg	1–4	Baník Ostrava	Sankt Johann in der Haide, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: RM-Stadion

19 August 2020 Friendly	SV Lafnitz	Cancelled	Hartberg	Lafnitz, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Trainingsplatz SV Lafnitz

22 August 2020 Friendly	Austria Klagenfurt	3–1	Hartberg	Pöllau, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sparkassenstadion

26 August 2020 Friendly	Hartberg	2–1	Hannover 96	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Thermenstadion Bad Waltersdorf

4 September 2020 Friendly	Hartberg	Cancelled	Hellas Verona	Hartberg, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg

4 September 2020 Friendly	Hartberg	1–0	Maribor	Hartberg, Austria
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg

9 October 2020 Friendly	SV Lafnitz	3–2	Hartberg	Lafnitz, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Lafnitz

13 November 2020 Friendly	Hartberg	2–3	Kapfenberger SV	Hartberg, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg

5 February 2021 Friendly	Hartberg	2–1	SV Lafnitz	Mattersburg, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Fußballakademie Burgenland

15 February 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–1	Hartberg	Graz, Austria
11:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Messendorf Trainingszentrum

15 March 2021 Friendly	Sturm Graz	2–1	Hartberg	Graz, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Messendorf Trainingszentrum

26 March 2021 Friendly	Hartberg	3–0	Juniors OÖ	Hartberg, Austria
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rotter 54', 66' Luckeneder 84'			Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austrian Football Bundesliga	11 September 2020	21 May 2021	Matchday 1	7th	32	12	11	9	38	48	−10	037.50
Austrian Bundesliga play-offs	24 May 2021		Semi-finals	Semi-finals	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Austrian Cup	30 August 2020	25 November 2020	First round	Third round	3	2	0	1	14	8	+6	066.67
UEFA Europa League	17 September 2020		Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					37	14	11	12	54	62	−8	037.84

Last updated: 24 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Austrian Bundesliga

Regular stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Wolfsberger AC	22	10	3	9	40	39	+1	33	Qualification for the Championship round
6	WSG Tirol	22	8	6	8	37	34	+3	30	Qualification for the Championship round
7	Hartberg	22	7	8	7	25	38	−13	29	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Austria Wien	22	6	7	9	31	32	−1	25
9	St. Pölten	22	5	6	11	33	43	−10	21

Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Matches won; 5) Away matches won; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head goal difference; 8) Head-to-head goals scored.^[1]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	7	8	7	25	38	−13	29	4	4	3	13	16	−3	3	4	4	12	22	−10

Last updated: 21 March 2021.
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D
Position	5	10	10	11	12	8	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2021. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 9 July 2020.^[2]

12 September 2020 1	Rheindorf Altach	1–1	Hartberg	Altach
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nussbaumer 38'	Report	Tadić 54'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Harald Lechner

20 September 2020 2	Hartberg	0–2	Wolfsberger AC	Hartberg
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tijani 31' 72'	Report	Novak 19' Taferner 55' Vizinger 60'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Josef Spurny

27 September 2020 3	Hartberg	1–1	Sturm Graz	Hartberg
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tadić 90+3'	Report	Ljubic 31'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

4 October 2020 4	Red Bull Salzburg	7–1	Hartberg	Wals-Siezenheim
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Onguéné 15' Vallci 26' Koïta 47', 90+2' Daka 70', 79' Okafor 88' (pen.)	Report	Gollner 21' Rakowitz 84'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Heiss

25 October 2020 5	WSG Tirol	1–1	Hartberg	Innsbruck
14:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Yeboah 29'	Report	Rep 74'	Stadium: Tivoli Stadion Tirol Attendance: 450 Referee: Josef Spurny

31 October 2020 6	Hartberg	2–1	Austria Wien	Hartberg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tadić 10', 47'	Report	Pichler 33'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 977 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

7 November 2020 7	Ried	2–0	Hartberg	Ried im Innkreis
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nutz 17' Paintsil 52'	Report		Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Jäger

21 November 2020 8	Hartberg	1–1	LASK	Hartberg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Luckeneder 53'	Report	Filipović 21'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Kijas

28 November 2020 9	Admira Wacker Mödling	2–3	Hartberg	Maria Enzersdorf
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Aiwu 10' Hoffer 19'	Report	Tadić 42' (pen.) Rotter 60' Chabbi 87'	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Ouschan

6 December 2020 10	Hartberg	1–3	Rapid Wien	Hartberg
14:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rotter 66'	Report	Arase 2', 76' Kara 35'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

12 December 2020 11	St. Pölten	2–2	Hartberg	Sankt Pölten
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Schmidt 17' Ljubičić 25'	Report	Rep 29' Rotter 84'	Stadium: NV Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

19 December 2020 12	Hartberg	1–0	Rheindorf Altach	Hartberg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rep 83'	Report		Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver Drachta

23 January 2021 13	Wolfsberger AC	0–0	Hartberg	Wolfsberg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Lavanttal-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

26 January 2021 14	Sturm Graz	2–1	Hartberg	Graz
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Kiteishvili 22' Jantscher 25'	Report	Kainz 58'	Stadium: Merkur-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Julian Weinberger

30 January 2021 15	Hartberg	0–3	Red Bull Salzburg	Hartberg
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Nimaga 18'	Report	Koïta 14' (pen.), 24' Daka 35' Mwepu 79'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Hameter

14 February 2021 17	Austria Wien	0–1	Hartberg	Vienna
14:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Flecker 22'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Walter Altmann

20 February 2021 18	Hartberg	1–1	Ried	Hartberg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tadić 28'	Report	Nutz 3'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Kijas

23 February 2021 16	Hartberg	1–0	WSG Tirol	Hartberg
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rep 68'	Report		Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Harald Lechner

27 February 2021 19	LASK	1–2	Hartberg	Pasching
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Eggestein 4' Ranftl 60'	Report	Chabbi 23' Horvath 26' Nimaga 33' Rep 60'	Stadium: Raiffeisen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Ouschan

6 March 2021 20	Hartberg	2–1	Admira Wacker Mödling	Hartberg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gollner 16' Flecker 53' Ried 90+3'	Report	Kerschbaum 29' Starkl 37' Wooten 90'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Julian Weinberger

14 March 2021 21	Rapid Wien	4–0	Hartberg	Vienna
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kara 34', 49' Ritzmaier 44' Knasmüllner 69' Stojković 73' Hofmann 87' Alar 88'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Christopher Jäger

21 March 2021 22	Hartberg	3–3	St. Pölten	Hartberg
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tadić 30' Klem 43' Rep 50' Nimaga 65', 70' Chabbi 73' Horvath 76'	Report	Ljubičić 41' Booth 67' Schulz 83', 90+4'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Josef Spurny

Relegation round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HAR	AWI	RIE	ALT	ADM	STP
1	Hartberg	32	12	11	9	38	48	−10	32	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off semi-final	—	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0
2	Austria Wien (O)	32	11	9	12	47	43	+4	29		3–1	—	2–2	2–0	0–0	2–1
3	Ried	32	8	9	15	34	57	−23	25		3–2	3–2	—	0–0	0–0	2–1
4	Rheindorf Altach	32	9	7	16	33	55	−22	23		2–2	2–1	3–0	—	0–1	1–0
5	Admira Wacker Mödling	32	6	8	18	27	58	−31	19		0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	—	2–0
6	St. Pölten (R)	32	5	9	18	39	57	−18	13	Qualification for the relegation play-offs^[a]	0–1	1–2	0–0	3–3	0–1	—

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points with (possible) half points subtracted due to rounding; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Away matches won; 7) Head-to-head points; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored.^[1]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Since the top two teams of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League did not receive a license for the Bundesliga, relegation play-offs will be played between the last-placed club from the Bundesliga and the best-placed club with a license from the Second League.^[3]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	12	11	9	38	48	−10	47	7	6	3	19	18	+1	5	5	6	19	30	−11

Last updated: 21 May 2021.
Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W
Position	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2021. Source: Austrian Football Bundesliga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 April 2021 23	Ried	3–2	Hartberg	Ried im Innkreis
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nutz 13' Grüll 37', 69' Ziegl 67' Horvat 71' (o.g.) Satin 83'	Report	Rakowitz 1' Horvat 6' Tadić 17' Nimaga 34'	Stadium: Keine Sorgen Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Heiß

10 April 2021 24	Hartberg	1–0	Austria Wien	Hartberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Horvat 44' Nimaga 77' Gollner 86' (pen.) Rep 90+2'	Report	Teigl 90+2' Schösswendter 90+3' Djuricin 90+3'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer

17 April 2021 25	Admira Wacker Mödling	0–1	Hartberg	Maria Enzersdorf
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Vorsager 51' Malicsek 67'	Report	Horvat 75' Chabbi 80' Kainz 90+2'	Stadium: BSFZ-Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer

20 April 2021 26	Hartberg	0–0	St. Pölten	Hartberg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Klem 85'	Report	Muhamedbegovic 5' 87' Schmidt 87'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

24 April 2021 27	Rheindorf Altach	2–2	Hartberg	Altach
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Maderner 22' Gouet 26'	Report	Chabbi 15' Rep 37' Nimaga 41' Flecker 65' Luckeneder 68' Tadić 86'	Stadium: Stadion Schnabelholz Attendance: 0 Referee: Markus Hameter

27 April 2021 28	Hartberg	2–1	Rheindorf Altach	Hartberg
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kainz 22', 46' Gollner 71' Ried 85'	Report	Maderner 9', 27' Meilinger 37'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Julian Weinberger

8 May 2021 29	Hartberg	1–1	Ried	Hartberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Klem 72' Rakowitz 83'	Report	Gragger 45' Bajic 48'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

11 May 2021 30	Austria Wien	3–1	Hartberg	Vienna
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wimmer 27' Fitz 42' Palmer-Brown 50' Sarkaria 90+2'	Report	Nimaga 63' Tijani 65' Rep 73'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Heiss

15 May 2021 31	Hartberg	2–0	Admira Wacker Mödling	Hartberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ertlthaler 23' Kainz 40' Rep 54' (pen.)	Report	Kerschbaum 8' Maier 49' Bauer 52' Auer 52'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Stefan Ebner

21 May 2021 32	St. Pölten	0–1	Hartberg	Sankt Pölten
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pokorný 53'	Report	Sturm 42' Yoda 78'	Stadium: NV Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber

European competition play-offs

24 May 2021 Semi-finals	Hartberg	0–3	Austria Wien	Hartberg
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gollner 15' Rep 20'	Report	Teigl 12' Wimmer 35' Fitz 51' Suttner 60' Pichler 78'	Stadium: Profertil Arena Hartberg Attendance: 0 Referee: Walter Altmann

Austrian Cup

30 August 2020 First round	Dornbirner SV	0–7	Hartberg	Altach
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Tadić 17' Ried 36' Luckeneder 43', 64' Gollner 55' Heil 73' Rakowitz 84'	Stadium: Cashpoint Arena Attendance: 0

17 October 2020 Second round	SV Gmünd	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Hartberg	Gmünd
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Allmayer 17' Gasser 37' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Rotter 21', 83' Rep 50' Ertlthaler 114'	Stadium: Sportplatz ASKÖ Gmünd Attendance: 0

25 November 2020 Third round	Austria Wien	5–3	Hartberg	Wien
17:15 CET (UTC+1)	Grünwald 13' Zwierschitz 17' Pichler 41' Sarkaria 49' Fitz 65'	Report	Tadić 57' Horvath 81' Chabbi 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 0

UEFA Europa League

17 September 2020 Second qualifying round	Piast Gliwice	3–2	Hartberg	Gliwice, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Konczkowski 10' Sokołowski 62' Żyro 84'	Report	Kainz 33' Ried 75'	Stadium: Stadion Piast Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

References

^ ^a ^b "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
^ "Rahmenterminplan für die Saison 2020/21 fixiert" [Framework schedule for the 2020/21 season fixed]. skysportaustria.at (in German). Sky Sport Austria. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "Termine Europacup-Play-off & Relegationsspiele" [Schedule European Cup play-off and relegation play-off matches]. bundesliga.at (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_REL0.34081019197628-4] Since the top two teams of the 2020–21 Austrian Football Second League did not receive a license for the Bundesliga, relegation play-offs will be played between the last-placed club from the Bundesliga and the best-placed club with a license from the Second League.^[3]

[Bundesliga.at_-_Table-1] "Bundesliga.at - Tabelle" [Bundesliga.at - Table] (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[2] "Rahmenterminplan für die Saison 2020/21 fixiert" [Framework schedule for the 2020/21 season fixed]. skysportaustria.at (in German). Sky Sport Austria. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[Play-offs-3] "Termine Europacup-Play-off & Relegationsspiele" [Schedule European Cup play-off and relegation play-off matches]. bundesliga.at (in German). Austrian Football Bundesliga. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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