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SKN St. Pölten
Full name	Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten
Founded	June 2000; 24 years ago
Ground	NV Arena
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Helmut Schwarzl
Manager	Tuğberk Tanrıvermiş
League	2. Liga
2023–24	2. Liga, 9th of 16
Website	www.skn-stpoelten.at
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Sportklub Niederösterreich St. Pölten is an Austrian football club from Sankt Pölten, capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. St. Pölten currently play in the Austrian Football Second League, the second tier of the Austrian football league system.^[1]

History

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 to 2003, 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 Football First League
- Winners: 2015–16
Austrian Cup
- Runners-up: 2013–14

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 9 September 2024^[2]

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	GER	Tom Ritzy Hülsmann (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
2	DF	GER	Stefan Thesker
4	DF	AUT	Sebastian Bauer
5	DF	AUT	Lukas Buchegger
6	MF	AUT	Andree Neumayer
7	FW	AUT	Winfred Amoah
8	MF	AUT	Christoph Messerer
9	FW	AUT	Bernd Gschweidl
10	MF	AUT	Marcel Ritzmaier
11	MF	GER	Marc Stendera
12	DF	FRA	Wilguens Paugain
13	GK	AUT	Pirmin Strasser
15	DF	NOR	Sondre Skogen
16	MF	AUT	Nicolas Wisak
17	FW	FRA	Ramiz Harakaté


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	AUT	David Riegler
20	FW	POL	Gabriel Kirejczyk
21	FW	SWE	Malcolm Stolt
22	MF	AUT	Stefan Nutz
23	DF	LUX	Dirk Carlson
26	GK	AUT	Thomas Turner
30	MF	NZL	Elijah Just (on loan from Horsens)
32	GK	AUT	Marcel Kurz
34	MF	AUT	Leomend Krasniqi
37	MF	AUT	Julian Keiblinger
47	DF	FIN	Dario Naamo
70	DF	GER	Gerhard Dombaxi
71	FW	FRA	Claudy M'Buyi
—	FW	SEN	El Hadji Mané

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	Din Barlov (at SV Horn until 30 June 2025)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUT	Julian Keiblinger (at GKS Tychy until 30 June 2025)

Youth work

SKN St. Pölten 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.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Tuğberk Tanrıvermiş
Assistant Manager	Albin Sheqiri
Assistant Manager	Daniel Schütz
Goalkeeping Coach	Thomas Vollnhofer
Fitness Coach	Mauro Zanoguera
Sporting Director	Christoph Freitag
Technical Director	Masaki Morass
Director of Development	Mario Anfang
Board Member	Thomas Nentwich
Chief Financial Officer	Matthias Gebauer
Team Manager	Mario Batoha

Manager history

As of 29 December 2024^[3]

Years	Manager
2000–02	Karl Daxbacher
2002–03	Horst Kirasitsch
2003–04	Frenkie Schinkels
2005–06	Günther Wessely
2006	Peter Benes
2006–07	Walter Hörmann
2007–13	Martin Scherb
2013	Thomas Nentwich
2013–14	Gerald Baumgartner
2014	Herbert Gager
2014–15	Michael Steiner
2015	Jochen Fallmann
2015–16	Karl Daxbacher
2016–17	Jochen Fallmann
2017–18	Oliver Lederer
2018	Dietmar Kühbauer
2018	Marcel Ketelaer
2018–19	Ranko Popović
2019–20	Alexander Schmidt
2020–21	Robert Ibertsberger
2021	Georg Zellhofer
2021	Gerald Baumgartner
2021–23	Stephan Helm
2023	Jan Schlaudraff
2023–24	Philipp Semlic
2024	Christoph Witamwas
2024	Aleksandar Gitsov
2024–	Tuğberk Tanrıvermiş