A Lesson in Efficiency
After two wins against Post SV and Schwechat, our Amateurs were looking to continue their upward trend against Sportunion Mauer. However, the visitors arrived at Hohe Warte full of confidence. With four wins and one draw, Mauer had so far underlined their status as one of the favorites for the title this season.
Falling Behind Early Once Again
Just as against Post SV, coach Bradaric's side had to cope with an early deficit. Mauer took control from the outset, using their high-intensity play to push the Blue and Yellow youngsters back into their own half. In the fifth minute, an attack down the right flank saw the ball played into the middle and elegantly flicked on with the heel to Kindig, who calmly finished to give the visitors the lead. Shortly afterwards, Mauer had another chance to make it 2–0 early on following their aggressive pressing, but failed to capitalize.
Vienna Grow into the Game
After a difficult opening ten minutes, our youngsters gradually found their way into the game. They not only accepted the physical challenges but increasingly won their duels, improved their play, circulated the ball well and began to get closer to the opposition goal more frequently.
However, their attacks often came to an end around the edge of the penalty area, with Mauer defending confidently for the most part. Following a cross from Birkhan, Soos had a chance to equalize but sent his effort narrowly over the bar. Shortly afterwards, Ellen tried his luck with a shot from distance, but former Vienna goalkeeper Ecker had no trouble dealing with it.
A Cold Shower Before Half-Time
Vienna were the dominant side, playing fearless attacking football, but lacked the necessary cutting edge in the opposition penalty area. The powerful and purposeful attacking play Mauer had shown at the beginning had largely disappeared — until the 39th minute.
A free kick from the right was delivered into the penalty area. Kleinböck got to the ball a crucial step ahead of his defender and headed home to make it 2–0.
The goal had an immediate impact. Mauer pressed forward once again, Schusser won the ball through pressing and calmly finished to put the visitors 3–0 ahead.
Decided in the Opening Minutes of the Second Half
With their place at the top of the table in sight, Mauer were clearly determined to put any remaining doubts about the outcome of the match to rest after the break. The visitors started the second half just as strongly as the first and quickly created further chances.
Loschy initially prevented another goal with two excellent saves, but in the 49th minute he had no chance as Mehmedovic scored Mauer's fourth goal.
Vienna Try, but Remain Unrewarded
Özmeral and Nösslinger had already come on for Birkhahn and Uysal at half-time, and Fischer and Hoffmann-Smajic were now introduced for the Blue and Yellows.
Two of the substitutes combined to create a great chance for Vienna. Özmeral played an excellent pass to Hoffmann-Smajic, whose finish missed the target by just a few centimeters. Shortly afterwards, Rajic came equally close, with his shot narrowly missing the goal.
Despite the clear deficit, Vienna refused to give up. The youngsters continued to push until the final whistle and produced some good attacking moves in an entertaining and fast-paced game. However, they were unable to trouble the disciplined visitors, and even a consolation goal eluded the Youngsters on the night.
Head coach Amir Bradaric: “The 0–4 is a clear defeat. However, anyone who watched the game knows that the difference between the two teams was not as great as the result suggests. We made three individual mistakes at the beginning, which led to three goals. Overall, Mauer were the better team and only allowed us one real scoring chance. At 0–3 at half-time, the game was practically decided. We have to learn from this and do better in the next game.”
First Vienna FC 1894 Amateure vs. Sportunion Mauer 0–4 (0–3)
Wiener Stadtliga, Matchday 6
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Naturarena Hohe Warte, 203 spectators
Goals: 0–1 Kindig (5'), 0–2 Kleinböck (39'), 0–3 Schusser (40'), 0–4 Mehmedovic (49')
Vienna: Loschy, Zagan (Milic, 62'), Rajic, Krpuljevic (Fischer, 51'), Birkhahn (Özmeral, 46'), Soos, Hager, Matteo Roschütz, Khidach, Ellen (Hoffmann-Smajic, 51'), Uysal (Nösslinger, 46')
