The Round of 16 of the UNIQA ÖFB Cup is just around the corner. Tomorrow evening, our boys will visit SW Bregenz. The match kicks off at 18:00 CET under the lights at the ImmoAgentur Stadion, marking the start of our week in Vorarlberg. Achim Untergasser will referee the encounter.
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Following their cup away matches in Oberwart and St. Pölten, our Red Bulls are now heading to Lake Constance. Thanks to a strategic partnership with Tochigi City, the hosts have a Japanese flavour – alongside Portuguese, English and German. Eleven different nationalities are represented in the newly assembled squad of the second-division side, who are coached the Uruguayan Martin Brenner. Assistant coach Joshua Schirmer also serves as an interpreter – after all, the man from Honolulu its speaks six languages. Despite the communication challenges, this diverse side seems to have found a rhythm quickly – the side that finished at the bottom of the table last season now finds itself in the middle of the ADMIRAL 2. Liga standings.
One thing that has distinguished the Black and Whites in recent seasons is their knack for pulling off cup upsets – for instance, they eliminated GAK in the Round of 16 in 2024/25. Last season, the side from western Austria was only defeated by SV Ried in extra-time. Our only previous cup encounter was not so dramatic: during our 2020/21 cup-winning run, we dispatched the Bregenz side 10-0.
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