Sportklub Union Ertl Glas Amstetten is a professional

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club based in the town of Amstetten,

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, that competes in the

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, the second tier of the

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. Founded in 1997, it is affiliated to the Lower Austrian Football Association. The team plays its home matches at Union-Platz, where it has been based since its foundation.

History

The club was formed in 1997 from a merger of two local clubs; former second division club ASK Amstetten, founded in 1932, and SC Union Amstetten, founded in 1946. Existing rivalries were pushed aside as a new board was founded by members of both clubs headed by chairman Rodolf Brunner. In the 2007–08 season, the club was promoted to the third highest league, the

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before being directly relegated to the

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again. In 2011, the club returned to the Regionalliga, where they established themselves until the 2017–18 season, where they managed to win promotion to the

for the first time.

Cup performances

After their first successful performance in the

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in the 2013–14 season as a Regionalliga side – a victory over the second division club

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and reaching the quarter-finals – they managed to knock out Austria Lustenau in the

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, a club playing at the professional level. After a 2–2 draw in regular time, they won the penalty shoot-out. Before that, in the

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season, Amstetten had narrowly lost to

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on penalties in the second round.

Stadium

The club plays at the modernised Union-Platz stadium, which has a capacity of 3,000.

Current squad

Staff

Technical staff

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References

External links

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