Association of Footballers
The Association of Footballers , or VdF for short , represents the interests of all amateur and professional footballers working in Austria . Among other things, the VdF devotes itself to advising its members on legal matters and, if necessary, provides a lawyer free of charge. It was founded in May 1988 as a football specialist group in what was then the Union for Art, Media and Liberal Professions (KMfB) . The VdF is mainly perceived by the public due to the award of the Brunos , an important Austrian football prize named after Bruno Pezzey . Since the merger of the union of community workers (GdG) and the KMSfB, the VdF is based in the Younion .
Founding members
- Anton Benya (ÖGB President)
- Rudolf Novotny
- Walter Bacher (KMfB union)
- Herbert Prohaska
- Heribert Weber
- Andreas Pichler
- Walter Koch
- Thomas pillar
Chair since it was founded
- May 1988 to July 1997: Rudolf Novotny
- July 1997 to November 2006: Gernot Zirngast
- November 2006 to March 2010: Oliver Prudlo
- since March 2010: Gernot Zirngast
Organization of the VdF
- Chairman: Gernot Zirngast
- Secretary: Rudolf Novotny
- Deputy Chairman and Organization: Gernot Baumgartner
- Deputy chairman and member support: Gregor Pötscher
- Social projects: Oliver Prudlo
- Player presidium: Andreas Schicker , Mario Reiter , Thomas Pichlmann , Thomas Reifeltshammer , Jörg Siebenhandl and Christopher Dibon
- National team: Christian Fuchs
- Amateurs: Gernot Baumgartner
Camps for footballers without a contract
The VdF has been organizing summer camps for football players without a contract since 2014. The aim of the camps is to offer the players a training program that enables them to return to professional activity at any time. Well-known football coaches and goalkeeping coaches act as coaches. In 2015, in addition to the camp, an international tournament was held against players from other nations without a contract. The Austrian selection failed after two wins against the finalist Spain. In 2016, a four-nation tournament with Germany, Switzerland and Hungary will take place in Draßburg .
As part of the camp, players are also offered professional career advice for a career after football.
Trainer
- 2014 and 2015: Paul Gludovatz (head coach), Gerhard Schweitzer (assistant trainer) and Werner Pentz (goalkeeping coach)
- 2016: Herbert Gager (head coach), Masaki Morass (assistant trainer) and Gerhard Horvath (goalkeeping coach)
- 2017: Gregor Pötscher & Stefan Rapp (head coach), Werner Pentz & Gerhard Horvath (goalkeeping coach)
- 2018: Gregor Pötscher & Oliver Lederer (head coach), Werner Pentz (goalkeeping coach)
Attendees
- 2016: Danijel Mićić , Christian Derflinger , Christian Falk , Christian Haselberger , Christian Thonhofer , Harun Erbek , Lukas Tursch , Pirmin Strasser , René Swete , Robert Völkl , Somen Tchoyi , Stefan Mitmasser , Thomas Hinum , Thomas Weber , Furkan Aydogdu , Patrick Krammer, Mirnel Sadović , Daniel Weber , Vait Ismaili , Bernhard Luxbacher , Stefan Rakowitz , Lumbardh Salihu , Christian Hayden , Daniel Geissler , David Oberortner
- 2017: Marcel Holzmann , Eric Schmutzer, Philipp Hütter , Armin Gremsl , Adel Halilović , Christoph Nicht , Emanuel Ponholzer , Stefan Umjenovic , Thomas Bergmann , Marko Zlatković, Markus Nowotny, Edvin Hodzic , Stefan Krell , Philipp Klar , Nils Zatl , Deni Stoilov, Erkut Tekinsoy , Aleksandar Milenković , Daniel Rechberger , Thomas Hirschhofer , Daniel Beichler , Thomas Kindig , Michael Switil , Marco Perchtold , Julian Rosenstingl, Miroslav Beljan, Nihad Hadžikić, Danijel Klarić , Edin Hodzic
- 2018: Christian Klem , Dennis Verwüster, Dominik Doleschal , Erkut Tekinsoy , Lukas Denner , Mirza Jatic , Sebastian Wachter , Alexander Ranacher , Christoph Nicht , Armin Hamzic , Martin Fraisl , Manuel Haas , Sargon Duran , Daniel Offenbacher , Manuel Seidl , Piotr Pawłowski, Christian Hackl, Manuel Maranda , Martin Kraus , Deni Stoilov, Marcel Holzmann , Lukas Schubert , Sebastian Madzia, Philipp Posch
- 2019: Philipp Klar , Stefan Krell , Nicolas Mohr , Andreas Lukse , Thomas Jackel , Philipp Schmiedl , Deni Stoilov, Emre Kilka, Thomas Salamon , David Stoppacher, Roko Mišlov , Sandro Djuric , Kristijan Dobras , Fran Sánchez , Okan Yilmaz , Sebastian Madzia, Sally Preininger , Michael Tercek
Web links
- Footballers Association: Official website
- Camps for footballers without a contract: Official internet presentation