These are the “Golden Boys” in the Upper Austrian League

Simon Nussbaumer: With his two goals in the 4-2 win against Friedburg, the 18-year-old was named Mondsee’s man of the game. “His development over the past year has been rapid, he is tall, athletic and has a strong finish,” praises Mondsee coach Christoph Mamoser.

David Berger: The 18-year-old striker from St. Martin, who scored for the sixth time in the 3-1 win in Bad Ischl, is considered one of the Mühlviertler’s greatest talents. “He could have scored four goals and can go a lot further,” says his coach Andreas Luksch.

Simon Heiml: A real Dietach native won a regular place in the third place – another scored the gold goal in the 1-0 win against Oedt: Valentin Schwaiger. “That’s our way, it won’t work without players from our own youth,” says Dietach coach Daniel Ruttensteiner.

Emirhan Gucenoglu: Weißkirchen also committed itself to a rejuvenation treatment in the summer. The 19-year-old took advantage of this opportunity: “He made us forget about our routine departures in the center,” says Weißkirchen coach Alfred Olzinger. What helped Gücenoglu: Last spring he got match practice on loan from district league team Gunskirchen and returned in the summer. “That was good for him; his personality also matured.”

Felix Gerstmayer: In the summer, the 19-year-old made the jump from the regional league to the Upper Austrian league – he immediately established himself in the center of the Kremstal team. The former LASK academy footballer subordinates everything to his goal of becoming a professional footballer: in the summer he gained six kilos of muscle mass in order to be more robust.

Marco Bühringer: St. Valentin coach Willi Wahlmüller noticed the great talent of the now 20-year-old early on. Already in his first term at ASK (2018-2019) he brought the youngsters up from the junior ranks into the fighting team. “He works incredibly hard. Often you even have to slow him down when pressing.”

Luke Greener: The 21-year-old from Schenkenfelden was converted into a striker by Pregarten’s neo-coach Dominik Nimmervoll and has already scored six goals this season. “He behaves like a professional and also eats like that,” Nimmervoll gives insight. With Lukas Denk (20), he has another rough diamond in his ranks, who was already on probation at Blau-Weiß. Nimmervoll: “Both absorb everything and do a lot of extra units.”