Full name: SC Columbia Floridsdorf
From: Vienna, Austria
Nicknames: The Columbians
Club colours: Black, blue and white
Ground: Stadium Schwarzlackenau
Last season: 8th (of 16) in Austrian Fourth Division
Manager: Franz Maresch
Squad:
Goalkeepers
Gerhard Taschwer, Markus Lipoysky, Michael Janata
Defenders
Mario Handl, Alexander Frimmel, Fatos Vinca, Christian Schweigler, Benjamin Meisenbichler, Michael Urban, Dominik Lehner
Midfielders
Thomas Pollak, Albert Kubiak, Roman Horvarth, Patrick Lehner, Julius Simon, Thomas Potlacnik, Markus Wiltschko
Strikers
Markus Buchinger, Roman Flandorfer, Nahir Gunel, Oliver Anzbock
Website: www.sc-columbia.at
SC COLUMBIA FLORIDSDORF FACTS
- SC Columbia are an amateur team with no professional or semi-professionals in the squad
- They currently compete in Austrian’s Fourth Division, the highest amateur league in the country
- Floridsdorf is the 21st district of Vienna which has 140,000 inhabitants
- SC Columbia are the oldest club in Floridsdorf
- Their most prominent player is 44-year-old fee-kick specialist Julius Simon. He scored 10 goals last season and has 23 caps for Slovakia
- Manager Franz Maresch took the helm two years ago after spending time playing for the club. The former-professional striker, 37, used to ply his trade in the Austrian Premier League.
