Austria starts training camp in Turkey

On Wednesday afternoon, the Violets started their training camp in Antalya in good spirits. Coach Stephan Helm's team will stay here until January 17th and prepare for the spring season under the best conditions. The first training session is scheduled for Thursday morning.

With goalkeeper Kenan Jusić from cooperation club SV Stripfing and Konstantin Aleksa from the Young Violets, two young Austria players will be able to prove themselves at the training camp. Luca Pazourek has joined the army and will join the team on Saturday. Ziad El Sheiwi did not travel to Turkey and will work individually on his return in the coming days, while Muharem Husković has also remained in Vienna for negotiations.

Our squad for the training camp

Goalkeepers: Şahin-Radlinger, Mirko Kos, Lukas Wedl, Kenan Jusić

Defenders: Lucas Galvão, Aleksandar Dragović, Matteo Pérez Vinlöf, Tin Plavotić, Philipp Wiesinger, Matteo Meisl, Johannes Handl

Midfielders: Luca Pazourek, Abubakr Barry, Philipp Maybach, Marvin Potzmann, Hakim Guenouche, Florian Wustinger, Reinhold Ranftl, Manfred Fischer, Moritz Wels

Attackers: Nik Prelec, Andreas Gruber, Konstantin Aleksa, Marko Raguž, Dominik Fitz, Maurice Malone

Helm: “We have the best conditions here”

A total of eleven training sessions, including two in the gym and one individual session, as well as two test matches are on the agenda. On Saturday, January 11 at 1 pm (local time: 3 pm), the team will face NŠ Mura from Slovenia, and on January 16 at 1 pm (local time: 3 pm) against Serbian Conference League participant FK TSC, a game played over four 30-minute periods.

“We also want to bring our style of play to the pitch in these two tests, that's what we're looking for. Overall, it's about developing a bit further. All the players will get their playing time and the opportunity to show what they can do”, said coach Stephan Helm, whose first impressions of the Titanic Mardan Palace are extremely positive. “We have the best conditions here at the hotel to continue growing together as a team.”

Time together as a team

In addition to technical and tactical content, the coaching team is also focusing on a sense of togetherness. “We've thought about and organized a few things, want to make the most of everything here under professional conditions and work as a team - in the right doses, of course”, explains Helm. With Ralph Krueger, Werner Zöchling and Franky Schiemer, external experts are also present at the training camp at various times.

On the pitch, the aim is to build on the good work done in the fall: “There were many things that worked well in phases in the first half of the season, but conversely there are also things that we need to work on more. The aim is to become clearer in all areas and we will work intensively on this in the coming days.”