Petar Filipovic returns to the Austrian Bundesliga: The 33-year-old signed a two-year contract with newly promoted GAK.
The Hamburg native came to Ried from Slaven Belupo in spring 2015, was sold to Austria Vienna, and ended up at LASK via Konyaspor in 2019. For Linz, the left-footer was a key player in major European Cup nights under coaches Oliver Glasner and Valerien Ismael.
After a long injury break, the contract was not renewed in the summer of 2022. Filipovic moved to AEL Limassol. Now he is returning and brings with him the experience of 137 Bundesliga games and 37 European Cup appearances. At GAK he will meet Dominik Frieser, another ex-LASK player.
“I am very happy that we can welcome a great, experienced player in our ranks like Petar. Petar is a leader who will do us good with his quality,” said GAK sports director Dieter Elsneg.
Bayern loan player at Austria
Austria has brought in reinforcements from FC Bayern Munich. The Viennese have signed Matteo Perez Vinlöf on loan for the coming season. The 18-year-old left-back made his Bundesliga debut last May and made his first appearance for the Swedish national team in June. Last season he was a regular in FC Bayern’s second team.
“For me, the move to Austria is a good step in my career to gain experience at a strong club in a wonderful city,” said Vinlöf, who is also a citizen of Peru. The debut for Bayern and the first call-up to the national team felt “surreal” for him. Austria sports director Manuel Ortlechner saw “a need for action in the left-back position” following the departures of Manuel Polster and Frans Krätzig.
There was also action in attack: Nik Prelec was loaned from Cagliari. The 23-year-old Slovenian has been playing for Tirol in the Bundesliga for the past year and a half and has scored 14 goals in 45 matches.
The transfers of the Bundesliga clubs
- SK Sturm Graz
To: Zvonarek (Cro, Bayern Munich, loan), Karic (Darmstadt), Aiwu (Cremonese, most recently loaned to Birmingham), Malic (Slo, Ried), Chukwuani (Den, Lyngby), Kern (Hun, Puskas Academia), Dante (Mli, FC Zurich, following loan)
Ab: Schnegg (Washington), Jaros (Cze, Liverpool, following loan), Serrano (Esp, Atletico Madrid, following loan), Affengruber, Stückler - FC Salzburg
To: Blaswich (D, Leipzig, loan), Kawamura (Jpn, Hiroshima), Piatkowski (Pol, Granada, following loan), Kameri (Grasshopper Club Zurich, following loan), Van der Brempt (Bel, Hamburg, following loan)
Ab: Koita (Mli, CSKA Moscow), Daniliuc (Salernitana, following loan), Omoregie (Hartberg, loan), Ulmer, Horn (D) - SHOT
To: Boateng (D, Salernitana), Entrup (Hartberg), Smolcic (Cro, Frankfurt, loan), Tibidi (Fra, Troyes, most recently loaned to Manchester City), Bogarde (Ned, Hoffenheim II), Kone (Sen, Dunajska Streda, following loan), Wimhofer (Horn, following loan), Sulzner (Amstetten, following loan)
Ab: Havel (Hartberg, loan), Jungwirth (Admira, loan), Ba (D, Leipzig, following loan, to Braunschweig), Twardzik (Cze, Trnava), Luckeneder, Michorl, Wiesinger, Letard (Fra) - SK Rapid
To: Schaub (Hannover), Bello (Cro, Augsburg, loan), Bolla (Hun, Wolverhampton, most recently loaned to Geneva), Raux-Yao (Fra, Rodez), Sangare (Mli, Salzburg, most recently loaned to Hartberg), Böckle (Düsseldorf, most recently loaned to Münster), Schöller (Admira), Haas (Admira), Druijf (Ned, Zwolle, following loan), Zimmermann (Wolfsberg, following loan), Bischof (Vienna, following loan)
Ab: Grüll (Bremen), Querfeld (U. Berlin), Moormann (Blau-Weiß Linz), Sollbauer (Ried), Mayulu (Fra, Bristol), Kasanwirjo (Ned, Feyenoord Rotterdam, following loan), Kongolo (Ned, Fulham, following loan), Schick (Leoben), Strunz (Altach, loan), Unger (Vienna) - TSV Hartberg
To: Havel (LASK, loan), Schendl (Ried), Diarra (Mli, Cadiz, loan), Omoregie (Salzburg, loan), Karamatic (Ljubljana), Markus (Slo, Domzale), Schwarz (Rapid, loan, most recently loaned to Klagenfurt), Amadin (Ned, Schalke II), Orborne (Eng, Bournemouth, loan), Karner (Sturm Graz II), Hoffmann (Halbturn), Canazlar (Akademie Vorarlberger), Lemmerer (Amstetten, following loan), Scherf (Amstetten, following loan)
Ab: Entrup (LASK), Frieser (GAK), Diakite (Mli, West Bromwich), Sangare (Mli, Salzburg, following loan, to Rapid), Bowat (Sco, Fulham, following loan), Steinwender (Värnamo), Brückner (D, Bayern Munich II, following loan), Gollner (Obdach), Schutti (Oberwart), Ehmann (Voitsberg), Kröpfl (Velden), Knoflach - SK Austria Klagenfurt
To: Koch (Blau-Weiß Linz), Wydra (Rapid, loan), Szerensci (Kapfenberg), Lee (Kor, Yonsei), Bobzien (D, Mainz, loan, most recently loaned to Lustenau), Spari (FAC), Kühn (D, V. Berlin), Dehl (D, V. Berlin, following loan), May (D, V. Berlin, following loan), Toshevski (Mkd, Sibenik, following loan)
Ab: Wimmer (Wolfsberg), Karweina (D, Luzern), Menzel (D, Saarbrücken), Schumacher (D, Saarbrücken), Benatelli (D, Mannheim), Irving (Sco, West Ham, following loan), Besuschkow (D, Hannover, following loan), Schwarz (Rapid, following loan, to Hartberg), Loune (Mar, Nürnberg, following loan), Arweiler (D), Djoric (Srb), Maglica (Cro), Markelic - Wolfsberger AC
To: Wimmer (Klagenfurt), Zukic (Srb, Novi Sad), N. Polster (LASK, most recently loaned to Horn), Matic (Srb, Red Star Belgrade)
Ab: Veratschnig (Mainz), Ibertsberger (Salzburg, following loan, to Blau-Weiß Linz), Bonmann (D, Rasgrad), Tijani (Ngr, Salzburg, following loan), Zimmermann (Rapid, following loan), T. Gruber (Amstetten, loan), Leitgeb (Leoben), Novak (Treibach) - FK Austria Vienna
To: Sahin-Radlinger (Almere, following loan), Malone (D, Basel, loan), Prelec (Slo, Cagliari, most recently Tirol), Barry (Gam, Bnei Yehuda), Cristiano (Bra, Sao Bento, loan), Perez Vinlöf (Swe, Bayern Munich II, loan)
Ab: Früchtl (D, Lecce), Schmidt (Blau-Weiß Linz), Krätzig (D, Bayern Munich, following loan, to Stuttgart), M. Polster (Lausanne-Sport), Asllani (D, Hoffenheim, following loan), Holland (Aus) - FC Blau-Weiß Linz
To: Moormann (Rapid), Anderson (Bra, Lustenau), Schmidt (Austria Wien), Ibertsberger (Salzburg, most recently loaned to Wolfsberg), Wähling (D, Osnabruck), Dantas (Bra, Lemense), Radulovic (Wallern/St. Marienkirchen, following loan), Softic (Wallern/St. Marienkirchen, following loan)
Ab: Haudum (Admira), Koch (Klagenfurt), Windhager (A. Salzburg), Brandner (Mondsee), Krainz - SCR Altach
To: Fridrikas (Lustenau), Kronberger (Sturm Graz, most recently loaned to Tirol), Madritsch (Ried), Strunz (Rapid, loan), Oberwaditzer (Lie, Akademie Vorarlberg), Helac (Lustenau), Milojevic (Leverkusen U19), Lincoln (Bra, Kobe), Mischitz (Dornbirn, following loan), Odehnal (Dornbirn, following loan)
Ab: Reiner (Gliwice, following loan), Eckmayr (Tirol), Kaiba (Cmr, Bregenz, loan), Zwischenbrugger, Schützenauer, Strauss, Reiter, Edokpolor, Jurcec (Cro), Prietl (end of career) - WSG Tyrol
To: Hinterseer (Rostock), Anselm (LASK, loaned to V. Köln in spring), Lawrence (D, Bayern Munich II), Eckmayr (Altach), Butler (USA, Hoffenheim II)
Ab: Prelec (Slo, Cagliari, following loan, to Austria Wien), Kronberger (Sturm Graz, following loan, to Altach), Buksa (Pol, FC Genoa, following loan, to Zabrze), Tomic (Leoben), Bacher, Ozegovic, Stumberger (Cro), Schulz (D), Ogrinec (Slo), F. Oswald (retired) - Grazer AK 1902
To: Frieser (Hartberg), Filipovic (D, AEL Limassol), Cipot (Slo, La Spezia, loan), Italiano (Aus, Mönchengladbach II), Kirchmayr (Wolfsburg), Eder (Saalfelden), Zaizen (Jpn, Amstetten, following loan), Fritz (Fürstenfeld, following loan)
Ab: Jatremski (D, Bayern Munich II, following loan, to Unterhaching), Stefanon (Bregenz), Eloshvili (Geo, Kapfenberg), Murg (Weiz), Th. Mayer, Köchl, Jager, Fahler
