Stefan Schwab

Stefan Schwab
Schwab in 2026
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990
Place of birth Saalfelden, Austria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 SV Ried
Number 22
Youth career
2000–2004 1. Saalfeldner SK
2004–2009 Red Bull Salzburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Red Bull Salzburg 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Lustenau (loan) 21 (6)
2011 → Admira Wacker (loan) 12 (4)
2011–2014 Admira Wacker 90 (15)
2014–2020 Rapid Wien 186 (41)
2020–2025 PAOK 158 (23)
2025–2026 Holstein Kiel 24 (0)
2026– SV Ried 0 (0)
International career‡
2009 Austria U19 1 (0)
2009 Austria U20 2 (0)
2010–2012 Austria U21 17 (0)
2017 Austria 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 November 2017

Stefan Schwab (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈʃvaːp][1] or [-faːn-];[2] born 27 September 1990) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SV Ried.[3]

Club career

Early career

Swab was born in Saalfenten on 27 September 1990. From an early age he enjoyed sports, and, in addition to football, he was involved in biathlon, skiing, and ski jumping. His love for football prevailed, and at the age of 13 he decided to dedicate himself there entirely.

Red Bull Salzburg and Lustenau

Initially in the local team and from the age of 14 at the Salzburg Academies, where he stayed from 2004 to 2011, reaching in 2009 the Second Team with which he played in the second division of the Austrian Football Bundesliga, while he also participated in training sessions of the first team. In 2010 he was loaned to Lustenau and counted 24 appearances, six goals and seven assists. He returned but did not stay long, as he left with a new loan for Admira Wacker, with whom he celebrated his rise in the big category.

Admira Wacker

Admira Wacker activated the purchase option entered into the loan agreement and Swab moved there permanently. He stayed at the club until 2014 and took a leading role from the beginning and many responsibilities within the four lines. He played in a total of 114 games, scored 20 goals, served another 14 and naturally aroused the interest of the bigger teams.

Rapid Wien

2014–15 season

Schwab in 2017

In June 2014, Rapid Wien bought him from Admira Wacker for just 400,000 euros and finally found one of its leaders in his person for the next three years. Stefan took his place in the Starting XI from the beginning of the season alongside Thanos Petsos making a perfect match together in the midfield for the club. Schwab at age 23 made overall 36 appearances contributing five goals and seven assists. Rapid Wien finished 2nd at the end of the league behind Red Bull Salzburg and reached the quarter-finals of the Austrian Cup.

2015–16 season

The club started its league season with six matches without losing and a with win over Ajax in Champions League Qualifying rounds. However, the next qualifier lead to a 1–0 loss against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ernst-Happel-Stadion. In the UEFA Europa League Schwab and the Hütteldorfer reached first in the group stage and reached the stage of 32. The club then faced Valencia and lost twice leading to an early exclusion. Rapid Wien finished 2nd at the end of the league. Stefan played a total of 50 matches and contributed nine goals and six assists

2016–17 season

After three years Zoran Barisic was no more for The Green-Whites and Mike Büskens was hired. On 7 November 2016, after a 0–1 defeat at home against Wolfsberger AC both manager Mike Büskens and Director of Football Andreas Müller were sacked.[4] Four days later Damir Canadi was presented as the new manager, joining Rapid from league rival SCR Altach.[5] On 11 December, Fredy Bickel was presented as the new Director of Football.[6] On 9 April 2017, after a 0–3 defeat in Ried manager Damir Canadi was sacked and replaced by his former assistant coaches Goran Djuricin and Martin Bernhard until end of season.[7] Djuricin was later appointed as manager for the following season. It was a tough season for Rapid overall finishing 5th in the league and 3rd in the Europa League group stage. Schwab was for one more time stable and unreplaceable for his team with 39 appearances winning coaches trust and becoming captain of the club.

2017–18 season

New start new beginning for Rapid, Goran Djuricin making a good season finishing 3rd in the league and Stefan winning the top goalscorer award with 12 goals and 13 overall. In November 2017 Schwab was called to represent Austria on a friendly match against Uruguay playing only for a minute entering the game as a sabtitute by German coach Franco Foda.

2018–19 season

Record season for Stefan Schwab with 50 appearances and 4291 minutes of playing time in all competitions. Great comeback in Eureapean competition entering and promoting the group stage of Europa League but losing by Inter in both Knockout games. A poor season for Goran Djuricin's club in the league, sacked after losing a game against St. Pölten by 2–0 in Allianz Stadion and replaced by Dietmar Kühbauer signing a contract for the next upcoming years.

2019–20 season

Stefan decided not to renew his contract with Rapid to search for a new challenge in his life. For one more season Schwab was one of the main protagonists beside Taxiarchis Fountas. Schwab in Rapid excelled in domestic and European competitions. He wore the captain's armband, played in 241 games, scored 51 goals and provided as many assists and even reached the National team of his country.[8]

PAOK

2020–21 season

On 1 August 2020, PAOK officially announced the signing of the Austrian midfielder on two-year contract, with an option for a third year.[9] On 5 November 2020, he scored in a 4–1 home win 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage game against PSV Eindhoven helping PAOK to increase the possibility of qualifying for the next phase of the UEFA Europa League.[10] Throughout the season he was the key player in the center of the team. He played in a total of 48 games, offering 9 goals and 9 assists. In the final of the season, he celebrated the Greek Cup. PAOK faced OSFP and prevailed with a score of 2–1. Schwap played throughout the match, while he was the one who won the penalty with which PAOK opened the score.

2021–22 season

On 12 August 2021, he scored in a crucial 2–0 home win game against Bohemian F.C., helping PAOK to qualify for the next UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round.[11] On 9 December, he scored in a 2–0 UEFA Europa Conference League home win game against Lincoln Red Imps, sealing the qualification of the club in the phase of knockout round play-offs, for the first time in the last five years.[12]

Stefan Schwab with PAOK in 2023

Holstein Kiel

On 21 June 2025, Schwab signed with 2. Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel.[13]

SV Ried

On 25 June 2026, Schwab returned to Austria and signed with SV Ried.[14]

International career

Schwab got his first call up to the senior Austria squad for a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier Liechtenstein in October 2015.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 April 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Red Bull Juniors 2008-09 Austrian First League 9200— 92
2009-10 20222— 224
Total 29422— 316
Lustenau (loan) 2010-11 Austrian First League 21630— 246
Admira 2010-11 Austrian First League 12400— 124
2011-12 Austrian Bundesliga 27420— 294
2012-13 337204[b]1 398
2013-14 30440— 344
Total 102198041 11420
Rapid Wien 2014-15 Austrian Bundesliga 304412[b]0 365
2015-16 36840101 509
2016-17 275527[b]2 399
2017-18 311231— 3413
2018-19 3246012[b]2 506
2019-20 30821— 329
Total 18641245315 24151
PAOK 2020-21 Super League Greece 244619[c]1 9[d] 3489
2021-22 2425014[e]2 9[d] 1525
2022-23 211712[e]0 10[d] 2404
2023-24 23162153 10[d] 45410
2024-25 22 5 4 0 15 1 2[d] 0 43 6
Total 11413284557 40 1023734
Career total 4528365119013 40 10647117
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, Greek Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in Super League Greece play-offs
  5. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Admira Wacker

PAOK

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dudenredaktion; Kleiner, Stefan; Knöbl, Ralf (2015) [First published 1962]. Das Aussprachewörterbuch [The Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Dudenverlag. pp. 771, 804. ISBN 978-3-411-04067-4.
  2. ↑ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 913, 951. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
  3. ↑ Stefan Schwab at Soccerway
  4. ↑ "Rapid feuert Trainer Büskens und Sportdirektor Müller". kurier.at (in German). 7 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Fünf Fakten zum neuen Rapid-Trainer Canadi". kurier.at (in German). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Offiziell: Bickel wird Rapid-Sportdirektor". kurier.at (in German). 10 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Offiziell: Rapid beurlaubt Trainer Damir Canadi". kurier.at (in German). 9 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Neuzugänge beim SK Rapid" [New signings at SK Rapid] (in German). SK Rapid Wien. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "ΠΑΟΚ: Στα ασπρόμαυρα επίσημα ο Σβαμπ". www.sport24.gr. 1 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "ΠΑΟΚ - Αϊντχόφεν 4-1: Μαγεία με Γκαρσία" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "ΠΑΟΚ - Μποέμιανς 2-0: Ο Μπίσεσβαρ με γκολ και ασίστ τον οδήγησε στα playoffs του Conference League". 12 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "ΠΑΟΚ-Λίνκολν 2-0: Και τον Φλεβάρη θα παίζει Ευρώπη ο "Δικέφαλος"!" (in Greek). www.novasports.gr. 9 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "Stefan Schwab verstärkt die KSV" (in German). holstein-kiel.de. 21 June 2025.
  14. ↑ "Stefan Schwab kickt bei der SV Oberbank Ried" [Stefan Schwab plays for SV Oberbank Ried] (in German). SV Ried. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Austria vs Liechtenstein". skysports.com. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "ΠΑΟΚ 4Χ4 και... 1,2, 4 ως αουτσάιντερ: από 75-68 το έκανε 78-80!". Gazzetta (in Greek). 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
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