A picture from earlier days: Felix Lintner's Terlan comeback has been more than successful.

A dream comeback in amateur football

In the shadow of the Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina, the second half of the season in the local regional league began this weekend. A dream comeback caused quite a stir on Sunday.

February 08, 2026

From: dl

In the summer of 2024, Felix Lintner moved from Terlan to FC Obermais in the Oberliga (fifth tier). With the Blue and Whites, the attacking player promptly achieved promotion to Serie D (seventh tier) and played a major role in their promotion season. However, in the semi-professional league, the former Bozner FC player saw little playing time, prompting Terlan to bring him back in the winter after a year and a half.

Lintner made a sensational impact there: On Sunday, he practically single-handedly turned the top match against Naturns around with a brace. The Etschtal team prevailed 2-1 against the Untervinschgau side on their home artificial turf. A bitter defeat for Naturns: Their gap to league leaders Bruneck widened to six points as the second half of the season kicks off.

St. Pauls wins ancient derby

In the Oberliga, St. Pauls won the long-standing derby in Rungg against Tramin 2-1. This victory propelled the Überetsch team into the middle of the table. Meanwhile, league leaders Virtus Bozen secured a 1-0 win in the derby against their city rivals, Bozner FC, thanks to an early goal. Virtus now holds a three-point lead over their two closest pursuers, Levico and Rovereto.

Ahrntal, on the other hand, pulled off a coup in the relegation battle, winning 3-1 away against Lavis. Florian Gartner stood out with a brace. Teldra are now level on points with St. Georgen, who could only manage a 1-1 draw at home against Union Trento. Brixen, second from bottom in the table, secured a 0-0 draw against Partschins in Marco Marzari's coaching debut.

Oberliga: 18th matchday

Benacense – Mori 0:2
0:1 Spagnolli (72nd), 0:2 Candio (78th)

St. Georgen – Union Trento 1:1
1:0 Sanna (21st), 1:1 Malfer (60th)

Rovereto – Comano 0:1
0-1 Pasini (63.)

St. Pauls – Tramin 2-1
1:0 Recla (3rd), 1:1 Pomella (31st), 2:1 own goal Obexer (52nd)

Brixen – Partschins 0:0

Lavis – Ahrntal 1:3
0:1 Gaisler (9th), 1:1 Dallagiacoma (28th), 1:2 Gartner (58th), 1:3 Gartner (73rd)

Levico – Val Gardena 2:1
1:0 Bucchi (31st), 2:0 Gerthoux (62nd), 2:1 Vinatzer (94th)

Virtus Bozen – Bozner FC 1-0
1:0 Kicay (26th minute)

State league: 16th matchday

Freienfeld – Salurn 3-0
1:0 Trenkwalder (3rd), 2:0 Bartoloni (30th), 3:0 Bartoloni (90th)

Weinstraße Süd – Tscherms Marling 3:2
0:1 Margesin (11th), 0:2 Lochmann (24th), 1:2 Sanogo (43rd), 2:2 Gironimi (66th), 3:2 Micheli (72nd)

Laives – Laces 1:2
1:0 Hamza Kanoune (15th), 1:1 Kiem (45th), 1:2 Weiss (48th)

Terlan – Naturns 2:1
0:1 Peer (7th), 1:1 Lintner (59th), 2:1 Lintner (72nd)

Already played on Saturday:
Gargazon – Lana 3:0
1:0 Zandarco (30th), 2:0 Tutzer (32nd), 3:0 Mairhofer (65th)

Bruneck – Natz 2:0
1:0 Lanzinger (45th minute), 2:0 Gräber (77th minute)

Schenna – Gitschberg Jochtal 0:1
0:1 Pasquazzo (9.)

Olimpia Meran – Stegen 5:0
1:0 Angotti (5th), 2:0 Angotti (45th), 3:0 Meta (55th), 4:0 Meta (76th), 5:0 Fofana (86th)