Mountain conquerors and selfie hunters: This is the Oberliga eleven of the season

TOR Domenico Torcasio (Virtus Bozen) : Showed similar dexterity with the selfie pole after the Virtus victories as he did in his saves during the Games. At 39 years old, Mimmo should be slowly starting to rust, but instead the cult goalkeeper still dives, dives, hisses and celebrates like he did in his former Sturm und Drang days. Not least because of this, it was a key element of the Virtus championship team.

DEFENSE Roland Harrasser (St. Georgen) : A symbol of St. Georgen's defense: experienced, calm and with the famous Puster toughness. He plowed the outer lanes of the various football fields as diligently as a mulcher would a farmer's pasture, but at the same time made it extremely difficult for any opponent to land a shot into the barn door. Formed the best defense in the league with his colleagues Althuber, Brugger, Aichner and Mirri - and as a reward he was allowed to play in the promotion round on still intact pitches outside the region. Stefan Rellich (Tramin) : The Tramin native was actually trained as a striker. In terms of positioning, he now behaves in a manner that is as polyvalent as Christof Innerhofer in his photo shoot poses for a sought-after Italian underwear label. Was increasingly active as a defender this season and took on a kind of foster father role for the mostly extremely young Tramin defense. If Rellich was missing, there would quickly be a fire under the roof. Hannes Steger (Ahrn Valley) : The tough defender scored 200 points for Ahrntal during the season. At 31, he is still an old-school defender, someone who is often referred to in football parlance as a “real guy”. Often has a louder tone for his teammates, lets the opponent feel the icy cleats of his shoes when necessary - and thanks to consistently solid performances, together with goalkeeper Patrick Psenner, he was the main defensive player in the brilliant comeback in the second half of the season.

MIDFIELD Stefan Clementi (Eppan) : The man from Leifer in the service of Eppan showed that even the highest mountains can be climbed with the combination of youthful carefreeness and huge talent. This became particularly clear when he climbed the Virtus massif, when he drilled his spikes so deep into its ice wall with a double pack on the first day of the game that some people began to believe that the Green-White Mountains were crumbling. But of course the colossus from the capital remained steadfast - as did Clementi himself, who not only increased his age from 17 to 18 as the season progressed, but also increased his goal tally by a further 11 goals. And that despite the fact that he played in the first amateur league last year. The discovery of the season. Michael Aiello (Nature) : Worked as a clearer in the midfield as effectively as a waiter in front of a table lined with dirty plates, but at the same time repeatedly revealed his sharply sharpened feet, with which he easily filleted the opposing defense lines. He put himself fully at the service of the team in every game - this was particularly clear in his record-breaking yield of yellow cards (just over 15). Not least because of this, he is the head of the Naturns team. Martin Ritsch (St. Georgen) : The constant in the St. Georgen game with impressive all-rounder qualities: He is not above doing the dirty work, can also direct the game as a ball distributor and has at least one or two brilliant moments per game in which he shows that he is actually intended for higher tasks would be determined. Michael Osti (Eppan) : Quiet voices claim that, in addition to numerous league clubs, a company specializing in life insurance is also interested in the striker. All jokes aside: Osti actually scored 20 times for Eppan and thus eradicated the long-standing dilemma of Überetsch's lack of goals in one fell swoop. For the statistics fans: Without Osti's goal, Eppan would have 19 points less and would probably have ended up in the relegation battle again. There is no better way to define life insurance. This dubious company must have thought that too.

ATTACK Max Dalpiaz (Virtus Bozen) : For many he is the most complete player in the league, for some he has even achieved prince status. The fact is that the lanky attacker has had the best season of his career. In the Virtus Ferrari it was the 500 hp engine, the heart of the car, which on the one hand pulled the car forward in no time at all, but on the other hand also made the big difference to other car brands (or teams). With 25 goals, he is the third most dangerous attacker in the league. Matthias Bacher (Nature) : The football gods don't mean well to him: last year he caused the opposition's goal net to fidget 27 times, but had to hand over the top scorer crown to Hansjörg Stockner (33). This year Bacher achieved another crown-worthy mark with 26 goals, but was once again outscored by Fabio Bertoldi (33). Great consolation: the best Naturns league season of all time bore his signature thick and bold. Fabio Bertoldi (Bozen FC) : 33 goals in 30 games – you don't need to say much more about that. Except: This season was from another planet, King Fabio.

TRAINER Luca Lomi (Virtus Bozen) : The trainer managed to form a functioning and successful collective out of the motley and at times unsettled star team. The championship title was also his achievement.

ON THE BENCH Patrick Psenner (Ahrn Valley) : Played seven clean sheets in the second half of the season – making him a protagonist of the Ahrntal fairy tale. Elmar Haller (St. Martin) : Solid and uncompromising. Always had his man in the Mortiner defense. Markus Fiechter (Brixen) : Although the Brixen season was disappointing, there were some highlights. Example Markus Fiechter and the Eisacktaler defense: With 36 goals conceded, the Brixen defense was the fourth safest in the entire league. Alex Pfitscher (Tramin) : Thomas Müller from Tramin: lanky, fast and with a pronounced move towards the goal. With eleven goals, he is the safest shooter in his Unterland club. Mattia Pareti (Bozen FC) : Elegant mastermind in the midfield of Bozner FC. Lukas hofer (Virtus Bozen) : Came, saw and scored: In 14 games of the second half of the season, the Gargazon native, who came from Lana in the winter (where he scored 17 times in the first half of the season), netted a whopping eight times. Martin Blaas (Nature) : Newcomer of the season. His seven goals for Naturns were all important. The 18-year-old has a great future ahead of him.

Thomas Debelyak, Sports News

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Mountain conquerors and selfie hunters: This is the Oberliga eleven of the season

The league year ended on Sunday. Reason enough for SportNews to take stock - this time in the form of a top 11.

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