St. Pauls was crowned state champion in the recreational category.

From leisure to small field: The new national champions

On Saturday, the country's best footballers from the recreational, veterans, and small-sided categories met in Freienfeld and competed for the VSS/Raiffeisen state championship title. The recreational and small-sided cup finals took place for the first time as part of a joint final match day in Eppan/Rungg.

June 04, 2025

From: pm/dolo

The new VSS/Raiffeisen recreational state champions are the players of ASV St. Pauls. In a thrilling match, the Pauls team won the final against FC Runcadic. ASV Plose won the VSS/Raiffeisen veterans' state championship title after a thrilling football match against SSV Taufers. The match ended in a 1-1 draw after regular time.

In the penalty shootout, the Eisacktal team had luck on their side and ultimately won 8:7. In the small-field category, the FC Selva team from Wolkenstein beat the club from Schnals 2:0.

For the first time, the cup finals were held at a different venue. At the Rungg sports zone in Eppan, Latsch defeated Gitschberg in the small-sided games, while St. Pauls defeated Steinegg. This allowed St. Pauls to win both titles this year.


Small field:
Group a:
Feldthurns – Montan 2:0
Haslach – Schlanders 0:0, 2:1 after penalties.
Montan – Haslach 2:0
Schlanders – Feldthurns 3:2
Feldthurns – Haslach 0:3
Montan – Schlanders 1:1, 3:1 after extra time.Group B:
Schnals – Rentsch 3:2
Collepietra – Selva 0:1
Rentsch – Steinegg 0:1
Selva – Schnals 3:0
Schnals – Collepietra 2:1
Rentsch – Selva 1:1, 6:5 after penalties.

Semifinals:
Schlanders – Schnals 1:2
Selva – Montan 1:0

Finish:
Schnals – Selva 0:2

Old gentlemen:
Finish:
Taufers – Plose 1:1, 7:8 after penalties

Leisure:
Finish:
Runcadic – St. Pauls 1:2

Cup finals in Eppan/Rungg:
Small field:
Gitschberg – Latsch 4:5
Leisure:
St. Pauls – Steinegg 2:0