Appeal upheld

Protest senate lifts suspension for “Hinti”!

Turnaround in the Martin Hinteregger case. The ex-ÖFB team player was famously suspended by the Carinthian Football Association (KFV) criminal senate for his alleged assault on a fan (see links below) - now "Hinti" has lodged an appeal with the KFV protest senate. As the "Krone" has now learned, this has now been upheld.

Martin Hinteregger is right for the time being! His provisional suspension imposed by the Carinthian Football Association's penal senate has been lifted. Because "Hinti" appealed to the protest senate of the KFV - which has now been upheld. This means that Hinteregger is now allowed to resume his role as player-coach of lower-league club Sirnitz.

The provisional suspension against Hinteregger would only have lasted until there was a verdict against him in the criminal proceedings for assault (the Mittlern fan had reported Hinteregger to the police). 

"As is well known, the suspension of the criminal committee would have lasted until a verdict had been reached in the criminal proceedings for alleged assault. However, as this can take up to a year, we have lifted the suspension, as this would otherwise have been disproportionate in the worst case scenario," said Johann Kogelnig, Chairman of the Protest Senate. The verdict will only be issued in writing in the next few days.