2002/2003 and 2003/2004 seasons After having emerged as a regular starter in the second half of the previous season, he played 29 league games this season, starting 22 of them and seeing eight yellow cards.
Having no future with Austria Wien, Scharner was forced to look for a new team and ended up playing for SV Austria Salzburg, who where at that time fighting against relegation, signing a contract until June 2006 [REF].