SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007)

Association football club in Austria

Football club
Austria Klagenfurt
Full nameSportklub Austria Klagenfurt
Nickname(s)Die Violetten
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920)
2007; 17 years ago (2007) (refounded)
GroundWörthersee Stadion
Capacity32,000
PresidentHerbert Matschek
ManagerHarald Gärtner
Head coachPeter Pacult
LeagueAustrian Bundesliga
2022–23Austrian Bundesliga, 6th of 12
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

SK Austria Klagenfurt is an Austrian professional football club based in the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt, the club currently competing in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top tier in Austrian football.

History

Historical chart of league performance of Austria Klagenfurt and their predecessor clubs

The emergence of the club marked the end of all efforts to establish an all-Carinthian team to play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, pushed by the state's government under Jörg Haider. Austria Klagenfurt was already founded in 2007 ahead of the formation of the SK Austria Kärnten football club, but began playing not before SK Austria was dissolved in 2010[1] and it had merged with SC St. Stefan.[2] SK Austria Klagenfurt plays its home matches at the Hypo Group Arena.[3] The club adopts the tradition of the former SK Austria Klagenfurt founded in 1920, renamed FC Kärnten in 1999, which was dissolved in 2009.

In 2020–21, Austria Klagenfurt finished in third place and promotion to Austrian Bundesliga for the first time in history after defeat SKN St. Pölten with aggregate 5–0 in promotion relegation play-off, the club promotion to top tier since refounded in 2007 due to obtain a licence by ÖFB.

Honours

Domestic

League

  • Austrian Regionalliga Central:
    • Winners (1): 2014–15

Players

First team squad

As of 7 July, 2024[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Austria AUT Marco Knaller
2 DF Netherlands NED Solomon Bonnah
3 DF Austria AUT Matthias Dollinger
5 MF Austria AUT Bego Kujrakovic
6 MF Austria AUT Tobias Koch
7 FW Austria AUT Florian Jaritz
8 MF Greece GRE Kosmas Gezos
9 FW Austria AUT Nicolas Binder
10 FW North Macedonia MKD David Toshevski
11 FW United States USA Sebastian Soto
14 MF Austria AUT Christopher Cvetko
16 MF Germany GER Iba May
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Italy ITA Simon Straudi
19 DF Austria AUT Niklas Szerencsi
24 MF Austria AUT Christopher Wernitznig
27 DF Germany GER Jonas Kühn
29 MF Germany GER Laurenz Dehl
30 GK Austria AUT Simon Spari
31 DF Austria AUT Thorsten Mahrer
34 DF Austria AUT Jannik Robatsch
41 GK Austria AUT Alexander Turkin
77 FW Germany GER Ben Bobzien (on loan from Mainz 05)
80 MF South Korea KOR Min-young Lee
95 MF Austria AUT Philipp Wydra (on loan from Rapid Wien)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Staff

As of 22 October 2021[5][6]
Head coach Austria Peter Pacult
Assistant coach Austria Martin Lassnig
Assistant coach Germany Wolfgang Schellenberg
Goalkeeper coach Austria Thomas Lenuweit
Athletics coach Austria Manuel Trattnig
Team manager Austria Sandro Zakany
Club doctor Austria Christiane Loinig
Kit manager Slovakia Peter Kostolansky
Manager Germany Harald Gärtner
Manager Germany Matthias Imhof

Head coach history

As of 22 October 2021[7]

References

  1. ^ "Eine Austria stirbt, eine lebt > Kleine Zeitung". Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Stadt unterstützt nun SV Austria Klagenfurt – esterreich.ORF.at". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Vom Lavanttal ins "Klagenfurter Ufo" gebeamt". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  4. ^ "SK Austria Klagenfurt - Team" (in German). SK Austria Klagenfurt. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. ^ "SK Austria Klagenfurt - Betreuer" (in German). SK Austria Klagenfurt. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  6. ^ "SK Austria Klagenfurt - Funktionäre" (in German). SK Austria Klagenfurt. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  7. ^ "SK Austria Klagenfurt » Manager history". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

External links

  • Official website (in German)


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