SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007)

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.

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
Current season

History

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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

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Domestic

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League

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Players

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First team squad

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

Out on loan

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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

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

Head coach history

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As of 22 October 2021[7]

References

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  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.
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