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
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920)
2007; 17 years ago (2007) (refounded)
Ground28 Black Arena
Capacity32,000
PresidentHerbert Matschek
ManagerHarald Gärtner
Head coachPeter Pacult
LeagueAustrian Bundesliga
2022–23Austrian Bundesliga, 6th of 12
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History edit

 
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 edit

Domestic edit

League edit

Players edit

First team squad edit

As of 8 February 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
4 DF   SRB Nikola Đorić
5 MF   AUT Bego Kujrakovic
6 MF   MAR Ali Loune (on loan from Nürnberg)
7 FW   AUT Florian Jaritz
8 MF   GRE Kosmas Gezos
9 FW   AUT Nicolas Binder
10 FW   GER Sinan Karweina
11 FW   USA Sebastian Soto
13 GK   GER Phillip Menzel
14 MF   AUT Christopher Cvetko
17 DF   ITA Simon Straudi
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   SCO Andy Irving (on loan from West Ham United)
20 MF   GER Rico Benatelli
23 MF   GER Max Besuschkow (on loan from Hannover 96)
24 MF   AUT Christopher Wernitznig
30 GK   AUT David Puntigam
31 DF   AUT Thorsten Mahrer
33 DF   GER Till Schumacher
34 DF   AUT Jannik Robatsch
37 DF   AUT Nicolas Wimmer
39 FW   GER Jonas Arweiler
44 GK   AUT Marcel Köstenbauer
77 FW   AUT Aaron-Sky Schwarz (on loan from Rapid Wien)
92 MF   AUT Fabio Markelic
99 FW   CRO Anton Maglica

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Moritz Berg (at Viktoria 1889 Berlin until 30 June 2024)
MF   GER Laurenz Dehl (at Viktoria 1889 Berlin until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GER Iba May (at Viktoria 1889 Berlin until 30 June 2024)
FW   MKD David Toshevski (at Šibenik until 30 June 2024)

Staff edit

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 edit

As of 22 October 2021[7]

References edit

  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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