SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007)

Association football club in Austria

Football club

Austria Klagenfurt

Full name| Sportklub Austria Klagenfurt
Nickname(s)| Die Violetten
Founded| 1920; 104 years ago (1920)
2007; 17 years ago (2007) (refounded)
Ground| Wörthersee Stadion
Capacity| 32,000
President| Herbert Matschek
Manager| Harald Gärtner
Head coach| Peter Pacult
League| Austrian Bundesliga
2023–24| Austrian Bundesliga, 6th of 12
Website| http://www.skaustriaklagenfurt.at/

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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

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

## Players

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### First team squad

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As of 26 August 2024[4]

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  AUT | Marco Knaller
2  | DF |  NED | Solomon Bonnah
3  | DF |  AUT | Matthias Dollinger
5  | MF |  AUT | Bego Kujraković
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
17  | DF |  ITA | Simon Straudi
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15  | MF |  TOG | Dikeni Salifou (on loan from Werder Bremen)
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 | Lee Min-young
95  | MF |  AUT | Philipp Wydra (on loan from Rapid Wien)

#### Staff

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As of 22 October 2021[5][6]
Head coach  |  Peter Pacult

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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]

* Walter Schoppitsch (2010–2011)
* Rudolf Perz (2011)
* Dietmar Thuller (2011–2012)
* Günther Gorenzel-Simonitsch (2012)
* Bruno Friesenbichler (2012–2013)
* Heimo Vorderegger (2013)
* Jože Prelogar (2013–2014)
* Alexander Suppantschitsch (2014)
* Manfred Bender (2014–2016)
* Gerhard Fellner (2016–2017)
* Franz Polanz (2017–2018)
* Robert Micheu (2018–2020)
* Peter Pacult (2020–)

## 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.

## External links

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* Official website (in German)

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clubs|

* Austria Klagenfurt
* Austria Wien
* Blau-Weiß Linz
* Grazer AK
* Hartberg
* LASK
* Rapid Wien
* Red Bull Salzburg
* Rheindorf Altach
* Sturm Graz
* Wolfsberger AC
* WSG Tirol

stadiums|

* Josko Arena
* Allianz Stadion
* Cashpoint Arena
* Generali-Arena
* Lavanttal-Arena
* Merkur-Arena
* Profertil Arena Hartberg
* Raiffeisen Arena
* Red Bull Arena
* Tivoli Stadion Tirol
* Wörthersee Stadion

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* Bundesliga
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* Regionalliga
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women:|

* ÖFB-Frauenliga

Cup competitions|

* Austrian Cup
* Ladies Cup
* Lower Austrian Football Cup

National teams|

* Men
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* U-21
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* Women
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Regional associations|

* Burgenland Football Association
* Lower Austrian Football Association
* Upper Austrian Football Association
* Salzburg Football Association
* Styria Football Association
* Tirol Football Association
* Vorarlberg Football Association
* Vienna Football Association

History|

* Galicia national football team (Eastern Europe)
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