SV Lafnitz

Football club

SV Lafnitz

Full name| Sportverein Lafnitz
Founded| 1964; 61 years ago (1964)
Ground| Sportplatz Lafnitz[1]
Capacity| 2,000
Owner| Bernhard Loidl
Chairman| Walter Kogler
Manager| Robert Weinstabl
League| Regionalliga Central
2024–25| 2\. Liga, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Website| http://www.sv-licht-loidl-lafnitz.at/

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Sportverein Lafnitz (commonly known as SV Licht-Loidl Lafnitz for sponsorship purposes) is an Austrian association football club from Lafnitz. They currently play in the Austrian Regionalliga Central after their relegation from the 2\. Liga in the 2024–25 season and play their home games at the Sportplatz Lafnitz in Lafnitz.

## History

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The club, which is a part of the Styria Football Association, was founded in 1964 and played predominantly in the lower leagues within Styria.

With the takeover of the chairmanship by Bernhard Loidl, who previously supported the club with his company Licht Loidl as a sponsor, in 2009, the club achieved great sporting success. At two-year intervals, championship titles were celebrated, with which, by 2013, the rise from the sixth to the third division in Austria, the Regionalliga Mitte, was achieved.

At the same time, in 2011 and 2012, the old, dilapidated sports field was transformed into a new, smart football arena with a new clubhouse and new grandstand. Although the municipality has only 1,400 inhabitants, the capacity of the stadium holds about 2000 spectators. While an average of around 800 spectators visited the home matches in the national league, there are currently around 1000 visitors in the regional league, most of whom come from neighboring Burgenland. About 100 fans accompany the team to away games.

The players of the team generally come from the region, which makes them popular with supporters. There are currently some former players from neighboring second division TSV Hartberg at SV Lafnitz.

Two players made the leap into professional football via Lafnitz: the Croatian Domagoj Bešlić, who moved to the second division club Austria Klagenfurt in 2015 before returning to Lafnitz in January 2018, and Albert Vallci, who joined the second division club SV Horn in 2016.

Historical chart of SV Lafnitz league performance

### Promotion to the 2. Liga

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Christian Waldl, who is in possession of the UEFA A license, arrived in the summer of 2012 from the USV Hartberg Umgebung and he succeeded right away to lead the team to the title in the Landesliga Steiermark. In September 2015, they parted company with Waldl. Waldl's successor was former Austrian international Ferdinand Feldhofer.

In the first season under Feldhofer (2015–16) the team finished in sixth place. In 2016–17, they finished just two points behind the champions TSV Hartberg in second place. In 2017–18 Lafnitz, who were top of the league from the 13th game, guaranteed their promotion to the 2. Liga with a 3–0 victory over Wolfsberger AC at the 26 game. Just two games later, the team sealed the championship title in the Regionalliga Mitte with a 3–1 victory over local rivals FC Gleisdorf 09.

Since their promotion to the 2. Liga in the 2018–19 season, Lafnitz has steadily climbed the table each year. After Feldhofer's departure at the end of 2019, current coach Philip Semlic has led the squad to finish as high as 4th place in the 2021-22 2. Liga and took them to a 3rd round appearance in the 2021–22 Austrian Cup.

## First-team squad

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### Current squad

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As of 15 January 2025[2]

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

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1  | GK |  AUT | Gabriel Suprun
2  | MF |  FRA | Enzo Mougnol
3  | MF |  AUT | Kürsat Güclü
4  | DF |  AUT | Sebastian Feyrer
5  | MF |  AUT | Vincent Spari
6  | MF |  AUT | Johannes Schriebl
7  | MF |  GER | Luca Butkovic
8  | MF |  AUT | Philipp Siegl
9  | FW |  GER | Timon Burmeister
10  | FW |  BEL | Edon Murataj
11  | FW |  AUT | Jakob Knollmüller
12  | FW |  FRA | Kylian Silvestre
13  | MF |  GER | Justin Hofmann
14  | FW |  SUI | Yvan Alounga
15  | DF |  GER | Tim Meyer
16  | DF |  AUT | Stefan Trimmel
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17  | MF |  AUT | Andreas Radics
18  | DF |  AUT | Florian Freissegger
19  | FW |  BIH | Zvonimir Plavcic
20  | MF |  BIH | Ermin Mahmic
21  | GK |  GER | Kimi Løkkevik
22  | MF |  SUI | Burak Alili
23  | DF |  AUT | Mehdi Hetemaj
24  | DF |  AUT | Christoph Pichorner
25  | FW |  CZE | Florian Visna (on loan from Viktoria Plzeň U19)
26  | MF |  AUT | Michael Preisinger
27  | MF |  AUT | Denis Dizdarevic
28  | DF |  NED | Alvaro Henry
29  | FW |  BFA | Dylann Kam
30  | FW |  CIV | Mickael Dosso
33  | GK |  AUT | Kilian Schröcker
37  | GK |  BIH | Adnan Kanurić

### Coaching staff

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Position  | Staff

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Head coach  |  Philipp Semlic
Athletic coach  |  Denny Krcmarek
Assistant coach  |  Rainer Wohlmuth
Assistant coach  |  Daniel Siegl
Video Analyst  |  Michael Steiner
Goalkeeper coach  |  Daniel Breier
Team manager  |  Thomas Zingl
Physiotherapist  |  Benjamin Ebner
Massagist  |  Ferenc Jakab

## Coach history

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No. | Head coach | Nationality | From | Until | Days

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1  | Norbert Krutzler  |  Austria | 1 August 2008  | 14 February 2010  | 531
2  | Johannes Sauhammel  |  Austria | 15 February 2010  | 30 June 2012  | 866
3  | Christian Waldl  |  Austria | 30 July 2012  | 26 September 2015  | 1153
4  | Rainer Wohlmuth (interim)  |  Austria | 25 September 2015  | 9 October 2015  | 14
5  | Ferdinand Feldhofer |  Austria | 10 October 2015  | 23 December 2019  | 1535
6  | Philip Semlic  |  Austria | 3 January 2020  |  |

## Past seasons

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Season  | League  | Level  | Place  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts  | Austrian Cup

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2008–09 | Unterliga Ost (VI) | 6 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 83 | 32 | 51 | 60 | not qualified
2009–10 | Oberliga Süd/Ost (V) | 5 | 5 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 36 | 14 | 42 | not qualified
2010–11 | Oberliga Süd/Ost (V) | 5 | 1 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 77 | 31 | 46 | 65 | not qualified
2011–12 | Landesliga Steiermark (IV) | 4 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 64 | 59 | 5 | 44 | not qualified
2012–13 | Landesliga Steiermark (IV) | 4 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 80 | 36 | 44 | 63 | not qualified
2013–14 | Regionalliga Mitte (III) | 3 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 55 | 13 | 55 | 1st round
2014–15 | Regionalliga Mitte (III) | 3 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 28 | 26 | 52 | 2nd round
2015–16 | Regionalliga Mitte (III) | 3 | 6 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 62 | 52 | 10 | 49 | 1st round
2016–17 | Regionalliga Mitte (III) | 3 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 27 | 27 | 60 | 3rd round
2017–18 | Regionalliga Mitte (III) | 3 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 70 | 16 | 54 | 67 | 1st round
2018–19 | 2\. Liga (II) | 2 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 42 | -6 | 33 | 3rd round
2019–20 | 2\. Liga (II) | 2 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 39 | 1st round
2020–21 | 2\. Liga (II) | 2 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 35 | 21 | 55 | 2nd round
2021–22 | 2\. Liga (II) | 2 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 42 | 11 | 52 | 3rd round
2022–23 | 2\. Liga (II) | 2 | 8 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 46 | 2 | 41 | 2nd round
Green marks a season followed by promotion

## Reserve squad

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### Coaching staff

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Position  | Staff

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Head coach  |  Klaus Guger
Assistant coach  |  Andreas Pichlbauer
Video Analyst  |  Patrick Mikovits
Massagist  |  Marco Wilfinger
Verena Schocher

### Past seasons

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Season  | League  | Level  | Place  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

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2014–15 | 1\. Klasse Ost A (VIII) | 8 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 72 | 29 | 43 | 55
2015–16 | Gebietsliga Ost (VII) | 7 | 1 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 104 | 20 | 84 | 67
2016–17 | Unterliga Ost (VI) | 6 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 84 | 48 | 36 | 52
2017–18 | Oberliga Süd/Ost (V) | 5 | 1 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 76 | 37 | 39 | 57
2018–19 | Landesliga Steiermark (IV) | 4 | 6 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 58 | 51 | 7 | 47
2019–20 | Landesliga Steiermark (IV) | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 29
2020–21 | Landesliga Steiermark (IV) | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 21
2021–22 | Landesliga Steiermark (IV) | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 80 | 29 | 51 | 60
2022–23 | Landesliga Steiermark (IV) | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Green marks a season followed by promotion

## Honours

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* Austrian Regionalliga Mitte (III)
* Winners (1): 2017–18
* Runner-ups (1): 2016–17
* Landesliga Steiermark (IV)
* Winners (1): 2012–13
* Oberliga Süd/Ost (V)
* Winners (1): 2010–11, 2017–18 ‡
* Unterliga Ost (VI)
* Winners (1): 2008–09
* Runner-ups (1): 2016–17 ‡
* Gebietsliga Ost (VII)
* Winners (1): 2015–16 ‡
* 1\. Klasse Mitte A (VIII)
* Winners (1): 2014–15 ‡

‡ Reserve team

## References

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1. ^ "Austria - SV Lafnitz - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
2. ^ "Kader Profis 2024/25". SV Lafnitz. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

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