Fußballclub Kufstein is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

club based in the town of

Kufstein Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 19,600 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The great ...

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

, Austria, that competes in

Regionalliga Tirol The Regionalliga Tirol is a third-tier division of Austrian football introduced in the 2019–20 season as one of the successor of the ''Austrian Regionalliga West''. It covers the Austrian state of Tyrol and is one of five leagues at this leve ...

, one of the third tiers of the

Austrian football league system Football is the most popular sport in Austria. The Austrian Football Association, the ''ÖFB'' (''Österreichischer Fußball-Bund''), was founded in 1904 and has been a member of FIFA since then. Despite the sport's popularity, except for a suc ...

. Founded in 1987, it is affiliated to the

Tirol Football Association The Tirol Football Association (German: Tiroler Fussballerband; TFV) is an umbrella organization of the football clubs of the Austrian state Tyrol, Austria. The TFV was founded in 1919 and has its headquarters in Innsbruck. The TFV is one of 9 re ...

. The team plays its home matches at Kufstein Arena, where it has been based since its foundation.

History

The club was formed in 1919, around twenty years after football was popularised in Austria. The club was known as SV Kufstein up until

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, and from 1946 to 1987 as SC Kufstein. The current name was adopted in 1987 following a merger with local amateur club ESV Kufstein. Since 1987, the club has played in the

Austrian Regional League West The Austrian Regional League West (german: Regionalliga West) was a third-tier division of football in Austria, Austrian football introduced in the 1980–81 season as successor of the ''Alpenliga''. It covered the Austrian states of Salzburg (st ...

and the

Austrian Football First League The Austrian Football Second League (german: 2. Liga) is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football. It was formerly called the First League (''Erste Liga''), from 2002 to 2018. The division currently contains 16 teams, and t ...

Stadium

FC Kufstein play their home matches in Kufstein Arena, which is close to the centre of the town. The stadium was opened in 1925 and substantially redeveloped in 1999. The current capacity is 4500. The team's average home attendance for the 2010–11 season was 265. The stadium has hosted international matches, including 2010 friendlies between

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and

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and

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Current squad

Achievements

* Austrian Third Division (West): ** Winners (4): 1983, 1986, 1993, 2005 * Tyrol State League: ** Winners (3): 1949, 1973, 1981

References

External links

nbsp;– Official website

nbsp;– Facebook page

nbsp;– YouTube channel Football clubs in Austria Association football clubs established in 1919

FC Kufstein Fußballclub Kufstein is an association football club based in the town of Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria, that competes in Regionalliga Tirol, one of the third tiers of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1987, it is affiliated to the Tiro ...