SK Austria Klagenfurt is an Austrian football club, based in the

Carinthian Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Bavarian group. Carint ...

capital

Klagenfurt Klagenfurt am WörtherseeLandesgesetzblatt 2008 vom 16. Jänner 2008, Stück 1, Nr. 1: ''Gesetz vom 25. Oktober 2007, mit dem die Kärntner Landesverfassung und das Klagenfurter Stadtrecht 1998 geändert werden.'/ref> (; ; sl, Celovec), usually ...

, currently playing in the Austrian Bundesliga.

History

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 Jörg Haider (; 26 January 1950 – 11 October 2008) was an Austrian politician. He was Governor of Carinthia on two occasions, the long-time leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and later Chairman of the Alliance for the Future of ...

. Austria Klagenfurt was already founded in 2007 ahead of the formation of the

SK Austria Kärnten SK Austria Kärnten was an Austrian association football club, from Klagenfurt, Carinthia. History The club was formed on 1 June 2007 and took over the license of ASKÖ Pasching to play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. SK Austria took o ...

football club, but began playing not before SK Austria was dissolved in 2010 and it had merged with SC St. Stefan. SK Austria Klagenfurt plays its home matches at the Hypo Group Arena.Vom Lavanttal ins "Klagenfurter Ufo“ gebeamt
/ref> The club adopts the tradition of the former SK Austria Klagenfurt founded in 1920, renamed

FC Kärnten FC Kärnten was an Austrian association football club based in Klagenfurt, Carinthia. It was founded in 1920 under the name of KSK Klagenfurt. History Austria Klagenfurt Austria Klagenfurt played successfully in the ''Kärntner Liga'' and in ...

in 1999, which was dissolved in 2009. Austria klagenfurt Performance Graph

Honours

Domestic

League

Austrian Regionalliga Central The Austrian Regional League Central (german: Regionalliga Mitte) is a third-tier division of Austrian football, established in the 1994–95 season. It covers the Austrian states of Carinthia (with East Tyrol), Styria and Upper Austria and is ...

: **Winners (1): 2014–15

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Staff

Head coach history

* Walter Schoppitsch (2010–2011) *

Rudolf Perz Rudolf Perz (born 31 May 1972) is a former Austrian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Can ...

(2011) * Dietmar Thuller (2011–2012) * Günther Gorenzel-Simonitsch (2012) *

Bruno Friesenbichler Bruno Friesenbichler (born 30 March 1968) is an Austrian football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the father of footballers Kevin Friesenbichler and Robin Friesenbichler, and the brother of retired footballer Günter ...

(2012–2013) * Heimo Vorderegger (2013) *

Jože Prelogar Jože Prelogar (born 5 March 1959) is a Slovenian football manager and former player. He played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breakin ...

(2013–2014) * Alexander Suppantschitsch (2014) *

Manfred Bender Manfred Bender (born 24 May 1966) is a German football manager and former player. He last managed Austria Klagenfurt. Between 1989 and 1999 he played for FC Bayern Munich, Karlsruher SC and 1860 Munich. In total Bender played 229 games in the ...

(2014–2016) *

Gerhard Fellner Gerhard Fellner (born 24 April 1970) is a football manager and former player. Coaching career Early career Fellner started his coaching career as an assistant coach at First Vienna FC First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football cl ...

(2016–2017) * Franz Polanz (2017–2018) *

Robert Micheu Robert Micheu (born 8 July 1975) is an Austrian association football, football manager and a former player who played as a midfielder. He is an academy coach with SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007), Austria Klagenfurt. Club career Since 2017 he has b ...

(2018–2020) * Peter Pacult (2020–)

References

External links

* Association football clubs established in 1920 Football clubs in Austria Sport in Klagenfurt 1920 establishments in Austria SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007) {{Austria-footyclub-stub