Sportverein Spittal/Drau is an Austrian association football club, based in

Spittal an der Drau Spittal an der Drau is a town in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia. It is the administrative centre of Spittal an der Drau District, Austria's second largest district ('' Bezirk'') by area. Geography The town is located ...

Carinthia Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German language, German. Its regional dialects belong to t ...

. The club founded in 1921 was promoted to the First League (II) in 1982 and won the championship of the 1983–84 season, however playing in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

only until its immediate relegation in 1985. Spittal then became a long-term member of the First League until in 1999 the team slipped to the

Austrian Regional League 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 ...

. In the 2008–09 season they finished 16th continuing their way down to the

Kärntner Liga The Kärntner Liga is the fourth highest division in Football in Austria, Austrian football for clubs in the area of the province of Carinthia and the East Tyrol region, that belong to the Carinthian Football Association (german: Kärntner Fussbal ...

External links

Official Website
Association football clubs established in 1921 Spittal Drau,SV 1921 establishments in Austria {{Austria-footyclub-stub