SK Austria Kärnten was an Austrian association football club, from

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 ...

, Carinthia.

History

The club was formed on 1 June 2007 and took over the license of

ASKÖ Pasching ASKÖ Pasching was an Austrian football club based in Pasching, Upper Austria. The club in its later stages was also known under the sponsorship derived names SV PlusCity Pasching and, from 2003 until its end, FC Superfund. It is a precursor of ...

to play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. SK Austria took over the former name of rivalling

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 ...

(as well as several notable players and sponsors' funds). In June 2010, the club announced it was filing for bankruptcySK Austria Kärnten hat Konkurs angemeldet – oesterreich.ORF.at
/ref> and the city founded a new club, SK Austria Klagenfurt.

Stadium

Austria Kärnten played its home games at Hypo-Arena in the south-west end of

Manager history

Walter Schachner Walter "Schoko" Schachner (born 1 February 1957) is a football manager and former player, who played as a forward. He made 64 appearances scoring 23 goals for the Austria national team. As he always brought chocolate to the games when he was ...

(2007) * Klaus Schmidt (2007–2008) *

Frank Schinkels Frank "Frenkie" Schinkels (born 9 January 1963 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a former professional football midfielder and Austrian international team player and current coach. Club career Schinkels started his career in the Feyenoord youth squ ...

(2008–2009) *

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 ...

(2009–2010)

Notes

External links

Official Website
Association football clubs established in 2007 Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 Defunct football clubs in Austria Sport in Klagenfurt 2007 establishments in Austria 2010 disestablishments in Austria {{Austria-footyclub-stub