DSV Leoben is an Austrian association football club based in

Leoben Leoben () is a Styrian city in central Austria, located on the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, an armistice betwee ...

. It was founded in 1928. They play at the

Donawitz Stadium Donawitz Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Leoben, Austria. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of DSV Leoben DSV Leoben is an Austrian association football club based in Leoben. It was founded in 1928. They play at ...

History

WSV Donawitz

The club was founded on 1 February 1928 opgericht as ''Werkssportverein Donawitz'', playing in green-white colours. They played their first season at the top Styrian league in 1930/31, playing against the likes of

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, Grazer SC and Kapfenberger SC. WSV clinched the title in 1939 but subsequently lost the playoffs for promotion to the Gauliga Ost after losing to FC Wien,

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and WSV BU Neunkirchen. That same year, Donawitz town became part of Leoben but WSV kept its name. After

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, football was restored in Donawitz in 1949 and the club won another league title in 1955 to clinch promotion to the second tier of Austrian football. In 1958 WSV Donawitz won promotion to the top tier, only to be relegated back after two years.

DSV Alpine

In 1970 the club was renamed ''WSV Alpine Donawitz'' and after a year they won promotion back to the country's top tier. On 3 May 1971, the club was renamed again to ''Donawitzer SV Alpine'' or just ''DSV Alpine''. They came 6th in the league in

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and 1974, but after the 1973/74 season the club was demoted to the 2nd tier after the number of teams in the league was decreased from 17 to 10 clubs and only one team from Styria (Sturm Graz) was included. They only got back to the top tier in 1984 and remained there until 1986 en had they had another spell from 1991 until 1992. They totalled 10 years in the

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DSV Leoben

After relegation in 1992, board members of DSV Alpine and ''1. FC Leoben'' decided to merge and the new club ''DSV Leoben'' was established on 22 June 1992. Their first success was reaching the 1994/95 Austrian Cup final, which they lost to local giants

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with former player Peter Guggi at the helm. They were demoted to the third tier

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in 2009, after going into administration.

Current squad

Managers

* Bino Skasa () * Hans Grassl (1949) * Rudi Oblak (1950–1951) * Toni Heubrandner (1952–1953) * Toni Linhart Sr. (1954) * Toni Heubrandner (1955) *

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(1956) * Schani Kandler (1957–1959) * Kotzmuth (1960) *

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(1960) * Albert Puschnik (1961–62) * Toni Linhart Sr. (1962) * Werner Pichler (1963) * Toni Linhart Sr. (1963–65) * Toni Heubrandner (1965–66) * Lajos Lörinczy (1967–68) * František Korček (1968–69) * Alfréd Sezemský (1970) *

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(1971–72) *

Gerd Springer Gerhard "Gerdi" Springer (6 February 1927 – 28 July 1999) was an Austrian footballer and coach. He was also an ice hockey player (bronze medalist with the Austrian team at the World Championships 1947; member of the Austrian team in the men's ...

(1972–73) *

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(1973–74) *

(1974–76) *

(1976–77) * Fuchs (1977–78) * Huber (1978) *

(1978) *

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(1979–80) *

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(1980–81) * Peintinger (1981–82) * Przybylinski (1982–83) *

(1983) * Hadler (1983) *

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(1983–85) * Günther Klug (1985) *

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(1985–86) * Franz Mikscha (1986–87) * Karl Hofmeister (1987) *

(1987–1988) * Milan Miklavič (1989–1991) *

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(1991) *

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(1991–1993) *

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(1993) * Josef Hloušek (1993) * Milan Miklavič (1994–1995) * Heinz Eisengrein (1995) * Andreas Leutschacher (1995) * Wolfsche (1995) *

(1995–96) * Wolfsche (1996) * Savo Ekmečić (1996–97) * Helmut Kirisits (1997–98) *

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(1998–99) *

(1999–2001) *

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(2001–03) * Heinz Thonhofer (2003–05) *

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(2005–07) * Manfred Kohlbacher (2007) *

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(2007–08) *

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(2008–09) *

(2009) *

Richard Niederbacher Richard Niederbacher (born 7 December 1961) is an Austrian former professional football player and coach. Club career Niederbacher played for Strum Graz, SV Waregem, Paris Saint-Germain, Stade Reims, First Vienna, Rapid Wien, Vorwärts Ste ...

(2009–10) * Andreas Kindlinger (2010–11) *

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(2011–12) * Bernhard Muhr (2012) * Adi Pinter (2012) *

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(2012) * Jürgen Auffinger (2012) * Heinz Karner (2012–13) *

(2013) *

Carsten Jancker Carsten Jancker (born 28 August 1974) is a German football coach and former player who is the manager of Austrian club DSV Leoben. He played as a striker for various teams between 1993 and 2009, including FC Köln, Rapid Wien, FC Bayern Munic ...

(2021-)

References

External links

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Official website
Association football clubs established in 1928

Leoben 1928 establishments in Austria {{Austria-footyclub-stub