SK Austria Kärnten was an Austrian association football club, from Klagenfurt,

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History

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

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to play in the

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. SK Austria took over the former name of rivalling

FC Kärnten FC Kärnten was an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club based in Klagenfurt, Carinthia (state), Carinthia. It was founded in 1920 under the name of KSK Klagenfurt. History Austria Klagenfurt Austria Klagenfurt played success ...

(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 Klagenfurt.

Manager history

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(2007) * Klaus Schmidt (2007–2008) * Frank Schinkels (2008–2009) *

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(2009–2010)

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* 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