SV Kapfenberg

Kapfenberger SV
Full name	Kapfenberger Sportvereinigung
Founded	21 March 1919 as Kapfenberger SC; 23. März 1947 as Kapfenberger Sportvereinigung
Ground	Franz-Fekete-stadium
Capacity	12 000
Chairman	Erwin Fuchs
Manager	Werner Gregoritsch
League	Austrian 2nd league
2020/21	10th

The Kapfenberger SV is a football club from Kapfenberg, Styria.

HistoryEdit

The club was founded in 1919. Before the Second World War he played under the name Kapfenberger SC and was an important part of Styrian football. 1947 the club was new founded and got new sections (table tennis, ski and handball). During the 1950´s and 60´s Kapfenberg played in the Staatsliga A and in the 1980´s in the 2.Division. In 1997 the club, which was only a section of the SV, was dissolved from the Kapfenberger SV and became a legaly independent club. From 2002/03 to 2007/08 the club played in the Erste Liga and became Champion in the 2007/08 season.

In the season 2008/09 the club played in the Bundesliga for the first time since 41 years. In the 2009/10 season the LASK was beaten 7:2, which was the highest victory in the club history.

The club plays in the Franz-Fekete-Stadium, which was built in 1951 and named after a former mayor of Kapfenberg.

Notable playersEdit

Karl Steinmetz played for the Austrian team in the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin and reached the silver medal. He scored 3 goals in this tournament.

Current squadEdit

As of 9 February, 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Austria	Christopher Giuliani (on loan from Sturm Graz)
2	MF	Austria	Christoph Graschi
3	DF	Austria	Jonas Thürschweller
4	MF	Austria	Mario Grgic
5	MF	Macedonia	Anel Selimoski
6	DF	Austria	Martin Gschiel
7	MF	Austria	Dario Sekić
8	MF	Austria	Matthias Puschl
11	FW	Georgia	Levan Eloshvili
12	GK	Austria	Patrick Krenn
13	FW	Austria	Michael Wildbacher
14	MF	Austria	Lukas Macher
15	MF	Austria	Simon Staber
16	MF	Ivory Coast	Sekou Sylla
18	MF	Serbia	Nemanja Zikic
19	MF	Austria	Dardan Shabanhaxhaj (on loan from Sturm Graz)
20	FW	Ivory Coast	Mohamed Koné


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	Austria	Stefan Kordic
22	FW	Austria	Winfred Amoah
23	MF	Austria	Luca Hassler
24	MF	Austria	Danis Markovic
26	GK	Austria	Lukas Thonhofer
27	DF	Austria	Christoph Pichorner
28	DF	Ivory Coast	Olivier N'Zi
30	DF	Austria	Karlo Lalic
31	MF	Austria	Antonio Luci Sokcevic
32	MF	Greece	Meletios Miskovic
33	MF	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sanel Bajrektarevic
34	DF	Kosovo	Erion Krasniqi
35	MF	Croatia	Davor Tomic
36	GK	Austria	Alexander Hofer
38	DF	Austria	Tobias Mandler
41	FW	Brazil	Valdir
42	DF	Croatia	Marko Iharos