SC Austria Lustenau

SC Austria Lustenau is a football club from Lustenau, Vorarlberg. The club is playing in the Erste Liga, the second division in Austria.

Austria Lustenau

Full name	Sport Club Austria Lustenau
Founded	June 1914
Ground	Planet Pure Stadium Lustenau, Austria
Capacity	8,800
Chairman	Hubert Nagel
Manager	Martin Brenner
League	Bundesliga
2023/24	12th relegated
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in June 1914 as football department of Turnerbund Lustenau and was named FA Turnerbund Lustenau. This name had the club till 1936. For not having a football assosiation in Vorarlberg the club only played friendly matches. During the time of First World War there were no matches. In 1920 the club started in a regular championship. The first success was the Vorarlberg championship in the 1929/30 season. They were qualified for the Austrian Amateur Championship and reached the final versus Kremser SC.

In 1936 the club left the Turnerbund Lustenau and became a club of its own. The were renamed to SC Austria Lustenau. In the following years they reached several titels. In 1994 they won the Regionalliga West and were promoted to the First League, the second division in Austrian football. From 1997 to 2000 they played in the Bundesliga, the top division of Austrias football. Since the relegation 2 000 they played in the 2. Liga. In the 2021-22 season they won the league and were promotet to the Bundesliga.

Cup final 2011

The biggest success so far was the Cup final in 2010/11. Austria Lustenau was the first club from Vorarlberg which ever reached a Cup final. The match was lost against SV Ried. In 2020 they reached again the Cup final but lost again versus FC Red Bull Salzburg.

The club secured promotion back to the Bundesliga after 22 years in the second division with a 2-1 away win against SV Horn. At the end of the 2023/24 season, Lustenau was relegated from the Bundesliga again.

Current squad

Updated 17 December 2021. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF Austria Tobias Berger 5 DF France Jean Hugonet 6 MF Belgium Brandon Baiye (on loan from Clermont) 7 DF Austria Fabian Gmeiner 8 MF Turkey Cem Türkmen (on loan from Clermont) 9 FW France Bryan Teixeira (on loan from Clermont) 10 MF Austria Muhammed Cham Saračević (on loan from Clermont) 11 FW Cameroon Michael Cheukoua 12 DF France Hakim Guenouche 13 DF Austria Dragan Marceta 17 MF Austria Raul Marte 18 DF Austria Leo Mätzler (on loan from Altach)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF Brazil Wallace 21 FW Austria Jan Stefanon 23 MF Austria Pius Grabher 24 MF Austria Nicolai Bösch 25 FW Switzerland Haris Tabaković 27 GK Austria Domenik Schierl 31 DF Austria Matthias Maak 33 MF Hungary Daniel Tiefenbach 35 MF Brazil Adriel 37 DF Austria Carlos Berlinger 44 DF Austria Hannes Küng 98 GK Austria Florian Eres

Honours

• Runner-up Austrian Amateur Championship: 1930 (FA Turnerbund)
• Champion 2nd division: 1997
• Champion Regionalliga West(3rd division): 1994
• Champion Tyrol/Vorarlberg: 1977
• Vorarlberger Champion: 1930 (FA Turnerbund), 1937, 1946, 1949, 1965, 1977, 1978, 1980 (Austria) , 2005 (Austria-Amateure)
• Vorarlberger Cup : 1936, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1980 (Austria) 1999 (Austria-Amateure)