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.

History

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 players

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 squad

As of 3 August 2023

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Richard Strebinger
2	DF	Christoph Graschi
4	MF	Adrian Marinovic
5	MF	Meletios Miskovic
6	DF	Thalyson
7	FW	Adin Omic
8	MF	Matthias Puschl
9	FW	Alexander Hofleitner
11	MF	Artur Murza
17	MF	Lukas Walchhütter
18	MF	Nemanja Zikic
19	DF	Niklas Szerencsi
20	FW	Tiba
21	FW	Maximilian Jus

No.	Position	Player
22	DF	Philipp Seidl
23	MF	Luca Hassler
24	FW	Stefan Djuric
27	DF	Christoph Pichorner
28	DF	Luis Vasquez
30	DF	Karlo Lalic
31	FW	Antonio Sokcevic
33	DF	Olivier N'Zi
34	FW	Dino Dimmel
35	MF	Davor Tomic
36	GK	Marvin Wieser
37	DF	Maximilian Hofer
38	DF	Tobias Mandler
40	DF	David Heindl