SV Kapfenberg

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

Kapfenberger SV

Kapfenberger Sportvereinigung Logo.png
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

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

Coaches

• Abdulah Ibraković - coach
• David Sencar- assistance coach
• Helmut Walchhütter- goalkeeper coach

Gallery

• Werner Gregoritsch - Kapfenberger SV (Bild 2a).jpg

  Werner Gregoritsch coach of KSV

• Kapfenberger SV – Präsident Erwin Fuchs2 (Portrait) (bearb.).JPG

  Erwin Fuchs chairman

• Deni Alar - SV Kapfenberg (quer).jpg

  Deni Alar

• REDS – Fanklub der Kapfenberger SV bei einem Freundschaftstestspiel.JPG

  Fans of KSV

• SV kapfenberg (1 -0 gegen FC Red Bull Salzburg).JPG

  Players celebrating a goal versus Red Bull Salzburg

SV Kapfenberg Media

• Kapfenberg Performance Graph.png

  Historical chart of Kapfenberger SV league performance

Other websites

• SV Kapfenberg Official homepage (German)