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 nameSport Club Austria Lustenau
FoundedJune 1914
GroundPlanet Pure Stadium
Lustenau, Austria
(capacity: 8,800)
ChairmanAustria Hubert Nagel
ManagerIceland Markus Mader
LeagueBundesliga
2022/238th
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.[1]

 
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.[2]

Current squad

Updated 17 December 2021.

No. Position Player
4   DF Tobias Berger
5   DF Jean Hugonet
6   MF Brandon Baiye (on loan from Clermont)
7   DF Fabian Gmeiner
8   MF Cem Türkmen (on loan from Clermont)
9   FW Bryan Teixeira (on loan from Clermont)
10   MF Muhammed Cham Saračević (on loan from Clermont)
11   FW Michael Cheukoua
12   DF Hakim Guenouche
13   DF Dragan Marceta
17   MF Raul Marte
18   DF Leo Mätzler (on loan from Altach)
No. Position Player
20   MF Wallace
21   FW Jan Stefanon
23   MF Pius Grabher
24   MF Nicolai Bösch
25   FW Haris Tabaković
27   GK Domenik Schierl
31   DF Matthias Maak
33   MF Daniel Tiefenbach
35   MF Adriel
37   DF Carlos Berlinger
44   DF Hannes Küng
98   GK Florian Eres

[3]

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)


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