SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007)

Sportklub Austria Klagenfurt is an Austrian professional football club based in the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt. The club currently compete in the 2. Liga, following relegation from the Austrian Bundesliga in 2024–25.

Austria Klagenfurt

Full name	Sportklub Austria Klagenfurt
Nickname(s)	Die Violetten
Founded	1920; 105 years ago (1920) 2007; 18 years ago (2007) (refounded)
Ground	Wörthersee Stadion
Capacity	32,000
President	Herbert Matschek
Manager	Harald Gärtner
Head coach	Peter Pacult
League	2. Liga
2024–25	Austrian Bundesliga, 12th of 12 (relegated)
Website	skaustriaklagenfurt.at
Home colours
Current season

History

Historical chart of league performance of Austria Klagenfurt and their predecessor clubs

The emergence of the club marked the end of all efforts to establish an all-Carinthian team to play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, pushed by the state's government under Jörg Haider. Austria Klagenfurt was already founded in 2007 ahead of the formation of the SK Austria Kärnten football club, but began playing not before SK Austria was dissolved in 2010^[1] and it had merged with SC St. Stefan.^[2] SK Austria Klagenfurt plays its home matches at the Hypo Group Arena.^[3] The club adopts the tradition of the former SK Austria Klagenfurt founded in 1920, renamed FC Kärnten in 1999, which was dissolved in 2009.

In 2020–21, Austria Klagenfurt finished in third place and promotion to Austrian Bundesliga for the first time in history after defeat SKN St. Pölten with aggregate 5–0 in promotion relegation play-off, the club promotion to top tier since refounded in 2007 due to obtain a licence by ÖFB.

Honours

Domestic

League

• Austrian Regionalliga Central:
  • Winners (1): 2014–15

Players

First team squad

As of 14 August, 2025^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Manuel Kuttin 4 DF  BIH Adem Mustafić 5 MF  AUT Bego Kujraković 6 DF  AUT Matteo Kitz 7 MF  AUT Florian Jaritz 8 MF  AUT Marcel Krnjic 9 FW  GER Naldinho 10 MF  SVN Nik Marinsek 11 MF  AUT Marc Andre Schmerböck 13 DF  AUT Alexander Ranacher 14 DF  JPN Rei Okada 16 MF  AUT Sebastian Pschernig 17 MF  AUT Christian Wölbl 19 DF  AUT Matthias Dollinger

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  USA Aidan Liu 21 MF  AUT Almir Oda 22 DF  AUT Marco Gantschnig (on loan from Grazer AK) 23 FW  BIH Dino Delić 24 DF  CRO Mario Matković (on loan from HNK Gorica) 30 DF  AUT Michael Lang 33 MF  AUT Leo Vielgut 37 MF  BIH Armin Karic 44 MF  AUT Elias Jandrisevits 57 GK  AUT Alexander Turkin 77 FW  AUT Denis Sinanovic 99 FW  CRO Bartol Barisic (on loan from DAC Dunajská Streda)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

No. Pos. Nation Player

Staff

As of 22 October 2021^[5][6]

Head coach	Peter Pacult
Assistant coach	Martin Lassnig
Assistant coach	Wolfgang Schellenberg
Goalkeeper coach	Thomas Lenuweit
Athletics coach	Manuel Trattnig
Team manager	Sandro Zakany
Club doctor	Christiane Loinig
Kit manager	Peter Kostolansky
Manager	Harald Gärtner
Manager	Matthias Imhof

Head coach history

As of 22 October 2021^[7]

• Walter Schoppitsch (2010–2011)
• Rudolf Perz (2011)
• Dietmar Thuller (2011–2012)
• Günther Gorenzel-Simonitsch (2012)
• Bruno Friesenbichler (2012–2013)
• Heimo Vorderegger (2013)
• Jože Prelogar (2013–2014)
• Alexander Suppantschitsch (2014)
• Manfred Bender (2014–2016)
• Gerhard Fellner (2016–2017)
• Franz Polanz (2017–2018)
• Robert Micheu (2018–2020)
• Peter Pacult (2020–)