SV Austria Salzburg
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| Full name | Sportverein Austria Salzburg | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Violette (Violet-Whites), Austrianer (SV Austria supporters) | ||
| Founded | 2005 | ||
| Ground | My Phone Austria Stadion | ||
| Capacity | 1,600 | ||
| Obmann/Chairman | Walter Windischbauer | ||
| Head coach | Jørn Andersen | ||
| League | Austrian Football First League | ||
| 2014–15 | Austrian Regional League West, 1st (promoted) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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SV Austria Salzburg is an Austrian association football club, based in the city of Salzburg. The club was formed in 2005 by some supporters of the original SV (Austria) Salzburg after it was renamed FC Red Bull Salzburg by its new owners, who also changed the club's colours from its traditional violet and white to red and white. The club commenced participation in the seventh tier of Austria's national league system in 2006, then rose through four successive championships to the third tier, Regionalliga West, in 2010. In 2015, the club gained promotion to the Erste Liga, one tier below the Austrian Bundesliga.[1]
History
The original club was formed in 1933. It was subject to a takeover by the Red Bull company in 2005. They renamed the club FC Red Bull Salzburg, changed the team colours and claimed that it was a new team. This caused a group of supporters, known as the "Violet-Whites", to want to preserve the 72-year-old traditions of their club, which they felt had been ignored by Red Bull.
Following the example set by AFC Wimbledon and F.C. United of Manchester, on 7 October 2005, the Violet-Whites successfully registered the old club's original name "SV Austria Salzburg" and the old club emblem. For the second half of the 2005–06 season SV Austria fielded a unified team with the football section of the PSV Schwarz-Weiß Salzburg, which played in the 1. Salzburg Landesliga, the fourth tier of Austrian football, but at the end of the season the PSV members voted against continuing the link. Thus, the Violet-Whites formed a completely new team, which entered 2. Klasse Nord, the seventh tier of Austrian football, for the 2006–07 season.
The first match of the relaunched SV Austria Salzburg was played on 29 July 2006 against Lieferinger SV, another Salzburg football club. SV Austria Salzburg won 6–0, and went on to win the championship and promotion to 1. Klasse Nord. This was the first of four successive championships & promotions for SV Austria Salzburg. They won the 1. Klasse Nord in 2007–08, the 2. Salzburg Landesliga in 2008–09 and the 1. Landesliga in 2009–10. The latter secured the club's promotion to Austria's third tier of football, the Regionalliga West for the 2010–11 season. The club finished fifth in the 2010–2011 season, and eighth in the 2011–2012 season.
In the 2014–15 season, the club finally got promoted to the First League, the second tier of Austrian football, by winning the Regionalliga West, after a change in the rules that see an automatic promotion place for one of the Regionalligas being rotated each season.
The promotion to the First League forced the club into debt of €900,000 by November 2015, caused by an increased budget for the players as well as a security requirement to holding certain home games without spectators. The club indicated it was willing to sell up to 51 percent of its ownership of the team to an investor, as long as the its name, colours and crest would not be altered, but the Austrian Bundesliga announced that the sale of a majority of the team would be violating the league's rules.[2]
Current squad
- As of 14 January, 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club honours
- Regionalliga West: Champions 2014, 2015
- 1. Landesliga: Champions 2010
- 2. Landesliga: Champions 2009
- 1. Klasse Nord: Champions 2008
- 2. Klasse Nord A: Champions 2007
League history
| Season |
League Contested | Level |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
League Position |
Notes | Average Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | 2. Klasse Nord A | 7 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 109 | 8 | +101 | 73 | 1st of 14 | Promoted | |
| 2007–08 | 1. Klasse Nord | 6 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 10 | +84 | 75 | 1st of 14 | Promoted | |
| 2008–09 | 2. Landesliga Nord | 5 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 90 | 28 | +62 | 67 | 1st of 14 | Promoted | |
| 2009–10 | 1. Landesliga | 4 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 24 | +44 | 60 | 1st of 14 | Promoted | |
| 2010–11 | Regionalliga West | 3 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 54 | 5th of 16 | 1,290 | |
| 2011–12 | Regionalliga West | 3 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 40 | 8th of 16 | 1,194 | |
| 2012–13 | Regionalliga West | 3 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 77 | 21 | +56 | 68 | 2nd of 16 | 1,291 | |
| 2013–14 | Regionalliga West | 3 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 96 | 15 | +81 | 79 | 1st of 16 | Defeated in playoffs | 1,298 |
| 2014–15 | Regionalliga West | 3 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 71 | 23 | +48 | 73 | 1st of 16 | Promoted | 1,332 |
| 2015–16 | First League | 2 | |||||||||||
Gallery
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Seekirchen 1b vs. Austria
2006 -
TSV Unken vs. Austria
2007 -
Austria vs. Schleedorf
2007
See also
References
- ↑ "SV Austria Salzburg feiert den Aufstieg in die Sky Go Erste Liga". Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga (in German). 29 May 2015.
- ↑ Wird Austria Salzburg verkauft? (German) Weltfussball.de, published: 5 November 2015, accessed: 7 November 2015
External links
- (German) SV Austria Salzburg: Official website
- (English) SV Austria Salzburg: Official website
- (German) Initiative Violett Weiß
- (English) Initiative Violett Weiß
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