Sportklub Austria Klagenfurt is an Austrian professional football club based in the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt. The club currently compete in the Austrian Regionalliga, following relegation from the 2. Liga in 2025–26.
History
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 did not begin playing before SK Austria was dissolved in 2010 and it had merged with SC St. Stefan. SK Austria Klagenfurt plays its home matches at the Wörthersee Stadion. 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 earned promotion to the Austrian Bundesliga after defeating SKN St. Pölten 5–0 on aggregate in the promotion-relegation play-off. This was the club's first promotion to the top tier since being refounded in 2007.
Honours
Domestic
League Austrian Regionalliga Central: Winners (1): 2014–15
Players
First team squad
Out on loan
Staff
Head coach Peter PacultAssistant coach Martin LassnigAssistant coach Wolfgang SchellenbergGoalkeeper coach Thomas LenuweitAthletics coach Manuel TrattnigTeam manager Sandro ZakanyClub doctor Christiane LoinigKit manager Peter KostolanskyManager Harald GärtnerManager Matthias Imhof
Head coach history
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 (2020–2025) Carsten Jancker (2025) interim Rolf Landerl (2025–present)
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