SV Kapfenberg facts for kids

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KSV Superfund
Full name	Kapfenberger Sportvereinigung Superfund
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 Bundesliga
2010/11	8th

The Kapfenberger SV (official Kapfenberger Sportvereinigung Superfund) is a football club from Kapfenberg, Styria.

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Raphael Wolf
2	MF	René Pitter
4	DF	Dominique Taboga (on loan from Tromsø IL)
5	DF	Milan Fukal
6	DF	Thomas Schönberger
7	FW	Herbert Wieger
8	MF	Christoph Kröpfl (on loan from RB Salzburg)
9	FW	Srđan Pavlov
10	FW	David Sencar
11	FW	Dieter Elsneg (on loan from Frosinone)
12	GK	Philipp Gröblinger
13	MF	Stefan Erkinger
14	MF	Markus Felfernig
15	DF	Christian Goller
16	MF	Ibrahim Bingöl
17	FW	Lukas Stadler
19	FW	Deni Alar

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Boris Hüttenbrenner
21	FW	Michael Tieber
22	DF	Andreas Rauscher
23	MF	Manuel Schmid
24	DF	Matej Mavrič
26	GK	Patrick Kostner
28	DF	David Otter
29	FW	Philipp Wendler
30	MF	Ralph Spirk
31	DF	Naim Sharifi
33	MF	Umut Kocin
34	MF	Michael Gregoritsch
36	GK	Filip Gacevski
37	DF	Manfred Gollner
38	MF	Mario Grgic
39	MF	Daniel Penz
	MF	Robert Gucher (on loan from Frosinone)
	DF	Tomasz Welnicki (on loan from 1.FC Nürnberg)