48-489: SV Austria Salzburg is an Austrian professional 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
96-639: A the FIFA Women's World Cup but reached the semi-finals of the European Championship in 2017 . Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or higher are included. Hans Krankl Johann " Hans " Krankl ( German: [hans ˈkʁaŋkl̩] ; born 14 February 1953) is an Austrian former professional footballer . A prolific striker , he is regarded by many as one of Austria's greatest players. Krankl started his professional career at Rapid Wien and stayed there for 8 years, apart from
144-665: A draw and two defeats, scoring a whopping 102 goals, reaching the World Cup in 1934. Andreas Herzog , with 104 internationals, is the player who has worn the shirt of the national team most times. The top scorer in history is Toni Polster , with 44 goals in 95 games. The Bundesliga is the highest national league-club competition in Austria has 12 teams, the second tier is the Second League ( 2. Liga ) has 16 teams. The third tier consists of three parallel divisions which are
192-733: A finalist of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1978 and SV Austria Salzburg were finalist of the UEFA Cup in 1993–94 . The Austrian men's national team, in its different categories, is controlled by the Austrian Football Federation. The Austrian team played their first official game on October 12, 1902 in Vienna against Hungary, a match that was resolved with victory by the Austrians 5-0. This match
240-467: A lack of sporting prospects. He was succeeded by Gerald Baumgartner , who also took over the position of sporting director . Shortly afterwards, co-coach Thomas Klochan and goalkeeping coach Alex Schriebl also left the club. On 1 March 2016, the vast majority of creditors approved the reorganisation plan. As a result, the club, which was in debt to the tune of €1.4 million, was able to finish the 2015/16 season. While ninth place would have been enough to keep
288-414: A purple captain's bow, a small purple logo of the new outfitter Adidas on the jerseys and purple socks for the goalkeeper as the only compromise, which was viewed as an insult by the club's traditionalists. In the course of the first half of the 2005/06 season, Austria's fan camp split into traditional violet supporters and new Red Bull supporters. Protest banners, chants, continued violet choreographies and
336-822: A qualifier in 2016 , but finished last in their group and failed to advance. Appeared in the European championship in 2008 (when it co-hosted the championship with Switzerland ), 2016 , 2020 and recently qualified for 2024 . Their best up to date achievement of this competition was the Round of 16 in the 2020 edition. In the World Cup , Austria has a slightly better record, achieving fourth and third place in 1934 and 1954 , respectively. Other than that, Austria either did not enter ( 1930 ), did not qualify ( 1966 , 1970 , 1974 , 1986 , 1994 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 , 2018 , 2022 ), withdrew ( 1938 , 1950 , 1962 ), or
384-520: A reaction to the transformation of the club by the new owner, supporters founded the Violet-White initiative, whose initial aim was to preserve the club's violet and white tradition. They acted on several levels: On the one hand, negotiations were held with club officials, on the other hand, actions such as the peaceful invasion and occupation of the pitch during a friendly match were carried out. The talks finally broke down when Red Bull only offered
432-538: A year at Wiener AC . He won the European Golden Boot at Rapid Wien in 1978, attracting the interest of Barcelona . His spell at Barcelona was successful, winning the European Cup Winners' Cup (scoring in the final itself), and picking up the top goalscorer's award in La Liga that season with 29 goals. He returned to Rapid Wien in 1981, captaining the side and again scoring over 100 goals for them over
480-617: Is immediately recognised by Austrian football fans. Since ending his playing career at Austria Salzburg in 1989, Krankl has worked as a football manager and coach. He was employed by the Austria national team . He was sacked on 28 September 2005 after Austria failed to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup . He was also manager of LASK Linz . He has also intermittently featured as a studio guest and co-commentator on Austrian public service broadcaster ORF . Krankl has also enjoyed domestic success with his music, with several releases entering
528-458: Is new in Austrian and European football history. Prominent footballers and coaches such as Hans Krankl , Paul Scharner , Toni Pfeffer , Ernst Dospel and Herbert Prohaska also support the initiative of the violet supporters. In the run-up to the 2006 World Cup, various television stations such as ZDF and ARTE also increasingly documented the activities of the Violet-White initiative and
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#1732787185589576-471: Is the state league ( Landesliga ), with the 2. Landesliga as the fifth tier in Lower Austria and Vienna. Most states have 7 to 10 official tiers, but in Vienna unofficial tiers exist under the normal tiers. They are not organized by the ÖFB , but theoretically the champions of these tiers can promote to the official ÖFB-tiers. Below shows how the current system works. Until 1982 the championship
624-402: Is the most popular sport in Austria . The Austrian Football Association , the ÖFB ( Österreichischer Fußball-Bund ), was founded in 1904 and has been a member of FIFA since then. Despite the sport's popularity, except for a successful streak in the early 1930s , the country's national team has not been successful in tournaments. Austria played their first ever European championship as
672-814: The Central European International Cup in 1932, finished in fourth place in the 1934 World Cup and won the silver medal in the Olympic Games of Berlin 1936. In 1937 the Nationalliga was introduced, the second division in which the equipment of other states of Austria could ascend and consist of the maximum competition of the country. With the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany came the prohibition of professionalism in sport in May 1938 and several teams were banned, such as Hakoah Vienna and FK Austria Wien . The Nationalliga joined
720-593: The regional leagues ( Regionalliga ). These cover the different regions of Austria as follows: the East ( Regionalliga Ost ), which comprises teams from Vienna , Lower Austria , and Burgenland ; the Central ( Regionalliga Mitte ), featuring teams from Styria , Carinthia , Upper Austria , and East Tyrol ; and the West ( Regionalliga West ), competed for by teams from Salzburg , Tyrol , and Vorarlberg . The fourth tier
768-404: The 1930s, the Austrian team known as "Wunderteam" had players like Matthias Sindelar , nicknamed the "Mozart of football", 8 the scorer Josef Bican and Johann Horvath . This team was 14 undefeated games, 9 from April 12, 1931 to December 7, 1932, in that same period they won the Central European International Cup . Between the years of 1931 to 1934, they had the impressive run of 28 victories,
816-488: The 2nd league that season. Promotion was rejected due to lacking infrastructure. A building project close to the stadium made it necesary to erect noise protection walls. Funding and commitment came too late for the licensing procedure. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Football in Austria Football
864-718: The Bundesliga - the first and highest league competition of the country- and the Austrian Cup, and manages the national men's and women's national team. The oldest team in Austria is First Vienna FC , champion of the German Cup in 1943 and six Austrian leagues. SK Rapid Wien is the most successful team in the country, with 32 league titles, one German championship and two runners-up in the European Cup Winners Cup. FK Austria Wien also managed to be
912-808: The Landesliga. The venue was the UFC Salzburg-Danubia ground in Nonntal. At the beginning of the 2007/08 season, the search for a new long-term venue came to an end. SV Austria Salzburg now plays its matches at the Max Aicher Stadion in the district Maxglan of Salzburg. The club also secured the championship title in the three following seasons, which enabled them to march through to the Regionalliga West, Austria's third-highest division. With this success, Austria also became
960-469: The Regionalliga, where Austria has competed ever since. This season was the club's 90th anniversary, reflecting once again that the it embraces the history and tradition of the original Austria Salzburg. In addition, to the anniversary, it was officially announced that the club is now debt-free and therefore has no outstanding liabilities. Furthermore, SV Austria Salzburg met FC Red Bull Salzburg for
1008-553: The Spanish Primera División , he was the top goalscorer with 29 goals for Barcelona and was awarded the Pichichi Trophy . In a match against Malta in 1977, Krankl scored six goals as Austria ran out 9–0 winners. One of his major achievements was helping Austria qualify for the 1978 FIFA World Cup, the first time Austria had qualified for the World Cup in twenty years. He then went on to score
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#17327871855891056-497: The Violet-White initiative with banners and choreographies, as have the supporters of most second division clubs. In Germany, the supporters of many Bundesliga clubs have also expressed their solidarity, as have some of the supporters in the lower leagues. In total, 23 football fan clubs from Austria, 53 from the rest of Europe and even two from the USA have declared their solidarity with the initiative. Such unity and support among supporters
1104-459: The Year a record five times, and was voted the most popular Austrian player of the last 25 years. Krankl made his debut for Austria in a June 1973 friendly match against Brazil and was a participant at the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups . He earned 69 caps, scoring 34 goals. His final international game was an April 1985 World Cup qualification match against Hungary . In the 1978–79 season of
1152-536: The club in the sporting relegation zone despite the deduction of 6 points, the club was automatically relegated to the Regionalliga West due to the insolvency. The following season 2016/17 in the Regionalliga West ended with relegation to the Salzburger Liga (4th tier). Another financial collapse could only be avoided through donations from members. In the second year, the club was promoted back to
1200-409: The club's supporters were positive about the plan due to the club's poor financial situation. In Austria, renaming a sports club is comparatively normal; many teams in football or ice hockey bear the name of a sponsor, usually to reorganize their finances or increase their budget. Usually, however, such changes are made with respect for the club's tradition, which is only gently altered. In this case, it
1248-462: The creation of Staatsliga A in 1949, all Austrian teams came together to form a league. However, the road to organizing the league was difficult. A conflict between the representatives of amateur and professional football led to the separation of the Vienna league from the football federation, and a new competition was established on June 30, 1949. A year later the Staatsliga B, the second division,
1296-473: The end of the season, however, the cooperation was terminated again, as no guarantees were given by PSV for a future outsourcing of the football section. In the 2006/07 season, Austria started as an independent club with a completely new squad (including some footballers from their own supporters' section) in the lowest division, the Salzburg 2nd Class North A , despite the fact that they had managed to stay in
1344-414: The first club from the province of Salzburg to achieve four promotions in a row. In the 2015/16 season, Austria played in the second-tier Erste Liga and thus in professional football for the first time since its foundation. At the end of November 2015, the club announced that it had initiated reorganisation proceedings without self-administration. Shortly afterwards, coach Jørn Andersen resigned due to
1392-595: The first time in 47 years, thus eliminating the West German team from the tournament. Football was born in Austria around 1890, and from 1900 a cup was played in Vienna called Neues Wiener Tagblatt Pokal. The first football league of the country was born in 1911, called 1. Klasse, organized by the Football Federation of Lower Austria, and became a professional league in 1924, the year in which it changed its name to I. Liga. In 1929 an amateur championship
1440-613: The first time, 18 years after the takeover and the resulting refounding, in the 2nd round of the Austrian Cup . Due to the classification as a high-risk game, the match could not be played in the home ground and had to be played in the stadium Untersbergarena in Grödig , which is about 10 km away from Salzburg. The match took place in front of more than 4,000 spectators and attracted football fans from all over Europe. The first division team won 4–0. SV Austria Salzburg qualified for
1488-400: The founding of the new association in order to provide information on how football supporters deal with the commercialisation of their sport. After the failure of the negotiations with the new club managers, the majority of the violet supporters withdrew from the stadium. The aim was to found a new Austria Salzburg. The first step in this direction was the founding of the club by entering it in
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1536-578: The individual Federation of Land, from 3rd to 5th level. Until 2004, the winner contested the Austrian Supercup against the winners of the Austrian Cup. In the 2010-2011 season, 334 teams are registered The Austrian women's national team debuted on July 9, 1970 before the selection of Mexico in a match won by the Mexicans by 9-0 in Italy. The Austrian women's team has not yet participated in
1584-428: The new clubs were able to retain their supporters over a longer period of time. The new club quickly had around 800 members and a large following. In order to be able to start playing as soon as possible, negotiations were held with the football section of PSV/Schwarz-Weiß Salzburg , which finally led to a cooperation for spring 2006. The team played in violet and white jerseys bearing the coats of arms of both clubs. At
1632-457: The next 5 years. He played a major part in the most successful of Rapid teams in the 1980s, claiming the League crown twice, in 1982 and 1983, and three consecutive Austrian cup titles. He scored Rapid's only goal in the 3–1 loss in the European Cup Winners' Cup Final in 1985 against Everton . In 1986, he moved to become player-manager at Wiener Sport-Club . Krankl was named Austrian Player of
1680-612: The register of clubs under the name Sportverein Austria Salzburg on 7 October 2005. The founding of the club as the last step of the protest has its antecedents in England. Already in similar cases in London, where AFC Wimbledon was founded as a reaction to the move of Wimbledon FC , and Manchester (after the purchase of Manchester United by Malcolm Glazer , the protests culminated in the new club FC United of Manchester ),
1728-812: The system of the Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen (National Socialist League of the Reich). The Gauliga Ostmark , an amateur league, covered most of the country except the Tyrol and Vorarlberg, which were included in the Bavarian league system. The league champion qualified for the German championship, and after the Second World War returned the 1. Klasse - later called only Liga -, only for Viennese teams. After
1776-665: The third tier, Regionalliga West , in 2010. In 2015, the club gained promotion to the Erste Liga , one tier below the Austrian Bundesliga , only to be relegated a year later. The history of the old SV Austria Salzburg until 2005 is covered in the article about FC Red Bull Salzburg , as Red Bull took over and transformed the club in 2005. It is also the prehistory of the newly founded club. When Red Bull GmbH's plans to acquire Austria Salzburg became known in April 2005,
1824-513: The tradition and identity of the respective club and to prevent the clubs from becoming mere advertising vehicles. The supporters themselves see themselves as these bearers of tradition as the players, coaches and board change. Especially in the Ultrà movement, the vehemence with which Salzburg supporters resisted the new identity of their club was welcomed and supported. Overall, supporters of all Austrian first division clubs have shown solidarity with
1872-669: The violet jerseys and scarves still worn by the supporters were also an expression of the rejection of Red Bull and Dietrich Mateschitz . During the talks, but increasingly after their failure, there were various incidents between the tradition-conscious supporters and the Red Bull Salzburg management. Further agitation was caused by the conversion of the fan sector from a standing to a seated sector and bans against alleged hooligans from supporters, which were, however, partially rescinded. Throughout Austria and in many European stadiums there were solidarity rallies of fan groups with
1920-465: The violet supporters. Their protest is generally understood as a fight by football supporters against the progressive commercialisation of the sport and is supported accordingly. Contrary to the usual rivalries between supporters of different clubs, the developments in Salzburg have led to football supporters seeing themselves as a unit and acting together "against modern football". The aim is to preserve
1968-455: The winning goal against West Germany in a game dubbed The miracle of Córdoba , which the Austrians won 3–2 and which was Austria's first win against West Germany in 47 years, earning Krankl legendary status in his homeland. Scored in the 88th minute, the live footage of the goal still regularly features on national television, and the audio commentary ("Tor Tor Tor Tor Tor Tor, I werd' narrisch" – "Goal goal goal goal goal goal, I'm going crazy")
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2016-464: The year of the club's foundation, which was only reversed under pressure from the ÖFB ) and, above all, the traditional colours of violet-white, which remained the official club colours on paper, but in fact no longer existed. Red and white replaced the traditional colours of violet and white - not only as the colour of the jerseys - and the Red Bull logo became an essential part of the club crest. As
2064-437: Was a radical reorganization of the club, which in effect amounted to a takeover of the club - Red Bull had the sole right to appoint the club's board of directors written into the club's statutes - that led to the founding of the initiative and a power struggle between Austria's fan scene and the new de facto owner. Points of contention were the lack of acceptance of the club's history (the new management originally stated 2005 as
2112-495: Was born. which remained until 1959. On April 21, 1974 the current Bundesliga was introduced, and the Nationalliga was established as the second division of the country (now known as the First League of Austrian Football First League ). The Austrian Football Federation (ÖFB) is the highest professional football organization in Austria and was founded in 1904, although it joined FIFA in 1905 and UEFA in 1954. The ÖFB organizes
2160-507: Was either eliminated at the group stages ( 1958 , 1990 , 1998 ), or the second rounds ( 1978 , 1982 ). In 1978 Austria won its group ahead of Brazil. In the group of the second round, any chance of progressing was gone after losses in the two first matches. But in the last match, against West Germany, which had chances of progressing even to the final, the Austrians produced what would become known as The Miracle of Córdoba , winning against any German national team (West, East or unified) for
2208-532: Was organized by Wiener Fußball-Verband. After that date he went to the organization of the National Federation. The championship has a national character for the first two divisions, ÖFB-Frauenliga and 2. Frauenliga , which in turn is divided into three groups: Mitte / West (composed of 10 teams), Ost (11) and Süd (7). The first of each group runs the promotions for the promotion, retires the last ranked. Regional tournaments are organized, organized by
2256-422: Was organized that Grazer AK won, in which the clubs of the professional league of Vienna were excluded from participating. The national team became a European power in the 1930s under the command of coach Hugo Meisl and the leadership of Matthias Sindelar , which earned him the nickname " Wunderteam ". On May 16, 1931 the Austrian national team was the first European to defeat Scotland, and subsequently won
2304-519: Was the first played between two non-British European teams. Austria has managed to qualify for seven FIFA World Cups and four European Championship, the first which was organized together with Switzerland in 2008. The Austrian combined team's third-best achievement was the third place in the 1954 World Cup, the fourth in the Cup. World Cup of 1934 and the silver medal won at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. In
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