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31-552: The first Wörtherseestadion was built in 1960 as the home ground of the old SK Austria Klagenfurt (the later defunct FC Kärnten ), a track and field stadium with a capacity of 10,900. In 1962 the team was first promoted to the Austrian Football Bundesliga (then called A-Liga ) and until their final relegation in 1989 regularly attracted thousands of spectators. A second attempt by the FC Kärnten to enter

62-665: 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

93-733: 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

124-822: 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

155-628: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Football in Austria Football 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

186-471: 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

217-814: 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

248-533: The Sportzentrum Fischl grounds. The Hypo-Arena was one of eight stadiums hosting the 2008 European Football Championship, for which it was built to hold 32,000. It was considered whether the stadium should be reduced to the capacity of 22,000 after the event. The official opening was on 7 September 2007 and hosted a friendly between Austria and Japan in front of 26,500 spectators. To ensure an economical percentage of seats sold, Haider had contrived

279-520: The UEFA Euro 2008 . The stadium was the site of Klaus Littmann 's For Forest–The Unending Attraction of Nature , Austria's largest public art installation which took place from 8 September to 27 October 2019. The exhibition, inspired by Max Peintner 's pencil drawing The Unending Attraction of Nature from the 1970s and landscaped by architect Enzo Enea , was a 300-tree Central European forest occupying an entire football pitch . The project

310-593: 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

341-460: 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,

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372-718: 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

403-548: The Bundesliga, backed by the Carinthian governor Jörg Haider , was successful in 2001. The team was again relegated in 2004, nevertheless in view of the coming UEFA Euro 2008 the Carinthian government resolved upon the reconstruction of the stadium. It was demolished from 2005 and replaced by the larger Hypo-Arena, named after the sponsoring Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International . Football matches were temporarily staged at

434-643: The South Stand is fitted with rail seats for safe standing . Upon the turbulences around the Hypo Group Alpe Adria, the stadium was renamed Wörtherseestadion in 2010. From August 2015 till January 2016 the upper stands were closed because of a court decision, which reduced the capacity to 12,000. On 21 July 2018, Wörthersee Stadion hosted a 2018 International Champions Cup match between FC Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain . FC Bayern Munich won 3–1. The Wörthersee Stadion hosted 3 matches of

465-478: The campus following the exhibition's conclusion. In July 2022 the stadium was renamed in 28 Black Arena . This is an energy drink manufacturer who sponsors Austria Klagenfurt. 46°36′32″N 14°16′41″E  /  46.60889°N 14.27806°E  / 46.60889; 14.27806 FC K%C3%A4rnten FC Kärnten was an Austrian association football club based in Klagenfurt , Carinthia . It

496-680: The club found itself back in the Kärntner Liga . Though Austria Klagenfurt again gained the promotion to the Regional League Central in 1996, it seemed that the Carinthian Clubs would have to work together in order to send a team to the Bundesliga. This led to cooperation between SK Austria and Villacher SV, who also played in the Regional League, and were based in the nearby town of Villach . In 1997,

527-699: The clubs changed their name to FC Austria Klagenfurt/VSV and were promoted to the First League . In 1999, the clubs formally merged under the name FC Kärnten . After the hiring of manager Walter Schachner in 2001, the team won the Austrian Cup , the Supercup and became champions of the First League, resulting in promotion to the Bundesliga the following season. The club, under the honorary presidency of Governor Jörg Haider , once again reached

558-462: 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,

589-536: The finals of the Austrian Cup and the Supercup in 2003, which they both lost to FK Austria Wien . FC Kärnten played in the Bundesliga for three years until relegation in 2004. Their decline continued, exacerbated by the resignation of Jörg Haider in 2006 and the foundation of rival club SK Austria Kärnten in June 2007, who assumed the Bundesliga licence of the defunct ASKÖ Pasching . The team had to cede their stadium,

620-595: 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

651-578: 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

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682-545: The present-day Hypo-Arena , to Austria Kärnten and retire to the small Fischl ground. At the end of the 2007–08 season, FC Kärnten slipped into the Regional League, prompting several players to leave the club. In November 2008, the club went into administration , and the club ceased operations on 21 January 2009. The team's tradition is continued by the SK Austria Klagenfurt football club founded in 2007. This article about an Austrian football club

713-571: The relocation of the Bundesliga team ASKÖ Pasching to Klagenfurt, where, from the 2007–08 season, it played under the name SK Austria Kärnten until its bankruptcy in 2010. On 16 September 2009 the Carinthian government and Austrian Sport Minister Norbert Darabos agreed to basically maintain the stadium's capacity. After the fitout it accommodates 18,000 visitors watching the Austrian Football League and 30,000 attending international matches and other major events. The lower tier of

744-812: 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

775-425: Was a warning that nature in general and specifically forests might be confined to specially designated spaces if humanity continued to take it for granted. Partly funded by sponsors who each contributed € 5,000, it was open to the public free of charge daily from 10am to 10pm CET . Austria Klagenfurt home matches were temporarily played at the adjacent Karawankenblick Stadion. The trees were replanted in locations near

806-434: 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

837-507: 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

868-547: Was founded in 1920 under the name of KSK Klagenfurt . Austria Klagenfurt played successfully in the Kärntner Liga and in 1960 were promoted to the Austrian Regional League Central where they won the 1961–62 championship. Then a member of the Austrian Football Bundesliga (Liga A) , they intermittently stayed in first league until their final relegation in 1989. In the 1992–93 season,

899-532: 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

930-422: 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

961-519: 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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