FC Linz

FC Stahl Linz is a football club based in Upper Austria's capital Linz in Austria.

The crew of the ehemaligken SK VÖEST Linz occurs since the beginning of 2014 as FC Stahl Linz on. The independent association was necessary as a Bureau decision of the SK VÖEST allows no further performances of the team under the SK VÖEST. Since May 2013, this is the team again, arose from the operation of the football SK VÖEST. Currently played in the DSG League Upper outside the Austrian Football Association.

History

The club was founded on 30 June 1946 as SV iron and steel 1946 Linz with the club colors of black and white. On November 10, 1949, the renaming of the company sports club in SK VÖEST Linz took place.

Twice was the club Upper Austrian national champion. During 1958 they had failed because of the rise in the former State League B in the relegation matches at KSV Ankerbrot Wien, SK VÖEST was in 1961 as a champion for the newly established as a substructure for National League center (Upper Austria, Styria and Carinthia ) eligible to participate directly.

After the 1968/69 season, in which you first played regularly at the Linzer stadium on the Gugel - before we played there quite often the prelude to the Erstligamatches the SV nitrogen Linz, with which one was 1963/64, also received a short-lived cooperation - rose one after an outstanding fall season ( with 12 wins, including a 9-0 against the Klagenfurt AC, and a draw from 13 games) as a master of the Regional Centre in the National League on.

In summer 1972, the club colors were changed to blue and white. Under this name the club secures his only Austrian championship in 1973/ 74. In 1978 there was a change in the association's name to SK VOEST Linz.

1980, took part in the European Cup for the last time and retired as well as three times before ( Dynamo Dresden, FC Barcelona, ​​Vasas Budapest) from as early as the first round, this time against TJ Zbrojovka Brno.

After a series of rather dreary seasons in the 80s the club in 1988 took place in the former Middle or Ascension Play-Off again and had despite a relatively successful first round after a 0-3 at SK Austria Klagenfurt at last becoming the first time in the club's history in the total Austrian 2nd Division dismount. The revival was achieved only after two unsuccessful attempts in the 1990/91 season by winning the sovereign Ascension Play-Off and was able to simultaneously secure hence the champion of the second division.

1990 the football section split from the club and was self-employed as FC VOEST Linz. After the departure of the "United Austrian Iron and Steel Works " ( VÖEST ) from the club, the club called from 1991 FC Stahl Linz. Since the name " Stahl Linz " many still associate with former donors VÖEST, was decided in 1993 to rename the club in FC Linz.

A remarkable success gave the then second division club by reaching the Cup final in 1993/ 94, which, however, on June 11, 1994 provides only 6,000 spectators was clearly lost with 0:4 at the Ernst Happel Stadium against FK Austria Wien. After completion of the 1996/97 season it was decided for economic reasons to political pressure, the " fusion " with the city rivals LASK Linz, however, amounted to a resolution of the FC Linz. In the same year with FC Blau-Weiss Linz a successor organization of the former factory sports club in the moral, but not established in the legal sense, which is supported by a large part of the former FC Linz trailer.

After a long break, the football section of the SK has VÖEST in May 2013 decided to rebuild a new team.

Sponsors in the club name

By 1986, the information provided by the factory budget for the maintenance of gaming operations was sufficient only in the season 86/87 appeared with the Miettextil company " Salesian Miettex " for the first time an external company as the main sponsor and thus also in the club name on. The sponsorship was maintained even after relegation to the 2nd division, after the re-emergence in 1991 but pulled one back. In late autumn 1993, which in FC Linz renamed club was now now relegated back to the second league, the Upper Austrian beverage company Keli bought the club name, a collaboration that her also with the recent promotion to the 1st Division in June 1996 end found.

Known player

  • Zoran Barisic
  • Ronald Brunmayr
  • Herwig Drechsel
  • Radek Drulák
  • Norbert Ebster
  • Ove Flindt Bjerg -
  • Didier Frenay
  • Erwin Fuchsbichler
  • Édgar García de Dios
  • Koloman Gögh
  • Gerald Haider
  • Reinhold Hintermaier
  • Willi Cross
  • Daniel Madlener
  • Ferdinand Milanovich
  • Hans -Dieter Mirnegg
  • Erik Mykland
  • Peter Pacult
  • Herbert Rettensteiner
  • Hugo Sánchez
  • Manfred Seber

Achievements

SK VÖEST Linz

  • Austrian champion: in 1973/74
  • Austrian runner-up: 1974/75
  • Austrian Cup Runners-up: 1977/78
  • Upper Austrian national champion: in 1957/58 and 1960/61,
  • Master of Regional Center: 1968/69

SK VOEST Linz

  • Austrian runner-up: 1979/80

FC VOEST Linz

  • Master of the 2nd League: 1990/91

FC Stahl Linz

  • 6th place as promoted in the 1991/92 season

FC Linz

  • Austrian Cup Finalist: 1993/94
  • Master of the 2nd League: 1995/96

SK VÖEST Linz in the European Cup

  • Q = qualification
  • 1R = first round
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