SV Lafnitz

Sportverein Lafnitz is an Austrian association football club from Lafnitz. Currently playing in the 2. Liga after their promotion in 2018, and plays their home games at the Sportplatz Lafnitz in Lafnitz.

SV Lafnitz
Full nameSportverein Licht-Loidl Lafnitz
Founded1964
GroundSportplatz Lafnitz[1]
Capacity2,000
OwnerBernhard Loidl
ChairmanWalter Kogler
ManagerPhilipp Semlic
League2. Liga
2019–202. Liga, 8th
WebsiteClub website
colours

History

The club, which belongs to the Styria Football Association, was founded in 1964 and played predominantly in the subclasses of Styria.

With the takeover of the Obmannstelle by Bernhard Loidl, who previously supported the club with his company Licht Loidl as a sponsor, in 2009, the club achieved great sporting success. He missed the club new structures that had a positive effect on the athletic performance. At two-year intervals, championship titles were celebrated, with which, by 2013, the rise from the sixth performance level to the third performance level, the Regionalliga Mitte, was achieved.

In parallel, in the years 2011 and 2012, the old, dilapidated sports field was transformed into a new, smart football arena with a new clubhouse and new grandstand. Although the municipality has only 1,400 inhabitants, the capacity is about 2000 spectators. While an average of around 800 spectators visited the home matches in the national league, there are currently around 1000 visitors in the regional league, most of whom come from neighboring Burgenland. Even in away games about 100 fans accompany the team.

The players of the team come for the most part from the region, which is a special bond with the spectators. There are some former players from neighboring second division TSV Hartberg at SV Lafnitz active.

Two players made the leap into professional football via Lafnitz: the Croatian Domagoj Bešlić, who returned to Lafnitz in January 2018, moved to second division Austria Klagenfurt in 2015; Albert Vallci joined the second-class SV Horn in 2016.

Promotion to the 2. Liga

Christian Waldl, who is in possession of the UEFA A license, came in the summer of 2012 from the USV Hartberg Umgebung and he succeeded right away to lead the team to the title in the Landesliga Steiermark. In September 2015, they parted company with Waldl. Waldl's successor was former austrian international Ferdinand Feldhofer.

In the first season under Feldhofer the sixth place ranking was reached. The second season finished the Oststeirer two points behind the champion TSV Hartberg on the second place ranking. In the season 2017–18 it was finally time: After the SV Lafnitz held uninterrupted since the 13th round of the league standings, could be fixed on 26 Matchday with a 3-0 victory over the amateurs of the Wolfsberger AC promotion. The ascent was definitively sealed by the admission award; The association received the approval in the first instance. In addition, the team was around coach Feldhofer on 28 Match day with a 3-1 victory over pursuers FC Gleisdorf 09 prematurely fix the championship title in the Regionalliga Mitte.

First-team squad

Current squad

As of 21 August 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUT Andreas Zingl
3 DF  AUT Daniel Rosenbichler
4 DF  AUT Stefan Umjenovic
7 DF  AUT Christoph Gschiel
9 FW  AUT Martin Krienzer (on loan from Sturm Graz)
10 MF  AUT Christian Lichtenberger
11 FW  AUT Philipp Wendler
12 MF  AUT David Schloffer
14 MF  AUT Mario Kröpfl
15 DF  AUT Georg Grasser
19 FW  AUT Bajram Syla (on loan from Wolfsberger)
20 MF  AUT Thorsten Schriebl
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK  AUT Lucas Wabnig
25 DF  AUT Fabian Wohlmuth
26 DF  AUT Martin Rodler
27 MF  AUT Florian Prohart
30 DF  SRB Milos Jovicic
31 DF  AUT Philipp Siegl
33 FW  AUT Patrick Bürger
34 DF  AUT Julian Tomka
40 MF  AUT Joshua Steiger (on loan from Wolfsberger)
70 MF  AUT Matthias Puschl
80 MF  AUT Christoph Kröpfl

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Philipp Semlic
Assistant coach Rainer Wohlmuth
Assistant coach Patrick Weghofer
Assistant coach Thomas Gutschlhofer
Goalkeeper coach Markus Heil
Physiotherapist Patrick Kraft
Massagist Johann Lechner

Coach history

No.Head coachNationalityFromUntilDays
1 Norbert Krutzler  Austria 1 August 2008 14 February 2010 531
2 Johannes Sauhammel  Austria 15 February 2010 30 June 2012 866
3 Christian Waldl  Austria 30 July 2012 26 September 2015 1153
4 Rainer Wohlmuth (interim)  Austria 25 September 2015 9 October 2015 14
5 Ferdinand Feldhofer  Austria 11 October 2015

Past seasons

Season League Level Place Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Austrian Cup
2008–09Unterliga Ost (VI)6126193483325160not qualified
2009–10Oberliga Süd/Ost (V)5526119650361442not qualified
2010–11Oberliga Süd/Ost (V)5126212377314665not qualified
2011–12Landesliga Steiermark (IV)4730111186459544not qualified
2012–13Landesliga Steiermark (IV)4130196580364463not qualified
2013–14Regionalliga Mitte (III)33301749685513551st round
2014–15Regionalliga Mitte (III)353016410542826522nd round
2015–16Regionalliga Mitte (III)363015411625210491st round
2016–17Regionalliga Mitte (III)32301866542727603rd round
2017–18Regionalliga Mitte (III)313019101701654671st round
2018–192. Liga (III)230
Green marks a season followed by promotion

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach Klaus Guger
Assistant coach Christoph Wagner
Massagist Harald Laszlo

Past seasons

Season League Level Place Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2014–151. Klasse Ost A (VIII)8124181572294355
2015–16Gebietsliga Ost (VII)71262213104208467
2016–17Unterliga Ost (VI)6226164684483652
2017–18Oberliga Süd/Ost (VI)5126183576373957
2018–19Landesliga Steiermark (IV)430
Green marks a season followed by promotion

Honours

Austrian Regionalliga Mitte (III)

Landesliga Steiermark (IV)

  • Winners (1): 2012–13

Oberliga Süd/Ost (V)

  • Winners (1): 2010–11, 2017–18 ‡

Unterliga Ost (VI)

  • Winners (1): 2008–09
  • Runner-ups (1): 2016–17 ‡

Gebietsliga Ost (VII)

  • Winners (1): 2015–16 ‡

1. Klasse Mitte A (VIII)

  • Winners (1): 2014–15 ‡

‡ Reserve team

References

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