DSV Leoben

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DSV Leoben
Logo DSV Leoben.jpg
Full nameDonawitzer Sport Verein Leoben
Founded1928;96 years ago (1928)
Ground Donawitz Stadium
Capacity6,000
Chairman Dejan Stanković
ManagerRene Poms
League Austrian 2. Liga
2022–23Austrian Regionalliga (Mitte), 1st of 6 (promoted)

DSV Leoben, commonly known as DSV Leoben GGMT Revolution for sponsorship reasons is an Austrian association football club based in Leoben. It was founded in 1928. The club currently play in Austrian 2. Liga, the second tier of Austrian Football. They play at the Donawitz Stadium.

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History

WSV Donawitz

The club was founded on 1 February 1928 opgericht as Werkssportverein Donawitz, playing in green-white colours. They played their first season at the top Styrian league in 1930/31, playing against the likes of SK Sturm Graz, Grazer AK, Grazer SC and Kapfenberger SC. WSV clinched the title in 1939 but subsequently lost the playoffs for promotion to the Gauliga Ost after losing to FC Wien, Linzer ASK and WSV BU Neunkirchen. That same year, Donawitz town became part of Leoben but WSV kept its name.

Historical chart of the club's league performance Leoben Performance Graph.png
Historical chart of the club's league performance

After World War II, football was restored in Donawitz in 1949 and the club won another league title in 1955 to clinch promotion to the second tier of Austrian football. In 1958 WSV Donawitz won promotion to the top tier, only to be relegated back after two years.

DSV Alpine

In 1970 the club was renamed WSV Alpine Donawitz and after a year they won promotion back to the country's top tier. On 3 May 1971, the club was renamed again to Donawitzer SV Alpine or just DSV Alpine. They came 6th in the league in 1972 and 1974, but after the 1973/74 season the club was demoted to the 2nd tier after the number of teams in the league was decreased from 17 to 10 clubs and only one team from Styria (Sturm Graz) was included. They only got back to the top tier in 1984 and remained there until 1986 en had they had another spell from 1991 until 1992. They totalled 10 years in the Austrian Bundesliga.

DSV Leoben

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Old Logo

After relegation in 1992, board members of DSV Alpine and 1. FC Leoben decided to merge and the new club DSV Leoben was established on 22 June 1992. Their first success was reaching the 1994/95 Austrian Cup final, which they lost to local giants SK Rapid Wien with former player Peter Guggi at the helm.

They were demoted to the third tier Regionalliga Mitte in 2009, after going into administration.

In 2022–23, DSV Leoben secure promotion to Austrian 2. Liga from 2023–24 after Champions of Regionalliga Mitte in 2022–23.

Current squad

As of 6 February 2024

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Julian Turi
4 DF Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Luka Brkic
5 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Matija Horvat
6 MF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Nico Pichler
7 FW Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Cheikhou Dieng
8 FW Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Barry Hepburn (on loan from Bayern Munich II )
9 FW Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Thomas Hirschhofer
11 MF Flag of Albania.svg  ALB Drini Halili
14 MF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Kingsley Michael
17 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Enrique Wild
18 MF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Marco Untergrabner
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 FW Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Deni Alar
20 MF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Christoph Halper
21 GK Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Florian Wiegele
22 FW Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Winfred Amoah
23 DF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Josef Weberbauer
24 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Timo Perthel
28 GK Flag of Slovenia.svg  SVN Žan Pelko
30 FW Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Kevin Friesenbichler
33 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Moritz Heinrich
34 GK Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Fabian Kinzl
77 MF Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Josip Eskinja

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