Grazer Athletiksport Klub, better known simply as Grazer AK, is an Austrian sports club based in the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria. The football section was once among Austria's most popular clubs, enjoying success in the decade between 1995 and 2005. The other sections are basketball, diving and tennis, which however all act as separate legal entities. The "GAK" football section folded during the 2012–13 Regionalliga Mitte Season in Autumn 2012. It has since been revived and returned to the Austrian Second League in 2019, and four years later won promotion to the Austrian Bundesliga after a seventeen-year hiatus.
Mario Tokić is a former Croatian footballer who is the current assistant coach of Oman.
Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian professional association football club, based in Graz, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white.
Klaus "Auge" Augenthaler is a German football manager and former player. A defender, he won seven Bundesliga titles in his 15-year club career with Bayern Munich. He also represented the West Germany national team, winning the FIFA World Cup in 1990.
Michaël Goossens is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
Walter "Schoko" Schachner is a football manager and former player, who played as a forward. He made 64 appearances scoring 23 goals for the Austria national team.
Libor Sionko is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. At club level he started in his home town of Ostrava, playing for the youth teams of TJ Vítkovice and Baník Ostrava. Professionally, he played in his native country until 2004, featuring for clubs including Ostrava and Sparta Prague. He then went abroad, playing in Austria for Grazer AK and Austria Wien before heading to Scotland where he played for Rangers. He subsequently had a spell in Denmark with F.C. Copenhagen before returning to the Czech Republic to finish his career with Sparta, where he last played before retiring in 2012.
Aleš Čeh is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Slovenia at Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Martin Amerhauser is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Mario Bazina is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Benedict Akwuegbu is a retired Nigerian football striker.
Igor Pamić is a Croatian former professional footballer and current manager.
Samir Muratović is a Bosnian former professional footballer.
Zlatko Junuzović is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. From 2006 to 2017 he played for the Austria national team. He was known as a free-kick specialist.
The Second League, commonly known as Admiral 2. Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football.
René Aufhauser is an Austrian football coach and a former player.
Andreas Schranz is an Austrian football goalkeeper who last played for SV Grödig.
Ronald Brunmayr is an Austrian football manager and a former player who is currently the assistant manager at Premier League club Crystal Palace.
Boban Dmitrović is a Serbian football manager and former player.
The 2000–01 Austrian Cup was the 67th season of Austria's nationwide football cup competition. It commenced with the matches of the first round in August 2000 and concluded with the Final on 27 May 2001. The competition was won by FC Kärnten after beating Tirol Innsbruck 2–1 after extra time and hence qualifying for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup.
