SV Lafnitz

SV Lafnitz

Full name	Sportverein Lafnitz
Founded	1964;60 years ago (1964)
Ground	Sportplatz Lafnitz [1]
Capacity	2,000
Owner	Bernhard Loidl
Chairman	Walter Kogler
Manager	Robert Weinstabl
League	Austrian 2. Liga
2022–23	2. Liga, 8th of 16
Website	Club website
colours colours
Current season

Sportverein Lafnitz (commonly known as SV Licht-Loidl Lafnitz for sponsorship purposes) is an Austrian association football club from Lafnitz. They currently play in the Austrian 2. Liga after their promotion in 2018 and play their home games at the Sportplatz Lafnitz in Lafnitz.

History

The club, which is a part of the Styria Football Association, was founded in 1964 and played predominantly in the lower leagues within Styria.

With the takeover of the chairmanship by Bernhard Loidl, who previously supported the club with his company Licht Loidl as a sponsor, in 2009, the club achieved great sporting success. At two-year intervals, championship titles were celebrated, with which, by 2013, the rise from the sixth to the third division in Austria, the Regionalliga Mitte, was achieved.

At the same time, in 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 of the stadium holds 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. About 100 fans accompany the team to away games.

The players of the team generally come from the region, which makes them popular with supporters. There are currently some former players from neighboring second division TSV Hartberg at SV Lafnitz.

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

Historical chart of SV Lafnitz league performance

Promotion to the 2. Liga

Christian Waldl, who is in possession of the UEFA A license, arrived 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 (2015-16) the team finished in sixth place. In 2016-17, they finished just two points behind the champions TSV Hartberg in second place. In 2017–18 Lafnitz, who were top of the league from the 13th game, guaranteed their promotion to the 2. Liga with a 3-0 victory over Wolfsberger AC at the 26 game. Just two games later, the team sealed the championship title in the Regionalliga Mitte with a 3-1 victory over local rivals FC Gleisdorf 09.

Since their promotion to the 2. Liga in the 2018-19 season, Lafnitz has steadily climbed the table each year. After Feldhofer's departure at the end of 2019, current coach Philip Semlic has led the squad to finish as high as 4th place in the 2021-22 2. Liga and took them to a 3rd round appearance in the 2021-22 Austrian Cup.

First-team squad

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. Nation Player 1 GK   AUT Andreas Zingl 2 DF   CRO Ivan Mihaljević 4 DF   AUT Sebastian Feyrer 5 DF   SEN Cory Sene 6 MF   AUT Johannes Schriebl 7 MF   GER Luca Butkovic 8 MF   AUT Lukas Stefaner 9 FW   AUT Viktor Drocic 11 FW   AUT Jakob Knollmüller 12 DF   HUN Nikolasz Nagy 14 FW   GHA Benjamin Nyarko 15 DF   AUT George Grasser 17 MF   AUT Andreas Radics 18 MF   AUT Marco Reiterer 19 MF   AUT Florian Prohart 20 FW   CRO Jura Štimac 21 MF   AUT Noah Lederer 22 FW   BIH Zvonimir Plavcic 24 MF   CRO Toni Trogrančić

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW   AUT David Kitting-Muhr 27 DF   AUT Nico Resch 30 MF   AUT Ermin Mahmic 31 MF   AUT Philipp Siegl 33 GK   AUT Gabriel Suprun 34 GK   AUT Daniel-Edward Daniliuc 36 FW   GER André Leipold 39 MF   AUT Elias Neubauer 66 DF   AUT Stefan Trimmel 70 FW   BEL Edon Murataj 74 FW   GER Timon Burmeister 80 MF   AUT Marc Kögl 82 MF   AUT Christoph Prasch 97 GK   HUN Aron Szakos 99 FW   CRO Maro Vrdoljak — DF   AUT Florian Freissegger — DF   AUT Mario Pejazic(on loan from Liefering ) — FW   AUT Mario Vucenovic

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Philipp Semlic
Athletic coach	Denny Krcmarek
Assistant coach	Rainer Wohlmuth
Assistant coach	Daniel Siegl
Video Analyst	Michael Steiner
Goalkeeper coach	Daniel Breier
Team manager	Thomas Zingl
Physiotherapist	Benjamin Ebner
Massagist	Ferenc Jakab

Coach history

No.	Head coach	Nationality	From	Until	Days
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	10 October 2015	23 December 2019	1535
6	Philip Semlic	Austria	3 January 2020

Past seasons

Season	League	Level	Place	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Austrian Cup
2008–09	Unterliga Ost (VI)	6	1	26	19	3	4	83	32	51	60	not qualified
2009–10	Oberliga Süd/Ost (V)	5	5	26	11	9	6	50	36	14	42	not qualified
2010–11	Oberliga Süd/Ost (V)	5	1	26	21	2	3	77	31	46	65	not qualified
2011–12	Landesliga Steiermark (IV)	4	7	30	11	11	8	64	59	5	44	not qualified
2012–13	Landesliga Steiermark (IV)	4	1	30	19	6	5	80	36	44	63	not qualified
2013–14	Regionalliga Mitte (III)	3	3	30	17	4	9	68	55	13	55	1st round
2014–15	Regionalliga Mitte (III)	3	5	30	16	4	10	54	28	26	52	2nd round
2015–16	Regionalliga Mitte (III)	3	6	30	15	4	11	62	52	10	49	1st round
2016–17	Regionalliga Mitte (III)	3	2	30	18	6	6	54	27	27	60	3rd round
2017–18	Regionalliga Mitte (III)	3	1	30	19	10	1	70	16	54	67	1st round
2018–19	2. Liga (II)	2	12	30	8	9	13	36	42	-6	33	3rd round
2019–20	2. Liga (II)	2	8	30	9	12	9	42	42	0	39	1st round
2020–21	2. Liga (II)	2	5	30	17	4	9	56	35	21	55	2nd round
2021–22	2. Liga (II)	2	4	30	15	7	8	53	42	11	52	3rd round
2022–23	2. Liga (II)	2	8	30	12	5	13	48	46	2	41	2nd round
Green marks a season followed by promotion

Reserve squad

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Klaus Guger
Assistant coach	Andreas Pichlbauer
Video Analyst	Patrick Mikovits
Massagist	Marco Wilfinger Verena Schocher

Past seasons

Season	League	Level	Place	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2014–15	1. Klasse Ost A (VIII)	8	1	24	18	1	5	72	29	43	55
2015–16	Gebietsliga Ost (VII)	7	1	26	22	1	3	104	20	84	67
2016–17	Unterliga Ost (VI)	6	2	26	16	4	6	84	48	36	52
2017–18	Oberliga Süd/Ost (V)	5	1	26	18	3	5	76	37	39	57
2018–19	Landesliga Steiermark (IV)	4	6	30	14	5	11	58	51	7	47
2019–20	Landesliga Steiermark (IV)	4	3	15	8	5	2	30	13	17	29
2020–21	Landesliga Steiermark (IV)	4	6	11	6	3	2	22	13	9	21
2021–22	Landesliga Steiermark (IV)	4	3	30	18	6	6	80	29	51	60
2022–23	Landesliga Steiermark (IV)	4
Green marks a season followed by promotion

Honours

Austrian Regionalliga Mitte (III)

• Winners (1): 2017–18
• Runner-ups (1): 2016–17

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

1. "Austria - SV Lafnitz - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.

External links

• Official website (in German)
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