SK Vorwärts Steyr
SK Vorwärts Steyr logo
Full nameSportklub Vorwärts Steyr
Founded1919 (1919)
GroundVorwärts Stadium
Capacity5,800
ChairmanMarkus Knasmüller
ManagerMarkus Eitl
LeagueRegionalliga Mitte
2022–23Austrian Second League, 14th of 16 (relegated)

SK Vorwärts Steyr is an Austrian association football club based in Steyr. It was founded in 1919. They play at the Vorwärts Stadium. Currently the club has about 500 members. Is one of the oldest football clubs in Upper Austria. In 1999 the club went bankrupt and reformed in lower leagues later in 2001. In 2011 Vorwärts was promoted to the Regional League (Middle) which is part of the third division of Austrian league football. In 2018 they were promoted to the Austrian Second League.

History

Historical chart of SK Vorwärts league performance

The club was founded as Steyrer Fußballklub Vorwärts with the club colours of red and white, the official founding ceremony was held at the Casino Steyr on 14 April 1919. The first match of Vorwärts Steyr was on 15 June 1919 in Linz against Linzer ASK (result 22). Already in its first year, the club won the Upper Austrian League; a national league did not exist at that time. In 1949 after dominating the state leagues, they managed to get to the Austrian Cup final which was held in Vienna against Austria Vienna which they lost 25, however reaching the final is still considered a major success even to this day. In the 1960s and 1970s, the club spent all its time in the Regionalliga Mitte or the Upper Austrian League. This twenty-year dry spell ended in 1979, when they returned to the Second Division. From 1982 Vorwärts established themselves in the second division until in 1988, after 37 years, when they gained promotion to the highest Austrian league, the Bundesliga where the club remained until 1996. The early-1990s saw the club reach its best ever league position in the 1990/91 and 1991/92 seasons, seventh place in the table. In 1995 they played in the Intertoto Cup and won the group stage remaining unbeaten (21 away win against Eintracht Frankfurt) and missed out on the UEFA Cup qualifiers only after an away defeat to Racing Strasbourg. By 1995 the club was deeply in debt with about 15 million shillings owed, so they required a bailout in the form of a guarantee from the town of Steyr. The bitter 02 defeat against LASK Linz on 29 May 1999 sealed the relegation from the top flight. Finally, the club had their license permanently withdrawn on 11 January 2000, ceasing operations and forfeiting the remaining matches. With an application for compulsory settlement, bankruptcy proceedings were opened. The club restarted from the lowest amateur division in August 2001. Since then the club has steadily risen through the amateur leagues and in 2018 returned to the 2nd tier of Austrian football.

SeasonDivision (Tier)PositionWLD+/-Pts.
2001/022. Klasse Ost (VIII)21552+5350
2002/032. Klasse Ost (VIII)11642+4752
2003/041. Klasse Ost (VII)6859+329
2004/051. Klasse Ost (VII)12141+6667
2005/06Bezirksliga Ost (VI)11763+4657
2006/072. Landesliga Ost (V)21745+3455
2007/082. Landesliga Ost (V)21484+2550
2008/092. Landesliga Ost (V)11664+2554
2009/10OÖ Liga (IV)51268+1642
2010/11OÖ Liga (IV)115101+3555
2011/12Regionalliga Mitte (III)146915−2227
2012/13OÖ Liga (IV)11726+1753
2013/14Regionalliga Mitte1211415−1037
2014/15Regionalliga Mitte21857+1659
2015/16Regionalliga Mitte129714−1334
2016/17Regionalliga Mitte612810+744
2017/18Regionalliga Mitte31749+3255
2018/192. Liga (II)145619−3621
2019/202. Liga711811+641
2020/212. Liga157914−2530
2021/222. Liga1010713−1337
2022/232. Liga148814−1832
Green: Promotion | Red: Relegation

Honours

Before the bankruptcy

  • 1 Austrian Cup Finalist: 1949
  • 13 Upper Austrian Champions
  • 2 Upper Austrian Cup Winners
  • 12 Bundesliga seasons: 1950–1951, 1988–1996, 1999

Since the reformation

  • 2. Liga Ost OÖ Winners: 2003
  • 1. Liga Ost OÖ Winners: 2005
  • Bezirksliga Ost OÖ Winners: 2006
  • OÖ Landespokalsieger Winners: 2009
  • Upper Austrian Cup Winners: 2010, 2013
  • Fourth Division Champions: 2011, 2013

Fans

The club has seen a sharp decline in attendances since the bankruptcy however the team is still often accompanied by many fans even at away games; in big games the away following frequently exceeds more than 1000 'red-whites'. The largest fan club, Südchaos-Steyr, was founded in 2009 and is considered to be an ultras group, and they usually occupy the South stand of the stadium. They publish a fanzine called Bengalen, Bier und Bosna.

Current squad

As of 23 August 2023. 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 Austria AUT Valerian Hüttner
3 DF Austria AUT Lukas Prokop
4 DF Austria AUT Stefan Goldnagl (on loan from SKU Amstetten)
7 MF Austria AUT Hazar Eminazari
8 MF Albania ALB Meriton Kabashaj
9 FW Italy ITA Hamza Ech Cheikh
11 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Eman Lidan
12 MF Austria AUT Patrick Bilic
14 MF Spain ESP Alvaro Suarez Collazo
17 DF Austria AUT Max Richter
20 MF Croatia CRO Bojan Lukic
23 GK Austria AUT Niklas Radner (on loan from Union Pettenbach)
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF Austria AUT Mirsad Sulejmanovic
25 GK Austria AUT Michael Fauland
26 FW Austria AUT Jakob Kolb
27 FW Austria AUT Paul Staudinger
28 DF Austria AUT Michael Lageder
29 FW Austria AUT Daniel Bilic
33 DF Austria AUT Aleksandar Maric
70 DF Austria AUT Milan Ziric
73 MF Austria AUT Oliver Filip
77 DF Austria AUT Michael Martic
78 MF Slovenia SVN Amir Pasic


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
No. Pos. Nation Player
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