SV Lafnitz
| Full name | Sportverein Licht-Loidl Lafnitz | ||
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| Founded | 1964 | ||
| Ground | Sportplatz Lafnitz[1] | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Owner | Bernhard Loidl | ||
| Chairman | Walter Kogler | ||
| Manager | Ferdinand Feldhofer | ||
| League | 2. Liga | ||
| 2017–18 | Regionalliga Mitte, 1st (promoted) | ||
| Website | http://www.sv-licht-loidl-lafnitz.at/ | ||
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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.
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 20 July 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Ferdinand Feldhofer
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| Assistant coach | Rainer Wohlmuth
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| Assistant coach | Patrick Weghofer
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| Assistant coach | Thomas Gutschlhofer
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| Goalkeeper coach | Markus Heil
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| Physiotherapist | Patrick Kraft
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| Massagist | Johann Lechner
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Coach history
| No. | Head coach | Nationality | From | Until | Days |
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| 1 | Norbert Krutzler | Austria
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1 August 2008 | 14 February 2010 | 531 |
| 2 | Johannes Sauhammel | Austria
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15 February 2010 | 30 June 2012 | 866 |
| 3 | Christian Waldl | Austria
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30 July 2012 | 26 September 2015 | 1153 |
| 4 | Rainer Wohlmuth (interim) | Austria
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25 September 2015 | 9 October 2015 | 14 |
| 5 | Ferdinand Feldhofer | Austria
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11 October 2015 |
Past seasons
| Season | League | Level | Place | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Austrian Cup |
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| 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 (III) | 2 | 30 | |||||||||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion | ||||||||||||
Reserve squad
Current squad
- As of 6 July 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Klaus Guger
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| Assistant coach | Christoph Wagner
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| Massagist | Harald Laszlo
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Past seasons
| Season | League | Level | Place | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 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 (VI) | 5 | 1 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 76 | 37 | 39 | 57 | |
| 2018–19 | Landesliga Steiermark (IV) | 4 | 30 | |||||||||
| Green marks a season followed by promotion | ||||||||||||
Honours
Austrian Regionalliga Mitte (III)
- 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