Union Gurten

**Union Gurten** is an Austrian football club from Gurten in Upper Austria. They play in the Regional League Central.This is the third tier of Austrian football. The clubs colours are red and black. The club plays its home games at the Park21 Arena. This has 252 seats and 750 standing places.

## History

TuS Union Gurten was founded in 1961.  After years in lower divisions of the OÖFV, Gurten achieved first place in the Landesliga in the 2012/13 season. They were promoted to the OÖ Liga, the highest league in Upper Austrian football. One year later, the club became champion of the Upper Austrian League. They were promoted to Regional League Central.

After Union Gurten was eliminated from the 2014/15 Austrian Cup in the first round with a 0-6 defeat against SC Wiener Neustadt, they defeated Bundesliga side SV Grödig 1-0 in the 2015/16 season. Since the 2014/15 season, Union Gurten has qualified for the Austrian Cup every year In 2019/20, the club reached the round of 16, where they lost 2-3 to later finalist  Austria Lustenau. Since 2022, Union Gurten has regularly been drawn against top Bundesliga teams. Although Union Gurten lost these matches, they received much praise for their strong performances against the higher-division teams.

### Coaching staff

|Position|Staff|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:left;"|Coach|style="text-align:left;"|Peter Madritsch|
|style="text-align:left;"|Assistant coach|style="text-align:left;"|Florian Hirsch|
|style="text-align:left;"|Goalkeeper coach|style="text-align:left;"|Dominik Reinthaler|

### Seasons

|Season|Leaague|Rank|M|W|D|L|Goals|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1962/63|3. Klasse E|10.|18|1|3|14|26:87|5|
|1963/64|3. Klasse E|8.|18|5|2|11|39:50|12|
|1964/65|3. Klasse F|5.|20|8|4|8|52:43|20|
|1965/66|3. Klasse G|11.|22|4|2|16|45:80|10|
|1966/67|4. Klasse F|8.|18|6|2|10|36:33|14|
|1967/68|4. Klasse F|7.|18|6|2|10|43:51|14|
|1968/69|4. Klasse H|1.|20|17|1|2|88:20|35|
|1969/70|3. Klasse Südwest|6.|20|8|6|6|55:44|22|
|1970/71|3. Klasse West|1.|18|14|1|3|80:34|29|
|1971/72|2. Klasse Südwest|7.|20|8|4|8|62:55|20|
|1972/73|2. Klasse Südwest|3.|18|11|2|5|67:31|24|
|1973/74|2. Klasse Südwest|4.|22|12|5|5|46:27|29|
|1974/75|2. Klasse Südwest|1.|20|10|9|1|54:24|29|
|1975/76|1. Klasse Südwest|4.|20|10|6|4|45:39|26|
|1976/77|Bezirksliga West|6.|26|11|6|9|32:42|28|
|1977/78|Bezirksliga West|10.|26|7|5|14|39:47|19|
|1978/79|Bezirksliga West|4.|26|11|9|6|41:32|31|
|1979/80|Bezirksliga West|13.|26|6|6|14|36:56|18|
|1980/81|1. Klasse Mitte West|7.|26|9|7|10|42:43|25|
|1981/82|1. Klasse Mitte West|11.|26|6|10|10|50:65|22|
|1982/83|1. Klasse Mitte West|5.|26|11|7|8|56:50|29|
|1983/84|1. Klasse Südwest|8.|22|5|10|7|36:38|20|
|1984/85|1. Klasse Südwest|6.|22|6|10|6|39:42|22|
|1985/86|1. Klasse Südwest|4.|22|13|3|6|48:38|29|
|1986/87|1. Klasse Südwest|10.|22|6|6|10|39:45|18|
|1987/88|1. Klasse Südwest|12.|22|4|5|13|19:46|13|
|1988/89|2. Klasse West|10.|22|5|6|11|26:39|16|
|1989/90|2. Klasse West|3.|22|13|3|6|56:28|29|
|1990/91|2. Klasse West|1.|22|17|2|3|64:19|36|
|1991/92|1. Klasse Südwest|8.|22|8|4|10|52:43|20|
|1992/93|1. Klasse Südwest|7.|22|7|6|9|48:39|20|
|1993/94|1. Klasse Südwest|4.|22|9|6|7|42:41|24|
|1994/95|1. Klasse Südwest|7.|22|8|7|7|46:37|23|
|1995/96|1. Klasse Südwest|4.|22|10|5|7|47:42|35|
|1996/97|1. Klasse Südwest|1.|22|15|3|4|63:25|48|
|1997/98|Bezirksliga West|1.|26|18|4|4|78:33|58|
|1998/99|2. Landesliga West|13.|30|10|5|15|49:66|35|
|1999/2000|2. Landesliga West|12.|30|8|11|11|45:49|35|
|2000/01|2. Landesliga West|12.|30|9|8|13|45:49|35|
|2001/02|2. Landesliga West|7.|30|14|4|12|44:46|46|
|2002/03|2. Landesliga West|8.|26|10|5|11|35:37|35|
|2003/04|Landesliga West|5.|26|13|4|9|44:33|43|
|2004/05|Landesliga West|6.|26|10|8|8|51:41|38|
|2005/06|Landesliga West|7.|26|10|9|7|43:38|39|
|2006/07|Landesliga West|7.|26|10|6|10|44:45|36|
|2007/08|Landesliga West|2.|26|14|8|4|55:33|50|
|2008/09|Landesliga West|10.|26|9|6|11|39:39|33|
|2009/10|Landesliga West|9.|26|9|8|9|37:32|35|
|2010/11|Landesliga West|6.|26|12|3|11|39:43|39|
|2011/12|Landesliga West|3.|26|14|3|9|60:47|45|
|2012/13|Landesliga West|1.|26|20|3|3|55:28|63|
|2013/14|OÖ Liga|1.|30|17|5|8|53:29|56|
|2014/15|Regionalliga Mitte|11.|30|9|10|11|37:48|37|
|2015/16|Regionalliga Mitte|10.|30|11|7|12|51:44|40|
|2016/17|Regionalliga Mitte|8.|30|11|9|10|39:43|42|
|2017/18|Regionalliga Mitte|11.|30|9|10|11|45:46|37|
|2018/19|Regionalliga Mitte|11.|30|10|9|11|41:41|39|
|2019/20*|Regionalliga Mitte|4.|17|9|4|4|35:19|31|
|2020/21*|Regionalliga Mitte|3.|13|7|5|1|22:13|26|
|2021/22|Regionalliga Mitte|3.|32|18|8|6|63:31|62|
|2022/23|Regionalliga Mitte|4.|30|16|7|7|44:29|55|
|2023/24|Regionalliga Mitte|2.|30|15|6|9|45:26|51|
|2024/25|Regionalliga Mitte|2.|30|17|7|6|42:25|58|
Seasons canceled due to Covid 19.

## Infobox (football club)

- **clubname**: Union Gurten
- **fullname**: Turn- und Sportunion Union Raiffeisen Gurten Fussball
- **founded**: 1961
- **chairman**: Gerhard Kern, Josef Rosenberger, Gottfried Weinberger
- **website**: http://www.union-gurten.at/
- **manager**: Peter Madritsch
- **ground**: Park21 Arena
- **capacity**: 1,039
- **league**: Regionalliga Mitte
- **season**: 2024-25
- **position**: 2nd