Grazer AK

Grazer AK (or GAK) is a football club which plays in Austria. it was founded in 1902.
History

1946 the club begun again. 1951 it reached the highest class (Liga A) and, at the end of that season, the 6th position, which was the best of a club outside Vienna. In the following years the Athletics were established in the first class. 1962 and 1968 they where runners-up in the cup-final. Only because the league was reformed the club was relegated to the second division in 1974, but came back one year later. 1981 the Athletics gained first title as professional team when they won the Austrian cup, which also was the first title for a styrian team. From 1990 to 1995 the club was in the second league. They won the cup-title also in 2000, 2002 and were double winners in 2004.

2007 the club collapsed due to 15,2 mil. € debts. They had to go to the third league where they went bankrupt again and had to interrupt playing in october 2012. 

2013 they had to start over from the lowest (9th tier) league after being reestablished. Since then the club (named GAC due legal grounds initially) won every championship. For the Season 2017/18, they are in Landesliga Steiermark, 4th tier. In the 2019/20 season they came back to professional football being promoted to the 2nd league. In the 2022/23 season they finished 2nd and missed promotion in the last round.

Current squad





Coaching staff
  Ferdinand Feldhofer Headcoach
 Florian Hart Assistant coach
 Andreas Lienhart. Assistant coach
 Joachim Standfest Assistant coach
 Thomas Queder Goalkeeper coach
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Past seasons
Seasons since the re-foundation 2012

 Season League Level Place MP W D L GF GA GD Pts Austrian Cup 2013–14  1. Klasse Mitte A (VIII)  8  1  22  20  2  0  124  12  112  62  not qualified 2014–15  Gebietsliga Mitte (VII)  7  1  26  23  1  2  107  29  78  70  not qualified 2015–16  Unterliga Mitte (VI)  6  1  26  22  3  1  88  19  69  69  not qualified 2016–17  Oberliga Mitte/West (V)  5  1  26  14  9  3  65  29  36  51  not qualified 2017–18  Landesliga Steiermark (IV)  4  1  30  21  5  4  61  24  37  68  not qualified 2018–19  Regionalliga Mitte (III)  3  1  30  21  5  4  70  28  42  68  Semi-finals 2019-20  2. Liga (II)  2 15  30  7 10  13  40 50 -10 312nd round 2020-21  2. Liga (II)  2 6 30  13 7 10  46 42 4 461st round 2022-23  2. Liga (II)  2 2 30  17 94  52 29 23 613rd  round 2023–24  2. Liga (II)21 30  21 63 57 27 30 693rd  round 2024–25    Bundesliga (I)110 30 5 1314 29 46 -17 203rd  round Green marks a season followed by promotion

Coaching history in the 21st century
  weltfussball.de. Retrieved 6 February 2022

 Start End Coach 3/2000 4/200  Rainer Hörgl 4/2000 9/2001  Werner Gregoritsch 9/2001 10/2001  Christian Keglevits 10/2001 8/2002  Thijs Libregts 8/2002 10/2002  Christian Keglevits 10/2002 1/2006  Walter Schachner 1/2006 6/2007  Lars Søndergaard 7/2007 1/2008  Dietmar Pegam 1/2008 8/2008  Stojadin Rajković 8/2008 1/2010  	Gregor Pötscher 1/2010 11/2010  Heinz Karner 11/2010 6/2011  Peter Stöger 7/2011 6/2013  Aleš Čeh 7/2012 10/2012   Ante Šimundža 7/2013 9/2017  Gernot Plassenegger  10/2017 1/2019   David Preiß 1/2019 6/2019  Enrico Kulovits 7/2019 2/2020  David Preiß 2/2020 3/2020  Ralph Spirk/ Alois Hödl 3/2020 10/2021  Gernot Plassenegger 10/2021 11/2021  Stefan Kammerhofer 11/2021 12/2021  Ralph Spirk 12/2021  10/2024  Gernot Messner 10/2024  03/2025  Rene Poms 03/2025    Ferdinand Feldhofer

Honours
 Austrian Champion:2004
 Austrian Cup:1981, 2000, 2002, 2004
 Austrian Second League Champion:1975, 1993, 1995,  2024
 Austrian Champion (amateurs):1929, 1932, 1933
 Styrian Champion:1922, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933

Statistics
List of international games of GAK in UEFA-Cup, Champions League Qualification, Cupwinners' Cup and in Fairs' Cup:

1962/63:
 B 1909 Odense (CdCs – 1/8 Finale) 1:1 (H) 3:5 (A)

1964/65:
 NK Zagreb (MC R1) 0:6 (H) 2:3 (A)

1968/69:
 Ado Den Haag (CdCs R1) 0:2 (H) 1:4 (A)

1972/73:
 Panachaiki Patras (UC R1) 0:1 (H) 1:2 (A)

1980/81:
 Dinamo Tbilisi (CdCs – 1/16 Finale) 2:2 (H) 0:2 (A)

1982/83:
 Corvinul Hunedoara (UC R1) 1:1 (H) 0:3 (A)

1996/97:
 Vojvodina Novi Sad (UC Q2) 2:0 (H) 5:1 (A)
 Germinal Ekeren (UC R1) 2:0 (H) 1:3 (A)
 Inter Milan (UC R2) 1:0 (H) 0:1 (4:5 i.E.)(A)

1998/99:
 VPS Vaasa (UC Q2) 3:0 (H) 0:0 (A)
 Litex Lovech (UC R1) 2:0 (H) 1:1 (A)
 AS Monaco (UC R2) 3:3 (H) 0:4 (A)

1999/2000:
 KÍ Klaksvík (UC Q) 4:0 (H) 5:0 (A)
 Spartak Trnava (UC R1) 3:0 (H) 1:2 (A)
 Panathinaikos (UC R2) 2:1 (H) 0:1 (A)

2000/01:
 FC Kosice (UC R1) 0:0 (H) 3:2 (A)
 Espanyol Barcelona (UC R2) 1:0 (H) 0:4 (A)

2001/02:
 HB Tórshavn (UC Q) 4:0 (H) 2:2 (A)
 FC Utrecht (UC R1) 3:3 (H) 0:3 (A)

2002/03:
 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (CL Q2) 2:0 (H) 4:1 (A)
 Lokomotiv Moscow (CL Q3) 0:2 (H) 3:3 (A)
 Apoel Nicosia (UC R1) 1:1 (H) 0:2 (A)

2003/04:
 SK Tirana (CL Q2) 2:1 (H) 5:1 (A)
 Ajax Amsterdam (CL Q3) 1:1 (H) 1:2 (A)
 Vålerenga I.F. Fotball (UC R1) 1:1 (H) 0:0 (A)

2004/05:
 Liverpool F.C. (CL Q3) 0:2 (H) 1:0 (A)
 Litex Lovech (UC R1) 5:0 (H) 0:1 (A)
 AJ Auxerre (UC Gruppe F) 0:0 (A)
 Amica Wronki (UC Gruppe F) 3:1 (H)
 Rangers F.C. (UC Gruppe F) 0:3 (A)
 AZ Alkmaar (UC Gruppe F) 2:0 (H)
 Middlesbrough F.C. (UC 16tel-Finale) 2:2 (H) 1:2 (A)

2005/06:
 Nistru Otaci (UC Q) 2:0 (A) 1:0 (H)
 RC Strasbourg (UC R1) 0:2 (H) 0:5 (A)

Derby Statistics vs. SK Sturm Graz (as of 23.8.2005)

Total (in 1st Austrian League):
 46 Won
 42 Drawn
 42 Lost
(Goals: 174:168)

References

 Other websites 

 Official Homepage

Category:Austrian football clubs
Category:Football clubs of Graz
Category:1902 establishments in Austria