SV Ried

Football club infobox
clubname = SV Ried


fullname = SV Josko Fenster Ried
nickname =
founded = 1912
ground = Fill Metallbau Stadion, Ried im Innkreis
capacity = 7,680
chairman = Johann Willminger
manager = Paul Gludovatz
league = Austrian Bundesliga
season = 2007-08
position = 7th
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SV Ried is an Austrian football club from Ried im Innkreis. The team plays its home matches at the 7,680 capacity Fill Metallbau Stadion. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga after winning promotion from the Erste Liga in the 2004/05 season. For sponsorship reasons, the full name of the club is currently "SV Josko Fenster Ried".

The club formed on 5 May, 1912 as "Sportvereinigung Ried", and played in the regional leagues of Upper Austria until 1991, when they ascended to the national leagues for the first time. SV Ried first achieved promotion to the highest level of Austrian football in 1995. SV Ried gained their first major honour in 1998 when they won the Austrian Cup, beating SK Sturm Graz 3-1 in the final. In 2003, Ried were relegated, ending an eight year spell in the top division. Two seasons later, Ried regained Bundesliga status, becoming champions of the Erste Liga on 23 May, 2005 following a 3-2 victory over SV Kapfenberg. In the following season (2005/06) Ried achieved their highest league finish so far ranking fourth in the Bundesliga. The year after they managed to improve once more finishing second and becoming vice-champion. After the first third of the season, the team seemed to battle against relegation and was stuck on the last place for five gameweeks. The club management however kept trusting in Helmut Kraft's coaching abilities, which would turn out to be the right decision after all. Twelve matches without a loss in the second third of the season and five wins out of the last five matches from gameweek 32-36 guaranteed the club's highest season finish on place 2 and a spot in the 1st round of the UEFA-Cup qualifikation.

Honours

* Austrian Cup 1998
* 3rd round Cup Winners Cup 1998/1999
* 1st round UEFA-Cup 2006/2007
* Intertoto Cup 2006
* Bundesliga Runner Up 2006/2007

European Cup history

*Q = Qualifying

Current squad

"As of September, 2008."

Transfers 2008

In:

Out:

Former notable players

* Dietmar Berchtold
* Ronald Brunmayr
* Ernst Dospel
* Sanel Kuljic
* Andrzej Lesiak
* Christian Mayrleb
* Rastislav Michalik
* Tomasz Rzasa
* Jung-Won Seo
* Ibrahima Sidibe
* Maciej Sliwowski
* Milan Timko
* Marco Villa
* Miodrag Vukotic

External links

* [http://www.svried.at/ Official website]
* [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=61618/domestic.html SV Ried at UEFA.COM]
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/aut/sv_rried.htm SV Ried at EUFO.DE]
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/sv-ried/ SV Ried at Weltfussball.de]
* [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=club_details&clubID=3798 SV Ried at Playerhistory.com]
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/verein/266/svried/uebersicht/startseite.html SV Ried at Transfermarkt.de]
* [http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/austria/2008-2009/bundes/ried.htm SV Ried at Football Squads.co.uk]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/club.php?id=151 SV Ried at National Football teams.com]