{{short description|Association football club in Austria}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = FC Juniors OÖ | image = FC Juniors OÖ logo.png | image_size = 145px | fullname = Fußball Club Juniors OÖ | nickname = ''Schwarz-Grün'' (The Black-Greens) | founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|2007|5|16}} (as FC Superfund Pasching) | dissolved = | ground = [[Waldstadion (Austria)|TGW Arena]] | capacity = 7,870 | chairman = Franz Mayer | manager = [[Gerald Scheiblehner]] | league = [[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Central]] | season = 2023–24 | position = Regionalliga Central, 4th of 16 | website = {{URL|https://www.fcjuniors.at/}} | pattern_la1 = _laskA2526h | pattern_b1 = _laskA2526h | pattern_ra1 = _laskA2526h | pattern_sh1 = _lask2526h | pattern_so1 = _3_stripes_black | leftarm1 = FFFFFF | body1 = FFFFFF | rightarm1 = FFFFFF | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = _lask2526a | pattern_b2 = _lask2526a | pattern_ra2 = _lask2526a | pattern_sh2 = _lask2526a | pattern_so2 = _3_stripes_red | leftarm2 = 000000 | body2 = 000000 | rightarm2 = 000000 | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = 000000 | current = 2017–18 Austrian Regionalliga }} '''FC Juniors OÖ''' is an [[Football in Austria|Austrian association football]] club, from [[Pasching]], [[Upper Austria]]. It was newly founded after the move of [[ASKÖ Pasching]], who last appeared as FC Superfund, to [[Carinthia]] and the associated renaming in [[SK Austria Kärnten]] in 2007 as ''FC Superfund Pasching''. The greatest success of the club is winning the [[ÖFB-Cup]] as the first third division in the history of the competition in the [[2012–13 Austrian Cup|2012–13 season]] and the associated qualification for the play-offs of the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League]], in which the club was however defeated by [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril Praia]].
Since the 2014–15 season, the first men's team no longer plays independently, but under the name LASK Juniors OÖ (until 2017 ''SPG FC Pasching/LASK Juniors'') in a syndicate with the second men's team of [[LASK Linz]] in the third-rate [[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Central]]. With the return to the [[Austrian Football Second League|2. Liga]] for the [[2018–19 Austrian Football Second League|2018–19 season]], the club are again an independent team.
==History== ===2007–2012: Road to the Regionalliga=== [[File:Pasching Performance Graph.png|thumb|Historical chart of league performance]]
[[File:FC Pasching.png|100px|thumb|Logo until renamed in July 2017]] The club started as a syndicate with the SV Wallern in the 2007–08 season in the fifth-highest Austrian level. After the immediate championship title and the associated promotion to the fourth division, the [[OÖ Liga]], Wallern, restarted in the lowest league, and the club was financially compensated for the downgrade.
After the immediate title in the 2008–09 Oberösterreich Liga, the third-highest class, The FC Pasching was promoted to the [[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Mitte]].
In the [[2009–10 Austrian Football Bundesliga|season 2009–10]], the FC Pasching had by far the highest average age of the entire Regionalliga Mitte (27.5 years). There were eleven players in the squad during this season, who had already passed the age of 30. Two of them ([[Josef Schicklgruber]] and [[Eduard Glieder]]) were already over 40 years old.
After the first round of the 2009–10 season Pasching was four points behind the leaders [[Wolfsberger AC|WAC/St. Andrä]] on the second place in the table. However, the club announced that it did not want to apply for a license for the First League. After the predecessor ASKÖ Pasching was relocated to Carinthia, the [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] introduced a rule that prohibited a club promotion to the [[Austrian Football First League|Erste Liga]], unless it has played at least three years in a league that is played by his national association. Since the FC Pasching had played until then only one year each in the highest and second highest Upper Austrian level, the club did not meet this condition.
Pasching achieved the championship title in the Regionalliga 2010. Because of the waiver of a license application for the [[Austrian Football First League|Erste Liga]], the club was deducted 13 points. After the season, the club board resigned; a new board had to be elected.
As at the end of the season 2010–11 Superfund stepped out as the main sponsor and could not be adequately replaced, the club was forced to cut the budget for the next season massively together. Consequently, almost the entire professional squad was replaced by a new one, which consisted mainly of amateur players. At the end of the autumn season Pasching was in last place. In early 2012, a cooperation with [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] was entered. The first consequence of this collaboration was the acquisition of the coaching office by [[Gerald Baumgartner]], the former coach of the second team of Salzburg. The club managed thanks to an 8–0 victory in the last game against the already established as a champion [[Grazer AK]] the league.
===2012–2014: Cup win and decline=== [[File:ÖFB-Cupfinale 2013 001.JPG|250px|thumb|FC Pasching – Cup Winners 2012–13]] In the 2012–13 season, Pasching was back at the other end of the table. The team won the autumn championship and went into the winter break four points ahead of [[LASK Linz]]. However, this advantage was lost in the spring and Pasching finished the season two points behind Linz in second place.
In the [[2012–13 Austrian Cup]], Pasching achieved the biggest sensation in the history of the competition. After [[SV Austria Salzburg|Austria Salzburg]], [[SC Austria Lustenau|Austria Lustenau]] and [[SK Austria Klagenfurt (2007)|Austria Klagenfurt]] were eliminated in the first three rounds, the elite of Austrian football waited for the regional league team in the last three rounds. In the quarter finals, Pasching beat [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] 1–0 away from home. In the semi-final, they faced cooperation partner [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Red Bull Salzburg]] away from home and turned a 0–1 deficit into a 2–1 victory, becoming the first team from the third division to reach the final of the ÖFB Cup in its 94-year history.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]]|date=Summer 2013|page=10|title=Winners}}</ref> The opponent in the final at the [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]] in Vienna was [[FK Austria Wien|Austria Wien]]. [[Daniel Sobkova]] scored shortly after half time giving Pasching a 1–0 lead, which they defended to win the final. Thus, FC Pasching defeated the champion, the runner-up and third team in the Bundesliga season 2012–13, without ever having had the home advantage for themselves. The Cup victory saw the Upper Austrians qualify for the [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League]] play-off round, where they met the Portuguese club [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril Praia]] and lost with two defeats.
In early September 2013, coach [[Gerald Baumgartner]] moved to [[SKN St. Pölten]] and the former co-coach [[Martin Hiden]] took over the team. In the [[2013–14 Austrian Cup]], Pasching beat Bundesliga side, [[FC Wacker Innsbruck]], in the second round before they lost against [[Wolfsberger AC]] on penalties in the third round. In the championship, the season goal of winning the championship was missed, with LASK finishing in first place again.
===2014–2018: Syndicate with LASK and renaming=== Even before that it became clear that Red Bull would leave Pasching as a sponsor. As a result, the club entered into a cooperation with LASK, which meant joint youth-team work and the use of the Pasching training center by [[LASK Linz]]. After promotion and the return of LASK to professional football, it was announced in June 2014 that FC Pasching – in the 2014–15 season under the name SPG FC Pasching/LASK Juniors – would compete in a syndicate with the second team of the Linz club. Associated with this was the replacement of the entire squad and the loss of a separate team. The syndicate club were not eligible for promotion.
In the [[2014–15 Austrian Regionalliga#Regionalliga Mitte|debut season]] of the syndicate, the team in the third-tier Regionalliga gained 43 points to finish 9th place in the table. In the [[2015–16 Austrian Regionalliga#Regionalliga Mitte|2015–16 season]], the team was able to improve their point yield and finished with 50 points in 5th place. In the [[2016–17 Austrian Regionalliga#Regionalliga Mitte|2016–17 season]], the syndicate won only 31 points and finished just one place above the relegation zone in 14th.
Before the [[2017–18 Austrian Regionalliga#Regionalliga Mitte|2017–18 season]], the syndicate was realigned to better attract talent from [[Upper Austria]]. In July 2017, FC Pasching was renamed ''FC Juniors OÖ''. The syndicate changed its name to ''LASK Juniors OÖ''. In addition, the former hobby club ''SV Pasching 16'' was incorporated into the FC Juniors OÖ and since then formed the second team, which plays under the name ''SV Pasching 16 OÖ Juniors'' in the eighth-tier 2. Klasse Nord-Ost.
===Since 2018: Present=== After the rise of LASK Juniors OÖ in the [[Austrian Football First League|2. Liga]] in the 2017–18 season, the syndicate is dissolved. The FC Juniors OÖ will play as an independent club in the second league, but continue to cooperate with the LASK.
==Past seasons== ===FC Pasching=== {| class="wikitable" width="800px" |- ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Season ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| League ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Place ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Pld ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| W ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| D ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| L ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| GF ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| GA ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| GD ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Pts ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| [[Austrian Cup]] |- align="center" style="background:#CCFFCC;" |2007–08||[[Austrian 2. Landesliga|Landesliga West]] (V)||1||26||23||2||1||77||18||59||71|| Did not qualify |- align="center" style="background:#CCFFCC;" |2008–09||[[Austrian Landesliga|OÖ Liga]] (V)||1||26||21||2||3||76||17||59||65|| [[2008–09 Austrian Cup#Preliminary round|1st round]] |- align="center" |2009–10||[[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Mitte]] (III)||4||30||17||9||4||77||24||53||50|| [[2009–10 Austrian Cup#Second round|2nd round]] |- align="center" |2010–11||[[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Mitte]] (III)||6||30||11||12||7||38||33||5||45|| [[2010–11 Austrian Cup#Preliminary round|1st round]] |- align="center" |[[2011–12 Austrian Football Championship#Regional League Central|2011–12]]||[[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Mitte]] (III)||12||30||10||8||12||41||40||1||38|| [[2011–12 Austrian Cup#Preliminary round|1st round]] |- align="center" |[[2012–13 Austrian Regionalliga#Regionalliga Central|2012–13]]||[[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Mitte]] (III)||2||28||21||3||4||64||19||45||66|| '''[[2012–13 Austrian Cup#Final|Champions]]''' |- align="center" |[[2013–14 Austrian Regionalliga#Regionalliga Central|2013–14]]||[[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Mitte]] (III)||2||30||21||6||3||79||20||59||69|| [[2013–14 Austrian Cup#First round|1st round]] |- | colspan="12" align="center" | '''Green marks a season followed by promotion''' |}
===LASK Juniors OÖ=== {| class="wikitable" width="800px" |- ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Season ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| League ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Place ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Pld ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| W ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| D ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| L ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| GF ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| GA ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| GD ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Pts ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| [[Austrian Cup]] |- align="center" |[[2014–15 Austrian Regionalliga#Regionalliga Mitte|2014–15]]||[[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Mitte]] (III)||9||30||12||7||11||46||49||−3||43|| Did not qualify |- align="center" |[[2015–16 Austrian Regionalliga#Regionalliga Mitte|2015–16]]||[[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Mitte]] (III)||5||30||15||5||10||59||45||14||50|| Did not qualify |- align="center" |[[2016–17 Austrian Regionalliga#Regionalliga Central|2016–17]]||[[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Mitte]] (III)||14||30||8||7||15||43||49||−6||31|| Did not qualify |- align="center" style="background:#CCFFCC;" |[[2017–18 Austrian Regionalliga#Regionalliga Central|2017–18]]||[[Austrian Regionalliga Central|Regionalliga Mitte]] (III)||4||30||16||4||10||54||46||8||52|| Did not qualify |- | colspan="12" align="center" | '''Green marks a season followed by promotion''' |}
===FC Juniors OÖ=== {| class="wikitable" width="800px" |- ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Season ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| League ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Place ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Pld ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| W ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| D ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| L ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| GF ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| GA ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| GD ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| Pts ! style="background:#ABCDEF;"| [[Austrian Cup]] |- align="center" |[[2018–19 Austrian Football Second League|2018–19]]||[[Austrian Football Second League|2. Liga (II)]]|| || || || || || || || || || |- | colspan="12" align="center" | '''Green marks a season followed by promotion''' |}
==Honours== ===League=== *'''[[Austrian 2. Landesliga]]''' (V) **'''Winners (1):''' 2008–09
===Cup=== *'''[[Austrian Cup]]''' **'''Winners (1):''' [[2012–13 Austrian Cup|2012–13]]
==European competition history== {{updated|2 June 2018}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- !Competition!!Pld!!W!!D!!L!!GF!!GA!!GD!!Win% |- |align=left|{{sort|2|[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League]]}} {{WDL|2|0|0|2|for=1|against=4|diff=yes}} |- class="sortbottom" !{{sort|8|Total}} {{WDLtot|2|0|0|2|for=1|against=4|diff=yes}} |}
===Results=== {| class="wikitable" ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- | [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League|2013–14]] | [[UEFA Europa League]] | [[2013–14 UEFA Europa League#Play-off round|Play-off round]] | {{flagicon|POR}} [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril Praia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | style="text-align:center;"| 0–2 | style="text-align:center;"| '''1–4''' |- |}
<small>Source: [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/teams/2601069--pasching/ UEFA.com], Last updated on 8 March 2018<br />'''Pld''' = Matches played; '''W''' = Matches won; '''D''' = Matches drawn; '''L''' = Matches lost; '''GF''' = Goals for; '''GA''' = Goals against; '''GD''' = Goal Difference. </small>
==Players==
===Current squad=== {{updated|7 February 2022}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|nat= AUT |pos=GK|name=[[Tobias Lawal]]}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat= AUT |pos=DF|name=Erwin Softic|other={{small|on loan from [[LASK]]}}}} {{Fs player|no= 4|nat= AUT |pos=DF|name=Jordan Philipsky}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat= CYP |pos=DF|name=[[Strahinja Kerkez]]}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat= AUT |pos=MF|name=Stefan Radulovic}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat= AUT |pos=FW|name=[[Alexander Michlmayr]]}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat= COL |pos=MF|name=[[Fredy Valencia]]|other={{small|on loan from [[LASK]]}}}} {{Fs player|no= 9|nat= AUT |pos=FW|name=Eduard Haas}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat= AUT |pos=FW|name=Dominik Weixelbraun}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat= SEN |pos=FW|name=Ibrahima Dramé|other={{small|on loan from [[LASK]]}}}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat= AUT |pos=GK|name=[[Nikolas Polster]]}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat= AUT |pos=DF|name=Moritz Würdinger}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat= AUT |pos=DF|name=Lukas Burgstaller}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat= AUT |pos=DF|name=Sebastian Schwarz}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat= AUT |pos=DF|name=Sebastian Kapsamer}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat= AUT |pos=DF|name=[[Benjamin Wallquist]]}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat= AUT |pos=MF|name=[[Sebastian Wimmer]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|Captain]]}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat= JPN |pos=FW|name=[[Keito Nakamura]]}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat= AUT |pos=GK|name=Christoph Entfellner}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat= AUT |pos=MF|name=[[Dino Kovačević]]|other={{small|on loan from ASKÖ Oedt}}}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat= AUT |pos=MF|name=[[Marco Kadlec]]}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat= AUT |pos=MF|name=Florian Aigner}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat= AUT |pos=DF|name=David Jaunegg|other={{small|on loan from [[WSG Swarovski Tirol|WSG Tirol II]]}}}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat= SVK |pos=FW|name=[[Adam Griger]]}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat= SUI |pos=DF|name=[[Enrique Wild]]|other={{small|on loan from [[LASK]]}}}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat= SUI |pos=GK|name=Florian Gruber}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat= AUT |pos=GK|name=[[Lukas Jungwirth]]}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat= AUT |pos=FW|name=Alexander Mayr}} {{Fs player|no=44|nat= AUT |pos=MF|name=[[Marco Sulzner]]}} {{Fs player|no=97|nat= BIH |pos=MF|name=Mirsad Sulejmanović}} {{Fs end}}
===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=SER|pos=DF|name=[[Filip Bačkulja]]|other=at [[FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac|Metalac]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=BIH|pos=MF|name=Miroslav Ćirković|other=at [[SK Vorwärts Steyr|Vorwärts Steyr]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=AUT|pos=FW|name=[[Felix Mandl (footballer)|Felix Mandl]]|other=at [[FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002)|Wacker Innsbruck]]}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=AUT|pos=FW|name=[[Nicolas Meister (footballer)|Nicolas Meister]]|other=at [[SV Lafnitz|Lafnitz]]}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=AUT|pos=FW|name=[[Marcel Monsberger]]|other=at [[Floridsdorfer AC]]}} {{Fs end}}
===Coaching staff=== {{updated|29 October 2020}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !Position !Staff |- | style="text-align:left;"|Head coach | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Austria}} Gerald Scheiblehner |- | style="text-align:left;"|Assistant coach | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Austria}} Roland Sieghartsleitner |- | style="text-align:left;"|Assistant coach | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Austria}} [[Maximilian Ritscher]] |- | style="text-align:left;"|Goalkeeping coach | style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Austria}} Reinhard Großalber |}
==Managerial history== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{flagicon|Austria}} Helmut Wartinger (2007–2010) * {{flagicon|Austria}} Rudolf Geir (2010–2011) * {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Fuad Djulic ''(interim)'' (2011) * {{flagicon|Austria}} Erwin Spiegel (2011) * {{flagicon|Romania}} Sandu Bors ''(interim)'' (2011) * {{flagicon|Austria}} Adolf Pinter (2011) * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Gerald Baumgartner]] (2012–2013) * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Martin Hiden]] (2013–2015) * {{flagicon|Austria}} Mario Messner (2015) * {{flagicon|Austria}} Ronald Brunmayr (2015–2016) * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Gerald Scheiblehner]] (2019–2021) {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.fcjuniors.at/}}
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