ASKÖ Pasching was an

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n football club based in Pasching,

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. The club in its later stages was also known under the sponsorship derived names SV PlusCity Pasching and, from 2003 until its end, FC Superfund. It is a precursor of

SK Austria Kärnten SK Austria Kärnten was an Austrian association football club, from Klagenfurt, Carinthia. History The club was formed on 1 June 2007 and took over the license of ASKÖ Pasching to play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga The Austrian Foot ...

from which the current FC Pasching, Austrian Cup winner of 2013, originated.

History

The club was formed on 15 June 1946 as ''ATSV Pasching'', renaming to ''ASKÖ Pasching'' in 1986. ASKÖ denotes membership in the ''Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sport und Körperkultur in Österreich'', an organisation that has its origins in the labour movement and is associated with the

Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

. The club was the second Austrian club to achieve promotion from the 4th division of the Austrian League to the 1st division in consecutive seasons. The club' most notable achievement in European football occurred in the 2003/04 season, when they knocked German team

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen (), Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, they are best known for the ...

out of the

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with an aggregate score of 5:1 (first leg 4–0, second leg 1–1Werder Bremen – FC Superfund 1–1 (Match Report)
ScoresPro.com), and went on to reach the final. At the end of the 2003/04 season, ASKÖ Pasching qualified directly for the

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for the first time in its history. The club has participated in the

Austrian Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. The ...

from 2002 until 2007. During these five years the club was known as SV PlusCity and FC Superfund due to sponsorship reasons. After the insolvence of the club in 2007, the newly founded club of

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, the capital of the state of Carinthia, took over the first division licence of Pasching. In turn, Austria Kärnten mutated after its own demise in 2010 into FC Pasching.

European cup history

*Q = Qualifying

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:ASKO Pasching Association football clubs established in 1946 Karnten, FC 1946 establishments in Austria