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| Full name | Football Club Liefering GmbH | ||
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| Founded | 20 May 1947; 78 years ago (1947-05-20) asUSK Anif | ||
| Ground | Untersberg-Arena,Grödig | ||
| Capacity | 4,330 | ||
| Owner | Red Bull GmbH | ||
| Chairwoman | Susanne Billinger | ||
| Head coach | Daniel Beichler | ||
| League | 2. Liga | ||
| 2024–25 | 2. Liga, 6th of 16 | ||
| Website | www | ||
 Current season | |||
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FC Liefering GmbH is anAustrian association football club, originally fromLiefering,Salzburg. It currently plays in theSecond League, the second tier of Austrian football. Since 2012, Liefering has been areserve team forAustrian Bundesliga sideRed Bull Salzburg.[1]
In December 2011, Red Bull Salzburg signed a cooperation withFC Pasching (Regionalliga Mitte) andUSK Anif (Regionalliga West). The coach of the Juniors, Gerald Baumgartner, left Salzburg and became new coach of FC Pasching. Also players went to Pasching and Anif. After the 2011–12 season, the new coachPeter Hyballa left the club and became new head coach ofSK Sturm Graz. Liefering's ongoing presence in theErste Liga continues to create unrest, with average an attendance of under 500, many people believe the club is not good for the league. However the club promotes youth and has been a key factor inRed Bull Salzburg's 2016–17UEFA Youth League side, who ultimately won the tournament.
From the 2012–13 season the club, formerly known asUSK Anif, changed its name toFC Liefering. Liefering are sometimes calledRed Bull Liefering, as they adapted the jerseys and team colors fromRed Bull Salzburg andRB Leipzig. In the 2012–13 season, they won the Regionalliga West and, after two relegation playoff matches, they were promoted to theAustrian Football Second League.
They are the farm team of Red Bull Salzburg. They are not eligible for promotion.[2] In their first year, they finished third and, in the 2014–15 season, they finished second.
In June 2015, coachPeter Zeidler left the team and became coach ofRed Bull Salzburg. He was succeeded byThomas Letsch, who also followed Zeidler to Salzburg for two matches after Zeidler was fired there.
As a feeder club, the team fields very young players. In the next two seasons, the average age of the team was under twenty years old. Players likeSamuel Tetteh orGideon Mensah came to Salzburg from Ghana, other talented players came from the Red Bull Football Academy likeHannes Wolf orLuca Meisl.
In the 2016–17 season, Red Bull Salzburg (U19) won theUEFA Youth League. Most of the players came from Liefering.
In the 2020–21 season,Bo Svensson became coach of FC Liefering. In the winter, he went to Mainz 05 andMatthias Jaissle became coach of the team. At the end of the season, he was promoted to Red Bull Salzburg as head coach. He followedJesse Marsch, who went to RB Leipzig. The season was the most successful in history. The team ended as runner-up, only one scored goal behind the championFC Blau-Weiß Linz.
After the season ended,Kilian Schröcker,Fabian Windhager,Antonin Svoboda andAlexander Prass left the club.
In the 2021–22 season, Rene Aufhauser, former assistant coach with Red Bull Salzburg, became new head coach of FC Liefering. He also is coach of the UEFA Youth League team of Red Bull Salzburg. After finishing sixth, Aufhauser left the club.
For the 2022–23 season,Fabio Ingolitsch, the coach of the U18 team, became new head coach of FC Liefering.
In April 2024,Daniel Beichler was named caretaker manager of FC Liefering, later he promoted to manager.
| Season | Final place | Goals | Points | League |
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| 2012–13 | 1 | 94:23 | 74 | Regionalliga West |
| 2013–14 | 3 | 72:48 | 57 | Erste Liga |
| 2014–15 | 2 | 70:55 | 56 | |
| 2015–16 | 4 | 65:49 | 57 | |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 58:49 | 60 | |
| 2017–18 | 5 | 58:44 | 55 | |
| 2018–19 | 10 | 50:54 | 35 | 2nd League |
| 2019–20 | 3 | 73:47 | 53 | |
| 2020–21 | 2 | 69:31 | 63 | |
| 2021–22 | 6 | 56:43 | 46 | |
| 2022–23 | 9 | 52:54 | 37 | |
| 2023–24 | 6 | 51:40 | 47 | |
| 2024–25 | 6 | 43:44 | 43 | |
| 2025–26 | : |
* as USK Anif
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach |  Daniel Beichler |
| Assistant coach |  Yuki Miyazawa |
| Assistant coach | Raphael Ikacher |
| Goalkeeping coach | Heinz Arzberger |
