The club formed on 5 May 1912 asSportvereinigung 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.[1]
SV Ried gained their first major honour in 1998 when they won theAustrian Cup, beatingSturm Graz 3–1 in the final.[2] 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 overKapfenberg. In the following season (2005–06) Ried achieved their highest league finish so far, 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 in the last place for five game weeks. The club management however kept trusting inHelmut 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 match weeks 32–36 guaranteed the club's highest league finish of second place and a spot in the first qualifying round of theUEFA Cup.
In the2022–23 season, SV Ried finished in last place, leading to their relegation from the Austrian Bundesliga to theAustrian Second League for the2023–24. This marked their descent after three consecutive seasons in the top tier.[3]
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^Bachinger, Bernhard (2014).Gießauf, Johannes; Knoll, Harald (eds.).Zwischen provinziellem Fußball und "großdeutschem Gedanken". Eine Bestandsaufnahme des Fußballsports in der Kreisstadt Ried/Innkreis 1912–1945 (in German). Innsbruck / Wien: Bozen. pp. 273–292.ISBN978-3-7065-5259-2.
Sanel Kuljić,striker (2003–06)
Andreas Gabalier
Petar Segrt (1 July 2003 – 31 December 2003)
Andrzej Lesiak (1 Jan 2004 – 30 June 2004)
Helgi Kolviðsson (1 June 2015 – 16 August 2015)
Miron Muslic (12 November 2018 –25 November 2018)
