FC Hard is an Austrian

Football in Austria

Football is a popular sport in Austria, second only to alpine skiing. The Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB , was founded in 1904 and has been a member of FIFA since then.-League system:...

 football club

Football (soccer)

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 located in Hard

Hard, Austria

Hard is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, directly on the Lake of Constance. It has a population of 11,471.Hard has a lot of attractions, like the Strandbad and the Grünerdamm.Hard is also famous for the big Skaterpark....

, a town in the country’s westernmost state of Vorarlberg

Vorarlberg

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. They currently play in the Austrian Regional League, the third tier of Austrian football.

History

The club was formed in 1922 as SpVgg Hard. The name was changed to FC Hard in 1947. The club played in the fourth tier Vorarlbergliga State League

Austrian Landesliga

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 for most of its history. Since winning that league in 1989, the team has competed in the Austrian Regional League West

Austrian Regional League West

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.

Stadium

FC Hard play their home matches in Waldstadion Hard, which is located in the north of the town near Lake Constance

Lake Constance

Lake Constance is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps, and consists of three bodies of water: the Obersee , the Untersee , and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps...

. The current capacity is 2550, of which 750 is covered seating. The average attendance for the 2010-11 season was 407.

Current squad

As of 24 June 2011.

Notable players

Dario Baldauf

Dario Baldauf

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 Thomas Beck

Thomas Beck (footballer)

Thomas Beck is a Liechtenstein football striker, who plays for FC Balzers.He also plays for the Liechtenstein national football team. He currently has earned 81 caps and scored five goals for Liechtenstein since making his international debut in a Euro 2000 qualifier against Romania in September...

 Michael Langer

Michael Langer

Michael Langer is an Austrian footballer currently playing for FSV Frankfurt.-Club career:Formerly a goalkeeper for the German Bundesliga team VfB Stuttgart, he made his debut in the highest German division on 10 March 2007 in a game against Wolfsburg, as a replacement for regular goalkeeper Timo...

 Patrick Pircher Oliver Schnellrieder

Oliver Schnellrieder

Oliver Schnellrieder is an Austrian footballer.He last played for SC Austria Lustenau in Austria.-External links:* at Guardian's Stats centre...

 Markus Weissenberger

Markus Weissenberger

Markus Weissenberger is an Austrian football player.He is a younger brother of former Austria international player Thomas Weissenberger.-Club career:Since 2008 he plays for LASK Linz...

 Thomas Weissenberger

Thomas Weissenberger

Thomas Weissenberger is an Austrian football player currently playing for SV Rothenthurn. He is the brother of Markus Weissenberger.-External links:...

Achievements

• Austrian Regional League (West) (III):
  • Winners (1): 2002
  • Runners Up (4): 1992, 1994, 1995, 2007

• Vorarlbergliga State League
  Austrian Landesliga
  The Austrian Landesliga is the fourth tier of football in Austria. It is divided into nine conferences - one for each Austrian state:*Burgenland: Landesliga Burgenland*Lower Austria: 1...
  
  (IV):
  • Winners (2): 1978, 1989
  • Runners Up (4): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988

External links

• http://www.fchard.at - Official website
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/FC-Hard/103777129660665 - Facebook page