What is DSV Leoben?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = DSV Leoben | image = Logo DSV Leoben.jpg | fullname = Donawitzer Sport Verein Leoben | nickname = | shortname = | founded = 16 December 1928 | dissolved = | ground = Donawitz Stadium | capacity = 6,000 | chairman = | manager = [[Carsten Jancker]] | league = Austrian Regionalliga Central | season = 2021/22 | position = 1st | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = | body1 = | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = | socks1 = | | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = | socks2 = | }} '''DSV Leoben KAIF Energy''' is an Austrian [[football club]] from the Donawitz district of the [[Styria|Styrian]] town of [[Leoben]]. They play in the playing in the third-tier Regionalliga Mitte since the 2022/23 season. ==History== ===WSV Donawitz=== The club was founded on 1 February 1928 as ''Werkssportverein Donawitz''. The colours were green-white. They played their first season at the top Styrian league in 1930/31. WSV reached the title in 1939 but lost the playoffs for promotion to the Gauliga Ost after losing to FC Wien, [[Linzer ASK]] and WSV BU Neunkirchen. That same year, Donawitz became part of Leoben but WSV kept its name. 1944 the club was dissolved and a quick restart after the war was out of question , especially since the sports field was used as a tank parking lot.<ref>[https://dsvleoben.at/ueber-den-verein/ Homepage DSV Leoben]</ref> Football was reestablished in Donawitz in 1949 . In 1955 they won another title and were promoted to the second tier of Austrian football. In 1958 WSV Donawitz won promotion to the top tier, only to be relegated back after two years. ===DSV Alpine=== In 1970 the club was renamed ''WSV Alpine Donawitz'' .1971 they won promotion back to the country's top tier. On 3 May 1971, the club was renamed again to ''Donawitzer SV Alpine'' or just ''DSV Alpine''. They came 6th in the league in 1972 and 1974. After the 1973/74 season the club wa