the best years of the club were between 1990 and 1997. in these years, the club reached the championship three times, played in the uefa champions league and played in the 1994 uefa cup final versus inter milan. they won their first austrian bundesliga title the same year, and the next year too. their first champions league in 1994 saw them reach the group stage, however, they were eliminated after finishing in third place out of four. in 2005 the red bull company bought the club because the owners were having problems with money. some traditional fans left the club and started a new club under the old name sv austria salzburg. ever since 2005, the club has been named fc red bull salzburg.