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EC Villacher SV

Short name: VSV
Nickname: Die Adler
Year of foundation: 1923
Colours: blue,white
Club status: active
Address: Tirolerstraße 47
9500 Villach
Postfach 7
Phone: +43-4242-55839
Fax: +43-4242-55839-9
Email: office@ecvsv.at, stefan.widitsch@ecvsv.at (Tickets)
WWW: http://www.ecvsv.at/

EC Villacher SV is major league affiliate of: EC Villacher SV 2

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Season 2025-2026

This club in 2025-2026: Win2day ICE Hockey League

Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
D	Luca Erne	26.01.2004	193 cm	95 kg	right	Show profile»
D	Steven Strong	16.02.1993	183 cm	87 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Nick Hutchison	27.04.1995	191 cm	91 kg	left	Show profile»

* no longer in the club

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Stadthalle Villach

Adress: Tiroler Straße 47
9500 Villach
Austria
Phone: +43(0)4242 / 569 65-0
Email: stadthalle@villach.at
Web: www.stadthalle.villach.at
Capacity: 4500
Opened in: 1969

Notable players:

from 1923 to 1990: EC Villacher Sportverein
from 1990 to 1992: EC Villas VSV
from 1992 to 1993: EC BIC VSV
from 1993 to 1999: EC Villas VSV
from 1999 to 2005: EC Heraklith VSV
from 2005 to 2006: EV Pasut VSV
from 2006 to 2010: EC Villacher SV
from 2010 to 2012: EC REKORD-Fenster VSV
from 2012 to 2018: EC VSV
from 2018 to 2020: EC Panaceo VSV
from 2020 to present: EC Villacher SV

Austrian Champions 1981, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2006

League winners:

2005-2006: EBEL
2001-2002: Eishockey Liga
1998-1999: Eishockey Liga
1992-1993: Eishockey Liga
1991-1992: Eishockey Liga
1980-1981: Eishockey Liga
1976-1977: Nationalliga (AUT)
1975-1976: Nationalliga (AUT)

from 2010 to 2019:

from 2019 to present:

http://www.ecvsv.at/ (official)
http://www.villacheradler.at/ (unofficial)

Recent articlesShow all articles»

David vs Goliath in the EBEL finals (01 Apr 2016)
Red Bull & KAC need Game 7, Linz & Znojmo avoid tie-breaker (09 Mar 2016)
VSV eliminates the Caps, Red Bull struggles (06 Mar 2016)
A Sharp boost of hope (01 Mar 2016)
Home ice advantage reverts right away in EBEL quarter finals (26 Feb 2016)

Recent newsShow all news»

After Red Bull eliminated Klagenfurter AC with a 5-2 win in Game 7, today the semi-finals start in Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. Defendig champion Salzburg will be challenged by Villacher SV. Orli Znojmo vs Black Wings Linz is the other match-up in the race for a spot in the final.

(13 Mar 2016)

In EBEL, the top-3 seeded club could pick their opponent for the first playoff round. Following matchups will battle in the quarterfinals:

Red Bull Salzburg (1) - Klagenfurter AC (8)

Orli Znojmo (2) - Dornbirn Bulldogs (5)

Vienna Capitals (3) - VSV Villach (7)

HC Bolzano Foxes (4) - Black Wings Linz (6)

(23 Feb 2016)

VSV Villach announces club has immediately fired Canadian forward John Hughes after the defeat against Bolzano that ended the season. Several witnesses confirmed that John Hughes has extensively celebrated on the evening before the game. The existing contract has been terminated and the club withdrawn the offer of a contract for next season to EBEL Top Scorer

(31 Mar 2014)

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Fast factsseason 2025-2026

Youngest player: Luca Erne (22 years)
Oldest player: Steven Strong (33 years)
Shortest player: Steven Strong (183 cm)
Tallest player: Luca Erne (193 cm)
Nationalities: Austria (2), USA (1)

Leagues

EC Villacher SV participates in season 2025-2026: Win2day ICE Hockey League

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