The club was founded on 1 February 1928 opgericht as Werkssportverein Donawitz, playing in green-white colours.

In 1958 WSV Donawitz won promotion to the top tier, only to be relegated back after two years.

In 1970 the club was renamed WSV Alpine Donawitz and after a year they won promotion back to the country's top tier.

Their first success was reaching the 1994/95 Austrian Cup final, which they lost to local giants SK Rapid Wien with former player Peter Guggi at the helm.

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