The club was formed in 1922 and played its home games at the 17,100 capacity Pappelstadion.

SV Mattersburg drew large crowds, with the average crowd for the 2004–05 season being the second highest in Austria, even though the town of Mattersburg has only 6,300 inhabitants.

In the 2006–07 season, Mattersburg finished third in the Bundesliga, the highest position in their history.

SV Mattersburg was declared bankrupt in August 2020 after their main financial backer, Commerzialbank Mattersburg was closed down following an accounting scandal.

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