It was founded in 1914 and is the oldest football club from that city.

In 1914 the club was officially formed and played their first match against FC Traunstein.

Nevertheless, before the Second World War the SAK 1914 was the most successful football club in Salzburg.

Eduard Kainberger, Karl Kainberger, Ernst Bacher and Adolf Laudon, the players of SAK, were part of the 1936 Olympic squad, where runners-up Austria won the silver medal.

After the war other clubs like SV Austria Salzburg or SK Bischofshofen were more successful but the SAK was the first team from Salzburg which reached the highest class (1952-Staatsliga A).