The StFV is one of 8 regional organizations of the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund, ÖFB).
The first football league game between two teams of the ATRV was played on March 18, 1894, in Graz.
The first significant competition in Styria, in 1907, was won by Wiener Sport-Club by a Final victory in the "Herbstmesse-Pokal" (Autumn Fair Cup) over the GAK.
However, it was the only association that could not organize a championship for the teams of Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, the littoral, Carinthia and Styria.
from London took the win over the selected Styrian Football Association team with a score of 4–2.
In 1962 the GAK managed as the first Austrian club outside Vienna to participate in the European Cup.