FC Wacker Innsbruck
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FC Wacker Innsbruck was Austrian association football
club from Innsbruck
, Tyrol
.
, winning its first championship in 1971.
On 20 July 1971 FC Wacker Innsbruck and SV Wattens
, also playing in Austrian first division, merged to form a single team called SpG Swarovski Wattens-Innsbruck (SSW Innsbruck) in order to focus the football power of Tyrol
better. The union applied only to the professional footballers – the junior sides of both teams carried on as part of their original clubs. SSW Innsbruck won the Austrian Championship five times and reached the quarterfinals in the European Cup in 1977–78.
In 1981 SSW Innsbruck was relegated the first time and in 1986 the club was renamed FC Wacker Innsbruck. After the new club FC Swarovski Tirol
took over the license of the club, FC Wacker Innsbruck was forced to play in the eighth division, quickly managing the reach the fourth division in 1992. In the same year the FC Swarovski was dissolved and Wacker regained the Bundesliga license and access to the UEFA Cup 1992–93. They nevertheless played in the Bundesliga only for one season, as in 1993 the FC Tirol Innsbruck
was formed, to which FC Wacker again lost its license. In 1999 the club, meanwhile playing in the seventh division, finally folded.
Football in Austria
Football is a popular sport in Austria, second only to alpine skiing. The Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB , was founded in 1904 and has been a member of FIFA since then.-League system:...
club from Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, Tyrol
Tyrol (state)
Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...
.
History
The Fußball-Club Wacker ("Valiant") Innsbruck was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and other now unknown football enthusiasts and adopted club colours of black and green. After a few years playing friendlies against other Innsbruck sides, the club was put on hiatus until 1918 because of the interruption of the First World War. In 1964 the club participated the first time in Austria’s A-Liga, today’s BundesligaAustrian Bundesliga
The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.The Austrian Bundesliga, which began...
, winning its first championship in 1971.
On 20 July 1971 FC Wacker Innsbruck and SV Wattens
WSG Wattens
WSG Wattens is an Austrian football club located in Wattens, a town in the state of Tyrol in the west of the country. They currently play in the Austrian Regional League, the third tier of Austrian football.- History :...
, also playing in Austrian first division, merged to form a single team called SpG Swarovski Wattens-Innsbruck (SSW Innsbruck) in order to focus the football power of Tyrol
Tyrol (state)
Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...
better. The union applied only to the professional footballers – the junior sides of both teams carried on as part of their original clubs. SSW Innsbruck won the Austrian Championship five times and reached the quarterfinals in the European Cup in 1977–78.
In 1981 SSW Innsbruck was relegated the first time and in 1986 the club was renamed FC Wacker Innsbruck. After the new club FC Swarovski Tirol
FC Swarovski Tirol
FC Swarovski Tirol was an Austrian association football club from 1986–1992, based in Innsbruck, Tyrol.It was created as a split-off of FC Wacker Innsbruck, whose Bundesliga license it adopted at the end of the 1985–86 season. With manager Ernst Happel it won the Austrian football championship of...
took over the license of the club, FC Wacker Innsbruck was forced to play in the eighth division, quickly managing the reach the fourth division in 1992. In the same year the FC Swarovski was dissolved and Wacker regained the Bundesliga license and access to the UEFA Cup 1992–93. They nevertheless played in the Bundesliga only for one season, as in 1993 the FC Tirol Innsbruck
FC Tirol Innsbruck
FC Tirol Innsbruck was an Austrian association footballclub from Innsbruck, Tyrol which existed between 1993 and 2002, when bankruptcy was declared....
was formed, to which FC Wacker again lost its license. In 1999 the club, meanwhile playing in the seventh division, finally folded.
Honours
- Austrian ChampionshipAustrian football championsThe Austrian football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Austria. The championship has been contested through the Austrian Football Bundesliga since the 1974–1975 season.-History:...
(5): 1971Austrian Football Bundesliga 1970-71-League standings:-References:*...
, 1972Austrian Football Bundesliga 1971-72-League standings:-References:*...
, 1973Austrian Football Bundesliga 1972-73-League standings:-References:*...
, 1975Austrian Football Bundesliga 1974-751974–75 Austrian Football Bundesliga is the 1st season of the Bundesliga.It was contested by 10 teams, and Wacker Innsbruck won the championship.-League standings:-Bundesliga teams in Europe:-References:*...
, 1977Austrian Football Bundesliga 1976-77-League standings:-References:*...
- Austrian Championship Runners Up (4): 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976
- Austrian Cup (6): 1970, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1993
- Austrian Cup Runners Up (3): 1976, 1982, 1983
- Mitropa CupMitropa CupThe Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale was one of the first really international major European football cups for club sides...
Winners: 1975, 1976
European cup history
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