Wiener Sportclub
Encyclopedia
The Wiener Sport-Club, commonly referred to simply as WSC, was established in 1883 playing in club colours of black and white. It is one of the Austria
n capital Vienna
's oldest athletics clubs, their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city.
At various times throughout its history the club has had departments for fencing, boxing, wrestling, cycling, handball, track and field, field hockey, tennis, football and water polo. Of these only the football and fencing departments remain active alongside the recently formed (2005) water polo section.
The football team enjoyed success as Austrian national champions in 1922, 1958 and 1959
. Their 1958 season included an impressive 7:0 victory over Juventus in European Champions Cup
. Two bankruptcies in the 1990s eventually led the team to slip into the lower leagues.
In the early 2000s the football division split off as Wiener Sportklub the team of which currently plays in the Austrian Regional League East (3rd division). Player, and later, coach and manager Erich Hof is the club's legend according to the supporters.
Erich HofLorin AvadaneiFinn Laudrup
Julius EmancheHorst Blankenburg
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n capital Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
's oldest athletics clubs, their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city.
At various times throughout its history the club has had departments for fencing, boxing, wrestling, cycling, handball, track and field, field hockey, tennis, football and water polo. Of these only the football and fencing departments remain active alongside the recently formed (2005) water polo section.
The football team enjoyed success as Austrian national champions in 1922, 1958 and 1959
Austrian Football Bundesliga 1958-59
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. Their 1958 season included an impressive 7:0 victory over Juventus in European Champions Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
. Two bankruptcies in the 1990s eventually led the team to slip into the lower leagues.
In the early 2000s the football division split off as Wiener Sportklub the team of which currently plays in the Austrian Regional League East (3rd division). Player, and later, coach and manager Erich Hof is the club's legend according to the supporters.
Current squad
Notable players
Eric BarberEric Barber
Eric Barber is a former Irish professional footballer. He spent most of his career playing for Shelbourne in the League of Ireland with whom he had three spells from 1958 to 1966, 1971–75 and 1978–80, managing them during the 1979–80 season.-Professional:During his time with Shels, Barber scored...
Erich HofLorin AvadaneiFinn Laudrup
Finn Laudrup
Finn Laudrup-Jensen is a Danish former association football player, who represented a number of Danish clubs and played professionally with Wiener Sport-Club in Austria. He played 19 matches and scored six goals for the Denmark national football team...
Julius EmancheHorst Blankenburg
Horst Blankenburg
Horst Blankenburg is a former German football player, who played as a sweeper. He is best known for the time in the beginning of the 1970s, during which he played for Ajax Amsterdam and won the European Cup three times and the Dutch championship and the KNVB Cup twice. In 1976, he won the German...