FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck,

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

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

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, winning its first championship in 1971. Wacker innsbruck Performance Graph

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

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

1977–78 European Cup The 1977–78 season of the UEFA Champions League, European Cup association football, football club tournament was won by defending champions Liverpool F.C., Liverpool in the final against Club Brugge KV, Brugge. The match finished 1–0, starting ...

. 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 to 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

1992–93 UEFA Cup The 1992–93 UEFA Cup was won by Juventus, who beat Borussia Dortmund 6–1 on aggregate in the final, a record score for a UEFA Cup final. It was the third victory in the competition for the Italian team (first club to reach this record). Thr ...

. They nevertheless played in the Bundesliga only for one season, as in 1993 the

FC Tirol Innsbruck FC Tirol Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol which existed between 1993 and 2002, when bankruptcy was declared. History It was – after the establishment of FC Swarovski Tirol in 1986 – the s ...

was formed, to which FC Wacker again lost its license. In 1999 the club, meanwhile playing in the seventh division, finally folded.

Honours

National

Austrian Bundesliga *Champions (5): 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77 Austrian Cup *Winners (6): 1969–70, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1992–93

International

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hunga ...

*Winners: 1974–75, 1975–76

European cup history

QF = Quarterfinal

Managers

Otto Barić Otto Barić (; 19 June 1933 – 13 December 2020) was a Croatian professional football player and manager. Coaching career 1970s to 1980s Born in Eisenkappel, near Klagenfurt, Barić started his coaching career in 1969 at West German club Germ ...

(1 Jan 1971 – 31 Dec 1971) * Branko Elsner (1 July 1974 – 30 June 1976) *

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(1 July 1976 – 30 June 1977) *

Georg Keßler Georg Kessler (born 23 September 1932) is a German former football manager. Honours Sparta Rotterdam *KNVB Cup runner-up: 1970–71 Anderlecht *Belgian First Division: 1971–72 *Belgian Cup: 1971–72 Hertha BSC *DFB-Pokal runner-up: 19 ...

(1977–78) *

Johann Eigenstiller Johann Eigenstiller (born 17 June 1943) is a former Austrian association football, football Defender (association football), defender who played for Austria national football team, Austria. He also played for SK Vorwärts Steyr, FC Wacker Innsbru ...

(1979) *

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(1 Jan 1979 – 30 June 1979) *

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(1 July 1979 – 20 Feb 1980) * Franz Wolny (1 Jan 1980 – 28 Aug 1983) * Heinz Binder (Sept 1, 1983–30 June 1984) *

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(1 July 1984 – 23 April 1985) *

Werner Schwarz Werner Schwarz (born 12 April 1952) is an Austrian former footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, a ...

(24 April 1985 – 30 June 1985) * Felix Latzke (1 July 1985 – 30 June 1987) * Branko Elsner (1 July 1992 – 31 Dec 1992) *

Walter Skocik Walter Skocik (born 6 September 1940 in Schwechat) is a former Austrian international footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are associatio ...

(1 Jan 1993 – 31 May 1993) {{DEFAULTSORT:Wacker Innsbruck Association football clubs disestablished in 1999 Association football clubs established in 1915 Defunct football clubs in Austria Sport in Innsbruck 1915 establishments in Austria-Hungary 1999 disestablishments in Austria Establishments in the Empire of Austria (1867–1918)