The Wiener Sport-Club, sometimes abbreviated as WSC, was established in 1883 in

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Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

and is one of the country's oldest athletics clubs. Their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city ( 17th district).

History

At various times throughout its history the club has had departments for fencing, boxing, wrestling, cycling, handball, track and field, field hockey, tennis, squash, football and water polo. The football team enjoyed success in Austria National Championship in

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1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

and

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

. Their 1958 season included an impressive 7–0 victory over

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in European Champions Cup. Two bankruptcies in the 1990s eventually led the team to slip into the lower leagues. In 2001, the football section split off as ''Wiener Sportklub'' due to financial troubles and was re-integrated back into WSC in 2017. The first squad currently plays in the

Austrian Regional League East The Austrian Regional League East (german: Regionalliga Ost) is a third-tier division of Austrian football re-introduced in the 1984–85 season. It covers the Austrian states of Burgenland, Lower Austria and Vienna and is one of three leagues ...

(3rd Division). The club's home ground ''Wiener Sport-Club Stadium'' (or ''Wiener Sport-Club Platz'' in German) dates back to 1904 and is considered as Austria's oldest actively used football field. Player and coach

Erich Hof Erich Hof (3 August 1936 – 25 January 1995) was an Austrian footballer and coach who played as a forward. Career Born in the Brigittenau district of Vienna, Hof began playing football as a striker with FC Hochstädt. In 1952, he joined Wiener ...

is known as the club's legend. Wiener sc Performance Graph

Honours

* Austrian Champions (3): 1921–22, 1957–58, 1958–59 *

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...

Winner (1): 1922–23 *

Austrian Football First League The Austrian Football Second League (german: 2. Liga) is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football. It was formerly called the First League (''Erste Liga''), from 2002 to 2018. The division currently contains 16 teams, and t ...

Winner (1): 1976–77 *

Winner (1): 2001–02

Club staff

* Manager: Norbert Schweitzer

Current squad

Notable players

Hans Krankl Johann "Hans" Krankl (; born 14 February 1953) is a retired Austrian footballer. A prolific striker, Krankl is regarded by many as one of Austria's greatest players. Club career Krankl started his professional career at Rapid Wien and stayed ...

* Eric Barber *

Lorin Avădanei Lorin is a masculine given name. The meaning of Lorin derives from a bay or laurel plant; of Laurentum (wreathed/crowned with laurel). Laurentum, in turn is from laurus (laurel), from the place of laurel trees, laurel branch, laurel wreath. Laurent ...

Finn Laudrup Finn Laudrup (born 31 July 1945) is a Danish former association football player who played as a forward. He represented a number of Danish clubs and played professionally with Wiener Sport-Club in Austria. He played 19 matches and scored six goa ...

* Julius Emanche * Horst Blankenburg *

Lothar Ulsaß Lothar Ulsaß (9 September 1940 – 18 June 1999) was a German professional footballer who played as a midfielder or striker. Club career Early in his career Ulsaß was a prolific goalscorer at Arminia Hannover in the second tier Amateuroberli ...

Notable coaches

Antoni Brzeżańczyk Antoni Brzeżańczyk (19 January 1919 – 26 May 1987) was a Polish footballer and football manager. He played for Podgórze Kraków, Dąb Poznań, Lechia Gdańsk, Odra Opole, AKS Chorzów, Lech Poznań and Stal Mielec where he began his coa ...

* Slobodan Batricevic * Goalkeeper Coach: Mirko Radulovic

External links

Wiener Sport-Club online

Wiener Sport-Club football section

Soccerway profile
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