Admira Wacker is an Austrian professional
football
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club based in
Maria Enzersdorf
Maria Enzersdorf (Central Bavarian: ''Maria Enzasduaf'') is a small city in the district of Mödling (district), Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
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, a town in the
Mödling District
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Municipalities
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* Achau
* Biedermannsdorf
* Breitenfurt bei Wien
* Brunn am Gebir ...
of
Lower Austria
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. The team competes in the
2. Liga, the second tier of the
Austrian football league system.
The club was formed as Admira/Wacker in 1971 through the merger of
SK Admira and SC Wacker, making it the legal successor to both clubs and inheriting their combined titles and achievements. SC Wacker, founded in 1907 in
Vienna
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's
Obermeidling district, won the
Austrian Championship and
Austrian Cup
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once each. SK Admira, founded in 1905 in the
Jedlesee district of Vienna and based in Südstadt since 1967, won eight Austrian Championships, five Austrian Cups, and one
Austrian Supercup
The Austrian Supercup (German: ÖFB-Supercup) was a football competition held annually from 1986 until 2004 between the winners of the Austrian Football Bundesliga and the Austrian Cup.
19 editions were played during the short history of the com ...
. Admira's greatest international achievement was reaching the
Mitropa Cup
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final in 1934, while the merged club reached the quarter-finals of the
European Cup Winners' Cup
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in 1990.
History
SK Admira Vienna
''SK Admira Vienna'' was formed in the
Vienna
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district of
Jedlesee as a merger between two football clubs named ''Burschenschaft Einigkeit'' and ''Sportklub Vindobona'' in 1905. In 1919, Admira were promoted to the first tier of the Austrian league system for the first time in their history. The club soon became one of the more successful teams during the inter-war period, capturing seven Austrian national championship and three
Austrian Cup
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titles. Several Admira players were also regulars in the
Austria national football team
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The Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) was founded on 18 Mar ...
at this time.
After the
Anschluss
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in 1938, Admira played for several seasons in the
Gauliga Ostmark
The Gauliga Ostmark, renamed Gauliga Donau-Alpenland in 1941, was the highest football league in Austria after its annexation by Germany in 1938. Shortly after the occupation, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Austria, and the se ...
, one of the top-flight regional leagues created through the reorganization of German football under the
Third Reich
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. Their win of the
1938–39 Gauliga Ostmark
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qualified them for the
1939 German football championship
The 1939 German football championship, the 32nd edition of the competition, was won by Schalke 04, the club's fourth German championship by defeating Admira Wien 9–0 in the final, with Ernst Kalwitzki scoring five goals. For Admira it was the ...
, in which Admira made their way to the final against
Schalke 04
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, which was the dominant German football team of the era. They lost overwhelmingly by a score of 0–9. This effort marked the last major success for Vienna before the end of
World War II
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.
Post-War
The post-war period led to a slow, but steady decline due to lack of funds to buy more competitive players. It eventually culminated into the first brief relegation from the top tier after forty years in 1960. The club underwent two name changes in that period, playing as ''ESV Admira Vienna'' after a merger with the railroad sports club ''ESV Vienna'' in 1953 before changing to ''ESV Admira-NÖ Energie Vienna'' in 1960 due to a sponsorship agreement with regional energy suppliers
NEWAG/NIOGAS. Soon thereafter, Admira (or Admira Energie, as it was called in most media during the time) regained some of its earlier strength, winning the Austrian Cup in 1964 and the
Double
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of league and cup titles in 1966.
The revelation of financial scandals within NEWAG/NIOGAS in the late 1960s led to an abrupt end of the steady flow of funds and brought the club onto the brink of administration, which would narrowly be avoided. Nevertheless, Admira began looking for a merger partner, and particularly targeted
Austria Vienna. However, after the creation of ''Admira-Austria'' was declined twice, Admira eventually began talks with ''SC Wacker Vienna'', which were successfully concluded in 1971.
SC Wacker Vienna
''Wacker Vienna'' was formed in 1908 in the Vienna district of Meidling. The club reached the first tier of the Austrian league system for the first time in 1914. Being a mid-table side until the second half of the 1930s, Wacker became a top-team in the 1940s and 1950s, winning the
double
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in 1947 and ending as league runners-up eight more times between 1940 and 1956.
During the last decade as an independent club it became a bona-fide
yo-yo club
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, with eight straight relegations from or promotions to the Austrian top tier between 1961 and 1968. A fifth relegation in 1971, combined with financial and stadium problems, eventually led to a merger with ''Admira'', forming ''FC Admira/Wacker Vienna''.
VfB Mödling
''VfB Mödling'' was formed on 17 June 1911 in the
Lower Austria
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n town of
Mödling
Mödling () is the capital of the Austrian Mödling (district), district of the same name located approximately 15 km south of Vienna.
Mödling lies in Lower Austria's industrial zone (Industrieviertel). The Mödlingbach, a brook which rises ...
. Since their foundation, Mödling were playing in the highest Lower Austrian league. With the introduction of an Austria-wide national league in 1949, the club was classified into the second tier. Playing most of its existence in second- and third-tier leagues since then, the club enjoyed three brief stints in the top division during the 1952–53 and 1987–88 seasons as well as between 1992 and 1995 before eventually merging with ''Admira/Wacker'' in 1997.
In 1997, after a financial crisis, VfB Mödling and Admira Wacker merged. In 2004
Iran
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ian Majid Pishyar purchased the club. His stewardship of the club led to on-field and off-field difficulties. The club was relegated after the 2005–06 season. With further financial trouble, Pishyar sold the club to Richard Trenkwalder in 2008. Trenkwalder made a series of changes to the club, including changing the club's name to FC Trenkwalder Admira. His changes eventually paid off, with the club gaining promotion back to the Austrian first division following the 2010–11 season. (Majid Pishyar, meanwhile, notably also caused similar financial problems at a Swiss club,
Servette
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, in the 2011–12 season.)
In 2017,
Würzburg
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-based online printing company Flyeralarm acquired the naming rights for the club, meaning the club will be known as "Flyeralarm Admira" for ten years.
Admira Wacker
On 1 July 2024, the club officially reverted to its historic name, Admira Wacker, as part of a broader effort to return to its roots. One month earlier, the club had unveiled a newly designed crest, which drew heavily on the 1971 emblem but incorporated modern elements. The decision to reinstate the original club name and update the crest was welcomed by the fan base, particularly by fan clubs that had advocated for this change for many years. The club's traditional colors—black, white, and red—remain unchanged, though black and white have been given renewed emphasis in the club's branding.
Honours
*
Austrian Champions: 9
**Admira Vienna (8):
1926–27,
1927–28,
1931–32,
1933–34,
1935–36,
1936–37,
1938–39,
1965–66
**Wacker Vienna:
1946–47
*
Austrian Cup
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: 6
**Admira Vienna (5): 1927–28, 1931–32, 1933–34,
1963–64,
1965–66
**Wacker Vienna: 1946–47
*
Austrian Supercup
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19 editions were played during the short history of the com ...
: 1
**Admira / Wacker Vienna: 1989
*
Mitropa Cup
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**Admira Vienna runner-up:
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
**Wacker Vienna runner-up:
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
European tournaments history
;Notes
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Former players
*
Peter Wurz
*
Nicolae Lupescu
*
Marcel Sabitzer
Coaches
*
Hans Pesser (1 July 1960 – 30 June 1967)
*
Karl Schlechta
Karl Schlechta (28 January 1922 – 5 September 2016) was an Austrian Association football, football player and coach who played as a forward (association football), forward.
Death
Schlechta died on 5 September 2016, at the age of 94.
Referenc ...
(1971)
*
Ernst Ocwirk
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He spent the majority of his pla ...
(1 July 1971 – 30 June 1973)
*
Rudolf Matuschka (18 May 1975 – 30 June 1975)
*
Helmut Senekowitsch (1 July 1975 – 14 May 1976)
*
Rudolf Matuschka (16 May 1976 – 30 June 1976)
*
Franz Pelikan (1976)
*
Rudolf Matuschka (Jan 1977 – June 1977)
*
Stefan Jasiolek /
Franz Pelikan (July 1977 – Dec 77)
*
Antoni Brzeżańczyk (1978)
*
Rudolf Illovszky (1 July 1978 – 19 May 1979)
*
Felix Latzke (23 May 1979 – 30 April 1983)
*
Ernst Dokupil (5 May 1983 – 16 August 1986)
*
August Starek
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Club career
Starek started his career at 1. FC Simmering, clinching the Regionalliga East title in 1965. He then made a move to SK Rapid ...
(1 July 1986 – 13 March 1988)
*
Wilhelm Kreuz (14 March 1988 – 30 June 1988)
*
Ernst Weber (1 July 1988 – 30 June 1990)
*
Thomas Parits (1 July 1990 – 11 May 1991)
*
Sigfried Held
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Career
Born in Freudenthal, Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), Held's first football club was Kickers Offe ...
(11 May 1991 – 30 June 1993)
*
Dietmar Constantini (1 July 1993 – 31 May 1995)
*
Walter Knaller
Walter Knaller (born 24 October 1957) is an Austrian football striker and later manager.
References
External linksWalter Knaller
at ÖFB
1957 births
Living people
People from Feldkirchen District
Footballers from Carinthia
Men's assoc ...
(1 July 1995 – 30 June 1996)
*
Kurt Garger (1 July 1996 – 30 June 1997)
*
Wolfgang Kienast (1 July 1997 – 30 August 1997)
*
Milan Miklavič (1 September 1997 – 30 June 1998)
*
Hannes Weninger (1 July 1998 – 22 April 1999)
*
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''(interim)'' (24 April 1999 – 26 April 1999)
*
Milan Miklavič (26 April 1999 – 26 August 2000)
*
Hans Krankl
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Krankl started his professional career at Rapid Wien a ...
(6 September 2000 – 31 December 2001)
*
Walter Knaller
Walter Knaller (born 24 October 1957) is an Austrian football striker and later manager.
References
External linksWalter Knaller
at ÖFB
1957 births
Living people
People from Feldkirchen District
Footballers from Carinthia
Men's assoc ...
(1 January 2002 – 22 October 2002)
*
Johann Krejcirik
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''(interim)'' (25 October 2002 – 9 December 2002)
*
Alfred Tatar
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As a player he first started at SC Wiener Neustadt.
He ...
(10 December 2002 – 11 May 2003)
*
Rashid Rakhimov
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(10 December 2002 – 11 May 2004)
*
Bernd Krauss
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(11 May 2004 – 22 September 2004)
*
Dominik Thalhammer
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(23 September 2004 – 16 August 2005)
*
Robert Pflug (17 August 2005 – 16 February 2006)
*
Ernst Baumeister (16 February 2006 – 23 December 2007)
*
Attila Sekerlioglu (23 December 2007 – 18 April 2008)
*
Ernst Baumeister (2008)
*
Heinz Peischl (1 July 2008 – 8 August 2008)
*
Walter Schachner
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(9 August 2008 – 26 April 2010)
*
Dietmar Kühbauer
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Born in Heiligenkreuz, Burgenland, Kühbauer ...
(26 April 2010 – 11 June 2013)
*
Toni Polster
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(17 June 2013 – 10 August 2013)
*
Oliver Lederer
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(10 August 2013 – 19 September 2013)
*
Walter Knaller
Walter Knaller (born 24 October 1957) is an Austrian football striker and later manager.
References
External linksWalter Knaller
at ÖFB
1957 births
Living people
People from Feldkirchen District
Footballers from Carinthia
Men's assoc ...
(19 September 2013 – 6 April 2015)
*
Oliver Lederer
Oliver Lederer (born 2 January 1978) is an Austrian football
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(6 April 2015 – 30 June 2015)
*
Ernst Baumeister (1 July 2015 – 30 June 2016)
* Oliver Lederer (1 July 2016 – 3 January 2017)
*
Damir Burić (3 January 2017 – 9 September 2017)
*
Ernst Baumeister (9 September 2017 – 28 October 2018)
*
Reiner Geyer (29 October 2018 – 2 September 2019)
*
Klaus Schmidt (2 September 2019 – 23 February 2020)
*
Zvonimir Soldo
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After studying law for six semesters at the University of Zagr ...
(25 February 2020 – 13 September 2020)
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Patrick Helmes
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Early career
As a youth player, Helmes was active in local clubs ...
''(interim)'' (13 September 2020 – 22 September 2020)
*
Damir Burić (22 September 2020 – 26 April 2021)
*
Klaus Schmidt (26 April 2021 – 30 June 2021)
*
Andi Herzog (1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022)
*
Roberto Pätzold (1 July 2022 – 5 November 2022)
*
Rolf Landerl (6 November 2022 – 26 April 2023)
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Tommy Wright (26 April 2023 – 30 June 2023)
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Thomas Pratl (1 July 2023 – Present)
References
External links
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1905 establishments in Austria
Mödling
Sport in Lower Austria