FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

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

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 European Cup football club tournament was won by defending champions Liverpool in the final against Club Brugge. The match finished 1–0, starting a run of six consecutive finals that finished 1–0 after 90 minutes, ...

. 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 was an Austrian association football club from 1986 to 1992, based in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. A year later, FC Tirol Innsbruck was founded and it was considered the continuation of the club. History It was created by c ...

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 the 22nd season of Europe's then-tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final was played over two legs at Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany, and at Stadio Delle Alpi, Turin, Italy. The competiti ...

. 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 Tirol Innsbruck was formed after the dissolvement of FC Swarovski Tirol in 1992 which w ...

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 The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...

**Champions (5): 1970–71, 1971–72,

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, 1974–75, 1976–77 *

Austrian Cup The Austrian 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 a record 27th time. Wo ...

**Winners (6): 1969–70,

, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1992–93

International

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called Coupe de l'Europe Centrale, Mitteleuropäischer Pokal or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European association football, football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the suc ...

**Winners: 1974–75, 1975–76

European cup history

QF = Quarterfinal

Managers

Otto Barić Otto Barić (; 19 June 1933 – 13 December 2020) was an Austrian-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 Germa ...

(1 Jan 1971 – 31 Dec 1971) *

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(1 July 1974 – 30 June 1976) * Fritz Pfister (1 July 1976 – 30 June 1977) *

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(1977–78) * Johann Eigenstiller (1979) *

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(1 Jan 1979 – 30 June 1979) * Peter Velhorn (1 July 1979 – 20 Feb 1980) *

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(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 (24 April 1985 – 30 June 1985) *

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(1 July 1985 – 30 June 1987) *

(1 July 1992 – 31 Dec 1992) * Walter Skocik (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)