FC Wacker Innsbruck is 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 ...

. The club was formed in June 2002 as ''FC Wacker Tirol'', and play their home games at

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. The club regard themselves as the spiritual continuation of the team FC Tirol Innsbruck, which went bankrupt in 2002, and the original

FC Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and o ...

, which was founded in 1913 (1913, 1914 or 1915, the founding day is uncertain). In honour of this heritage, FC Wacker Tirol was renamed FC Wacker Innsbruck in 2007.

History

The ascent of Wacker Tirol into the

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took only two years from formation, with promotion to the top division achieved in 2004. This was possible because the club made an alliance with 3rd league club Wattens and thus avoided starting in the bottom league. After finishing first in Regionalliga West (2002–03), Wacker advanced to Red Zac Erste Liga, and only a season later (2003–04) was promoted to Bundesliga. FC Wacker Tirol finished 6th out of 10 in their first Bundesliga season (2004–05) and 7th in their second (2005–06). In 2006–07, the Tyroleans avoided relegation only because

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went into

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and was docked 28 points as a result. One year later (2008) the club, now named FC Wacker Innsbruck, finished last and was relegated to the

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. After finishing runner-up in the 2008–09 season, FC Wacker Innsbruck won promotion back to the Austrian Bundesliga in 2010 in a tight run. About 5000 Tyrolean supporters had travelled to the final away game on 28 May 2010 in

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against Red Bull Juniors, which FC Wacker Innsbruck won 2–0. As in 2004–05, FC Wacker Innsbruck finished their first Bundesliga season (2010–11) again 6th and then 7th in 2011–12 when they had been close to the Europa League spots for much of the season. After a disastrous start into the 2012–13 season (ten losses in eleven matches) it seemed unlikely that the club could avoid relegation. In a dramatic season finale against relegation which involved four teams, FC Wacker Innsbruck on 26 May 2013 managed to turn a 0–2 against Wolfsberger AC into a 3–2 victory within 10 minutes and, thanks to this ''miracle of Wolfsberg'' stayed in the league. With one-year delay FC Wacker Innsbruck finishing last in 2013–14, 8 points behind

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which even had been docked 5 points due to financial problems. In 2014–15, Wacker Innsbruck played in the First League but failed to gain promotion. Consequently, FC Wacker Innsbruck start the 2015–16 season on the First League. FC Wacker Innsbruck start the 2018–19 season on the First League. After the 2021–22 season where Wacker Innsbruck finished in mid-table, the club did not apply for a licence for the next season, and decided not to file a complaint with the Permanent Neutral Arbitration Court. This placed the club at the bottom of the table and thus they were relegated to the Tiroler Liga, a fourth-tier division.

Seasons

Managers

* Michael Streiter (1 July 2002 – 30 June 2003) * Helmut Kraft (1 June 2003 – 9 November 2004) *

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(10 Nov 2004 – 31 May 2006) *

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(1 June 2006 – 19 April 2007) * Klaus Vogler ''(interim)'' (20 April 2007 – 30 June 2007) * Lars Søndergaard (1 July 2007 – 22 October 2007) * Helmut Kraft (22 Oct 2007 – 30 April 2008) * Walter Kogler (1 June 2008 – 10 October 2012) * Werner Löberbauer ''(interim)'' (10 Oct 2012 – 16 October 2012) * Roland Kirchler (16 Oct 2012 – 16 December 2013) * Florian Klausner ''(interim)'' (16 Dec 2013 – 18 December 2013) * Michael Streiter (27 Dec 2013 – 22 October 2014) * Florian Klausner ''(interim)'' (22 Oct 2014 – 25 November 2014) * Klaus Schmidt (25 Nov 2014 – 21 May 2016) * Andreas Schrott ''(interim)'' (21 May 2016 – 26 June 2016) * Maurizio Jacobacci (27 June 2016 – 21 September 2016) * Thomas Grumser (21 September 2016 – 31 December 2016) *

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(5 January 2017 – 5 March 2019) * Thomas Grumser (5 March 2019 – 31 July 2020) * Daniel Bierofka (1 August 2020 – 7 October 2021) * Masaki Morass ''(interim)'' (10 October 2021 – 27 January 2022) * Michael Oenning (29 January 2022 – 30 June 2022) * Akif Güclü (11 July 2022 – )

References

External links

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FC Wacker Innsbruck Results
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