FC Wacker Innsbruck


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

History

The Fußball-Club Wacker 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 Bundesliga, winning its first championship in 1971.
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 in order to focus the football power of Tyrol 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 European Cup in 1977–78.
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 UEFA Cup 1992–93. They nevertheless played in the Bundesliga only for one season, as in 1993 the FC Tirol Innsbruck was formed, to which FC Wacker again lost its license. In 1999 the club, meanwhile playing in the seventh division, finally folded.

Honours

QF = Quarterfinal
SeasonCompetitionRoundCountryClubHomeAwayAggregate
1970–71UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1Partizani3–22–15–3
2Real Madrid0–21–01–2
1971–72European Cup1Benfica1–30–41–7
1972–73European Cup1Dinamo Kiev0–10–20–3
1973–74European Cup1CSKA Sofia0–10–30–4
1974–75UEFA Cup1Borussia M'Gladbach2–10–32–4
1975–76European Cup1Borussia M'gladbach1–11–62–7
1976–77UEFA Cup1IK Start2–15–07–1
2Videoton1–10–11–2
1977–78European Cup1Basel0–11–33–2
2Celtic3–02–14–2
3Borussia Mönchengladbach3–10–23–3
1978–79UEFA Cup Winner's Cup1Zagłębie Sosnowiec3–21–14–3
2Ipswich Town0–11–11–2
1979–80UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1FC Lokomotíva Košice1–20–11–3
1983–84UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1FC Koln1–01–72–7
1984–85UEFA Cup1Real Madrid2–00–52–5
1985–86UEFA Cup1RFC Liege1–30–11–4
1992–93UEFA Cup1Roma1–40–11–5

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