FC Wacker Innsbruck
Full nameFußballclub Wacker Innsbruck
Founded21 June 2002 (2002-06-21)
GroundTivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
Capacity16,008
ChairmanGerhard Stocker
ManagerMichael Oenning
LeagueTiroler Liga
2021–22Second League, 9th of 16

FC Wacker Innsbruck is an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck. The club was formed in June 2002 as FC Wacker Tirol, and play their home games at Tivoli-Neu. 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, which was founded in 1913. In honour of this heritage, FC Wacker Tirol was renamed FC Wacker Innsbruck in 2007. However, legally, it is a separate club and not entitled to claim honours won by its predecessors.

History

Historical chart of FC Wacker Innsbruck league performance (incl. predecessor clubs)

The ascent of Wacker Tirol into the Bundesliga 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 Grazer AK went into administration 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 Austrian Football Second League.

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 Pasching 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 FC Admira Wacker Mödling 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.[1]

Seasons

Season League Place W D L GF GA Pts Notes
2002–03Fußball-Regionalliga (III)126221011780[2]Alliance with WSG Wattens
2003–04Erste Liga (II)12268654472
2004–05Bundesliga (I)6111114484844
2005–06Bundesliga7101214445542
2006–07Bundesliga981018406434avoided relegation only because of bankrupt GAK
2007–08Bundesliga1061119326329
2008–09Erste Liga (II)21887654462
2009–10Erste Liga12166672669
2010–11Bundesliga (I)6131112434250
2011–12Bundesliga7101511364545
2012–13Bundesliga811322417536
2013–14Bundesliga1051417427029
2014–15Erste Liga6111015324343
2015–16Erste Liga317811614759
2016–17Erste Liga415912585354
2017–18Erste Liga12187603171
2018–19Bundesliga124513173417Regular Season
Bundesliga68519325120Relegation Round
2019–202. Liga613512444944
2020–212. Liga41767503357
2021–222. Liga911712464140Did not apply for a new licence
2022–23Tiroler Liga (IV)16745252125[3]
Green marks a season followed by promotion, red a season followed by relegation.

Managers

  • Austria Michael Streiter (1 July 2002 – 30 June 2003)
  • Austria Helmut Kraft (1 June 2003 – 9 November 2004)
  • Russia Stanislav Cherchesov (10 Nov 2004 – 31 May 2006)
  • Czech Republic František Straka (1 June 2006 – 19 April 2007)
  • Austria Klaus Vogler (interim) (20 April 2007 – 30 June 2007)
  • Denmark Lars Søndergaard (1 July 2007 – 22 October 2007)
  • Austria Helmut Kraft (22 Oct 2007 – 30 April 2008)
  • Austria Walter Kogler (1 June 2008 – 10 October 2012)
  • Austria Werner Löberbauer (interim) (10 Oct 2012 – 16 October 2012)
  • Austria Roland Kirchler (16 Oct 2012 – 16 December 2013)
  • Austria Florian Klausner (interim) (16 Dec 2013 – 18 December 2013)
  • Austria Michael Streiter (27 Dec 2013 – 22 October 2014)
  • Austria Florian Klausner (interim) (22 Oct 2014 – 25 November 2014)
  • Austria Klaus Schmidt (25 Nov 2014 – 21 May 2016)
  • Austria Andreas Schrott (interim) (21 May 2016 – 26 June 2016)
  • Italy Maurizio Jacobacci (27 June 2016 – 21 September 2016)
  • Austria Thomas Grumser (21 September 2016 – 31 December 2016)
  • Austria Karl Daxbacher (5 January 2017 – 5 March 2019)
  • Austria Thomas Grumser (5 March 2019 – 31 July 2020)
  • Germany Daniel Bierofka (1 August 2020 – 7 October 2021)
  • Japan Masaki Morass (interim) (10 October 2021 – 27 January 2022)
  • Germany Michael Oenning (29 January 2022 – 30 June 2022)
  • Austria Akif Güclü (11 July 2022 – )

References

  1. ↑ "FC Wacker Innsbruck scheidet mit Saisonende aus der Österreichischen Fußball-Bundesliga aus". Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "bet-austria.com ... Tabelle". www.bet-austria.com.
  3. ↑ "Spieler der Runde". Fußball Tirol - Ergebnisse, Tabellen und Torschützen von allen Ligen Tirols. | ligaportal.at (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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