Wacker München

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Wacker München

Full name

Fußball-Club Wacker München e.V.

Founded

1903

Ground

Bezirkssportanlage Demleitnerstraße

Capacity

2005-06





Home colours





Away colours

Wacker München is a German football club from the city of Munich, Bavaria.

1 History
2 Famous players
3 Team trivia
4 Honours
5 External links

[edit] History

Founded in 1903 as FC Isaria München the club took on its current name in 1920 and enjoyed their greatest successes through that decade. The team twice advanced as far as the national semi-finals, losing 0:4 to Hamburger SV in 1922, and 1:2 to Hertha BSC in 1928.

After the re-organization of German football into sixteen premier level divisions under the Third Reich in 1933, Wacker played in the Gauliga Bayern until relegated in 1938. They returned to first division football three seasons later in 1940 but were never a serious contender for the division title.

Logo of FC Wacker München ca. 1931

After World War II the club re-appeared in the top-flight in the Oberliga Süd in 1947. They were immediately relegated and soon supplanted by other local sides on the rise such as Bayern Munich and 1860 München. Through the 50's and 60's Wacker played third division football except for a pair of single seasons turns in the 2.Oberliga Süd (II) early in the 50's. After the formation of the Bundesliga, Germany's new professional league, in 1963, the team settled into the Amateurliga Bayern (III) managing just three appearances in the Regionalliga Süd (II) in 1964, 1970, and 1972 before slipping to the Landesliga Bayern-Süd (IV) in 1980. They played at that level until being bankrupted in 2004 through the fraudulent management of the club's finances. Today a resurrected association plays in the A-Klasse München (X).