FC Wacker Innsbruck
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FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian football club from Innsbruck, Tirol.
[edit] 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 July 20 1971 FC Wacker Innsbruck and WSG Swarovski Wattens, also playing in Austrian first division, merged to form a single team called SpG Swarovski Wattens-Innsbruck (SSW Innsbruck) in order better focus the football power of Tirol. 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 four times the Austrian Championship und 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 eight division, quickly managing the reach the fourth division in 1993. In 1999 the club was folded, meanwhile playing again in the seventh division.
[edit] Honours
- Austrian Championship (5): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977
- Austrian Championship Runners Up (4): 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976
- Austrian Cup (6): 1970, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1993
- Austrian Cup Runners Up (3): 1976, 1982, 1983
- Mitropa Cup Winners: 1975, 1976
