VfB Admira Wacker Mödling

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Admira Wacker Mödling
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Full name VfB Nordea Admira Wacker Mödling
Nickname(s) Admiraner
Südstädter
Founded 1905
(as SK Admira Vienna)
Ground Bundesstadion Südstadt,
Maria Enzersdorf
(Capacity 12,000)
Chairman Flag of Iran Majid Pishyar
Manager Flag of Austria Ernst Baumeister
League Regionalliga Ost
2006-07 Red Zac Erste Liga, 10th (Relegated)
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VfB Admira Wacker Mödling is an Austrian football club from Mödling. The club was formed in 1997 following the merger of VfB Mödling and SCN Admira/Wacker.

The origins of the club go back to the formation of SK Admira Vienna in 1905. Between 1926 and 1939 this team captured seven Austrian national championship titles, as well as three Austrian Cups. Austrian teams were among the best in continental Europe at this time and several Admira players were part of the powerful national side commonly known as the "Miracle Team".

After the Anschluss that united Germany and Austria in 1938 Admira played for several seasons in the Gauliga Ostmark, one of the top flight regional leagues created through the reorganization of German football under the Third Reich. The club contested Germany's national final in 1939, losing 0:9 to Schalke 04, which was on its way to becoming the dominant side in German football of the era. In the postwar period honours were harder to come by as the team earned only one additional national title, in 1966, alongside three more Austrian Cups.

In 1971 Admira merged with Wacker Wien. Formed in 1908 Wacker played in the country's first division continuously from 1914 to 1961, winning the Austrian championship in 1947. As Admira Wacker this combined side won the Austrian Super Cup in 1989. A combined total of sixteen titles marks today's club as the fourth most successful in the history of Austrian football.

The other half of the current club was formed as SVg Mödling on August 11, 1911 and re-named VfB Mödling in 1992.

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[edit] Current

Following the 2005-2006 season, the team was relegated from the first division T-Mobile Bundesliga to the second tier Erste Division.

Since Iranian Majid Pishyar bought the club in December of 2004 the number of Iranians playing for the club has dramatically increased. In addition, Heshmat Mohajerani, a well known Iranian football manager became part of the club's executive committee.

[edit] Honours

  • Austrian champions (8): 1927, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1966
  • Austrian vice-champions: 1929, 1930, 1931, 1935
  • Austrian Cup: 1928, 1932, 1934, 1964, 1966
  • German vice-champions: 1939
  • Mitropa Cup finalist: 1934

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Austria GK Thomas Weindl
2 Flag of Austria DF Lukas Stocker
7 Flag of Austria MF René Messinger
9 Flag of Austria FW Roman Koller
10 Flag of Iran MF Mohsen Faraji
11 Flag of Austria FW Milos Pantic
13 Flag of Austria DF Christian Wiesinger
14 Flag of Austria DF Christopher Dibon
15 Flag of Austria DF Daniel Poukar
17 Flag of Austria DF Daniel Drescher
18 Flag of Austria MF Georg Nemetschek
19 Flag of Austria MF Rolf Martin Landerl
20 Flag of Austria GK Patrick Tischler
22 Flag of Austria DF Franz Königshofer
24 Flag of Austria MF Alexander Prinz
25 Flag of Poland FW Mariusz Gnyla
No. Position Player
26 Flag of Austria DF Benedict Bauer
27 Flag of Austria DF Paul Weissensteiner
33 Flag of Austria MF Markus Scharrer
Flag of Austria DF Alexander Jank
Flag of Austria DF Oliver Lederer
Flag of Turkey DF Eren Küçükkuş
Flag of Austria MF Michael Wagner
Flag of Austria MF Roman Christ
Flag of Austria MF Martin Labaska
Flag of Austria FW Marcus Pürk
Flag of Austria FW Marco Sahanek
Flag of Austria GK Johannes Westphalen
Flag of Austria DF Christian Banovits
Flag of Austria GK Mario Baumgartner
Flag of Austria MF Stefan Panny

[edit] Former Players

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