FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.
History The Fußball-Club Wacker ("Valiant") 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 (SSW 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 1977–78 European Cup.
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 1992–93 UEFA Cup. 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 National Austrian Bundesliga Champions (5): 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77 Austrian Cup Winners (6): 1969–70, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1992–93
International Mitropa Cup Winners: 1974–75, 1975–76
European cup history QF = Quarterfinal Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate1970–71UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1Partizani3–22–15–32Real Madrid0–21–01–21971–72European Cup1Benfica1–30–41–71972–73European Cup1Dynamo Kyiv0–10–20–31973–74European Cup1CSKA Sofia0–10–30–41974–75UEFA Cup1Borussia Mönchengladbach2–10–32–41975–76European Cup1Borussia Mönchengladbach1–11–62–71976–77UEFA Cup1IK Start2–15–07–12Videoton1–10–11–21977–78European Cup1Basel0–13–13–22Celtic3–01–24–23Borussia Mönchengladbach3–10–23–3Gladbach progressed on away goals1978–79UEFA Cup Winner's Cup1Zagłębie Sosnowiec3–21–14–32Ipswich Town0–11–11–21979–80UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1FC Lokomotíva Košice1–20–11–31983–84UEFA Cup Winners' Cup1FC Koln1–01–72–71984–85UEFA Cup1Real Madrid2–00–52–51985–86UEFA Cup1RFC Liege1–30–11–41992–93UEFA Cupas successor of FC Swarovski Tirol1Roma1–40–11–5
Managers
Otto Barić (1 Jan 1971 – 31 Dec 1971) Branko Elsner (1 July 1974 – 30 June 1976) Fritz Pfister (1 July 1976 – 30 June 1977) Georg Keßler (1977–78) Johann Eigenstiller (1979) Lajos Baróti (1 Jan 1979 – 30 June 1979) Peter Velhorn (1 July 1979 – 20 Feb 1980) Franz Wolny (1 Jan 1980 – 28 Aug 1983) Heinz Binder (Sept 1, 1983–30 June 1984) Cor Brom (1 July 1984 – 23 April 1985) Werner Schwarz (24 April 1985 – 30 June 1985) Felix Latzke (1 July 1985 – 30 June 1987) Branko Elsner (1 July 1992 – 31 Dec 1992) Walter Skocik (1 Jan 1993 – 31 May 1993)