FC Wacker Innsbruck

FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.

History
The Fußball-Club Wacker Innsbruck was founded in 1915 with the colours black and green. They played friendlies against other Innsbruck teams, then they stopped until 1918 because of the First World War. 1923 they were in danger to be relegated so they merged with Rapid Innsbruck under the name FC Sturm Innsbruck . But this club soon was dissolved. Karl Langisch: Fußballclub Wacker Innsbruck. Austria-Edition, Wien 1966. The club was new founded in 1924 under the old name. 

In 1964 the club was promoted to the A-Liga, today's Bundesliga They reached the first title in 1971.
On 20 July 1971 FC Wacker Innsbruck and SV Wattens merged to SpG Swarovski Wattens-Wacker Innsbruck (SSW Innsbruck). The union was only in professional football, the youth teams were part of their original clubs. SSW Innsbruck won the Austrian Championship five times and 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 had to play in the eighth division. 1992 FC Swarovski was dissolved and Wacker took the Bundesliga license and access to the UEFA Cup 1992–93. They only played for one season because 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.Tiroler Bote, Vereinsauflösungen (German)

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 M'Gladbach2–10–32–41975–76European Cup1Borussia M'gladbach1–11–62–71976–77UEFA Cup1IK Start2–15–07–12Videoton1–10–11–21977–78European Cup1Basel0–11–33–22Celtic3–02–14–23Borussia 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)

Category:1915 establishments in Europe
Category:1999 disestablishments in Europe
Category:1910s establishments in Austria
Category:20th-century disestablishments in Austria
Category:Austrian football clubs
Category:Football clubs of Tyrol