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WSG Tirol
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Full name Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol
Founded 1930; 94 years ago (1930)
Ground Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
Ground Capacity 16,008
President Diana Langes-Swarovski
Manager Thomas Silberberger
League Austrian Bundesliga
2022–23 Austrian Bundesliga, 9th of 12

Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol (lit. Wattens' Sports Community Tyrol), commonly known as WSG Tirol, is a professional association football club based in the town of Wattens, Tyrol, Austria, that competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1930, it is affiliated to the Tirol Football Association. The team plays its home matches at Tivoli Stadion Tirol, where it has been based since 2019. In the 1969–70 season they played in the Nationalliga, the highest division in Austrian football at this time.

History

The club was formed in 1930 and has been known as SC Wattens (1930–53), SV Wattens (1953–71), and WSG Wattens (1984–2019). Its most successful period was in 1968–71, when it competed in the Austrian Bundesliga. Between 1971 and 1984 it merged with FC Wacker Innsbruck to form SSW Innsbruck (the merged team went on to win the Bundesliga five times and reached the quarter-finals of the 1977-78 European Cup). In this period the club retained its identity with distinct youth teams. From 1984, WSG Wattens have played in the Austrian Regional League West and the second tier First League. In 2019, they were promoted to the Bundesliga. After promotion, the club announced that their name would be changed to WSG Swarowski Tirol. In 2021 however, Swarovski ended its sponsorship and its name was removed from the club's name as well as from the business.

Wattens Performance Graph
Historical chart of Wattens league performance

Stadium

WSG Tirol play their home matches in Gernot Langes Stadion, Wattens. The stadium's capacity is 5500. The team’s average home attendance for the 2010–11 season was 289. The stadium is also occasionally used for international matches, such as a 2010 friendly between Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.

In 2013 the stadium was renamed in Gernot Langes stadium in honour of the 70th birthday of the longtime president Gernot Langes.

The stadium does not currently meet Bundesliga suitability criteria and therefore redevelopment work has been planned to create a modern, 6,000 capacity stadium by the summer of 2023. During this period, the club will use the Tivoli Stadium in Innsbruck.

Achievements

  • Austrian Second Division:
    • Winners (1): 2018–19
  • Austrian Second Division (West):
    • Winners (1): 1968
  • Austrian Third Division (West):
    • Winners (4): 1989, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2016

Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Austria GK Paul Schermer
3 Austria DF David Gugganig
4 Austria MF Valentino Müller
5 Austria DF Felix Bacher
6 Austria DF Lukas Sulzbacher
7 Austria FW Luca Kronberger (on loan from Sturm Graz)
8 Mali FW Mahamadou Diarra
9 Slovenia FW Nik Prelec (on loan from Cagliari)
10 Denmark MF Bror Blume
11 Poland FW Aleksander Buksa (on loan from Genoa)
13 Austria GK Benjamin Ozegovic
14 Austria MF Alexander Ranacher
17 Austria MF Johannes Naschberger
18 Austria FW Denis Tomic
No. Position Player
19 Austria FW Justin Forst
20 Austria MF Cem Üstündag
21 Austria FW Yannick Vötter
22 Austria DF Osarenren Okungbowa
23 Austria MF Stefan Skrbo
25 Germany GK Ferdinand Oswald
26 Croatia DF Dominik Štumberger
27 Austria DF David Jaunegg
28 Austria MF Thomas Geris
30 Austria MF Matthäus Taferner
40 Czech Republic GK Adam Stejskal
44 Germany DF Kofi Schulz
98 Slovenia MF Sandi Ogrinec

Club Officials

Position Staff
Manager Austria Thomas Silberberger
Assistant Manager Czech Republic Martin Švejnoha
Goalkeeper Coach Austria Hermann Steinlechner
Athletic and Rehabilitation Coach Germany Andreas Gerg
Video Analyst Austria Sebastian Ungerank
Team Doctor Austria Gregor Unterberger
Austria Clemens Burgstaller
Physiotherapist Austria Anja Pölzl
Austria Patrick Grassnig
Team Manager Austria Stefan Köck
Kitman Germany Matthias Peters
Busdriver Austria Servet Sisman

Manager history

  • Austria Fritz Pfister (1964–1970)
  • Austria Eduard Frühwirth (1970–1971)
  • Austria Hugo Perwein (1989–1990)
  • Austria Günther Rinker (1991–1994)
  • Austria Friedrich Peer (1994-1997)
  • Austria Wolfgang Schwarz (1997-2000)
  • Austria Günther Steinlechner (2000–2001)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Fuad Đulić (2001)
  • Austria Michael Streiter (2001-2002)
  • Austria Georg Saringer (2005)
  • Austria Thomas Pfeiler (2006-2007)
  • Austria Klaus Schuster (2007)
  • Austria Robert Auer (2007-2008)
  • Austria Roland Kirchler (2008-2012)
  • Austria Robert Wazinger (2012-2013)
  • Austria Thomas Silberberger (2013-)

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