WSG Tirol

WSG Tirol
Full nameWattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol
Founded1930[1]
(Year of foundation)
GroundTivoli neu,
Innsbruck
Capacity5500
ChairmanDiana Langes-Swarovski
ManagerThomas Silberberger
LeagueAustrian Football Bundesliga
2024-259th

WSG Tirol is an Austrian football club from Wattens, a town in the state of Tyrol. They play in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top league of Austrian football.

History

The club was founded in 1930 and played under different names.

  • SC Wattens (1930-53)
  • SV Wattens (1953-71)
  • WSG Wattens (1984-2019)
  • WSG Swarowski Tirol (2019-2021)
  • WSG Tirol (2021- )

Between 1971 and 1984 the club was united with FC Wacker Innsbruck to form SSW Innsbruck. This team was very successful. They reached the championship five times. From 1984 onwards they played in the Austrian Regional League West and the second tier First League. 2002 they merged with FC Wacker Tirol, so this new founded club was able to play in the Regionalliga. After the promotion the merger was dissolved. In the 2010/11 season they reached the second place and played two relegation matches versus Blau-Weiß Linz, the champion of the Regionalliga Mitte. They lost in the penalty shooting and Linz was promoted to the First League.

In 2019 they were promoted to the Bundesliga. After promotion they changed the name to WSG Swarowski Tirol. In 2021 Swarovski ended its sponsorship and the name was removed from the club's name so they play under the name WSG Tirol.

Current squad

As of 22 October 2024[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  Austria Paul Schermer
4 DF  Austria David Gugganig
4 MF  Austria Valentino Müller
5 DF  Germany Jamie Lawrence
6 DF  Austria Lukas Sulzbacher
7 FW  United States Quincy Butler
8 FW  Mali Mahamadou Diarra
10 MF  Denmark Bror Blume
11 FW  Austria Tobias Anselm
13 GK  Austria Alexander Eckmayr
14 MF  Austria Alexander Ranacher
15 MF  Burkina Faso Mazou Bambara
16 FW  Germany Lukas Hinterseer
17 MF  Austria Johannes Naschberger
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  Austria Justin Forst
20 MF  Austria Cem Üstündag
21 FW  Austria Yannick Vötter
22 DF  Austria Osarenren Okungbowa
23 MF  Austria Stefan Skrbo
25 DF  Germany Lennart Czyborra (on loan from Genoa CFC)
27 DF  Austria David Jaunegg
28 DF  Austria Thomas Geris
30 MF  Austria Matthäus Taferner
31 MF  Switzerland Mathew Collins
32 FW  Croatia Renato Babić
33 FW  Austria Florian Rieder
40 GK  Czech Republic Adam Stejskal

Coaching staff

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Honours

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


References

  1. "Club website official data (German)". Regionalliga.at. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. "Kader" [Squad] (in German). WSG Tirol. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  3. transfermarkt.at