Wiener Sport-Club
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| founded = 1883
| ground = Sportclub Stadium
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| chairman =
| manager = Jürgen Csandl
| website = https://wienersportclub.com
| league = Austrian Regional League East
| season = 2022–23
| position = Regionalliga Ost, 4th of 16
| current = 2023–24 Wiener Sport-Club season
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The Wiener Sport-Club, sometimes abbreviated as WSC, was established in 1883 in Vienna, Austria and is one of the country's oldest athletics clubs. Their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city (17th district).
History
At various times throughout its history the club has had departments for fencing, boxing, wrestling, cycling, handball, track and field, field hockey, tennis, squash, football and water polo. The football team enjoyed success in Austria National Championship in 1922, 1958 and 1959. Their 1958 season included an impressive 7–0 victory over Juventus in European Champions Cup. Two bankruptcies in the 1990s eventually led the team to slip into the lower leagues.
In 2001, the football section split off as Wiener Sportklub due to financial troubles and was re-integrated back into WSC in 2017. The first squad currently plays in the Austrian Regional League East (3rd Division). The club's home ground Wiener Sport-Club Stadium (or Wiener Sport-Club Platz in German) dates back to 1904 and is considered as Austria's oldest actively used football field. Player and coach Erich Hof is known as the club's legend.
Honours
- Austrian Football Bundesliga
- Champions (3): 1921–22, 1957–58, 1958–59
- Austrian Cup
- Winners (1): 1922–23
- Austrian Football First League
- Champions (1): 1976–77
- Austrian Regional League East
- Champions (1): 2001–02
- Challenge Cup
- Winners (1): 1904–05
Club staff
- Manager: Jürgen Csandl
Current squad
{{Updated|15 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://wienersportclub.com/teams/kader/|title=Kader|publisher=Wiener Sport Club|access-date=1 December 2024}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no= 1|pos=GK|nat=AUT|name=Florian Pröglhof}}
{{Fs player|no= 3|pos=DF|nat=AUT|name=Leonardo Ivkić}}
{{Fs player|no= 4|pos=DF|nat=AUT|name=Marvin Schuster|other={{small|on loan from First Vienna}}}}
{{Fs player|no= 5|pos=DF|nat=CRO|name=Luka Gusic}}
{{Fs player|no= 7|pos=MF|nat=POL|name=Martin Pajaczkowski}}
{{Fs player|no= 8|pos=MF|nat=AUT|name=Nicholas Wunsch}}
{{fs player|no= 9|pos=FW|nat=AUT|name=Felix Korber}}
{{Fs player|no=11|pos=MF|nat=AUT|name=Samuel Oppong}}
{{fs player|no=12|pos=FW|nat=AUT|name=Marcel Röhricht}}
{{Fs player|no=13|pos=DF|nat=AUT|name=Lucas Pfaffl}}
{{Fs player|no=14|pos=MF|nat=AUT|name=Eren Keles}}
{{Fs player|no=15|pos=DF|nat=AUT|name=Emmanuel Ojukwu}}
{{Fs player|no=16|pos=MF|nat=AUT|name=Emirhan Tütünci}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=18|pos=MF|nat=AUT|name=Dominik Akrap}}
{{fs player|no=19|pos=FW|nat=AUT|name=Joel Richards}}
{{Fs player|no=21|pos=MF|nat=AUT|name=Tizian Bender}}
{{Fs player|no=22|pos=GK|nat=AUT|name=Florian Steiger}}
{{Fs player|no=23|pos=MF|nat=BIH|name=Mirza Berkovic}}
{{Fs player|no=25|pos=MF|nat=AUT|name=Houssem Fattoum}}
{{Fs player|no=26|pos=GK|nat=AUT|name=Tobias Spraider}}
{{Fs player|no=28|pos=MF|nat=AUT|name=Nikola Solokovic}}
{{Fs player|no=29|pos=MF|nat=AUT|name=Miroslav Beljan}}
{{Fs player|no=30|pos=MF|nat=AUT|name=Philip Buzuk}}
{{Fs player|no=31|pos=MF|nat=AUT|name=Liam Kratky}}
{{fs player|no=32|pos=DF|nat=AUT|name=Pascal Macher}}
{{Fs end}}
Notable players
- {{flagicon|Austria}} Hans Krankl
- {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Eric Barber
- {{flagicon|Austria}} Erich Hof
- {{flagicon|Romania}} Lorin Avădanei
- {{flagicon|Denmark}} Finn Laudrup
- {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Julius Emanche
- {{flagicon|Germany}} Horst Blankenburg
- {{flagicon|Germany}} Lothar Ulsaß
- {{flagicon|Austria}} Christian Keglevits
Notable coaches
- {{flagicon|Austria}} Erich Hof
- {{flagicon|Poland}} Antoni Brzeżańczyk
- {{flagicon|Serbia}} Slobodan Batricevic
- Goalkeeper Coach: {{flagicon|Serbia}} Mirko Radulovic
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- [http://www.wsc.at Wiener Sport-Club online] {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.wienersportclub.com/ Wiener Sport-Club football section] {{in lang|de}}
- [https://int.soccerway.com/teams/austria/wiener-sportklub/ Soccerway profile]
{{Austrian Regional League}}
{{Football in Austria}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Football clubs in Austria
Category:Football clubs in Vienna
Category:Football clubs from former German territories