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Football club
WSG Tirol
Full nameWattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol
Founded1930; 94 years ago (1930)
GroundTivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck
Capacity16,008
PresidentDiana Langes-Swarovski
ManagerPhilipp Semlic
LeagueAustrian Bundesliga
2023–24Austrian Bundesliga, 11th of 12
Websitewww.wsg-fussball.at
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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.

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

Current squad

As of 8 August 2024

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

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

Club Officials

Position Staff
Manager Austria Philipp Semlic
Assistant Manager Czech Republic Martin Švejnoha
Austria Manuel Ludwiger
Goalkeeper Coach Austria Mischa Todeschini
Austria Ferdinand Oswald
Athletic and Rehabilitation Coach Austria Michael Öhlknecht
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

Logos

  • Club Logo until 1971 Club Logo until 1971
  • WSG Swarovski Tirol logo 2019–2021 WSG Swarovski Tirol logo 2019–2021
  • Club logo as WSG Tirol since 2021 Club logo as WSG Tirol since 2021

See also

References

  1. "Club website official data (German)". Regionalliga.at. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. "Austria Final League Tables (First and Second Level)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  3. Geiler, Christoph (2 June 2019). "Aufsteiger Wattens: Eine graue Maus mit Potenzial". kurier.at (in German).
  4. "Alles Logo bei der WSG". WSG Tirol. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. "WSG Wattens club profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  6. "Austrian Regional League West 2010–11 season attendance statistics". Regionalliga.at. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  7. "Nigeria World Cup warm-up venues confirmed". BBC Sport. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  8. Website of WSG Wattens (German)
  9. "Kader" [Squad] (in German). WSG Tirol. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

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