WSG Tirol explained

Clubname:WSG Tirol
Current:2023–24 WSG Tirol season
Fullname:Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol
Founded:[1]
Ground:Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck
Capacity:16,008
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Diana Langes-Swarovski
Manager:Thomas Silberberger
League:Austrian Bundesliga
Season:2023–24
Position:Austrian Bundesliga,11th of 12
Website:https://www.wsg-fussball.at/
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Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol, 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.[2] In 2019, they were promoted to the Bundesliga.[3] 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.[4]

Stadium

WSG Tirol play their home matches in Gernot Langes Stadion, Wattens. The stadium's capacity is 5500.[5] The team's average home attendance for the 2010–11 season was 289.[6] The stadium is also occasionally used for international matches, such as a 2010 friendly between Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.[7]

In 2013 the stadium was renamed in Gernot Langes stadium in honour of the 70th birthday of the longtime president Gernot Langes.[8]

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

Club Officials

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

Manager history

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Club website official data (German). 16 June 2011. Regionalliga.at. https://web.archive.org/web/20110611013109/http://www.wsg-wattens-fussball.at/unser-verein.html. 11 June 2011. dead.
  2. News: Austria Final League Tables (First and Second Level) . 24 June 2011 . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629112450/http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/oosthist.html . 29 June 2011 .
  3. News: Geiler . Christoph . Aufsteiger Wattens: Eine graue Maus mit Potenzial . kurier.at . 2 June 2019 . de.
  4. Web site: Alles Logo bei der WSG . WSG Tirol . 21 October 2021 . 20 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210620100824/https://www.wsg-fussball.at/de/aktuelles/meldungen/7401261892.php.
  5. News: WSG Wattens club profile. 17 June 2011. worldfootball.net.
  6. News: Austrian Regional League West 2010–11 season attendance statistics. 1 June 2011. 16 June 2011. Regionalliga.at. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629185537/http://www.regionalliga.at/west/saison/statistik/. 29 June 2011. dead.
  7. News: Nigeria World Cup warm-up venues confirmed. 18 May 2010. 16 June 2011. BBC Sport.
  8. http://www.wsg-fussball.at/de/verein/stadion/ Website of WSG Wattens (German)