WSG Tirol

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.

WSG Tirol
Full nameWattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol
Founded1930 (1930)[1]
GroundTivoli-Neu, Innsbruck
Capacity16,008
PresidentDiana Langes-Swarovski
ManagerThomas Silberberger
LeagueAustrian Bundesliga
2022–23Austrian Bundesliga, 9th of 12
WebsiteClub website

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]

Historical chart of Wattens league performance

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

Current squad
As of 29 September 2023[9]

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 AUT Paul Schermer
3 DF Austria AUT David Gugganig
4 MF Austria AUT Valentino Müller
5 DF Austria AUT Felix Bacher
6 DF Austria AUT Lukas Sulzbacher
7 FW Austria AUT Luca Kronberger (on loan from Sturm Graz)
8 FW Mali MLI Mahamadou Diarra
9 FW Slovenia SVN Nik Prelec (on loan from Cagliari)
10 MF Denmark DEN Bror Blume
11 FW Poland POL Aleksander Buksa (on loan from Genoa)
13 GK Austria AUT Benjamin Ozegovic
14 MF Austria AUT Alexander Ranacher
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Austria AUT Johannes Naschberger
18 FW Austria AUT Denis Tomic
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
25 GK Germany GER Ferdinand Oswald
26 DF Croatia CRO Dominik Štumberger
27 DF Austria AUT David Jaunegg
28 FW Austria AUT Thomas Geris
30 MF Austria AUT Matthäus Taferner
40 GK Czech Republic CZE Adam Stejskal
44 DF Germany GER Kofi Schulz
77 MF Austria AUT Julius Ertlthaler
98 MF Slovenia SVN Sandi Ogrinec

Club Officials
Position Staff
ManagerAustria Thomas Silberberger
Assistant ManagerCzech Republic Martin Švejnoha
Goalkeeper CoachAustria Hermann Steinlechner
Athletic and Rehabilitation CoachGermany Andreas Gerg
Video AnalystAustria Sebastian Ungerank
Team DoctorAustria Gregor Unterberger
Austria Clemens Burgstaller
PhysiotherapistAustria Anja Pölzl
Austria Patrick Grassnig
Team ManagerAustria Stefan Köck
KitmanGermany Matthias Peters
BusdriverAustria 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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