WSG Tirol

WSG Tirol
Full name	Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol
Founded	1930; 95 years ago
Ground	Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck
Capacity	16,008
President	Diana Langes-Swarovski
Manager	Philipp Semlic
League	Austrian Bundesliga
2023–24	Austrian Bundesliga, 11th of 12
Website	www.wsg-fussball.at
	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.^[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

Austrian Second Division:
- Winners (1): 2018–19
Austrian Second Division (West):
- Winners (1): 1968
Austrian Third Division (West):
- Winners (4): 1989, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2016

Current squad

As of 7 January 2025^[9]

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	AUT	Paul Schermer
3	DF	AUT	David Gugganig
4	MF	AUT	Valentino Müller
5	DF	GER	Jamie Lawrence
6	DF	AUT	Lukas Sulzbacher
7	FW	USA	Quincy Butler
8	FW	MLI	Mahamadou Diarra
10	MF	DEN	Bror Blume
11	FW	AUT	Tobias Anselm
13	GK	AUT	Alexander Eckmayr
14	MF	AUT	Alexander Ranacher
15	MF	BFA	Mazou Bambara
16	FW	AUT	Lukas Hinterseer
17	MF	AUT	Johannes Naschberger


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	AUT	Cem Üstündag
21	FW	AUT	Yannick Vötter
22	DF	AUT	Osarenren Okungbowa
23	MF	AUT	Stefan Skrbo
24	DF	GER	Jonas David
25	DF	GER	Lennart Czyborra (on loan from Genoa)
27	DF	AUT	David Jaunegg
28	MF	AUT	Thomas Geris
30	MF	AUT	Matthäus Taferner
31	MF	SUI	Mathew Collins
32	MF	CRO	Renato Babic
33	FW	AUT	Florian Rieder
40	GK	CZE	Adam Stejskal

Club Officials

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

Fritz Pfister (1964–1970)
Eduard Frühwirth (1970–1971)
Hugo Perwein (1989–1990)
Günther Rinker (1991–1994)
Friedrich Peer (1994–1997)
Wolfgang Schwarz (1997–2000)
Günther Steinlechner (2000–2001)
Fuad Đulić (2001)
Michael Streiter (2001–2002)
Georg Saringer (2005)
Thomas Pfeiler (2006–2007)
Klaus Schuster (2007)
Robert Auer (2007–2008)
Roland Kirchler (2008–2012)
Robert Wazinger (2012–2013)
Thomas Silberberger (2013-2024)
Philipp Semlic (2024-)

Logos

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

References

^ "Club website official data (German)". Regionalliga.at. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
^ "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.
^ Geiler, Christoph (2 June 2019). "Aufsteiger Wattens: Eine graue Maus mit Potenzial". kurier.at (in German).
^ "Alles Logo bei der WSG". WSG Tirol. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ "WSG Wattens club profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
^ "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.
^ "Nigeria World Cup warm-up venues confirmed". BBC Sport. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
^ Website of WSG Wattens (German)
^ "Kader" [Squad] (in German). WSG Tirol. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

External links

[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.

[renamed_from_2019_on_20211123180835-3] 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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