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WSG Wattens
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Full nameWSG Swarovski Wattens Fußball
Founded1930[1]
(Year of foundation)
GroundAlpenstadion,
Wattens
Capacity5500
PresidentDiana Langes-Swarovski
ManagerThomas Silberberger
LeagueErste Liga
2015-161st
Current season

WSG Wattens is an Austrian football club located in Wattens, a town in the state of Tyrol in the west of the country. They currently play in the Erste Liga, the second tier of Austrian football.

History

The club was formed in 1930 and has been known as SC Wattens (1930–53), SV Wattens (1953–71), and WSG Wattens (1984–present). 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]

Stadium

WSG Wattens play their home matches in Alpenstadion, Wattens. The stadium's capacity is 5500.[3] The team’s average home attendance for the 2010–11 season was 289.[4] The stadium is also occasionally used for international matches, such as a 2010 friendly between Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.[5]

In 2013 the stadium was renamed in Gernot Langes stadium in honour of the 70th birthday of the longtime president Gernot Langes. [6]

Achievements

Current squad

As of 28 June 2016

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 Emanuel Ponholzer
3 DF Austria AUT Michael Steinlechner
5 DF Czech Republic CZE Martin Švejnoha
6 MF Austria AUT Christian Gebauer
7 MF Austria AUT Benjamin Pranter
8 MF Austria AUT Kevin Nitzlnader
9 FW Austria AUT Matthias Leitner
10 MF Austria AUT Florian Toplitsch
11 FW Austria AUT Lukas Katnik
13 MF Denmark DEN Niels-Peter Mørck
14 FW Austria AUT Samuel Krismer
15 DF Italy ITA David Zimmerhofer
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Austria AUT Florian Buchacher
17 MF Austria AUT Niko Schneebauer
18 MF Austria AUT Rene Schneebauer
19 DF Austria AUT Sandro Neurauter
20 MF Croatia CRO Drazen Kekez
21 FW Slovakia SVK Milan Jurdík
23 DF Austria AUT Dominik Popp
25 GK Germany GER Ferdinand Oswald
26 DF France FRA Samuel Mansour
27 MF England ENG Khurram Shazad
30 GK Austria AUT Philipp Weissenhofer

Manager history

As of 28 June 2016[7]

See also

External links

  • [1] – Official website
  • [2] – Facebook page
  • [3] – Fan club

References

  1. ^ "Club website official data (German)". Regionalliga.at. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Austria Final League Tables (First and Second Level)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "WSG Wattens club profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Austrian Regional League West 2010–11 season attendance statistics". Regionalliga.at. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Nigeria World Cup warm-up venues confirmed". BBC Sport. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  6. ^ Website of WSG Wattens (German)
  7. ^ "WSG Wattens » Manager history". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 June 2016.