FK Austria Wien
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| Full name | FK Austria MAGNA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Die Veilchen (The Violets) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | March 12, 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Horr Stadion, Vienna, Austria |
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| Capacity | 11,800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Peter Langer |
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| Manager | Thomas Parits, Georg Zellhofer |
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| League | Austrian Bundesliga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FK Austria Wien is an Austrian football club which plays in the capital, Vienna. They are the champions of the 2005/06 Austrian Bundesliga. In English, they are commonly referred to as Austria Vienna.
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[edit] Stadium
FK Austria Wien plays in Horr Stadion which has a total capcity of 11,800 seats.
[edit] History
[edit] Foundation to World War II
Austria Wien were founded in Vienna on March 12, 1911 as the Wiener Amateur Sportvereinigung by players and officials of the Vienna Cricket- and Football- Club. Club colours are violet and white. The first championship title was won in 1924. In 1926 the Amateure changed their name to Austria as the former amateurs had become professionals.
The 1930s, one of Austria’s most successful eras brought two Mitropa Cup titles, a predecessor of today’s UEFA Champions League (1933, 1936). During this time world class players like Matthias Sindelar wore the violet jersey.
During the time of the Nazi dictatorship (1938 – 1945) most of Austria’s officials and some of their players, being Jewish, had to leave the country or were being murdered by the Nazi regime. Star player Sindelar died under unresolved circumstances on January 23, 1939 of carbon monoxide poisoning in his apartment. But contrary to long-held beliefs Sindelar was not opposed to the Nazi-Regime, he even "arianized" a coffee house (he bought it from the authorities for a very low price after its Jewish owners had been deported to a concentration camp) Even though Austria did not have any sportive successes in this period for these reasons they managed to clinch a much more important victory in keeping their club name "Austria" despite the attempts of the Nazis to rename the club.
[edit] Post World War II
Post World War II a new successful era began with Austria winning national championship titles in 1949, 1950, 1953 and 1961 – 63 as well as 1969.
The 1960s marked the beginning of a golden period for FK Austria Wien, a run of 16 titles in 33 seasons between 1960 and 1993. The decade began with three titles in a row (1961, 1962 and 1963) and ended with two more (1969, 1970) under the management of Ernst Ocwirk. Stars of the 1960s included:
- Horst Nemec, a fine centre-forward rated by some at the time as one of Europe's best
- Ernst Fiala, another fine attacker and inspirational team leader
- Johann Geyer, a cultured yet hard-working midfield schemer
- Horst Hirnschrodt, who played mainly on the right flank
[edit] Glorious Era
The 1970s saw the beginning of another glorious era of the club as the Violets won 8 national championship titles between 1976 and 1986 (1976,1978-81,1984-86) and made it to the Final of the European Cup Winners Cup in 1978 (which was lost 0:4 to R.S.C. Anderlecht) and the semi finals of the European Champions Cup in 1979. Important players included the world famous Herbert "Schneckerl" Prohaska, and Toni Polster.
[edit] 1990s
In the beginning of the 90s, FK Austria enjoyed its so far last successful era: three championship titles (1991-93), three cup titles (1990, 1992, 1994) as well as four Super cup titles ( Austrian national champion vs. Cup winner) (1991-94) were won.
[edit] New Millennium
After a period without any title, Austria Wien was taken over by Frank Stronach in 1999. He invested much money into the club, buying many top players and so they won the title again in 2003. Nowadays Austia Wien has a three times higher budget than the average clubs of the league. To this day Austria are known for their very fancy and creative style of playing football which on the downside has frequently led to unnecessary losses and makes the team somewhat unpredictable.
[edit] History in Europe
The 1930s, one of Austria’s most successful eras brought two Mitropa Cup titles, a predecessor of today’s UEFA Champions League (1933, 1936). During this time world class players like Matthias Sindelar wore the violet jersey.
[edit] Major championships
Some supporters of the club claim that, contrary to common belief, Austria Wien are the "real" Austrian record champion since 16 of the 31 titles of local rival SK Rapid Wien were won before the establishment of an all Austrian league (vs. only 3 for Austria Wien). Domestic competitions:
Austrian Championship [23]: 1924,1926,1949,1950,1953,1961,1962,1963,1969,1970,1976,1978,1979,1980,1981,1984,1985, 1986,1991,1992,1993,2003,2006
Wiener Cup [6]: 1921,1924,1925,1926,1933,1935
Austrian Cup [19]: 1936,1948,1949,1960,1962,1963,1967,1971,1974,1977,1980,1982,1986,1990,1992,1994,2003, 2005,2006
Austrian Super Cup [6]: 1990,1991,1992,1993,2003,2004
European competitions: Mitropa Cup [2]: 1933, 1936
[edit] Players
[edit] Current squad
All information was established according to the official website: www.fk-austria.at.
As of August 2006, 2006
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[edit] Notable players
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