Wiener Sport-Club

The Wiener Sport-Club, sometimes abbreviated as WSC, was established in 1883 in Vienna, Austria and is one of the country's oldest athletics clubs. Their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city (17th district).

Wiener Sport-Club

Full name	Wiener Sport-Club
Founded	1883
Ground	Sportclub Stadium
Capacity	7,828
Manager	Jürgen Csandl
League	Austrian Regional League East
2022–23	Regionalliga Ost, 4th of 16
Website	https://wienersportclub.com
Home colours Away colours

History

At various times throughout its history the club has had departments for fencing, boxing, wrestling, cycling, handball, track and field, field hockey, tennis, squash, football and water polo. The football team enjoyed success in Austria National Championship in 1922, 1958 and 1959. Their 1958 season included an impressive 7–0 victory over Juventus in European Champions Cup. Two bankruptcies in the 1990s eventually led the team to slip into the lower leagues.

In 2001, the football section split off as Wiener Sportklub due to financial troubles and was re-integrated back into WSC in 2017. The first squad currently plays in the Austrian Regional League East (3rd Division). The club's home ground Wiener Sport-Club Stadium (or Wiener Sport-Club Platz in German) dates back to 1904 and is considered as Austria's oldest actively used football field. Player and coach Erich Hof is known as the club's legend.

Historical chart of Wiener SC league performance

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga
  • Champions (3): 1921–22, 1957–58, 1958–59
• Austrian Cup
  • Winners (1): 1922–23
• Austrian Football First League
  • Champions (1): 1976–77
• Austrian Regional League East
  • Champions (1): 2001–02
• Challenge Cup
  • Winners (1): 1904–05

Club staff

• Manager: Jürgen Csandl

Current squad

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	AUT	Florian Pröglhof
3	DF	AUT	Philipp Haas
13	DF	AUT	Lucas Pfaffl
5	DF	CRO	Luka Gusic
27	DF	AUT	Jürgen Csandl
6	MF	AUT	David Rajkovic
17	MF	AUT	Philip Dimov
23	MF	BIH	Mirza Berkovic

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	AUT	Mario Rekirsch
9	FW	AUT	Marcel Holzer

Notable players

• Hans Krankl
• Eric Barber
• Erich Hof
• Lorin Avădanei
• Finn Laudrup
• Julius Emanche
• Horst Blankenburg
• Lothar Ulsaß
• Christian Keglevits

Notable coaches

• Erich Hof
• Antoni Brzeżańczyk
• Slobodan Batricevic
• Goalkeeper Coach: Mirko Radulovic

External links

• Wiener Sport-Club online (in German)
• Wiener Sport-Club football section (in German)
• Soccerway profile