WSG Wattens

WSG Wattens
Full name WSG Swarovski Wattens Fußball
Founded 1930[1]
(Year of foundation)
Ground Gernot Langes Stadion,
Wattens
Capacity 5,500
President Diana Langes-Swarovski
Manager Thomas Silberberger
League Erste Liga
2017/18 7th

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]

Historical chart of Wattens league performance

Stadium

WSG Wattens play their home matches in Gernot Langes Stadion, 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 15 August, 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Austria GK Pascal Grünwald
3 Austria DF Michael Svoboda
4 Austria DF David Gugganig
5 Argentina MF Ignacio Jaúregui
7 Austria MF Benjamin Pranter
8 Austria MF Kevin Nitzlnader
9 Austria DF Sebastian Santin
10 Austria MF Florian Toplitsch
11 Austria FW Lukas Katnik
12 Italy GK Simon Beccari
13 Spain DF Ione Cabrera
16 Austria MF Oliver Filip
No. Position Player
17 Ghana MF Felix Adjei
18 Austria MF Clemens Walch
19 Austria DF Sandro Neurauter
21 Slovakia FW Milan Jurdík
22 Austria MF David Stoppacher
23 Croatia MF Dino Kovačec
25 Germany GK Ferdinand Oswald
26 Guinea MF Alhassane Soumah (on loan from Juventus Reserves)
27 Ghana FW Kelvin Yeboah
33 Austria DF Andreas Dober
42 Austria MF Florian Mader

Manager history

See also

  •  – Official website
  •  – Facebook page
  •  – Fan club

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 June 29, 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  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. Archived from the original on 29 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)
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