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| Full name | Wiener Athletiksport Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short name | WAC | ||
| Founded | 1897 1983 | ||
| Dissolved | No longer competes in football competitions. | ||
| Ground | WAC Sportanlage,Vienna | ||
| Website | http://www.wac.at/ | ||
Wiener Athletiksport Club, also known asWiener AC orWAC, is an Austrian sports club inVienna. It is particularly noted for itshockey team, which was established in 1900.
Its football team won theAustrian Championships and was Runner-up in theMitropa Cup.
The football section of the club was founded on 14 October 1897. By 1904, it had won theChallenge Cup and theWiener Tagblatt Pokal three times each. They were the most important trophies in Austrian football at the time.
In September 1910, most of the first team left the club to found a new club,Wiener AF. Despite this, Wiener AC finished fourth in the Austrian football championship 1910–11, although the new club finished higher.
The club won the Austrian football championship1914–15, in which the ten clubs only played each other once each. Wiener AF finished in second place.
In 1928, the club reached theAustrian Cup final, losing 2–1 toSK Admira Wien.
In the 1930–31 season, Wiener AC won theAustrian Cup, which was played in a league format as theWiener Winter Cup. As the winner of this competition, the club was qualified for theMitropa Cup.
The club reached the final of the1931 Mitropa Cup, but lost both legs of the final toFirst Vienna FC.
From 1936 to 1945, the club was also known asSchwarz-Rot Wien, name under they won the 1937–38Austrian Cup.
From 1942 to 1945, the club played in theGauliga Ostmark (I).
In 1959, the club again won theAustrian Cup, beatingSK Rapid Wien 2–0 in the Final.
From1973–74 season, Wiener AC merged and formed a joint team withFK Austria Wien, which was calledFK Austria WAC Wien until1976–77 season whenAustria Wien decided to revert to their own club's traditional name. The results of the joint team are part of the Austria Wien football history.
In 1983, Wiener AC reactivated its football section, but never come back inAustrian Football Bundesliga and the club was taken over in 2002 by its sponsor, which changed its name toFK Rad Friendly Systems and then toFC Fireball United.
The club still has a football section, but it no longer competes in competitions.
In 1938, theAustrian Cup was won by Schwarz-Rot Wien, which split off from Wiener AC and rejoined a few years later.
38 seasons: 1912–21, 1923, 1925–36, 1943–44, 1946–48, 1954 and 1957–65.
In addition, the Wiener AC competed in all three seasons from 1901 to 1903 in theTagblatt Pokal, which was a forerunner of the Austrian football championship.
Johann Studnicka – Austrian League leading goalscorer in 1913 with 13 goals.Johann Neumann – Austrian League leading goalscorer in 1913 with 13 goals and 1914 with 25 goals.Leopold Deutsch – Austrian League leading goalscorer in 1915 with 12 goals.Friedrich "Fritz" Cejka – Austrian League leading goalscorer in 1960 with 28 goals.Hans Pirkner – Austrian League leading goalscorer in 1976 with 28 goals in the joint team withFK Austria Wien. Dr.Otto Herschmann, saber fencer, Olympic silver; 100-m freestyle in swimming, Olympic silverRodolphe HidenErnst Kaltenbrunner[1]
Richard HankeThe club has competed 30 times in the European Hockey Cup, which is more than any other Austrian club. Wiener AC finished third on two occasions in the European Champions League in indoor hockey.
The club won theAustrian Basketball Championship in 1946-47, the first year in which it was held.
