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| Full name | Fußball-Club Wacker München e.V. | ||
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| Founded | 1903 | ||
| Ground | Bezirkssportanlage Demleitnerstraße | ||
| League | Kreisliga München 2 (VIII) | ||
| 2021–22 | Kreisliga München 2, 2nd of 15 | ||
FC Wacker München is aGerman association football club of about 200 members based in theSendling borough ofMunich, Bavaria. At their zenith in the 1920s theBlue Stars twice reached the semi-finals of the German Championship. After World War II, the club spent a year in the first division play, but was primarily a third division side, then the highest amateur level in the country. Following its decline and near bankruptcy in the 1990s the club was reformed and has since then played in the lower amateur divisions. The termWacker is German forbrave.
The club was formed in 1903 asFC Isaria München in the Munich quarter ofLaim and later played asFC Wittelsbach and thenFC München-Laim. In 1908, they joined the bicycling clubRadsportclub Monachia and were officially calledFußball-Abteilung Wacker 1903 des SC Monachia (en: Football Department Wacker 1903 of SC Monachia).[1]At the beginning of the 1913–14 season, the footballers left to join the gymnastics clubTurnerschaft 1886 München and were calledFußballabteilung Turnerschaft Wacker 1886 München. In 1917, this union was dissolved and the club established itself as the independent sideFC Wacker.[2]
The first star of the team was the Austrian goalkeeperKarl Pekarna who played forWacker in 1908 and 1909. He was named "Goalkeeper of the Year" in 1905 while playing in Scotland forRangers F.C.. During these early years the club was primarily a first division side playing in the Süddeutscher Fußball Verband (en:South German Football League) where they captured the title in 1922.Wacker twice took part in national championship round play, advancing to the semi-final in 1922 where they were put out 0–4 byHamburger SV, and again advancing to the semi-final in 1928, this time losing 1–2 toHertha Berlin. The club's successes are closely associated withAlfréd Schaffer, one of the great stars of the early years of the game. He was Europe's top goalscorer in 1918 and 1919 while playing forMTK Budapest and is often considered the first professional player on the continent. He played forWacker in 1921 and 1922 before serving as team coach at the end of the decade.
After the re-organization of German football into sixteen premier level divisions under theThird Reich in 1933,Wacker qualified for theGauliga Bayern and played there until being relegated in 1938.Wacker returned to first division football in 1940 and remained there until 1945. However, theBlue Stars were never a serious contender for the division title. FollowingWorld War II, the team took up play in theLandesliga Bayern (II) and won promotion to theOberliga Süd in 1947, only to be immediately relegated. In 1950, they qualified for the new second division2nd Oberliga Süd and played two seasons there, returning for a third season in 1953. Until 1980,Wacker was for the most part a third division side, then Germany's highest amateur level, making single season appearances in theRegionalliga Süd (II) in 1964–65, 1970–71 and 1972–73. They qualified for Regionalliga play again in 1975, but declined the promotion for financial reasons. They slipped to the now fourth-tier Landesliga Bayern in 1980 and in 1995 were reorganized following financial difficulties. They remained in Landesliga play until being nearly bankrupted in 2004 through the fraudulent management of the club's finances. The club has since been part of the country's lowest divisions.
A number ofWacker players were selected for theGermany national football team:
The club's honours:
The recent season-by-season performance of the club:[3][4]
| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| 2003–04 | A-Klasse München 5 | X | 3rd |
| 2004–05 | A-Klasse München 5 | 4th | |
| 2005–06 | A-Klasse München 5 | 1st ↑ | |
| 2006–07 | Kreisklasse München 4 | IX | 10th |
| 2007–08 | Kreisklasse München 4 | 9th | |
| 2008–09 | Kreisklasse München 3 | X | 13th ↓ |
| 2009–10 | A-Klasse München 4 | XI | 1st ↑ |
| 2010–11 | Kreisklasse München 5 | X | 8th |
| 2011–12 | Kreisklasse München 5 | 5th | |
| 2012–13 | Kreisklasse München 5 | IX | 1st ↑ |
| 2013–14 | Kreisliga München 3 | VIII | 14th ↓ |
| 2014–15 | Kreisklasse München 4 | IX | 3rd |
| 2015–16 | Kreisklasse München 4 | 2nd ↑ | |
| 2016–17 | Kreisliga München 2 | VIII | 8th |
| 2017–18 | Kreisliga München 2 | 5th | |
| 2017–18 | Kreisliga München 2 | 8th | |
| 2019–21 | Kreisliga München 2 | 5th | |
| 2021–22 | Kreisliga München 2 | 2nd | |
| 2022–23 | Kreisliga München 2 |
| ↑Promoted | ↓Relegated |
Wacker was one of the pioneers of women's football in Germany commencing operations immediately after theGerman association permitted the sport in 1970. The women's football department of Wacker was moderately successful, achieving two one year stints in the top-levelBundesliga in 1992/93 and 1994/95. They left the club to form their own independent club in 1999,FFC Wacker München, becoming the first independent wonmen's football club in Bavaria. Since 2005 FFC Wacker co-operates withTSV 1860 München. They now play in Group South of the2. Fußball-Bundesliga (women).
The Wacker women won the Bavarian Championship in the years 1991, 1992, 1994 and 2003 and the Bavarian Cup in 1992, 1994 and 1996.
