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| Full name | Fußballclub Dornbirn 1913 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Rothosen (Redpants)[1] | ||
| Founded | 12 March 1913; 112 years ago (1913-03-12) | ||
| Ground | Stadion Birkenwiese | ||
| Capacity | 12,000 | ||
| Chairman | Hubert Domig | ||
| Manager | Roberto Pätzold | ||
| League | Regionalliga West | ||
| 2023–24 | 2. Liga, 14th of 16 (administratively relegated) | ||
Fußballclub Dornbirn 1913, commonly known asFC Mohren Dornbirn 1913 for sponsorship reasons is a professionalassociation football club based in the town ofDornbirn,Vorarlberg, Austria, that competes in theAustrian Regionalliga West, one of the third tiers of theAustrian football league system. Founded in 1913, it is affiliated to theVorarlberg Football Association. The team plays its home matches atStadion Birkenwiese, where it has been based since 2019.
FC Dornbirn was founded on 12 March 1913 at a founding meeting in theDornbirnGasthaus zur Flur. The club colours were decided to be red, white and black which later changed to white and red. The city coat of arms of Dornbirn was already used as the logo in the founding year.
The club would reach the highest tier ofAustrian football for the last time in the1969–70 season, but mostly competed in thesecond tier of theAustrian football league system. Dornbirn has never won a major national title, but the club has been able to secure the title ofVorarlberg champion ten times and become Vorarlberg Cup winners six times.[2]
In 1966, FC Dornbirn entered into a cooperation withAustria Lustenau, which was dissolved again after a relatively unsuccessful season.[3] In 1979, the club merged withSchwarz-Weiß Bregenz. Under the nameIG Bregenz/Dornbirn they played for years in the second division and also provided a unique curiosity in Austrian professional football. When the club had to be relegated to theAustrian Regionalliga West in the 1984–85 season due to a league reform, the second team of IG Bregenz/Dornbirn, which consisted of only amateurs, managed to qualify for the second division in the same season. Thus– "strengthened" with some of their better amateur players, the united Dornbirner/Bregenz football professionals were also able to compete in the second level of the 1985–86 season. In 1987, the "community of interests" was dissolved and the two traditional associations were re-founded.[1]
In 1988–89 Dornbirn were promoted back to the second tier, but were relegated to the Regionalliga after the end of the season. From 2005–06 to 2008–09 FC Dornbirn played in the Regionalliga West, the third tier in Austrian football.
In the 2008–09 season, the team won the championship in the Regionalliga West and promoted to the second tier, now renamed First League.[4] However, Dornbirn were relegated from the First League after just one season; after a 8–1 loss againstAdmira Wacker which included a hat-trick byMartin Pušić, the club found themselves in last place with only two more games to play.[5] At that time, the Vorarlberg-based club had also been denied a licence for a spot in the First League after two appeals. Although FC Dornbirn would still have had a chance of securing their status as a First League club through relegation play-offs even as bottom in the table, hope was abandoned when there was no relegation from the Bundesliga to the First League. AsAustria Kärnten had been denied the First League licence,[6] FC Dornbirn waived the go to the Permanent Neutral Arbitration Court, the last instance in licensing matters, and returned to the Regionalliga West without a chance to compete for survival through the play-offs.[7]
On 4 August 2010, bankruptcy proceedings were opened against FC Dornbirn before theFeldkirch Regional Court in response to a bankruptcy petition it had filed.[8] The professional branch had been founded after promotion to the First League, and, according to theKreditschutzverband of 1870 [de], their debts amounted to around €277,000.[8]
In the 2018–19 season, FC Dornbirn won promotion back to the second division after a nine-year absence.[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Fritz Kerr (1955–56) Bruno Sohm (1959–61)
Ludwig Tretter (1961)
Gyula Szomoray (1962–1964)Alfred Schrottenbaum (1969–70)
Fahrudin Jusufi (1972–77) Johann Thurnher (1977–78) Helmut Jaquemond (1978–1979) Johann Thurnher (1979) Walter Gunz (1987–88) Günther Tschemernjak (1988–89) Reinhard Jank (1997–98) Alfred Wohlgenannt (1998)
Rade Plakalović (1998–99) Josef Schwentner (1999–2000) Peter Sallmayer (2000–02) Wolfgang Kaufmann (2002) Erwin Wawra (2002) Günther Kerber (2002–05) Hans-Jürgen Trittinger (2005–06) Wolfgang Kaufmann (2006) Peter Handle (2006–07) József Takács (2007–08)
Armand Benneker (2008–11) Peter Sallmayer (2011–13) Erwin Wawra (2013) Peter Jakubec (2013–16)Eric Orie (2016–17)Markus Mader (2017–21) Eric Orie (2021) Klaus Stocker (2021)Muhammet Akagündüz (2022) Klaus Stocker (2022)Thomas Janeschitz (2022–24) Roberto Pätzold (2024–present)
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