44-591: First Vienna FC is an Austrian football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna . Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly known to Austrians by the English name Vienna . In the early 1890s English and Austrian gardeners working for Nathaniel Anselm von Rothschild began to play football on his estates. To avoid further damage to his flowers Nathaniel ceded them
88-559: A the FIFA Women's World Cup but reached the semi-finals of the European Championship in 2017 . Stadiums with a capacity of 30,000 or higher are included. Karl Koller (footballer) Karl Koller (9 February 1929 – 24 January 2009 ) was an Austrian football player. Koller played most of his career for First Vienna FC (1949–1966). He is regarded, behind Ernst Ocwirk and Gerhard Hanappi , as one of
132-665: A draw and two defeats, scoring a whopping 102 goals, reaching the World Cup in 1934. Andreas Herzog , with 104 internationals, is the player who has worn the shirt of the national team most times. The top scorer in history is Toni Polster , with 44 goals in 95 games. The Bundesliga is the highest national league-club competition in Austria has 12 teams, the second tier is the Second League ( 2. Liga ) has 16 teams. The third tier consists of three parallel divisions which are
176-733: A finalist of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1978 and SV Austria Salzburg were finalist of the UEFA Cup in 1993–94 . The Austrian men's national team, in its different categories, is controlled by the Austrian Football Federation. The Austrian team played their first official game on October 12, 1902 in Vienna against Hungary, a match that was resolved with victory by the Austrians 5-0. This match
220-543: A pasture nearby and also granted the team's blue-yellow kits , former jockey costumes of his riding stable. The Manx player William Beale designed the triskelion logo, also in the Rothschild colours blue and yellow, which Vienna still uses. The team played its first match on 15 November 1894 against the Vienna Cricket and Football-Club losing 0–4 to the club which would become a bitter longtime rival until
264-822: A qualifier in 2016 , but finished last in their group and failed to advance. Appeared in the European championship in 2008 (when it co-hosted the championship with Switzerland ), 2016 , 2020 and recently qualified for 2024 . Their best up to date achievement of this competition was the Round of 16 in the 2020 edition. In the World Cup , Austria has a slightly better record, achieving fourth and third place in 1934 and 1954 , respectively. Other than that, Austria either did not enter ( 1930 ), did not qualify ( 1966 , 1970 , 1974 , 1986 , 1994 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , 2014 , 2018 , 2022 ), withdrew ( 1938 , 1950 , 1962 ), or
308-550: A return to the Bundesliga several times, they continued a slide that in 2000 landed them in the third division Regionalliga Ost where Vienna played until in 2009, they won the championship and gained promotion to the First League . In the 2009–10 season, Vienna finished eleventh in the second tier of Austrian football. A potential relegation playoff against Regionalliga West champions SV Grödig were canceled because
352-546: A separate league structure was re-established. In league play in the 1946 season Vienna earned only a fifth-place finish but did go on to capture the Liberation Cup donated by the Soviets. Through the late 40s and on into the early 50s the club's performance was uneven as they generally earned only mid-table results. However, led by club legend Karl Koller , in 1955 Vienna enjoyed an excellent season that ended with
396-471: Is the state league ( Landesliga ), with the 2. Landesliga as the fifth tier in Lower Austria and Vienna. Most states have 7 to 10 official tiers, but in Vienna unofficial tiers exist under the normal tiers. They are not organized by the ÖFB , but theoretically the champions of these tiers can promote to the official ÖFB-tiers. Below shows how the current system works. Until 1982 the championship
440-456: Is the most popular sport in Austria . The Austrian Football Association , the ÖFB ( Österreichischer Fußball-Bund ), was founded in 1904 and has been a member of FIFA since then. Despite the sport's popularity, except for a successful streak in the early 1930s , the country's national team has not been successful in tournaments. Austria played their first ever European championship as
484-550: The 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland , where they reached 3rd place and 1958 FIFA World Cup , where he scored a goal in a match against England . He earned 86 caps, scoring 5 goals, which still makes him Austria's fourth most capped player of all time. His last international was a September 1965 World Cup qualification match against Hungary . He went on to coach 1. Wiener Neustädter SC . This biographical article related to association football in Austria, about
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#1732780954382528-788: The Austrian Second League . The club's home venue is the Hohe Warte Stadium built in 1921 and having a current capacity of 5,500 spectators. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. 48°14′56″N 16°21′35″E / 48.24889°N 16.35972°E / 48.24889; 16.35972 Football in Austria Football
572-814: The Central European International Cup in 1932, finished in fourth place in the 1934 World Cup and won the silver medal in the Olympic Games of Berlin 1936. In 1937 the Nationalliga was introduced, the second division in which the equipment of other states of Austria could ascend and consist of the maximum competition of the country. With the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany came the prohibition of professionalism in sport in May 1938 and several teams were banned, such as Hakoah Vienna and FK Austria Wien . The Nationalliga joined
616-583: The Cricketers' football team was finally dissolved in 1936. The city of Vienna quickly became the centre of Austrian football and by the end of 1896 there were seven clubs playing there, several of which also fielded reserve sides. In 1897, the chairman of the Cricketers donated the Challenge Cup establishing a competition open to all football clubs in what was then Austria-Hungary , drawing teams from Vienna, Budapest , and Prague . Cricket won
660-593: The regional leagues ( Regionalliga ). These cover the different regions of Austria as follows: the East ( Regionalliga Ost ), which comprises teams from Vienna , Lower Austria , and Burgenland ; the Central ( Regionalliga Mitte ), featuring teams from Styria , Carinthia , Upper Austria , and East Tyrol ; and the West ( Regionalliga West ), competed for by teams from Salzburg , Tyrol , and Vorarlberg . The fourth tier
704-460: The 1930s, the Austrian team known as "Wunderteam" had players like Matthias Sindelar , nicknamed the "Mozart of football", 8 the scorer Josef Bican and Johann Horvath . This team was 14 undefeated games, 9 from April 12, 1931 to December 7, 1932, in that same period they won the Central European International Cup . Between the years of 1931 to 1934, they had the impressive run of 28 victories,
748-486: The 2014–15 season in professional football was also denied. From the 2014–15 season, Vienna had to play in the third tier Regionalliga Ost again. Due to the insolvency of the main sponsor Care-Energy, Vienna was declared bankrupt in 2017. While bankruptcy was averted, a championship title in the Regionalliga Ost in the same year was withheld. Promotion was denied and it got worse, with Vienna being transferred to
792-659: The Bundesliga - the first and highest league competition of the country- and the Austrian Cup, and manages the national men's and women's national team. The oldest team in Austria is First Vienna FC , champion of the German Cup in 1943 and six Austrian leagues. SK Rapid Wien is the most successful team in the country, with 32 league titles, one German championship and two runners-up in the European Cup Winners Cup. FK Austria Wien also managed to be
836-529: The Wiener Stadtliga. They remained unbeaten in the league in the 2019–20 season after 17 games. The league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 outbreak , meaning the club stayed in the Wiener Stadtliga for the 2020–21 season. However, at the end of season 2020–21 Vienna was promoted once again to the third tier Regionalliga Ost. They later finished top of their tier in 2021–22, securing promotion back to
880-612: The appearance of Austrian sides in the national finals of Germany and in competition for the Tschammerpokal, predecessor of today's German Cup . In 1942, Vienna captured the divisional title in what was by then known as the Gauliga Donau-Alpenland (Ostmark) and went all the way to the final played on 4 July 1942 in Berlin where they dropped a 0–2 decision to Schalke 04 the dominant side of German football in
924-450: The best Austrian midfielders of all time and was rated as one of the best 100 European footballers of the 20th century by the IFFHS . Normally a center midfielder, Koller was capable in both in defense and attack and was well known for technique, strength and powerful shot from distance. He made his debut for Austria in a March 1952 friendly match against Belgium and was a participant at
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#1732780954382968-419: The championship in the 1954–55 season they ended up with 64:26 goals = 2.461 quotient. Wiener Sport-Club finished with 75:40 goals, achieving a quotient of only 1.875 but on equal points (39). Vienna remained competitive through the balance of the decade, consistently finishing in the top three, but the club faded through the 60s until they were finally relegated in 1968 for the first time since their return to
1012-416: The club a UEFA Cup appearance. The club remained a lower table side and was facing relegation trouble by the early-90s, finally being sent down in 1992. Vienna next enjoyed a strong run through the 1997 Austrian Cup competition which took them to the final where they lost 2–1 to first division side Sturm Graz . However, the team could not recover itself in regular league play, and while they came close to
1056-416: The club into Germany's national playoffs where this time they went out 2–3 in the quarterfinals to eventual champions Dresdner SC . As World War II drew to a close and Allied armies advanced into Germany league play collapsed with Vienna still in a tight race again looking to repeat as division champions. Occupied by Allied forces after the end of the war, Austria was once again independent of Germany and
1100-429: The club's sixth national championship title as they finished ahead of Wiener Sport-Club since they had the better goal quotient. The goal difference was not yet implemented. A 1–0 was better than a 10–1 win, the higher the quotient the better, although the ideal one being zero (forced goals divided by allowed goals). 20:1=20, 20:2=10, so the higher quotient, the better with the exception of zero. Example: when Vienna won
1144-411: The competition as they swept their opposition, winning all six of their matches. Vienna captured a second national title in 1933 with a third Austrian Cup following in 1937. The team was involved in a failed attempt in the 1924–25 season to play Austria's first night game on a field lit by torches and flares, and playing with a ball covered in lime to make it more visible. They later successfully played
1188-516: The country's first match under floodlights on 3 November 1956. After Austria was united with Germany in the Anschluss in 1938 the football competitions of the two countries were also merged. First division Austrian teams played in the newly formed Gauliga Ostmark as part of the league structure established under the Third Reich in the re-organization of German football in 1933. This led to
1232-462: The creation of Staatsliga A in 1949, all Austrian teams came together to form a league. However, the road to organizing the league was difficult. A conflict between the representatives of amateur and professional football led to the separation of the Vienna league from the football federation, and a new competition was established on June 30, 1949. A year later the Staatsliga B, the second division,
1276-478: The era. Vienna repeated as divisional champions the following season, but this time advanced only as far as the semi-finals before being put out 1–2 by FV Saarbrücken . The club did, however, have a successful Tschammerpokal run, winning the 1943 competition by defeating Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg 3–2 in extra time to become the second Austrian side to take the cup by following in the footsteps of Rapid Wien , victors in 1938. A third Gauliga title in 1944 again put
1320-407: The fifth division by court order in the following season. In 2018, First Vienna FC, became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers , as the oldest football club of Austria. In the 2018–19 season, Vienna played in the 2. Landesliga Wien, the fifth tier of the Austrian league system. In their first season, Vienna finished top with 78 points from 30 games and were promoted to the fourth division,
1364-630: The first cup competition in 1897, but First Vienna followed with consecutive cup titles in 1899 and 1900. The club also made a losing appearance in the 1907 final of the Wiener Cup which emerged when the Challenge Cup competition fell into disarray between 1903 and 1905. In the years leading up to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 Vienna performed poorly and by 1915 had fallen out of first division play and did not return to
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1408-422: The first division from ten to sixteen teams in 1982 allowed Vienna back into the senior competition, but their inconsistent play continued. Another league re-organization established the twelve-team Austrian Bundesliga in 1985 and Vienna made its first appearance there in the following season. A highlight of this time was a strong championship round performance in 1988 that led to a fourth-place finish that earned
1452-595: The first time in 47 years, thus eliminating the West German team from the tournament. Football was born in Austria around 1890, and from 1900 a cup was played in Vienna called Neues Wiener Tagblatt Pokal. The first football league of the country was born in 1911, called 1. Klasse, organized by the Football Federation of Lower Austria, and became a professional league in 1924, the year in which it changed its name to I. Liga. In 1929 an amateur championship
1496-578: The individual Federation of Land, from 3rd to 5th level. Until 2004, the winner contested the Austrian Supercup against the winners of the Austrian Cup. In the 2010-2011 season, 334 teams are registered The Austrian women's national team debuted on July 9, 1970 before the selection of Mexico in a match won by the Mexicans by 9-0 in Italy. The Austrian women's team has not yet participated in
1540-412: The league in the 36th match of the season and in the 2012–13 season, Vienna performed better, managing to keep away from the relegation battle with good performances and finished 7th. The 2013–14 season was a disaster for Vienna , finishing last with a 13-point deducted due to various licensing violations. At the end of the season, Vienna and Tatar announced an amicable separation. The club's license for
1584-444: The relegated team FC Kärnten had its license withdrawn. The following 2010–11 season, Vienna finished once again second-bottom in the league table ahead of SV Gratkorn . However, under new coach Alfred Tatar managed to win their relegation matches against the champions of the Regionalliga Ost, SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 , 3–0 and 2–1 respectively, and maintained their second-tier status. The following year, Vienna secured their place in
1628-812: The system of the Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen (National Socialist League of the Reich). The Gauliga Ostmark , an amateur league, covered most of the country except the Tyrol and Vorarlberg, which were included in the Bavarian league system. The league champion qualified for the German championship, and after the Second World War returned the 1. Klasse - later called only Liga -, only for Viennese teams. After
1672-456: The top flight after World War I. They re-appeared in the first division after a single season absence, but no longer seriously challenged for the title. With the establishment of the ten-team Zehnerliga, Austria's new premier division, in 1974–75, Vienna again found itself playing second division football until earning promotion in 1976. However, they continued to struggle as a lower division side and were again sent down in 1980. The expansion of
1716-472: The top flight until after the war in 1919. The club gradually returned to form and consistently finished in the top half of the league table through the 20s winning Austrian Cup titles in 1929 and 1930 before finally claiming the national championship in 1931. That same year the team also won the Mitropa Cup , one of Europe's first international club competitions. The cup title was unique in the history of
1760-495: Was born. which remained until 1959. On April 21, 1974 the current Bundesliga was introduced, and the Nationalliga was established as the second division of the country (now known as the First League of Austrian Football First League ). The Austrian Football Federation (ÖFB) is the highest professional football organization in Austria and was founded in 1904, although it joined FIFA in 1905 and UEFA in 1954. The ÖFB organizes
1804-507: Was either eliminated at the group stages ( 1958 , 1990 , 1998 ), or the second rounds ( 1978 , 1982 ). In 1978 Austria won its group ahead of Brazil. In the group of the second round, any chance of progressing was gone after losses in the two first matches. But in the last match, against West Germany, which had chances of progressing even to the final, the Austrians produced what would become known as The Miracle of Córdoba , winning against any German national team (West, East or unified) for
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1848-532: Was organized by Wiener Fußball-Verband. After that date he went to the organization of the National Federation. The championship has a national character for the first two divisions, ÖFB-Frauenliga and 2. Frauenliga , which in turn is divided into three groups: Mitte / West (composed of 10 teams), Ost (11) and Süd (7). The first of each group runs the promotions for the promotion, retires the last ranked. Regional tournaments are organized, organized by
1892-422: Was organized that Grazer AK won, in which the clubs of the professional league of Vienna were excluded from participating. The national team became a European power in the 1930s under the command of coach Hugo Meisl and the leadership of Matthias Sindelar , which earned him the nickname " Wunderteam ". On May 16, 1931 the Austrian national team was the first European to defeat Scotland, and subsequently won
1936-466: Was the first played between two non-British European teams. Austria has managed to qualify for seven FIFA World Cups and four European Championship, the first which was organized together with Switzerland in 2008. The Austrian combined team's third-best achievement was the third place in the 1954 World Cup, the fourth in the Cup. World Cup of 1934 and the silver medal won at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. In
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