FC Admira Wacker Mödling

Fußballklub Flyeralarm Admira Wacker Mödling, also known as Flyeralarm Admira for sponsorship reasons[3] or simply Admira, is a football club from Mödling, Austria. The club was originally formed in 1905 as SK Admira Wien in the Austrian capital. Mergers in 1971 with SC Wacker Wien, in 1997 with VfB Mödling and in 2008 with SK Schwadorf led to its current name.

Flyeralarm Admira
Full nameFußballklub Flyeralarm Admira Wacker Mödling
Nickname(s)Admiraner
Südstädter
Founded17 June 1905; 118 years ago (1905-06-17)[1]
Groundmotion_invest Arena,
Maria Enzersdorf[2]
Capacity10,600
Owner
  • Flyeralarm Future Labs GmbH (20%)
  • Weiss Invest Consult GmbH (15%)
  • Online Druck GmbH (9%)
  • Philip Thonhauser (1%)
  • Michael Beranek (1%)
PresidentPhilip Thonhauser
Head coachThomas Pratl
League2. Liga
2022–232. Liga, 10th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Current season

The club were promoted to the Austrian Bundesliga for the 2011–12 season after gaining promotion at the end of the 2010–11 First League season and finished 3rd in their first season.

History edit

 
Historical chart of league performance of Admira Wacker and its predecessors

SK Admira Vienna edit

SK Admira Vienna was formed in the Vienna district of Jedlesee as a merger between two football clubs named Burschenschaft Einigkeit and Sportklub Vindobona in 1905.[4] In 1919, Admira were promoted to the first tier of the Austrian league system for the first time in their history. The club soon became one of the more successful teams during the inter-war period, capturing seven Austrian national championship and three Austrian Cup titles. Several Admira players were also regulars in the Austria national football team at this time.

After the Anschluss in 1938, Admira played for several seasons in the Gauliga Ostmark, one of the top-flight regional leagues created through the reorganization of German football under the Third Reich. Their win of the 1938–39 Gauliga Ostmark qualified them for the 1939 German football championship, in which Admira made their way to the final against Schalke 04, which was the dominant German football team of the era. They lost overwhelmingly by a score of 0–9. This effort marked the last major success for Vienna before the end of World War II.

Post-War edit

The post-war period led to a slow, but steady decline due to lack of funds to buy more competitive players. It eventually culminated into the first brief relegation from the top tier after forty years in 1960. The club underwent two name changes in that period, playing as ESV Admira Vienna after a merger with the railroad sports club ESV Vienna in 1953 before changing to ESV Admira-NÖ Energie Vienna in 1960 due to a sponsorship agreement with regional energy suppliers NEWAG/NIOGAS. Soon thereafter, Admira (or Admira Energie, as it was called in most media during the time) regained some of its earlier strength, winning the Austrian Cup in 1964 and the Double of league and cup titles in 1966.

The revelation of financial scandals within NEWAG/NIOGAS in the late 1960s led to an abrupt end of the steady flow of funds and brought the club onto the brink of administration, which would narrowly be avoided. Nevertheless, Admira began looking for a merger partner, and particularly targeted Austria Vienna. However, after the creation of Admira-Austria was declined twice, Admira eventually began talks with SC Wacker Vienna, which were successfully concluded in 1971.

SC Wacker Vienna edit

Wacker Vienna was formed in 1908 in the Vienna district of Meidling. The club reached the first tier of the Austrian league system for the first time in 1914. Being a mid-table side until the second half of the 1930s, Wacker became a top-team in the 1940s and 1950s, winning the double in 1947 and ending as league runners-up eight more times between 1940 and 1956.

During the last decade as an independent club it became a bona-fide yo-yo club, with eight straight relegations from or promotions to the Austrian top tier between 1961 and 1968. A fifth relegation in 1971, combined with financial and stadium problems, eventually led to a merger with Admira, forming FC Admira/Wacker Vienna.

VfB Mödling edit

VfB Mödling was formed on 17 June 1911 in the Lower Austrian town of Mödling. Since their foundation, Mödling were playing in the highest Lower Austrian league. With the introduction of an Austria-wide national league in 1949, the club was classified into the second tier. Playing most of its existence in second- and third-tier leagues since then, the club enjoyed three brief stints in the top division during the 1952–53 and 1987–88 seasons as well as between 1992 and 1995 before eventually merging with Admira/Wacker in 1997.

In 1997, after a financial crisis, VfB Mödling and Admira Wacker merged. In 2004 Iranian Majid Pishyar purchased the club. His stewardship of the club led to on-field and off-field difficulties. The club was relegated after the 2005–06 season. With further financial trouble, Pishyar sold the club to Richard Trenkwalder in 2008. Trenkwalder made a series of changes to the club, including changing the club's name to FC Trenkwalder Admira. His changes eventually paid off, with the club gaining promotion back to the Austrian first division following the 2010–11 season. (Majid Pishyar, meanwhile, notably also caused similar financial problems at a Swiss club, Servette, in the 2011–12 season.)

In 2017, Würzburg-based online printing company Flyeralarm acquired the naming rights for the club, meaning the club will be known as "Flyeralarm Admira" for ten years.[3]

Honours edit

European tournaments history edit

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R   Legia Warsaw 1–3 0–1 1–4
1966–67 European Cup 1R   Vojvodina 0–1 0–0 0–1
1973–74 UEFA Cup 1R   Internazionale 1–0 1–2 2–2
2R   Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–1 0–3 2–4
1982–83 UEFA Cup 1R   Bohemians Praha 1–2 0–5 1–7
1987–88 UEFA Cup 1R   TPS Turku 0–2 1–0 1–2
1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R   AEL Limassol 3–0 0–1 3–1
2R   Ferencváros 1–0 1–0 2–0
QF   Anderlecht 1–1 0–2 1–3
1990–91 UEFA Cup 1R   Velje BK 3–0 1–0 4–0
2R   FC Luzern 1–1 1–0 2–1
3R   Bologna 3–0 0–3 3–3[a]
1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R   Cardiff City 2–0 1–1 3–2
2R   Royal Antwerp 2–4 4–3[b] 6–7
1993–94 UEFA Cup 1R   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–3 0–1 2–4
1994–95 UEFA Cup 1R   Górnik Zabrze 5–2 1–1 6–3
2R   Cannes 1–1 4–2 5–3
3R   Juventus 1–3 1–2 2–5
2012–13 UEFA Europa League 2Q   Žalgiris Vilnius 5–1 1–1 6–2
3Q   Sparta Prague 0–2 2–2 2–4
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q   Spartak Myjava 1–1 3–2 4–3
2Q   Kapaz 1–0 2–0 3–0
3Q   Slovan Liberec 1–2 0–2 1–4
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 2Q   CSKA Sofia 1–3 0–3 1–6
Notes
  1. ^ Admira lost on a penalty shootout 5–6.
  2. ^ The tie went to extra time.

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 31 January 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AUT Christoph Haas
2 DF   AUT Muhammet Araz
3 DF   SCO Matthew Anderson (on loan from Celtic)
4 DF   AUT Patrick Puchegger
5 MF   AUT Thomas Ebner
6 MF   AUT Lukas Malicsek
8 DF   AUT Stephan Zwierschitz
9 FW   AUT Patrick Schmidt
10 MF   AUT Albin Gashi
12 MF   SLE George Davies
14 FW   SEN Mamina Badji
18 DF   AUT Jakob Schöller
19 MF   AUT Wilhelm Vorsager
20 MF   AUT Martin Rasner
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF   AUT Raphael Gallé
22 FW   AUT Filip Ristanic
26 DF   AUT Adrian Koreimann
27 MF   AUT Marco Wagner
28 MF   SVK Ján Murgaš
31 DF   AUT David Puczka
33 MF   GEO Luka Parkadze (on loan from Bayern Munich II)
35 DF   GER Nicolas Keckeisen
39 DF   AUT Georg Teigl
44 GK   AUT Dominik Sulzer
66 DF   AUT Fabian Feiner
77 MF   SRB Andrej Stevanovic
97 GK   ENG Tobi Oluwayemi (on loan from Celtic)
FW   GER Anouar El Moukhantir
FW   BIH Salko Mujanović

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   AUT Tizian Marth (at ASV Draßburg until 30 June 2024)

Former players edit

Coaches edit

References edit

  1. ^ FC Admira Wacker | Worldfootball.net
  2. ^ "BSFZ-Arena | Stadiumguide.com". Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Flyeralarm signs on with Admira Wacker Mödling - SportsPro Media". www.sportspromedia.com. 20 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Die Verbindungen zwischen Admira Wacker Mödling, den Würzburger Kickers und Flyeralarm". www.spox.com. 25 April 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Knaller zieht sich zurück - Lederer übernimmt". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

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