Wiener Sport-Club
Multisports club in Austria
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The Wiener Sport-Club, short WSC, was established on 24 February 1883 in Vienna, Austria and is one of the country's oldest multi-sport clubs. Their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city (17th district). The club is best known for its football team, established 1907. In Austria, the club is colloquially referred to as "Sport-Club".
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| Founded | 24 February 1883[1] | ||
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| Ground | Sportclub-Platz | ||
| Capacity | 5.600 | ||
| Manager | Stefan Rapp | ||
| League | Austrian Regionalliga East | ||
| 2025–26 | Regionalliga East, 10th of 16 | ||
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History
At various times throughout its history the club has had departments for fencing, boxing, wrestling, cycling, handball, track and field, field hockey, tennis, squash, football and water polo. The football team enjoyed success in Austria National Championship in 1922, 1958 and 1959. Their 1958 season included an impressive 7–0 victory over Juventus in European Champions Cup. Two bankruptcies in the 1990s eventually led the team to slip into the lower leagues.
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In 2001, the football section split off as Wiener Sportklub due to financial troubles and was re-integrated back into WSC in 2017. The first squad currently plays in the Austrian Regionalliga East (3rd Division). The club's home ground Wiener Sport-Club Stadium (or Sportclub-Platz in German) dates back to 1904 and is considered as Austria's oldest actively used football field. Player and coach Erich Hof is known as the club's legend.
Honours
- Austrian Football Bundesliga
- Austrian Cup
- Winners (1): 1922–23
- Austrian Football First League
- Champions (1): 1976–77
- Austrian Regionalliga East
- Champions (1): 2001–02
- Challenge Cup
- Winners (2): 1904–05, 1910–11
Club staff
- Manager: Stefan Rapp
Current squad
- As of 13 April, 2026[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
Hans Krankl
Eric Barber- Erich Hof
Lorin Avădanei
Finn Laudrup
Julius Emanche
Horst Blankenburg- Lothar Ulsaß
- Christian Keglevits
Notable coaches
- Erich Hof
Antoni Brzeżańczyk
Slobodan Batričević- Goalkeeper Coach: Mirko Radulović
