Wiener Athletiksport Club, also known as Wiener AC or WAC, is an Austrian sports club in Vienna. It is particularly noted for its hockey team, which was established in 1900.
The football section of the club was founded on 14 October 1897. By 1904, it had won the Challenge Cup and the Wiener Tagblatt Pokal three times each. They were the most important trophies in Austrian football at the time.
Historical chart of WAC league performance
In September 1910, most of the first team left the club to found a new club, Wiener AF. Despite this, Wiener AC finished fourth in the Austrian football championship 1910–11, although the new club finished higher.
The club won the Austrian football championship 1914–15, in which the ten clubs only played each other once each. Wiener AF finished in second place.
In the 1930–31 season, Wiener AC won the Austrian Cup, which was played in a league format as the Wiener Winter Cup. As the winner of this competition, the club was qualified for the Mitropa Cup.
In 1983, Wiener AC reactivated its football section, but never come back in Austrian Football Bundesliga and the club was taken over in 2002 by its sponsor, which changed its name to FK Rad Friendly Systems and then to FC Fireball United.
The club still has a football section, but it no longer competes in competitions.
In 1938, the Austrian Cup was won by Schwarz-Rot Wien, which split off from Wiener AC and rejoined a few years later.
Seasons in the Top League of Austria
38 seasons: 1912–21, 1923, 1925–36, 1943–44, 1946–48, 1954 and 1957–65.
In addition, the Wiener AC competed in all three seasons from 1901 to 1903 in the Tagblatt Pokal, which was a forerunner of the Austrian football championship.
Leading Goalscorers
Johann Studnicka – Austrian League leading goalscorer in 1913 with 13 goals.
Johann Neumann – Austrian League leading goalscorer in 1913 with 13 goals and 1914 with 25 goals.
Leopold Deutsch – Austrian League leading goalscorer in 1915 with 12 goals.
Friedrich "Fritz" Cejka – Austrian League leading goalscorer in 1960 with 28 goals.
Hans Pirkner – Austrian League leading goalscorer in 1976 with 28 goals in the joint team with FK Austria Wien.
Notable players
Dr. Otto Herschmann, saber fencer, Olympic silver; 100-m freestyle in swimming, Olympic silver
The club has competed 30 times in the European Hockey Cup, which is more than any other Austrian club. Wiener AC finished third on two occasions in the European Champions League in indoor hockey.
Basketball
The club won the Austrian Basketball Championship in 1947, the first year in which it was held.
