FC Union Innsbruck

FC Union Innsbruck
	FC Union Innsbruck
Basic data
Surname	Union Innsbruck football club
Seat	Innsbruck ( Saggen ), Tyrol
founding	1965
Colours	blue
Chairman	Herbert Lener
ZVR number	172475564
Website	union-ibk.at
First soccer team
Head coach	Michael Schober
Venue	Fennerkaserne sports field
Places	nb
league	Tyrolean League
2018/19	16th place
home	Away

The Union Innsbruck football club is an Austrian football club from Tyrol . He played in the third-class Regionalliga West from 2010/11 and was relegated to the Tyrolean regional league in 2012 . The club color is blue. The team plays its home games at the Fennerkaserne sports field in Innsbruck city center.

history

1965–1974: early years

1965-1974
season	Place (particip.)	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
2nd class west
1965/66 ⁽¹⁾	not complete data
1966/67	not complete data
1967/68	not complete data
1968/69	not complete data
1969/70	not complete data
1970/71	not complete data
1971/72	not complete data
1972/73	01.	not complete data
1st class west
1973/74	not complete data
Legend
	Tyrolean master or advancement
	descent
^K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league. ⁽¹⁾ In the first few seasons the Games will be called Union KJ Innsbruck.

The club was founded in 1965 in the parish of the Saggen district by the local pastor and two group leaders of the Catholic youth as the Union of Catholic Youth and entered the game in the lowest class of the Tyrolean Football Association. In 1973 they were promoted to 1st class west for the first time.

1974–1977: syndicate with SV Natters

1974-1977
season	Place (particip.)	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1st class west
1974/75 ^K1⁽¹⁾	not complete data
1975/76	05. (10)	18th	08th	01	09	43:40	17th
1976/77 ⁽²⁾	not complete data
Legend
	Ascent
	descent
^K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league. ⁽¹⁾ 1974/75: syndicate with SV Natters. ⁽²⁾ 1976/77: Dissolution of the syndicate, renaming to Union Innsbruck.

The 1st class was played from 1974 to 1977 with a syndicate with SV Natters .

1977–1985: syndicate with MK Innsbruck

1977-1985
season	Place (particip.)	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1st class west
1977/78 ^K1	not complete data
1978/79	not complete data
1979/80 ⁽¹⁾	not complete data
1980/81 ^K1	not complete data
1981/82	not complete data
1982/83	not complete data
1983/84	01.	not complete data
Regional League
1984/85	01.	not complete data
Legend
	Ascent
	descent
^K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league. ⁽¹⁾ 1979/90: Syndicate with MK Innsbruck and they played under the name Union MK Innsbruck.

After a few independent years and the renaming to Union Innsbruck , the merger with MK Innsbruck , the Jesuit youth center, followed in 1980 , which proved to be extremely successful: In the nine years as Union MK Innsbruck , the young company developed, according to the association, "into one of the largest throughout Tyrol ”and organized summer camps all over the world.

1985–1995: Dissolution of the syndicate and subsequent years

1985-1995
season	Place (particip.)	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
Regional League West
1985/86 ^K1	01.	not complete data
Tyrolean League
1986/87 ⁽¹⁾	not complete data
Regional League West
1987/88	not complete data
1988/89	not complete data
1989/90	10. (12)	22nd	04th	06th	12	24:40	14th
1990/91	05. (12)	22nd	07th	07th	08th	40:36	21st
1991/92	10. (12)	22nd	03	06th	13	23:43	12
1992/93	06. (12)	22nd	09	04th	09	48:45	22nd
1993/94	07. (12)	22nd	07th	04th	11	33:41	18th
1994/95	09. (12)	22nd	05	03	14th	29:54	13
Legend
	Ascent
	descent
^K1 Change of championship mode and renaming of the league. ⁽¹⁾ 1985/86: The syndicate with MK Innsbruck was dissolved, the club continued to play under Union Innsbruck.

In addition, the fighting team celebrated three championship titles in a row from 1984 to 1986 and advanced through regional league West (1984/85) and Landesliga West (1985/86) to the Tyrolean League , the fourth highest Austrian level. There one could not hold on, however, and after only one season rose again from the Landesliga West. In the following decade, Union Innsbruck moved mostly in the middle of this league.

1995–2006: Regional League West, Regional League West and Tyrolean League

1995-2006
season	Place (particip.)	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
Regional League West
1995/96 ^K1	12. (12)	22nd	05	02	15th	29:68	17th
1996/97	14. (14)	26th	07th	04th	15th	32:49	25th
Regional League West
1997/98	06. (12)	22nd	07th	05	10	29:32	26th
1998/99	03. (12)	22nd	14th	03	05	59:28	45
1999/2000	02. (12)	22nd	15th	04th	03	58:30	49
2000/01	01. (12)	22nd	16	02	04th	57:35	50
Regional League West
2001/02	10. (14)	26th	09	04th	13	48:50	31
2002/03	02. (14)	22nd	15th	05	06th	59:38	50
telesystem Tirol League
2003/04	16. (16)	30th	04th	10	16	42:78	22nd
Regional League West
2004/05	05. (14)	26th	13	03	10	57:45	42
2005/06	04. (14)	26th	13	03	10	64:52	42
Legend
	Ascent
	descent
^K11995/96: Introduction of the three-point rule .

In 1995, however, the team separated only two points from relegation and the following two seasons were to be even worse: Despite the last place in 1995/96, they were allowed to keep the class, a year later the renewed last place meant relegation to the sixth-class regional league West.

After a season in midfield 1997/98 followed first the places three and two, and 2000/01 finally the superior championship title and promotion. The 2001/02 season ended the Union in 10th place, already in 2002/03 it landed only five points behind FC Zirl in second place and instead of the champions rose to the fourth-class telesystem Tirol League . There, however, the club suffered the same fate as in 1987 - the return descent. The seasons 2004/05 and 2005/06 ended the team fifth and fourth in the front field of the Landesliga West.

2006–2010: Spielgemeinschaft SVG Reichenau / Union Innsbruck

2006-2010
season	Place (particip.)	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
Regional League West
2006/07 ⁽¹⁾	01. (14)	26th	17th	03	06th	82:41	54
telesystem Tirol League
2007/08	08. (16)	30th	11	10	09	58:64	43
UPC Tirol League
2008/09	04. (16)	30th	14th	05	11	45:41	47
2009/10 ⁽²⁾	01. (16)	30th	21st	04th	05	75:35	40
Legend
	Ascent
	descent
⁽¹⁾ Play community with SVG Reichenau. ⁽²⁾ Dissolution of the syndicate.

Historical logo of the gaming association

From the 2006/07 season to the 2009/10 season, FC Union Innsbruck formed a game association with SVG Reichenau . The first team of the SVG Reichenau / Union Innsbruck , which played in the third-class Regionalliga West in those years , competed in the red-white-black jerseys of the SVG Reichenau and called the sports field there home. The second team, which started in the fifth-class Landesliga West in 2006/07, wore the blue club colors of FC Union and played its home games at the Fennerkaserne sports field.

Similar to the 1980s, the time of the syndicate brought great success for the Union this time too. Already in the first year they managed to get promoted to the telesystem Tirol League with a heartbeat final: After the team had made up an 11-point deficit from autumn, on the last day of the match there was a direct duel with the same-point aspirant SV Raika Längenfeld . Due to the eight goal difference, Längenfeld would have been enough to draw, but the Innsbruck team won the game 3-0 in front of their own audience. In the following two seasons, the SPG Reichenau / Union Innsbruck 1b finished 8th and 4th, before being crowned champion of the league , which has now been renamed the UPC Tirol League , on the very last game day of 2009/10 .

The first team also made it to the finals of the Tyrolean Cup this year. There, on June 9, 2010, the Innsbruck team were able to equalize a 2-0 draw against FC Kufstein in a dramatic finish, but were ultimately defeated on penalties.

At the beginning of the spring championships in March 2010, the paradoxical situation had already arisen that the second team in the syndicate (the Union) was about to be promoted to the Regionalliga West, while the first team (the Reichenau) was threatened with relegation from this league . For this reason, those responsible decided to dissolve the syndicate at the end of the 2009/10 season.

Since 2010: Again as Union Innsbruck

since 2010
season	Place (particip.)	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
Regionalliga West
2010/11	13. (16)	30th	08th	05	17th	39:74	29
2011/12	14. (16)	30th	07th	03	10	35:87	24
UPC Tirol League
2012/13	07. (16)	30th	12	08th	10	51:48	44
2013/14	06. (16)	30th	15th	04th	11	68:54	49
2014/15	05. (16)	30th	14th	05	11	60:44	47
2015/16	04. (16)	30th	13	11	06th	51:42	50
2016/17	013. (16)	30th	11	01	18th	54:58	34
2017/18	11. (16)	30th	07th	13	10	47:65	34
2018/19	16. (16)	30th	05	03	22nd	33:96	18th
Legend
	Ascent
	descent

Since the first team fixed relegation and the second team the promotion, the two teams went as equal competitors in the regional league season 2010/11 . There, however, only the former second team, the Union, could hold on as 13th, while Reichenau was relegated as penultimate. In the following season 2011/12 , Union Innsbruck took 14th place and again secured relegation from a sporting point of view, but the club management had decided to voluntarily withdraw from the regional league for economic reasons. Since at the same time the SVG Reichenau waived the renewed promotion to the regional league despite the state league title, the two clubs were one league lower than opponents two years later. Away from the championship operation, FC Union Innsbruck made it into the quarter-finals of the Kerschdorfer Tirol Cup in 2010/11 and made it into the second round of the ÖFB Cup in 2011/12 through victories against regional league rivals SC Rheindorf Altach II and state league club SV Grieskirchen , where they lost however, last year's finalist SC Austria Lustenau with 0: 7.

Stadion

FC Union Innsbruck plays its home games at the Fennerkaserne sports field in Innsbruck city center. Due to the emerging rise, it was expanded in the spring of 2010 into a small jewelery box suitable for regional leagues (according to chairman Hermann Lener). Since the city of Innsbruck and the state of Tyrol decided to build a new building for the adjacent Management Center Innsbruck in February 2012 , the sports field is to be moved to the north and rotated by 90 degrees. In addition, instead of the container of the "jewelry box", a fixed grandstand with cabins and canteen is planned, which means that the association "finally expects a 'real' home".

titles and achievements

- 1 × master of the 2nd class middle (8): 1973
- 1 × 1st class champion middle (7): 1984
- 2 × champions of the regional league west (6): 1985, 2001
- 2 × champions of the Landesliga West (5): 1986, 2007
- 1 × Champion of the Tyrolean League (4): 2010

Web links

FC Union Innsbruck: Official webpage

Tyrolean Football Association: Tables and results from the 2nd class (8) to the Regionalliga West (3), from 2006/07

bet-austria.com: Tables of the regional leagues (3) up to the Bundesliga (1) from 2002/03 (accessed on June 18, 2010)

Union Innsbruck's website at fussballoesterreich.at

Individual evidence

^ Union Innsbruck. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 19, 2015 ; accessed on June 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

↑ cf. corresponding years in All about games , on: tfv.at. Retrieved June 18, 2010 .

↑ A portrait of the Tyrolean League Part 1 v. Sebastian Kollemann. Retrieved June 11, 2015 .

↑ Kerschdorfer Cup 2009/10. Retrieved June 18, 2010 .

↑ Alex Gruber: Pulverfass Spielgemeinschaft , on: tt.com, March 29, 2010, accessed on June 18, 2010.

↑ ^a ^b Union Innsbruck joins the RLW! , on: rlw.at, June 18, 2010 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed March 16, 2013@1@ 2

↑ No climber from Tyrol , on: rlw.at, May 11, 2012 ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed March 16, 2013. @1@ 2

↑ Kerschdorfer Cup 2010/11 , on: tfv.at, accessed on March 16, 2013.

↑ Alex Gruber: After teambuilding, Union should mature into a master , on: tt.com, March 24, 2010, accessed on June 18, 2010.

↑ Fenner New. City and country agree on: union-ibk.at, February 26, 2013 ( memento of the original from March 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed March 16, 2013 @1@ 2

[1] Union Innsbruck. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 19, 2015 ; accessed on June 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] cf. corresponding years in All about games , on: tfv.at. Retrieved June 18, 2010 .

[3] A portrait of the Tyrolean League Part 1 v. Sebastian Kollemann. Retrieved June 11, 2015 .

[4] Kerschdorfer Cup 2009/10. Retrieved June 18, 2010 .

[5] Alex Gruber: Pulverfass Spielgemeinschaft , on: tt.com, March 29, 2010, accessed on June 18, 2010.