FC Tirol Innsbruck
2001–02 season
ManagerKurt Jara
(until 4 October)
Joachim Löw
(from 10 October)
StadiumTivoli Stadion Tirol
Austrian Football Bundesliga1st
Austrian CupThird round
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Radosław Gilewicz (11)
All:
Radosław Gilewicz (13)

During the 2001–02 season, FC Tirol Innsbruck played in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the highest tier of the Austrian football league system.[1]

Season summary

Tirol Innsbruck won their third successive league title. However, the club's financial obligations, including an annual wage bill of €10 million, ultimately saw the collapse of the club at the end of the season. The club were unable to post a €4.5 million bond with the league, resulting in the loss of their license to play in the Bundesliga. With debts totaling €16 million, the club went bankrupt.[2] A successor club, FC Wacker Tirol, was formed, and merged with third-tier club Wattens to avoid starting in the bottom tier.

Players

First team squad

Squad at end of season[3][1]
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Russia RUS Stanislav Cherchesov
3 DF Austria AUT Walter Kogler
4 DF Austria AUT Robert Wazinger
5 DF Switzerland SUI Marco Zwyssig
6 MF Austria AUT Roland Kirchler
8 MF Austria AUT Michael Baur
9 MF Poland POL Radosław Gilewicz
10 MF Poland POL Jerzy Brzęczek
11 MF Austria AUT Alfred Hörtnagl
12 MF Austria AUT Thomas Grumser
14 DF Austria AUT Oliver Prudlo
15 DF Austria AUT Robert Ibertsberger
17 MF Austria AUT Stephan Marasek
18 FW Austria AUT Wolfgang Mair
19 FW Austria AUT Edi Glieder
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Austria AUT Zoran Barisic
21 MF Austria AUT Markus Scharrer
23 GK Austria AUT Heinz Weber
24 MF Austria AUT Andreas Schiener
25 GK Germany GER Marc Ziegler
26 MF Austria AUT Mario Sara
27 FW Senegal SEN Ibrahima Sidibe
28 MF Czech Republic CZE Patrik Ježek
30 MF Austria AUT Jürgen Panis
— GK Italy ITA Reinhold Harrasser
— DF Austria AUT Stefan Köck
— DF Sweden SWE Olof Persson
— MF Germany GER Markus Anfang
— FW Burkina Faso BFA Wilfried Sanou (on loan from Wattens)

Competitions

Bundesliga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tirol Innsbruck (C, R) 36 23 6 7 63 20 +43 75 Relegation to Austrian West League[lower-alpha 1]
2 Sturm Graz 36 18 11 7 68 42 +26 65 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Grazer AK 36 17 12 7 69 39 +30 63 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Austria Wien 36 14 11 11 53 38 +15 53 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Kärnten 36 14 8 14 40 52 −12 50 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
Source: weltfussball.de (in German)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Tirol Innsbruck did not receive a licence for the next season and were excluded from Austrian Bundesliga. Subsequently, they were excluded from the Champions League, while Bundesliga runners-up Sturm Graz were moved from Second to Third qualifying round and 3rd-placed team Grazer AK replaced Sturm in the Second qualifying round.[4]

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round
7 August 2001 First leg Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 3–1 Austria Tirol Innsbruck Ramenskoye, Russia
18:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Saturn Stadium
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Note: Lokomotiv Moscow played their home match at Saturn Stadium in Ramenskoye, as their regular home venue Lokomotiv Stadium in Moscow was closed for renovation.
22 August 2001 Second leg Tirol Innsbruck Austria 0–1
Annulled		 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Innsbruck, Austria
17:00 CET Report
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
Note: The second leg was annulled and replayed after UEFA admitted a referee mistake as Lokomotiv player was not expelled after receiving two yellow cards.[5]
8 September 2001 Second leg replay Tirol Innsbruck Austria 1–0
(2–3 agg.)		 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow Innsbruck, Austria
17:00 CET
Report Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

UEFA Cup

First round

11 September 2001 First leg Viktoria Žižkov Czech Republic 0–0 Austria Tirol Innsbruck Prague, Czech Republic
17:30 CET Report Stadium: FK Viktoria Stadion
Attendance: 1,326
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
25 September 2001 Second leg Tirol Innsbruck Austria 1–0
(1–0 agg.)		 Czech Republic Viktoria Žižkov Innsbruck, Austria
18:00 CET
Report Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

Second round

18 October 2001 First leg Fiorentina Italy 2–0 Austria Tirol Innsbruck Florence, Italy
20:45 CET
Report Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 10,418
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
1 November 2001 Second leg Tirol Innsbruck Austria 2–2
(2–4 agg.)		 Italy Fiorentina Innsbruck, Austria
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

References

  1. 1 2 "Tirol Innsbruck 2001/2002". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Austria – Tirol Innsbruck disappear".
  3. ↑ "FC Wacker Innsbruck » Squad 2001/2002". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sturm replace demoted Tirol". UEFA.com. 19 June 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Control & Disciplinary Body accepts FC Tirol Innsbruck protest" (PDF). uefa.com. 24 August 2001.
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