The Wiener Sportclub, commonly referred to simply as WSC, was established in 1883 playing in club colours of black and white. One of Vienna's oldest athletics clubs, their traditional home is in the Dornbach quarter of the city. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. They currently play in the Austrian Regional League East. The Austrian Regional League East is a third-tier division of Austrian football.
At various times throughout its history the club has had departments for fencing, boxing, wrestling, cycling, handball, track and field, field hockey, tennis, football and waterpolo. Fencing is the art of armed Combat involving Cutting, Stabbing, or slapping bludgeoning Weapons directly manipulated by hand Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of the opponent Cycling is the use of Bicycles or - less commonly - Unicycles Tricycles Quadricycles and other similar wheeled Human powered vehicles Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, or Olympic handball) is a Team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Water polo is a team water sport A team consists of six field players and one Goalkeeper. Of these only the football and fencing departments remain active alongside the recently formed (2005) waterpolo section.
The football team enjoyed success as Austrian national champions in 1922, 1958 and 1959. Their 1958 season included an impressive 7:0 victory over Juventus in European Champions Cup play – the worst defeat ever inflicted on an Italian side in any European cup competition. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Two bankruptcies in the 1990s eventually led the team to slip into the lower leagues of the Austrian football system in the 2000s to where they currently play in the Austrian Regional League East.
Player, and later, coach and manager Erich Hof is the club's legend.
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