2001–02 FC Tirol Innsbruck season

FC Tirol Innsbruck 2001–02 football season

FC Tirol Innsbruck2001–02 season

Manager| Kurt Jara
(until 4 October)
Joachim Löw
(from 10 October)
Stadium| Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Austrian Football Bundesliga| 1st
Austrian Cup| Third round
Champions League| Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup| Second round
Top goalscorer| League:
Radosław Gilewicz (11)
All:
Radosław Gilewicz (13)

<- 2000–01

2002–03
(as FC Wacker Tirol) ->

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

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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

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### First team squad

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Squad at end of season[3][1]
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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1  | GK |  RUS | Stanislav Cherchesov
3  | DF |  AUT | Walter Kogler
4  | DF |  AUT | Robert Wazinger
5  | DF |  SUI | Marco Zwyssig
6  | MF |  AUT | Roland Kirchler
8  | MF |  AUT | Michael Baur
9  | MF |  POL | Radosław Gilewicz
10  | MF |  POL | Jerzy Brzęczek
11  | MF |  AUT | Alfred Hörtnagl
12  | MF |  AUT | Thomas Grumser
14  | DF |  AUT | Oliver Prudlo
15  | DF |  AUT | Robert Ibertsberger
17  | MF |  AUT | Stephan Marasek
18  | FW |  AUT | Wolfgang Mair
19  | FW |  AUT | Edi Glieder
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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20  | MF |  AUT | Zoran Barisic
21  | MF |  AUT | Markus Scharrer
23  | GK |  AUT | Heinz Weber
24  | MF |  AUT | Andreas Schiener
25  | GK |  GER | Marc Ziegler
26  | MF |  AUT | Mario Sara
27  | FW |  SEN | Ibrahima Sidibe
28  | MF |  CZE | Patrik Ježek
30  | MF |  AUT | Jürgen Panis
-- | GK |  ITA | Reinhold Harrasser
-- | DF |  AUT | Stefan Köck
-- | DF |  SWE | Olof Persson
-- | MF |  GER | Markus Anfang
-- | FW |  BFA | Wilfried Sanou (on loan from Wattens)

## Competitions

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### Bundesliga

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Main article: 2001–02 Austrian Football Bundesliga

#### League table

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Tirol Innsbruck (C, R) | 36  | 23  | 6  | 7  | 63  | 20  | +43  | 75  | Relegation to Austrian West League[a]
2  | Sturm Graz | 36  | 18  | 11  | 7  | 68  | 42  | +26  | 65  | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[a]
3  | Grazer AK | 36  | 17  | 12  | 7  | 69  | 39  | +30  | 63  | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round[a]
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. ^ a b c 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

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Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League

#### Qualifying rounds

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Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

##### Third qualifying round

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Lokomotiv Moscow v  Tirol Innsbruck 7 August 2001 First leg|  Lokomotiv Moscow | 3–1|  Tirol Innsbruck | Ramenskoye, Russia

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18:00 CET |

* Lekgetho 2'
* Izmailov 37'
* Ignashevich 79'

| Report |

* Kirchler 19'

| 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.

Tirol Innsbruck  v  Lokomotiv Moscow 22 August 2001 Second leg|  Tirol Innsbruck  | 0–1
Annulled|  Lokomotiv Moscow | Innsbruck, Austria

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17:00 CET |  | Report |

* Maminov 51'

| 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]

Tirol Innsbruck  v  Lokomotiv Moscow 8 September 2001 Second leg replay|  Tirol Innsbruck  | 1–0
(2–3 agg.)|  Lokomotiv Moscow | Innsbruck, Austria

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17:00 CET |

* Brzęczek 30'

| Report |  | Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

### UEFA Cup

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Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup

#### First round

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Viktoria Žižkov v  Tirol Innsbruck 11 September 2001 First leg|  Viktoria Žižkov | 0–0|  Tirol Innsbruck | Prague, Czech Republic

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17:30 CET |  | Report |  | Stadium: FK Viktoria Stadion
Attendance: 1,326
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Tirol Innsbruck  v  Viktoria Žižkov 25 September 2001 Second leg|  Tirol Innsbruck  | 1–0
(1–0 agg.)|  Viktoria Žižkov | Innsbruck, Austria

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18:00 CET |

* Glieder 49'

| Report |  | Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

#### Second round

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Fiorentina v  Tirol Innsbruck 18 October 2001 First leg|  Fiorentina | 2–0|  Tirol Innsbruck | Florence, Italy

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20:45 CET |

* Morfeo 47'
* Nuno Gomes 86'

| Report |  | Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 10,418
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Tirol Innsbruck  v  Fiorentina 1 November 2001 Second leg|  Tirol Innsbruck  | 2–2
(2–4 agg.)|  Fiorentina | Innsbruck, Austria

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20:30 CET |

* Gilewicz 25', 75'

| Report |

* Nuno Gomes 26'
* Morfeo 41'

| Stadium: Tivoli
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

## References

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1. ^ a b "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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2001–02 in Austrian football

« 2000–01

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Domestic leagues|

* Bundesliga
* First League
* Regional League

Domestic cups|

* Austrian Cup
* Austrian Supercup

European competitions|

* Champions League
* UEFA Cup
* Intertoto Cup

Club seasons

Bundesliga|

* Admira
* Austria Salzburg
* Austria Wien
* Bregenz
* Grazer AK
* Kärnten
* Rapid Wien
* Ried
* Sturm Graz
* Tirol Innsbruck

List of Austrian football transfers 2001–02
*[No.]: Number
*[Pos.]: Position
*[GK]: Goalkeeper
*[DF]: Defender
*[MF]: Midfielder
*[FW]: Forward
*[Pos]: Position
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*[e]: Edit this template
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points