Wiener Athletiksport Club
| Full name | Wiener Athletiksport Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1897 1983 |
| Dissolved | No longer competes in football competitions. |
| Ground | WAC Sportanlage, Vienna |
| Website | Club home page |
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.
Its football team won the Austrian Championships and was Runner-up in the Mitropa Cup.
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.
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 1928, the club reached the Austrian Cup final, losing 2–1 to SK Admira Wien.
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.
The club reached the final of the 1931 Mitropa Cup, but lost both legs of the final to First Vienna FC.
From 1936 to 1945, the club was also known as Schwarz-Rot Wien, name under they won the 1937–38 Austrian Cup.
From 1942 to 1945, the club played in the Gauliga Ostmark (I).
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