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{{Infobox football club
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| image = First Vienna FC logo.svg
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| fullname = First Vienna Football Club 1894
| nickname = Vienna
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1894|8|22}}
| ground = [[Hohe Warte Stadium]]
| capacity = 5,500
| chairman = 
| manager = [[Hans Kleer]]
| league = [[2. Liga (Austria)|2. Liga]]
| season = [[2024–25 Austrian Football Second League|2024–25]]
| position = 2. Liga, 5th of 16
| website = https://www.firstviennafc.at/
| current = 2025–26 First Vienna FC Season
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'''First Vienna FC''' is an [[Football in Austria|Austrian]] football club based in the [[Döbling]] district of [[Vienna]]. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly known to Austrians by the English name ''Vienna''.

==History==
===Foundation and early years===
First Vienna FC was founded on 22 August 1894 in [[Döbling]], making it the oldest football club in Austria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstviennafc.at/meilensteine.html |title=Milestones |publisher=First Vienna FC |access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref> The club’s colours blue and yellow derived from [[Rothschild family|Rothschild]] racing uniforms, while the [[triskelion]] logo was designed by [[Manx people|Manx]] player William Beale.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kicker.de/13-dinge-ueber-die-vienna-die-auch-nach-130-jahren-nicht-jeder-weiss-1045655/artikel |title=13 Dinge über die Vienna |publisher=Kicker |date=22 August 2024|language=de}}</ref> On 15 November 1894, Vienna played its first official match, a 0–4 loss to [[Vienna Cricket and Football-Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://die-nachrichten.at/oesterreich/wien/wien-floridsdorf/130-jahre-first-vienna-fc-ein-blick-auf-die-geschichte-des-aeltesten-clubs/ |title=130 Jahre First Vienna FC – ein Blick auf die Geschichte |publisher=Die Nachrichten |date=22 August 2024|language=de}}</ref>

The club captured the [[Challenge Cup (Austria-Hungary)|Challenge Cup]] in 1899 and 1900, one of the first international tournaments in Central Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ganz-wien.at/freizeit/sport/fussball/first-vienna.html |title=First Vienna FC |publisher=Ganz Wien |access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref>

===Golden era===
Vienna enjoyed major success between the late 1920s and 1930s, winning the [[Austrian Cup]] in 1929 and 1930, the [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Championship]] in 1931 and 1933, and the [[Mitropa Cup]] in 1931, unbeaten across all matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/mit31.html |title=Mitropa Cup 1931 |publisher=RSSSF |date=13 December 1999 }}</ref> The team added another Austrian Cup in 1937.

===Gauliga and World War II===
Following the [[Anschluss]] in 1938, Vienna played in the [[Gauliga Ostmark]]. They won divisional titles in 1942, 1943 and 1944, reaching the [[German football championship|German Championship Final]] in 1942 (losing 0–2 to [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]). In 1943, the club became the [[Tschammerpokal]] (German Cup) winner, defeating [[Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg]] 3–2 after extra time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstviennafc.at/vereinsgeschichte.php |title=Club history |publisher=First Vienna FC |access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref>

===Postwar period===
After Austria regained independence, Vienna claimed the Austrian Championship in 1955, edging [[Wiener Sport-Club]] on goal quotient.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstviennafc.at/meilensteine.html?lang=en |title=Milestones in First Vienna FC's history |publisher=First Vienna FC }}</ref>

===Decline and fluctuating fortunes===
From the 1960s, Vienna faced several relegations. They returned to the top flight in 1986, and highlights included two [[UEFA Cup]] appearances (1988–89, 1989–90).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ganz-wien.at/freizeit/sport/fussball/first-vienna.html |title=First Vienna FC |publisher=Ganz Wien |access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref>

Vienna reached the [[Austrian Cup]] Final in 1997 (losing 1–2 to [[SK Sturm Graz|Sturm Graz]]), but financial difficulties deepened. By 2000, the club was relegated to the [[Austrian Regional League East|Regionalliga Ost]] (third tier). In 2017, after sponsor Care-Energy went bankrupt, the club entered insolvency proceedings, and by court order was demoted to the fifth division.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2828560/ |title=Vienna muss Insolvenz anmelden |publisher=ORF |date=2 March 2017|language=de}}</ref>

===Revival===
Despite financial setbacks, Vienna began climbing back up: champions of the 2. Landesliga Wien in 2019, they later secured promotion to the Regionalliga Ost (2021) and the [[Austrian Football Second League|Austrian Second League]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laola1.at/de/red/fussball/regionalligen/regionalliga-ost--first-vienna-fc-steigt-in-die-2--liga-auf-/ |title=First Vienna FC steigt in die 2. Liga auf! |publisher=laola1.at |date=20 May 2022 |language=de}}</ref>

==First Vienna FC in Europe==
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Country
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[UEFA Cup 1988–89|1988–89]]
| rowspan="2" |[[UEFA Cup]]
|1
|{{flagicon|DEN}}
|[[Ikast FS]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|1–0
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|1–2
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|2–2 ([[Away goals rule|a]])
|-
|2
|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Turun Palloseura|TPS Turku]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|2–1
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|0–1
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|2–2 ([[Away goals rule|a]])
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[UEFA Cup 1989–90|1989–90]]
| rowspan="2" |[[UEFA Cup]]
|1
|{{flagicon|MLT}}
|[[Valletta F.C.|Valletta]]
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|3–0
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|4–1
|bgcolor="#ddffdd" align=center|7–1
|-
|2
|{{flagicon|GRE}}
|[[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos Piraeus]]
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|2–2
|bgcolor="#ffffdd" align=center|1–1
|bgcolor="#ffdddd" align=center|3–3 ([[Away goals rule|a]])
|}

==Current squad==
{{updated|9 September, 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstviennafc.at/kampfmannschaft/kader.html|title=First Vienna FC–Squad|website=First Vienna FC|access-date=4 March 2025}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player | no= 1 | pos=GK | nat=AUT | name= [[Bernhard Unger]]}}
{{Fs player | no= 4 | pos=DF | nat=AUT | name= Niklas Szerencsi}}
{{Fs player | no= 5 | pos=DF | nat=AUT | name= Santino Pistrol}}
{{Fs player | no= 6 | pos=MF | nat=AUT | name= [[Markus Rusek]]}}
{{Fs player | no= 7 | pos=FW | nat=AUT | name= [[Christoph Monschein]]}}
{{Fs player | no= 8 | pos=MF | nat=AUT | name= [[Bernhard Luxbacher]]}}
{{Fs player | no= 9 | pos=FW | nat=AUT | name= [[Amir Abdijanovic]]}}
{{Fs player | no=10 | pos=FW | nat=AUT | name= [[Marco Djuricin]]}}
{{Fs player | no=14 | pos=MF | nat=KOR | name= [[Seo Jong-min]]}}
{{Fs player | no=15 | pos=MF | nat=BIH | name= Haris Zahirović}}
{{Fs player | no=16 | pos=FW | nat=AUT | name= [[Patrick Schmidt (footballer, born 1998)|Patrick Schmidt]]}}
{{Fs player | no=17 | pos=DF | nat=AUT | name= [[Benjamin Rosenberger]]}}
{{Fs player | no=18 | pos=FW | nat=AUT | name= [[Bernhard Zimmermann]]}}
{{Fs player | no=19 | pos=DF | nat=AUT | name= Niklas Alozie}}
{{Fs player | no=20 | pos=MF | nat=AUT | name= Felix Nagele}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player | no=22 | pos=DF | nat=AUT | name= [[Osarenren Okungbowa]]}}
{{Fs player | no=25 | pos=DF | nat=AUT | name= Jürgen Bauer}}
{{Fs player | no=26 | pos=GK | nat=AUT | name= Moritz Troindl}}
{{Fs player | no=27 | pos=FW | nat=AUT | name= Vincent Zeidler}}
{{Fs player | no=28 | pos=MF | nat=AUT | name= [[Kai Stratznig]]}}
{{Fs player | no=34 | pos=DF | nat=AUT | name= Dean Titkov}}
{{Fs player | no=36 | pos=DF | nat=AUT | name= Kelechi Nnamdi}}
{{Fs player | no=37 | pos=MF | nat=AUT | name= Louis Birkhahn}}
{{Fs player | no=39 | pos=MF | nat=BRA | name= Lucas Dantas}}
{{Fs player | no=41 | pos=GK | nat=AUT | name= Christopher Giuliani}}
{{Fs player | no=45 | pos=FW | nat=GAM | name= Susso Bamba}}
{{Fs player | no=59 | pos=FW | nat=TUR | name= Yalın Dilek}}
{{Fs player | no=66 | pos=MF | nat=AUT | name= David Ungar}}
{{Fs player | no=77 | pos=FW | nat=AUT | name= [[:de:Luca Edelhofer|Luca Edelhofer]]}}
{{Fs player | no=80 | pos=MF | nat=AUT | name= Aris Stogiannidis}}
{{Fs end}}

==Notable players==
*{{flagicon |ARG}} [[Mario Kempes]], (1986–1987) World Cup Winner and former Argentinian International
*{{flagicon |AUT}} [[Alfred Drabits]], (1988–1991) Former Austrian International
*{{flagicon |FIN}} [[Kimmo Lipponen]], (1989) former Finnish international
*{{flagicon |AUT}} [[Zeljko Radovic]], (1994–1997) Former Austrian International
*{{flagicon |Mauritius}} [[Gary Noël]], (2015–2016) Former Mauritius International
*{{flagicon |TUR}} [[Turgay Bahadır]] (2015–2016) Former Turkish International
*{{flagicon |AUT}} [[Markus Katzer]], (2015–2020) Former Austrian International
*{{flagicon |MKD}} [[Mensur Kurtisi]], (2016–2021) Former Macedonian International
*{{flagicon |AUT}} [[Ümit Korkmaz]], (2019–2020) Former Austrian International
*{{flagicon |AUT }} [[Andreas Lukse]], (2021–2023) Former Austrian International

==Honours==
*[[List of Austrian football champions|Austrian Champions]] (6): [[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1930-31|1931]], [[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1932-33|1933]], [[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1941-42|1942]], [[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1942-43|1943]], [[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1943-44|1944]], [[Austrian Football Bundesliga 1954-55|1955]]
*[[Austrian Cup]] (3): 1929, 1930, 1937
*[[Austrian 2. Landesliga]]: Champions 2019
*[[Austrian Regionalliga]]: Champions 2022
*[[Challenge Cup (Austria-Hungary)|Challenge Cup]] (2): 1899, 1900
*[[German Cup]] (1): [[Tschammerpokal 1943|1943]]
*[[Mitropa Cup]] (1): [[Mitropa Cup 1931|1931]]
*[[Liberation Cup]] (1): 1946
*[[Tournoi de l'Exposition Coloniale (Paris-Vincennes)]] (1): 1931<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/colonialexpo31.html|title=Tournoi de l'Exposition Coloniale (Paris-Vincennes, May-Nov 1931)|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=22 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122031339/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/colonialexpo31.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Tournoi du Nouvel An du Red Star]] (1): 1924 (shared)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/colonialexpo31.html|title=Tournoi de l'Exposition Coloniale (Paris-Vincennes, May-Nov 1931)|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=22 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122031339/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/colonialexpo31.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Tournoi de Nöel de Paris]] : Runners-up 1935<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/colonialexpo31.html|title=Tournoi de l'Exposition Coloniale (Paris-Vincennes, May-Nov 1931)|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=22 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122031339/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/colonialexpo31.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121222221144/http://www.rsssf.com/ Historical Austrian league results]
* [http://www.f-archiv.de Historical German league results] {{in lang|de}}
* [https://int.soccerway.com/teams/austria/first-vienna-fc-1894/ Soccerway profile]
* [https://www.flashscore.com/team/first-vienna/Eez3RKEM/results/ First Vienna FC Results] Current results of First Vienna FC matches

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