2001–02 FC Tirol Innsbruck season

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

FC Tirol Innsbruck

2001–02 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) →

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   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 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

Bundesliga

Main article: 2001–02 Austrian Football Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[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. 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

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

Lokomotiv Moscow   v   Tirol Innsbruck

7 August 2001 First leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–1	Tirol Innsbruck	Ramenskoye, Russia
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
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
17:00 CET	Brzęczek   30'	Report		Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2001–02 UEFA Cup

First round

Viktoria Žižkov   v   Tirol Innsbruck

11 September 2001 First leg	Viktoria Žižkov	0–0	Tirol Innsbruck	Prague, Czech Republic
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
18:00 CET	Glieder   49'	Report		Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

Second round

Fiorentina   v   Tirol Innsbruck

18 October 2001 First leg	Fiorentina	2–0	Tirol Innsbruck	Florence, Italy
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
20:30 CET	Gilewicz   25', 75'	Report	Nuno Gomes   26' Morfeo   41'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

References

1. "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.