First Vienna FC

First Vienna FC is an 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.

First Vienna FC

Full name	First Vienna Football Club 1894
Nickname(s)	Vienna
Founded	22 August 1894; 130 years ago (1894-08-22)
Ground	Hohe Warte Stadium
Capacity	5,500
Manager	Mehmet Sütcü
League	2. Liga
2024–25	2. Liga, 5th of 16
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Due to the insolvency of the main sponsor Care-Energy, Vienna was declared bankrupt in 2017.^[1][2] While bankruptcy was averted, a championship title in the Regionalliga Ost in the same year was withheld.^[3] Promotion was denied and it got worse, with Vienna being transferred to the fifth division by court order in the following season.^[4]

Current squad

As of 23 July, 2025^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Bernhard Unger 4 DF  AUT Niklas Szerencsi 5 DF  AUT Santino Pistrol 6 MF  AUT Markus Rusek 7 FW  AUT Christoph Monschein 8 MF  AUT Bernhard Luxbacher 9 FW  AUT Amir Abdijanovic 10 FW  AUT Marco Djuricin 16 FW  AUT Patrick Schmidt 17 DF  AUT Benjamin Rosenberger 18 FW  AUT Bernhard Zimmermann 19 DF  AUT Niklas Alozie 20 MF  AUT Felix Nagele 21 MF  CIV Gontie Junior Diomandé 22 DF  AUT Osarenren Okungbowa

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  AUT Jürgen Bauer 26 GK  AUT Moritz Troindl 27 FW  AUT Vincent Zeidler 28 MF  AUT Kai Stratznig 34 DF  AUT Dean Titkov 36 DF  AUT Kelechi Nnamdi 37 MF  AUT Louis Birkhahn 41 GK  AUT Christopher Giuliani 45 FW  GAM Susso Bamba 59 FW  TUR Yalın Dilek 66 MF  AUT David Ungar 77 FW  AUT Luca Edelhofer 80 MF  AUT Aris Stogiannidis

Notable players

• Mario Kempes, (1986–1987) World Cup Winner and former Argentinian International
• Alfred Drabits, (1988–1991) Former Austrian International
• Kimmo Lipponen, (1989) former Finnish international
• Zeljko Radovic, (1994–1997) Former Austrian International
• Gary Noël, (2015–2016) Former Mauritius International
• Turgay Bahadır (2015–2016) Former Turkish International
• Markus Katzer, (2015–2020) Former Austrian International
• Mensur Kurtisi, (2016–2021) Former Macedonian International
• Ümit Korkmaz, (2019–2020) Former Austrian International
• Andreas Lukse, (2021–2023) Former Austrian International

Honours

• Austrian Champions (6): 1931, 1933, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1955
• Austrian Cup (3): 1929, 1930, 1937
• Austrian 2. Landesliga: Champions 2019
• Austrian Regionalliga: Champions 2022
• Challenge Cup (2): 1899, 1900
• German Cup (1): 1943
• Mitropa Cup (1): 1931
• Liberation Cup (1): 1946
• Tournoi de l'Exposition Coloniale (Paris-Vincennes) (1): 1931^[6]
• Tournoi du Nouvel An du Red Star (1): 1924 (shared)^[7]
• Tournoi de Nöel de Paris : Runners-up 1935^[8]