About FC Wien

FC Wien was an Austrian football club based in the Favoriten district of Vienna, founded in 1914 under the name SC Nicholson. The club was created as a tribute to the English football pioneer Mark D. Nicholson, and it initially developed in the lower and regional Viennese leagues before gradually rising through the system. In 1933, the club was renamed FC Wien and adopted red and white as its colours, becoming a stable participant in Austria’s top football competitions during the interwar period.

The club experienced its most successful sporting period during the 1930s and early 1940s. FC Wien competed in the highest leagues of Austrian football and achieved its best-ever result in the 1941–42 season, when it finished as runner-up in the Gauliga Ostmark. This era marked the peak of the club’s competitiveness, as it regularly played against Austria’s strongest teams and established itself as a solid top-flight side.

After World War II, FC Wien gradually declined in performance and stability. Although the club continued to compete in the Austrian league system for several decades, it struggled with financial problems and inconsistent results, eventually dropping out of the top division in the late 1950s. After further years in lower leagues, FC Wien was finally dissolved in 1973 due to economic difficulties, ending its professional history. The club was later re-founded in various forms, but none of these versions reached the level of the original team.