2001–02 FC Tirol Innsbruck season
# 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.

## 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. 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

| 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

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 68 | 42 | +26 | 65 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Grazer AK | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 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 |

* 1 2 3 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.
