New main sponsor

Wacker Innsbruck sets course for professional operation

Florian Kopp, Hannes Rauch, Daniel Aichner, Jakob Griesebner and Mateo Franzotti.(Bild: Michael Auer)

Wacker Innsbruck remained unbeaten in the championship last year, is at the top of the Regionalliga Tirol and is aiming for an immediate promotion to the Regionalliga West. However, the traditional club wants even more and is positioning itself professionally for the future.

Wacker Innsbruck is still only playing in Austria's fourth tier. But the traditional club is already setting the course for a professional operation. Aichner Logistik, a new main sponsor from Innsbruck, was presented on Thursday. The logistics company will adorn the chest of the black and green footballers for a year and a half.

Griesebner, sponsor Aichner and Rauch with the new jerseys.(Bild: Michael Auer)

As above
But everything is already being done in the background to return to professional soccer. "We want to have the structure as if we were playing a league higher up," explained president Hannes Rauch: "If we are promoted to the Westliga, then we want to be set up like a 2nd division club." That's why two limited companies are currently being set up: one for the 1st team's sporting activities and one for marketing. "Our partner Los Angeles FC gives us stability," explained Rauch.

Contract terminated
In sporting terms, defenders Florian Kopp, who terminated his contract with Vienna Austria on Tuesday and signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Wacker, and Argentinian left-back Mateo Franzotti are new signings. Left-back Ty Walker (USA) could still leave the Tyroleans for Germany.

In the coming weeks, tests will only take place against higher-class clubs: Imst (February 8), Kitzbühel (February 15), Kufstein (February 22) and Bischofshofen (March 8/9), all from the Western League.