WSG Swarovski Tirol

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2020/2021

WSG Swarovski Tirol

In

Benjamin Ozegovic (gk) (SCR Altach), Raffael Behounek (def) (FC Wacker), Nikolai Baden Frederiksen (att) (Juventus U23), Zan Rogelj (mid) (NK Triglav), David Schnegg (def) (Juniors OO), Tobias Anselm (mid) (LASK), Nemanja Celic (def) (Juniors OO), Johannes Naschberger (mid) (SV Worgl), Stefan Lauf (att) (Tirol II), Kilian Bauernfeind (mid) (Tirol II), Felix Kerber (att) (Tirol II)

Out

Lukas Grgic (r) (mid) (LASK), Clemens Walch (sp) (mid) (Silz/Motz), Stefan Maierhofer (r) (att) (Admira Wacker), Ione Cabrera (sp) (def) (released), Felix Adjei (sp) (def) (released), Dino Kovacec (sp) (mid) (SK Amstetten), Michael Svoboda (sp) (def) (Venezia), Sebastian Santin (sp) (def) (FC Vaduz), Pascal Grünwald (sp) (gk) (retired)

Those who not followed the Bundesliga news over the course of the summer will be puzzled with Tirol still being in the top flight, having finished the previous season as bottom after losing a tight survival battle to Admira. What saved them from the drop was Mattersburg's bankruptcy, which resulted in the Burgerlanders being thrown out of the division. Thomas Silberberger remains in charge for what will be his side's second chance, but there have been huge changes to their playing squad, with as many as nine players leaving. In fairness, this was mostly a case of shedding dead wood, with the departure of Lukas Grgic, who joins LASK, being the sole genuine blow they suffered during the summer in terms of players departing. However, there is still the fact that their squad proved to simply not be at top flight level and they have done nothing over the summer that suggests that they could massively improve, with most of their signings being stabs in the dark. Tirol are simply a small club that did not even dream of top flight football until a few years ago and are simply not able of bringing in the type of players that they need to be certain of staying up. However, they finished bottom by the tightest of margins last time around and the wave of optimism that they will be riding after being granted a second chance might be enough to steer them towards safety this time around.

Target

Another battle to avoid finishing bottom seems to be on the cards and they will be hoping for a different outcome this time around.

Season Review

2019/2020

№12: WSG Swarovski Tirol

Tirol entered their first-ever Bundesliga season with hopes of emulating what Hartberg did a year before, which is to defy the odds and stay up despite clearly not being a big enough club to expect an extended stay in the top flight. The early signs were promising - they beat Austria in their opener and had a W2 D2 L3 record after their opening seven games, which was enough to create a gap between them and the bottom of the table. However, what followed was a return to reality as Tirol started losing game after game. Apart from a brief period of improvement before the winter and the pandemic breaks, it remained this way until the end of the season. What proved ultimately their undoing was their post-pandemic form. Despite being in the Relegation Group, surrounded by teams of supposedly similar strength, they managed to win only once in the ten Relegation Group games that they played. They still had a chance of rescuing themselves in the final round - they hosted Admira knowing that beating the Modlingers would result in their survival, but they were held to a 0:0 draw and will return to Erste Liga after only one year in the top flight. While their relegation hardly comes as too much of a surprise, it will be very interesting to see how they will respond to losing their momentum as a club, having enjoyed a meteoric rise in the seasons preceding this one.