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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

1. ^ 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.

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

7 August 2001 First leg	Lokomotiv Moscow	3–1	Tirol Innsbruck	Ramenskoye, Russia
18:00 CET	Lekgetho 2' Izmailov 37' Ignashevich 79'	Report	Kirchler 19'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Note: Lokomotiv Moscow played their home match at Saturn Stadium in Ramenskoye, as their regular home venue Lokomotiv Stadium in Moscow was closed for renovation.

22 August 2001 Second leg	Tirol Innsbruck	0–1 Annulled	Lokomotiv Moscow	Innsbruck, Austria
17:00 CET		Report	Maminov 51'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
Note: The second leg was annulled and replayed after UEFA admitted a referee mistake as Lokomotiv player was not expelled after receiving two yellow cards.

8 September 2001 Second leg replay	Tirol Innsbruck	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	Lokomotiv Moscow	Innsbruck, Austria
17:00 CET	Brzęczek 30'	Report		Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

UEFA Cup

First round

11 September 2001 First leg	Viktoria Žižkov	0–0	Tirol Innsbruck	Prague, Czech Republic
17:30 CET		Report		Stadium: FK Viktoria Stadion Attendance: 1,326 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

25 September 2001 Second leg	Tirol Innsbruck	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Viktoria Žižkov	Innsbruck, Austria
18:00 CET	Glieder 49'	Report		Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

Second round

18 October 2001 First leg	Fiorentina	2–0	Tirol Innsbruck	Florence, Italy
20:45 CET	Morfeo 47' Nuno Gomes 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 10,418 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

1 November 2001 Second leg	Tirol Innsbruck	2–2 (2–4 agg.)	Fiorentina	Innsbruck, Austria
20:30 CET	Gilewicz 25', 75'	Report	Nuno Gomes 26' Morfeo 41'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Georgios Douros (Greece)

References

1. ^ "Tirol Innsbruck 2001/2002". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
2. "Austria – Tirol Innsbruck disappear".
3. "FC Wacker Innsbruck » Squad 2001/2002". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
4. "Sturm replace demoted Tirol". UEFA.com. 19 June 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
5. "Control & Disciplinary Body accepts FC Tirol Innsbruck protest" (PDF). uefa.com. 24 August 2001.

• FC Tirol Innsbruck seasons
• Austrian football clubs 2001–02 season
• Austrian football championship–winning seasons