Johann Studnicka

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Johann "Jan" Studnicka (born October 12, 1883 in Vienna ; † October 18, 1967 ) was one of the most outstanding personalities in the history of Austrian football . The striker was the first national record player and at the same time also the record scorer in his country and was posthumously honored twice as world scorer .

Johann "Jan" Studnicka (1902)

Career

Beginning and promotion at Jugendhorst and WAC

Johann Studnicka possessed considerable technical abilities, he is mostly credited with the invention of the Viennese dribble game, which shaped the future of football in Austria. The left connector was small in stature and stocky and was soon nicknamed "the G'stütze". His bow legs were also a favorite topic of cartoonists of the time, with WAC supporters always responding that his tailor had just made him crooked pants. Johann Studnicka began to be interested in football at an early age and was already 13 years old when he played in the youth club in 1897. This was led by the teacher Wawerka and at that time included Studnicka with Josef Fischer , Gustav Huber and Josef Taurer and three other later national players. The sport was, three years after the first soccer game in Austria in 1894, not yet socially accepted, playing soccer among high school students was punished with a detention, so that Studnicka himself only appeared as a soccer player with the pseudonym "Jan" in the beginning. In the fall of 1897, the entire team of the youth base joined the Vienna AC , which had only founded its football section six months earlier.

Initially, Johann Studnicka played in the defense of the athletes. However, when they recognized his ability to bring surprising moves into the game and to disguise this masterfully, he soon moved up into the storm of the WAC. Together with Josef Taurer, he formed the left wing pair here, which for a long time remained unmatched in Austria. Johann Studnicka's career at WAC was soon crowned with success. In 1898 the club first took part in the Challenge Cup , the oldest Austrian soccer cup competition, which was open to all clubs in the monarchy. If you had to admit defeat to the Vienna Cricket and Football Club in the first round when you first participated , the trophy could be won in 1901, 1903 and 1904. At the same time, the WAC with Johann Studnicka was also the strongest team in the Austrian championship of the ÖFU , which was completed as winners in 1901, 1902 and 1903. However, this national dominance led to the provisional end of the league championship in Austria.

Near end, return and rebuilding

Johann Studnicka also celebrated great successes internationally these days. The Austrian national team met for the first time on October 12, 1902, the opponent being Hungary . With five club colleagues by his side, Johann Studnicka won 5-0 with the team and scored three goals himself. He achieved the same feat at 4-2 a year later, when Hungary had to accept three Studnicka goals again. After a long break, Johann Studnicka celebrated his return to the team with goals against Germany and Hungary in 1908, but slowly began to withdraw from active football and work as a coach at the WAC. After a majority of the WAC players fell out after disputes with the club's management and decided to start a new club with Wiener AF , Johann Studnicka rejoined the first team to prevent the club's decline. Only Hans Neumann remained loyal to him. Studnicka, however, quickly managed to get a powerful team back on its feet by the start of the new league championship 1911/12 of the ÖFV, because in the first season they reached the good fourth of twelve places.

Johann Studnicka was again a longer topic for the national team, in 1912 he was the only representative of his club to take part in the Olympic Games in Stockholm. In the round of 16, he also scored the first Austrian goal to mean 1: 1 in the later 5: 1 triumph over Germany . After the defeat in the quarter-finals against the Netherlands , Austria started the consolation tournament of the eliminated team, in which Studnicka also contributed a goal in the high 5-1 victory over Italy in the semi-finals. The development work in the league soon bore fruit, because in the 1914/15 season , winning the Austrian championship could already be celebrated. At the same time there was a famous international match with arch-rivals Hungary on the Hungária square in Budapest , in which Austria achieved their first ever away win against Hungary, which, thanks to two Studnicka goals, was quite high with 5-2.

Last years of playing and coaching

Johann Studnicka played actively for the Vienna AC until the 1919/20 season , he scored a total of 90 goals in 122 appearances in the first class . He played his last international match on May 9, 1918, where he also scored his 18th international goal in a 5-1 win against Switzerland . After his career as a striker, Johann Studnicka initially accepted a coaching offer from Vienna , which he coached for two years. This was followed by a move to Switzerland for FC Zurich in 1922 . As champions of Serie A East in the 1923/24 season , Johann Studnicka and his team were able to take part in the final of the Swiss championship. In the finals, Studnicka's team successfully beat Nordstern Basel and Servette Genève to win the title. Johann Studnicka then returned to Vienna, where he stepped in for SpC Rudolfshügel on June 30, 1925 . However, the players ran away from the financially bankrupt club, so that Studnicka was ultimately unable to stop the favorites from being relegated.

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personal data
SURNAME Studnicka, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Studnicka, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1967