Jan Studnicka
Johann " Jan" Studnicka ( born October 12, 1883 in Vienna, † October 18, 1967 ) was one of the most outstanding figures in the history of Austrian football. The striker was first capped player and at the same time, scorer of his country and was awarded posthumously twice honoring the World striker.
Career
Beginning and rise in youth Horst and WAC
Johann Studnicka possessed considerable technical skills, his invention of the Vienna dribbling game is mostly attributed that shaped the future of football sport in Austria. The left connector was small in stature and stocky and received as soon nicknamed " the G'stutze ". A beloved theme of the cartoonists of that time were also his bow-legged, with WAC pendant always countered that his tailor he had merely made crooked pants. Johann Studnicka began early for the sport of football to interest already played 13 years in 1897 in the football team "Youth Horst". This was led by the teacher and included Wawerka then next Studnicka with Josef Fischer, Gustav Huber and Josef Taurians three more later national team. The sport was, three years after the first football game in 1894 in Austria, socially not accepted, the football games in high school students was punished with solitary confinement, so that Studnicka even in the early days appeared as a football player only by the pseudonym "Jan". In the fall of 1897, the entire crew of the youth Horst's Wiener AC joined, who had only six months earlier established its football section.
First Johann Studnicka played in the defense of Athletiker. As this, however, recognized his ability to bring surprising moves into the game and to conceal this masterfully, he soon moved on into the storm of the WAC. Together with Josef Taurians he made here the left wing pair, which remained unmatched for a long time in Austria. Johann Studnickas career at the WAC was soon crowned with success. In 1898 the club first participated in the Challenge Cup, the oldest national football trophy competition, which was open to all clubs of the monarchy open. You had to admit defeat against the Vienna Cricket and Football Club is the first participation in the first round, was in 1901, 1903 and 1904, the trophy to be won. At the same time, the WAC was with Johann Studnicka also the strongest team in the Austrian Championship ÖFU, the 1901, 1902 and 1903 respectively terminated as the winner. However, this national dominance led to the temporary end of the League Cup in Austria.
Beinahes end, return and reconstruction
Internationally celebrated Johann Studnicka great success these days. On October 12, 1902, the Austrian national team met for the first time, opponent was Hungary. With five club colleagues at the Johann page Studnicka won with the team a 5-0 victory, he scored three goals. The same feat he also managed a 4-2 a year later, where Hungary suffered three Studnicka gates again. After a break Johann Studnicka celebrated with goals against Germany and Hungary in 1908 the return to the team, but began to recede and to work as a coach at WAC slowly from active football. But after about throwing a large part of the WAC player after disputes with the club's management and decided to call a new club to life with the Vienna AF, Johann Studnicka entered again into the first team to prevent the demise of the club. Only Hans Neumann kept faith with him. Studnicka succeeded, however, to provide rapidly until the start of the new league championship in 1911/12 of ÖFV again a strong team on the legs, because in the first season they reached the good fourth of twelve courses.
So Johann Studnicka was again for the national team a longer topic, 1912, he took over as the sole representative of his club at the Olympic Games in Stockholm. In the second round he also scored the first goal for Austrian interim 1:1 in the subsequent 5-1 triumph over Germany. After the defeat in the quarter-final against the Netherlands, Austria started in consolation tournament of the eliminated teams, in which the high Studnicka 5-1 victory over Italy in the semifinals also still contributed a goal. The construction work of the League was, however, soon fruit, because in the 1914/15 season winning the Austrian Championship already could be celebrated. At the same time it came on the Hungaria Square in Budapest to a famous international game with the archrival Hungary, Austria in which the first ever away win against Hungary gained, the 5-2 turned out quite high thanks to two Studnicka gates.
Last year players and coaches work
Johann Studnicka played actively for the Wiener AC until the season 1919/20, a total he scored 90 goals in 122 missions in the first class. His last international match, he denied on May 9, 1918 where he also scored his 18th international goal in a 5-1 overall against Switzerland. After end of his career as a striker Johann Studnicka initially took on a coach offer of Vienna, which he coached for two years. This was followed in 1922 by changing to Switzerland for FC Zurich. As Serie A champions East in the season 1923/24, Johann Studnicka could participate with his team at the final of the Swiss Cup. In the playoffs to Studnickas elf could successfully prevail against North Star Basel Servette Genève and so win the title. Johann Studnicka then returned to Vienna, where he replaced the SpC Rudolfshügel on June 30, 1925. However, the financially bankrupt club ran the players it, so also Studnicka ultimately could not stop the descent of the Favoritner.
Achievements
- 2 × World scorer: 1902, 1903
- 3 × Challenge Cup Winner: 1901, 1903, 1904
- 4 × Austrian Champion: 1901, 1902, 1903 ( ÖFU ), 1915 ( ÖFV )
- 1 × Swiss Champion 1924
- Participation in Olympic Games 1912: 5th place
- 28 caps and 18 goals for the Austrian national football team from 1902 to 1918