Karl Zischek

Karl Zischek (28 August 1910 – 6 October 1985) was an Austrian footballer who played as a forward for Austria in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played for SC Wacker Wien.

Karl Zischek

Personal information
Date of birth	(1910-08-28)28 August 1910
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	6 October 1985(1985-10-06) (aged 75)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1946	SC Wacker Wien	265	(107)
National team
1931–1945	Austria	40	(24)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Karl Zischek started his career at Wacker in 1929. During the Second World War, Karl Zischek played quite successfully with his club Wacker and narrowly missed winning the "Gauliga Ostmark" several times. In 1947 they won the championship ahead of Rapid and the cup final 4:3 against Austria. This were the only titles in the history of the small club. Younger players like Gerhard Hanappi were the driving forces behind the Meidlingers. So Zischek ended his professional career after this season. After that he was active as a player at Meidlinger FC and SC Preßbaum. In 1950 he took over as coach at VfB Mödling.

Team career

He debuted for the Austrian national football team on 16 May 1931 versus Scotland and he scored two goals in the 5-0 win. Towards the end of the era of the "Wunderteam" Karl Zischek scored a goal each against France in a 4-0 win and in a 6-1 win over Belgium. 1934 he played in the FIFA World Cup in Italy. After the end of the Second world war he played two games for the team. He played 40 matches for Austria and scored 24 goals.

International statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	1931	5	6
	1932	6	3
	1933	5	2
	1934	11	8
	1935	3	2
	1936	5	3
	1937	3	0
	1945	2	0
Total		40	24

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ziscchek goal.

List of international goals scored by Karl Zischek

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 May 1931	Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria	Scotland	2-0	5-0	Friendly match
2				4-0
3	24 May 1931	Grunewaldstadion, Berlin, Germany	Germany	4-0	6-0	Friendly match
4	4 October 1931	Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	1-1	2-2	Svehla-Cup
5				2-2
6	29 November 1931	Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	2-1	8-1	Svehla-Cup
7	7 December 1932	Stamford Bridge, London, England	England	1-2	3-4	Friendly match
8				3-4
9	11 December 1932	Stade du Centenaire, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	5-0	6-1	Friendly match
10	12 February 1933	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	France	4-0	4-0	Friendly match
11	29 November 1933	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1-1	2-2	Svehla-Cup
12	11 February 1934	Stadio Benito Mussolini, Torino, Italy	Italy	1-0	2-4	Svehla-Cup
13				2-0
14				2-4
15	15 April 1934	Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	4-0	6-1	Friendly match
16	25 April 1934	Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Bulgaria	1-0	3-1	1934 FIFA World Cup qualification
17	31 May 1934	Stadio Littoriale, Bologna, Italy	Hungary	2-0	2-1	1934 FIFA World Cup
18	7 October 1934	Hungaria ut, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1-0	1-3	Svehla-Cup
19	11 November 1934	Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Switzerland	3-0	3-0	Svehla-Cup
20	12 May 1935	Üllöi ut, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1-3	3-6	Friendly match
21				2-3
22	19 January 1936	Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain	Spain	1-0	5-4	Friendly match
23	26 January 1936	Estádio do Lima, Porto, Portugal	Portugal	1-0	3-2	Friendly match
24	5 April 1936	Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	1-0	3-5	Friendly match

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