Franz Weselik

Franz Weselik

Franz Weselik in 1932
Personal information
Date of birth	(1903-04-20)20 April 1903
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	15 March 1962(1962-03-15) (aged 58)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1919–1923	Blue Star Wien
1923–1934	SK Rapid Wien	175	(160)
1934–1937	FC Mulhouse	60	(36)
1937–1938	Jönköpings Södra IF
1938	SC Red Star Wien
International career
1928–1933	Austria	11	(13)
Managerial career
1934–1935	FC Mulhouse
1937–1938	Jönköpings Södra IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Franz Weselik (20 April 1903 in Vienna – 15 March 1962) was a former Austrian football player and coach. He played as forward mainly for SK Rapid Wien. He also played for the Austrian national football team.

Career

Weselik began his career in 1919 at Blue Star Wien and joined SK Rapid Wien in 1923. In 1927 he celebrated his first major success with the team by winning the Vienna Cup. In 1929 and 1930 he won the Austrian championship title with Rapid and won the Mitropacup. The year 1930 was the most successful for the striker. He scored 24 goals in 20 championship games and was Austria's top scorer.

In 1934 Weselik signed a contract as a player-coach at FC Mulhouse. Franz Weselik was the third-best league goalscorer of the 1934/35 season with 24 goals. The team finished 6th. After two years he went to Jönköping for a season as coach. In 1938 he returned to Austria. He played for SC Red Star Vienna and then ended his active career.

Weselik was member of the NSDAP. He applied for membership in the NSDAP on February 10, 1940 and was admitted on January 1, 1941 (membership number 8,471,374).

International career

He made his debut for Austria on 6 May 1928 against Hungary and scored 3 goals in the away match. He earned 11 caps, scoring 13 goals. His final international was an April 1933 match, also against Hungary.

International statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	1928	2	4
	1929	4	5
	1930	2	2
	1932	1	1
	1933	2	1
Total		11	13

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

List of international goals scored by Franz Weselik

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 May 1928	Hungária út,, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1-2	5-5	Friendly match
2				2-3
3				3-5
4	7 October 1928	Hohe Warte , Vienna, Austria	Hungary	3-1	5-1	Svehla-Cup
5	17 March 1929	Spartastadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	2-0	3-3	Friendly match
6				3-3
7	7 April 1929	Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria	Italy	2-0	3-0	Svehla-Cup
8	5 May 1929	Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	2-1	2-2	Friendly match
9	15 September 1929	Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria	Czechoslovakia	2-1	2-1	Friendly match
10	21 September 1930	Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	1-0	2-3	Friendly match
11	16 November 1930	Hohe Warte, Vienna, Austria	Sweden	2⁻1	4-1	Friendly match
12	11 December 1932	Stade du Centenaire, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	6-1	6-1	Friendly match
13	12 February 1933	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	France	3-0	4-0	Friendly match

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 1929, 1930
• Austrian Cup (1):
  • 1927
• Mitropa Cup (1):
  • 1930

References

• Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.

Other websites

• Rapid stats Archived 2011-05-26 at the Wayback Machine - Rapid Archive
• Franz Weselik at National-Football-Teams.com
• Franz Weselik at WorldFootball.net