Johann Studnicka

Johann Studnicka

Personal information
Date of birth	(1883-10-12)12 October 1883
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	18 October 1967(1967-10-18) (aged 84)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
–1897	Jugendhorst
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1897–1920	Wiener AC	122	(91)
National team
1902–1918	Austria	28	(18)
Teams managed
1920–1922	First Vienna FC
1922–1924	FC Zürich
	SC Rudolfshügel
1928–1929	FC Zürich
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Johann "Jan" Studnicka (12 October 1883 – 18 October 1967) was an Austrian footballer. He played for Wiener AC . He also played for the Austrian national team. After his active career he became football manager. He also competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Career

Johann Studnicka played in the “Jugendhort” football team at the age of 14 in 1897. This was led by the teacher Wawerka The team included Studnicka, Josef Fischer, Gustav Huber and Josef Taurer and three other later national players. Three years after the first football game in Austria in 1894, the sport was not socially accepted. Playing football among middle school students was punished . So in his early career Studnicka appeared as a football player under the pseudonym “Jan”.

In 1897 the entire team from Jugendhorst joined the Wiener AC. He started as defender but soon played as forward due to his abilities. Johann Studnicka's career at WAC was soon crowned with success. In 1898 the club took part in the Challenge Cup for the first time. The trophy was won in 1901, 1903 and 1904. 1908 he slowly began to withdraw from active football and work as a coach at the WAC. After a majority of the WAC players left the club after disputes with the club's management Johann Studnicka rejoined the first team to prevent the club's decline. Studnicka quickly created a powerful team by the start of the ÖFV's new league championship in 1911/12. They reached the 4th place. Johann Studnicka played actively for WAC until the 1919/20 season

International

He debuted on 12 October 1902 in a 5-0 win versus Hungary. There he scored three goals.His last match was on 9 May 1918 in a 5-1 win versus Switzerland. He played 28 matches and scored 18 goals for Austria.

Manager

After the end of his active career he coached First Vienna FC for two years. This was followed in 1922 by a move to Switzerland to FC Zurich. With them he won the Swiss championship. Then he returned to Vienna and was coach of SpC Rudolfshügel. Because the players ran away from the financially bankrupt club Studnicka was not able to avoid relegation.