Ferdinand Wesely

**Ferdinand Wesely** (30 May 1897 – 19 March 1949) was an Austrian footballer and coach.

## Career

The left winger began his career at Rennweger SV and in 1920 he went to Rapid, Austria's leading football club at the time. With Rapid he won four times the Championship and in 1927 the Austrian Cup. From 1928 till 1931 he was captain of Rapid Vienna.  1930 he won the Mitropa Cup, the most important club competition between the wars. After this triumph, Wesely moved to Switzerland, first to FC St. Gallen and then to FC Basel. In 1933, he and Basel won the Swiss Cup .

## National team

He played 40 matches for the Austrian national football team and scored 17 goals. His debut was on 23 April 1922 in a loss versus Germany. His last match was on 16 November 1930 in a 4-1 win versus Sweden.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Austria|1922|3|1|
|1923|4|0|||
|1924|5|3|||
|1925|6|1|||
|1926|5|4|||
|1927|5|4|||
|1928|5|3|||
|1929|3|0|||
|1930|4|1|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|24 September 1922|Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria||2-2|2-2|Friendly match||||||||
|2|22 June 1924|Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria||2-0|3-1|Friendly match||||||||
|3|14 September 1924|Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria||2-1|2-1|Svehla-Cup||||||||
|4|9 November 1924|Simmeringer Sportplatz,  Vienna, Austria||1-0|1-1|Friendly match||||||||
|5|10 July 1925|Töölön Pallokenttä,   Helsinki, Finland||2-1|2-1|Friendly match||||||||
|6|20 May 1926|Simmeringer Sportplatz,  Vienna, Austria||2-1|4-1|Friendly match||||||||
|7|4-1|||||||||||||
|8|19 September 1926|Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria||1-1|2-3|Friendly match||||||||
|9|10 October 1926|Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria||7⁻1|7-1|Friendly match||||||||
|10|10 April 1927|Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria||5-0|6-0|Friendly match||||||||
|11|22 May 1927|Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria||3-1|4-1|Friendly match||||||||
|12|25 September 1927|Üllöi út,  Budapest,   Hungary||1-0|3-5|Svehla-Cup||||||||
|13|3-5|||||||||||||
|14|8 January 1928|Stadion Daring Club,    [Brussels,    Belgium||2-0|2-1|Friendly match||||||||
|15|6 May 1928|Hungária út , Budapest, Hungary||5-5|5-5|Friendly match||||||||
|16|7 October 1928|Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria||4-1|5-1|Svehla-Cup||||||||
|17|16 November 1930|Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria||4-1|4-1|Friendly match||||||||

## Manager career

After two years at the smaller city club FC Nordstern Basel, Ferdl Wesely went to Belgium  where he worked as a coach at Beerschot Antwerpen. In May 1940 he was sent to the Saint Cyprien internment camp in southern France, in July he was able to return to Antwerp and continue his coaching career. After his return to Vienna in 1945 he managed FC Rennweg and Red Star Penzing.

## Honours

- Rapid Vienna
- Austrian Champion: 1921, 1923, 1929, 1930
- Austrian Cup: 1927
- Mitropa Cup: 1930
- Basel
- Swiss Cup: 1932-33
- Beerschot Antwerpen (manager)
- Belgian Champion:1938, 1939

## Other websites

- Rapid Archiv
- Beerschot coaches

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ferdinand Wesely
- **image**: Karikatur Ferdinand Wesely.jpg
- **caption**: Ferdinand Wesely, Austrian football player, drawn by Max Leuthe (1879-1945).
- **position**: Forward (association football), Striker
- **years1**: –1920
- **clubs1**: Rennweger SV
- **years2**: 1920–1931
- **clubs2**: SK Rapid Wien
- **caps2**: 206
- **goals2**: 121
- **years3**: 1931–1932
- **clubs3**: FC St. Gallen
- **years4**: 1932–1934
- **clubs4**: FC Basel
- **years5**: 1934–1936
- **clubs5**: FC Nordstern Basel
- **nationalyears1**: 1922–1930
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 40
- **nationalgoals1**: 17
- **manageryears1**: 1936–1942
- **managerclubs1**: K. Beerschot V.A.C.
- **manageryears2**: 1942-1945
- **managerclubs2**: FC Bamberg
- **manageryears3**: 1947
- **managerclubs3**: FC Rennweg
- **manageryears4**: 1947-1949
- **managerclubs4**: Red Star Penzing