Karl Jiszda

**Karl Jiszda** (21 July 1899 – 30 November 1963) was an Austrian football player and coach.

## Career

He started playing with Sparta Floridsdorf in 1912. Soon he went to  Floridsdorfer AC. During the First World War many players were in the army, so young players had to replace them. Jiszda was one of them. In the spring of 1918, he scored his first goal and became champion of the league. After relegation to 2. Klasse and failed repromotion he went for half a season to First Vienna FC. At the end of 1927, he went to the  American Soccer League  where he played for  Brooklyn Wanderers. In 1928, he came back to Floridsdorf. A broken tibia ended his active career in 1930.

## International

On 31 July 1921, Karl Jiszda debuted for the Austria national football team against Finland (2-3). He scored his first goal 1922, versus Hungary. His move abroad ended his career in the national team. He earned  eleven caps and scored seven goals.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Austria|1921|1|0|
|1922|2|1|||
|1924|3|2|||
|1927|5|4|||
- _Scores and results list Austrias's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jiszda goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|30 April 1922|Hungária Körúti-Stadion, Budapest,  Hungary||1-0|1-1|Friendly match||||||||
|2|13 January 1924|Zabo-Sportplatz,   Nuremberg, Germany||2-4|3-4|Friendly match||||||||
|3|10 April 1927|Stadio Marassi,   Genoa ,  Italy||4-0|4-0|Friendly match||||||||
|4|3 May 1914|Hohe Warte,  Vienna , Austria||1–0|6-0|Friendly match||||||||
|5|3-0|||||||||||||
|6|22 May 1927|Hohe Warte,  Vienna , Austria||1-0|4-1|Friendly match||||||||
|7|29 May 1927|Stadion Förrlibuck,    Zürich,  Switzerland||4-1|4-1|Friendly match||||||||

## Coach

He coached Garbarnia Kraków, Floridsdorfer AC, FC Zürich and FC Oerlikon. In 1937, he worked as head coach of the Lithuania national football team.

## Personal life

In 1945, he became president of the Floridsdorfer AC. After the establishment of an austrianwide football league. In 1949, he became member of the board.

## Honours

- 1 × Austrian champion: 1918
- 1 × Champion of the 2. League: 1925
- 1 × Polish champion: 1931 (as manager)
- 11 matches and 7 goals  for the Austrian national football team

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Karl Jiszda
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **years1**: 1916–1924
- **years2**: 1924
- **years3**: 1925–1927
- **years4**: 1928
- **years5**: 1928–1930
- **clubs1**: Floridsdorfer AC
- **clubs2**: First Vienna FC
- **clubs3**: Floridsdorfer AC
- **clubs4**: Brooklyn Wanderers
- **clubs5**: Floridsdorfer AC
- **nationalyears1**: 1921–1927
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 11
- **nationalgoals1**: 7
- **manageryears1**: 1931
- **manageryears2**: 1931–1934
- **manageryears3**: 1934–1935
- **manageryears5**: 1937
- **manageryears6**: 1945–19??
- **managerclubs1**: Garbarnia Kraków
- **managerclubs2**: Floridsdorfer AC
- **managerclubs3**: FC Zürich
- **managerclubs4**: FC Oerlikon
- **managerclubs5**: Lithuania national football team, Lithuania
- **managerclubs6**: Floridsdorfer AC (President)