Ernst Stojaspal

**Ernst Stojaspal** (14 January 1925 – 3 April 2002) was an Austrian professional footballer. He was born in the Simmering district of Vienna. He played as  forward or attacking midfielder .

## Club career

He started his career with FC Strindberg, Mautner Markhof, 1. Simmeringer SC and Ostbahn XI.  1945/46 he started playing for Austria Wien. After 10 years he ha d won three league titles and two domestic cups. He was also topscorer of the league  five times. After the 1954 World Cup, he moved to France and played for  Racing Strasbourg, AS Béziers, AS Monaco, Troyes AC and FC Metz. Stojaspal scored 481 goals in 413 games for Austria Wien and scored 674 goals in his career, both including friendlies.

In 2001, he was chosen in Austria Wiens Team of the Century.

## International career

Stojaspal made his debut for Austria in December 1946 against Italy and played at the 1954 FIFA World Cup where he scored three goals in four matches. The third-place playoff against Uruguay was his last international game. He played 32 matches and  scored 15 goals. He was also part of Austria's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Austria|1946|1|1|
|1947|4|2|||
|1948|5|0|||
|1949|5|0|||
|1950|4|2|||
|1951|4|4|||
|1952|3|2|||
|1953|2|0|||
|1954|4|3|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|20 August 1945|San Siro,  Milan, Italy||2-3|2-3|Friendly match||||||||
|2|5 October 1947|Spartastadion,  Prague,   Czechoslovakia||2-3|2-3|Friendly match||||||||
|3|9 November 1947|Praterstadion,  Vienna ,   Austria||4-0|5-1|Friendly match||||||||
|5|8 October 1950|Praterstadion,  Vienna ,   Austria||2-0|7-2|Friendly match||||||||
|6|6-1|||||||||||||
|7|14 October 1951|Heysel Stadium,   Brussels,   Belgium||2-1|8-1|Friendly match||||||||
|8|5-1|||||||||||||
|9|1 November 1951|Stade de Colmbes, Paris, France||2-1|2-2|Friendly match||||||||
|10|28 November 1951|Wembley Stadium, London, England||2-2|2-2|Friendly match||||||||
|11|23 March 1952|Praterstadion,  Vienna ,   Austria||1-0|2-0|Friendly match||||||||
|12|2-0|||||||||||||
|13|19 June 1954|Hardturm,   Zürich,   Switzerland||1-0|5-0|1954 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|14|5-0|||||||||||||
|15|3 July 1954|Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland||1-0|3-1|1954 FIFA World Cup||||||||

## Retirement

Stojaspal later worked as a football coach in France. There he managed AC Ajaccio, AS Giraumont, FC Monthey and AS Athus. He died in Moulins-lès-Metz, France.

## Honours

- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1949, 1950, 1953
- Austrian Cup: 1947, 1948
- Austrian Bundesliga top goalscorer: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953

## Other websites

- Player profile – Austria Archive
- Bio – Racing Strasbourg

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ernst Stojaspal
- **fullname**: Ernst Stojaspal
- **birth place**: Simmering (Vienna), Simmering, Vienna, Austria
- **death place**: Moulins-lès-Metz, France
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthclubs1**: FC Strindberg
- **youthclubs2**: Mautner Markhof
- **youthclubs3**: SC Simmering
- **youthclubs4**: Ostbahn XI
- **years1**: 1944–1954
- **years2**: 1954–1957
- **years3**: 1957–1958
- **years4**: 1958–1959
- **years5**: 1959–1961
- **years6**: 1961–1962
- **clubs1**: FK Austria Wien, Austria Wien
- **clubs2**: Racing Strasbourg, Strasbourg
- **clubs3**: AS Béziers (football), AS Béziers
- **clubs4**: AS Monaco FC, Monaco
- **clubs5**: Troyes AC, Troyes
- **clubs6**: FC Metz, Metz
- **totalcaps**: 368
- **caps1**: 184
- **caps2**: 95
- **caps3**: 23
- **caps4**: 23
- **caps5**: 24
- **caps6**: 19
- **goals1**: 220
- **goals2**: 57
- **goals3**: 5
- **goals4**: 10
- **goals5**: 3
- **goals6**: 6
- **totalgoals**: 301
- **nationalyears1**: 1946–1954
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 32
- **nationalgoals1**: 15
- **manageryears1**: 1962-1963
- **manageryears2**: 1963-1967
- **manageryears3**: 1967-1968
- **manageryears4**: 1968- 1970
- **managerclubs1**: AC Ajaccio
- **managerclubs2**: AS Giraumont
- **managerclubs3**: FC Monthey
- **managerclubs4**: AS Athus