Josef Uridil

**Josef Uridil** (nicknamed _Pepi, der Tank_) (24 December 1895 – 20 May 1962), was an Austrian footballer and coach.

## Career

Pepi Uridil was born on Christmas Eve 1895 in the Vienna district of Ottakring. He began to play football aged eight in the streets of his neighbourhood with his brother Franz. Pepi Uridil played for numerous clubs in his youth, such as _Sportklub Orion_, _Tasmania_, _Rekord_ and then Blue Star Vienne, before leaving for the great club of SK Rapid Wien.

During the First World War, he got the nickname "Tank". Pepi Uridil played for a number of seasons with Rapid, and in 1919, his team won in the final 3-0 against Wiener Sport-Club. He was one of the main players in the Championship victory in 1921 against Wiener AC.

## International career

At the end of the First World War he became an Austrian international for the first time. He played for the Austria national football team between 1919 and 1926 and scored eight goals in eight games.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Austria|1919|2|1|
|1921|4|4|||
|1922|1|3|||
|1926|1|0|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|5 October 1919|WAC-Platz, Vienna ,   Austria||2-0|2-0|Friendly match||||||||
|2|5 May 1921|Fussballringstadion, Dresden ,   Germany||3-3|3-3|Friendly match||||||||
|3|7 November 1920|Råsunda Stadium,     Stockholm,  Sweden||1-0|3-1|Friendly match||||||||
|4|19 April 1925|Töölön Pallokenttä,  Helsinki,   Finland||1-1|3-2|Friendly match||||||||
|5|3-2|||||||||||||
|6|11 June 1922|Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria||1-0|7-1|Friendly match||||||||
|7|2-1|||||||||||||
|8|3-1|||||||||||||

## Coaching career

After his retirement from football, Pepi Uridil became a manager of Bratislava club. He then moved to Ripensia Timişoara and the Romania national football team for the 1934 World Cup in Italy. His team were beaten in the first round by eventual finalists, Czechoslovakia.

He later coached Austrian side SC Helfort, then Beogradski SK in Yugoslavia in 1935. He then moved to Switzerland to coach FC Biel from 1936 to 1937, and FC Lucerne until 1938. He then trained German side Schwarz-Weiß Essen between 1938 and 1941, and VfL Altenbögge between 1941 and 1943.

After the Second World War, he returned to coaching Schwarz-Weiß Essen from 1949 to 1951. He went on to train his former club, Rapid Vienna, for one season from 1953 to 1954. In this year they beat the London club Arsenal 6-1 on 25 May 1953.

## Personal life

Uridil was also a businessman. He created his own brand of beer, _Uridil_, and a brand of sugar, _Kracheln_. The famous Viennese writer Hermann Leopoldi wrote a musical piece named _Heute spielt der Uridil_ ("Today, Uridil is playing") in 1922. Pepi Uridil played a number of film roles, such as _Pflicht und Ehre_ ("Necessity and Honour") in 1924.

## Honours

- Austrian Football Bundesliga (5): 1916, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923
- Austrian Cup (2): 1919, 1920
- Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorer (3): 1919, 1920 (non-official), 1921

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Josef Uridil
- **birth place**: Ottakring, Austria
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **youthclubs1**: Sportklub Orion
- **youthclubs2**: Tasmania
- **youthclubs3**: Rekord
- **youthclubs4**: Blue Star
- **years1**: 1910–1912
- **years2**: 1912–1914
- **years3**: 1914–1925
- **years4**: 1925–1926
- **years5**: 1926–1927
- **years6**: 1929–1930
- **clubs1**: Romania Ottakring
- **clubs2**: Blue Star
- **clubs3**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **clubs4**: First Vienna FC, First Vienna
- **clubs5**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **clubs6**: AS Bari, Bari
- **nationalyears1**: 1919–1926
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 8
- **manageryears1**: 1929–1930
- **manageryears2**: 1931–1933
- **manageryears3**: 1933–1934
- **manageryears4**: 1934
- **manageryears5**: 1934
- **manageryears6**: 1934–1935
- **manageryears7**: 1935–1936
- **manageryears8**: 1936–1937
- **manageryears9**: 1936–1937
- **manageryears10**: 1938–1941
- **manageryears11**: 1941–1943
- **manageryears12**: 1949–1951
- **manageryears13**: 1953–1954
- **manageryears14**: 1954–1957
- **managerclubs1**: A.S. Bari, Bari
- **managerclubs2**: ZFC (football club), ZFC Zaandam
- **managerclubs3**: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
- **managerclubs4**: FC Ripensia Timișoara, Ripensia Timișoara
- **managerclubs5**: Romania national football team, Romania
- **managerclubs6**: SPC Helfort
- **managerclubs7**: OFK Beograd, BSK Belgrade
- **managerclubs8**: FC Biel
- **managerclubs9**: FC Luzern
- **managerclubs10**: Schwarz-Weiss Essen, Schwarz-Weiß Essen
- **managerclubs11**: VfL Altenbögge
- **managerclubs12**: Schwarz-Weiss Essen, Schwarz-Weiß Essen
- **managerclubs13**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **managerclubs14**: SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg