Kurt Welzl

**Kurt Welzl**  ( 6  November 1954 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian football player. He played mainly for SSW Innsbruck. He also played for the Austrian national football team

## Career

He played as forward. He started his career with  Wiener Sport-Club. Then he went to SSW Innsbruck. From 1974 to 1979  he won two championships and the ÖFB Cup twice. He then moved abroad. With AZ Alkmaar he suffered a broken leg in a build-up game against Beveren at the beginning of August 1979. He won the Dutch championship and cup in 1981. He missed the top scorer's crown by just two goals . With the team he played in the UEFA Cup final. This was followed by two years at FC Valencia, a year at KAA Gent and half a season at Olympiakos Piraeus before he returned to SSW Innsbruck in the winter of 1984/85. Kurt Welzl spent the end of his career in Austria for FC Swarovski Tirol, the Grazer AK in the Bundesliga and in the 1987/88 season in the 2nd division with SV Spittal/Drau.

## International

Kurt Welzl played 22 matches for the Austrian national team and scored ten goals. He debuted on 16 March 1975 versus Luxemburg. His last match was on 1 July 1982 versus Northern Ireland. In the  4-3 victory over England on 13 June   1979 he scored two goals on his return after a three-year break from the team. He also traveled with Austria to the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Austria|1975|5|2|
|1976|1|0|||
|1979|2|3|||
|1980|6|4|||
|1981|4|1|||
|1982|4|0|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|15 October 1975|Prater Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||1-0|6-2|UEFA Euro 1976 qualification||||||||
|2|4-2|||||||||||||
|3|13  June 1979|Prater Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||2-0|4-3|Friendly match||||||||
|4|3-1|||||||||||||
|5|21 November 1979|Estádio da Luz,   Lisbon, Portugal||1-0|2-1|UEFA Euro 1980 qualification||||||||
|6|24 September 1980|Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland||2-0|2-0|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|7|8 October 1980|Prater Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||1-0|3-1|Friendly match||||||||
|8|15 November 1980|Prater Stadion,   Vienna,  Austria||4-0|5-0|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|9|6 December 1980|Qemal Stafa,    Tirana,   Albania||1-0|1-0|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|10|17 June 1981|Gerhard-Hanappi-Stadion,    Vienna,  Austria||4-0|5-1|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Kurt Welzl
- **image**: Kurt Welzl (1980).jpg
- **birth place**: Vienna, Austria
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **years1**: 1972-1974
- **years2**: 1974-78
- **years3**: 1978-1981
- **years4**: 1981-1983
- **years5**: 1983-1984
- **years6**: 1984
- **years7**: 1985-1986
- **years8**: 1986
- **years9**: 1987
- **years10**: 1987- 1988
- **clubs1**: Wiener Sport-Club
- **clubs2**: FC Wacker Innsbruck, SSW Innsbruck
- **clubs3**: AZ Alkmaar
- **clubs4**: FC Valencia
- **clubs5**: KAA Gent
- **clubs6**: Olympiacos F.C., Olympiakos Piräus
- **clubs7**: FC Wacker Innsbruck, SSW Innsbruck
- **clubs8**: FC Wacker Innsbruck, FC Swarowski Tirol
- **clubs9**: Grazer AK
- **clubs10**: SV Spittal/Drau
- **caps1**: 52
- **goals1**: 16
- **caps2**: 133
- **goals2**: 54
- **caps3**: 66
- **goals3**: 39
- **caps4**: 41
- **goals4**: 10
- **caps5**: 10
- **goals5**: 1
- **caps6**: 5
- **goals6**: 3
- **caps7**: 30
- **goals7**: 5
- **caps8**: 5
- **goals8**: 2
- **caps9**: 12
- **goals9**: 2
- **nationalyears1**: 1975-1982
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 22
- **nationalgoals1**: 10