Josef Bican

**Josef "Pepi" Bican** (25 September 1913 – 12 December 2001) was an Austrian-Czechoslovakian professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the second-most prolific goalscorer in official matches in recorded history according to Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Soccer Statistics Foundation with 950 goals.

According to RSSSF, Bican scored over 1813 total goals in over 1089 total matches. Totally, Bican scored 0 goals in more than 514 games for Slavia Praha including friendlies, with a ratio of more than two goals per game across his almost 15-year career at the club in total.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Farbenlutz|1931|VAFÖ|2|2|—|—|2|2|||||
|Rapid Wien Amateur|1931–32||—|2|3|—|2|3|||||
|rowspan="5"|Rapid Wien|1931–32|rowspan="4"|1|8|10|3|3|—|11|13||
|1932–33|16|11|2|6|—|18|17||||||
|1933–34|22|29|5|5|3|1|30|35|||||
|1934–35|3|4|—|—|3|4|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Admira Wien|1935–36|rowspan="2"|1|15|8|3|2|2|2|20|12|
|1936–37|11|10|—|—|11|10|||||||
|rowspan="14"|Slavia Prague|1936–37|rowspan="3"|1|—|1|4|—|1|4|||
|1937–38|19|26|0|0|1|4|28|40|||||
|1938–39|20|29|2|2|8|10|30|41|||||
|1939–40|rowspan="5"|1|22|50|3|5|1|1|26|56|||
|1940–41|22|38|5|11|4|7|31|56|||||
|1941–42|22|45|5|10|3|8|30|63|||||
|1942–43|20|39|1|0|3|7|24|46|||||
|1943–44|26|57|1|3|5|16|32|76|||||
|1944–45|rowspan="5"|1|9|16|6|20|—|15|36||||
|1945–46|16|31|—|1|1|17|32||||||
|1946–47|23|44|—|1|1|24|45||||||
|1947–48|13|20|—|—|13|20|||||||
|1948–49|7|21|—|—|7|21|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Sokol Vítkovice Železárny|1949|2|17|44|—|—|17|44||||
|1950|rowspan="2"|1|23|22|—|—|23|22|||||
|1951|18|8|—|—|18|8|||||||
|FC Hradec Králové|1952|2|26|53|4|7|—|30|60||||
|rowspan="4"|Dynamo Praha|1953|rowspan="3"|1|10|7|—|—|10|7|||
|1954|14|11|—|—|14|11|||||||
|1955|8|4|—|—|8|4|||||||
|Slovan Liberec|1957|3|1|0|—|—|1|0|||||
|FC Zbrojovka Brno|1957|4|4|2|—|—|4|2|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Austria|1734|2|1|
|1934|6|5|||
|1935|5|3|||
|1936|6|5|||
|rowspan="5"|Czechoslovakia|1938|6|8|
|1947|4|4|||
|1948|2|0|||
|1949|2|0|||
|rowspan="2"|Bohemia and Moravia|1939|1|3|

- _Scores and results list Austria's, Czechoslovakia's and Bohemia and Moravia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bican goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|10 December 1933|Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|11 February 1934|Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland||1–0|3–2|1933–35 Dr. Gero Cup||||||||
|3|3–2|||||||||||||
|4|15 April 1934|Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria||4–2|5–2|Friendly||||||||
|5|5–2|||||||||||||
|6|27 May 1934|Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin, Italy||3–1|3–2|1934 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|7|6 October 1935|Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria||1–1|4–4|1933–35 Dr. Gero Cup||||||||
|8|2–2|||||||||||||
|9|3–4|||||||||||||
|10|19 January 1936|Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, Madrid, Spain||3–3|5–4|Friendly||||||||
|11|26 January 1936|Campo da Constituição, Porto, Portugal||3–1|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|12|22 March 1936|Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria||1–1|1–1|1936–37 Dr. Gero Cup||||||||
|13|5 April 1936|Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria||1–1|3–5|Friendly||||||||
|14|2–3|||||||||||||
|1|7 August 1938|Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden||2–0|6–2|Friendly||||||||
|2|3–0|||||||||||||
|3|5–2|||||||||||||
|4|28 August 1938|Stadion Concordije, Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia||2–0|3–1|1937–38 Eduard Benes Cup||||||||
|5|4 December 1938|AC Sparta Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia||1–2|6–2|1937-38 Eduard Benes Cup||||||||
|6|3–2|||||||||||||
|7|4–2|||||||||||||
|8|6–2|||||||||||||
|9|11 May 1947|AC Sparta Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia||1–0|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|10|3–1|||||||||||||
|11|31 August 1947|AC Sparta Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia||1–0|6–3|Friendly||||||||
|12|2–0|||||||||||||
|1|12 November 1939|Hermann Göring Stadium, Wroclaw, Nazi Germany||1–0|4–4|Friendly||||||||
|2|3–0|||||||||||||
|3|4–2|||||||||||||

### Titles

- 1 × Mitropa Cup: 1938 (Slavia Prag)
- 3 × Austrian Champion: 1934–35 (Rapid Wien), 1935–36, 1936–37 (Admira Wien)
- 4 × Czech champion: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943
- 1 × Czechoslovak champion: 1946–47 (Slavia Prag)
- 2 ×  Czech Cup: 1940–41, 1941–42, (Slavia Prag), 1944–45

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Josef Bican
- **image**: Josef Bican 1940.jpg
- **caption**: Josef Bican in 1940
- **fullname**: Josef Bican
- **birth place**: Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- **death place**: Prague, Czech Republic
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthyears1**: 1925–1928
- **youthclubs1**: ASV Hertha Wien, Hertha Vienna
- **youthyears2**: 1928–1930
- **youthclubs2**: Schustek
- **youthyears3**: 1930–1931
- **youthclubs3**: Farbenlutz
- **years1**: 1931
- **clubs1**: Farbenlutz
- **caps1**: 2
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 1931
- **clubs2**: Rapid Amateur
- **caps2**: 0
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1931–1935
- **clubs3**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Vienna
- **caps3**: 62
- **goals3**: 78
- **years4**: 1935–1937
- **clubs4**: FC Admira Wacker Mödling, Admira Vienna
- **caps4**: 26
- **goals4**: 18
- **years5**: 1937–1948
- **clubs5**: SK Slavia Prague, Slavia Prague
- **caps5**: 221
- **goals5**: 427
- **years6**: 1948–1951
- **clubs6**: FC Vítkovice
- **caps6**: 58
- **goals6**: 74
- **years7**: 1951–1952
- **clubs7**: FC Hradec Králové
- **caps7**: 26
- **goals7**: 53
- **years8**: 1952–1955
- **clubs8**: SK Slavia Prague, Dynamo Prague
- **caps8**: 32
- **goals8**: 22
- **years9**: 1957
- **clubs9**: TJ Slovan Liberec, Slovan Liberec
- **caps9**: 1
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 1957
- **clubs10**: Spartak Brno ZJŠ
- **caps10**: 4
- **goals10**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 432
- **totalgoals**: 676
- **nationalyears1**: 1933–1936
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 19
- **nationalgoals1**: 14
- **nationalyears2**: 1938–1949
- **nationalteam2**: Czechoslovakia national football team, Czechoslovakia
- **nationalcaps2**: 14
- **nationalgoals2**: 12
- **nationalyears3**: 1939
- **nationalteam3**: Czech Republic national football team, Bohemia and Moravia
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 1954–1956
- **managerclubs1**: SK Slavia Prague, Slavia Prague
- **manageryears2**: 1956–1959
- **managerclubs2**: TJ Slovan Liberec, Slovan Liberec
- **manageryears3**: 1957–1958
- **managerclubs3**: Spartak Brno ZJŠ
- **manageryears4**: 1959–1960
- **managerclubs4**: 1. FC Brno, TJ Spartak ZJS Brno
- **manageryears5**: 1963–1964
- **managerclubs5**: 1. FK Příbram, TJ Baník Příbram
- **manageryears6**: 1964
- **managerclubs6**: FC Hradec Králové
- **manageryears7**: 1967–1969
- **managerclubs7**: SONP Kladno
- **manageryears8**: 1969–1972
- **managerclubs8**: KSK Tongeren
- **manageryears9**: 1977
- **managerclubs9**: SK Benešov, Benešov