Fritz Gschweidl

**Friedrich "Fritz" Gschweidl** (13 December 1901 in Vienna– 5 April 1970) was an Austrian footballer and coach. He played as forward.

## Career

Gschweidl started his career with Strebersdorf. Then he went on to the second league club  SC Bewegung XX. In 1924 he came to First Vienna FC. With them he won five Austrian Championsship, three Austrian Cups and the Mitropa Cup. He retired from playing in 1948. He played 774 matches for Vienna.

## Unternational

He debuted in the Austrian national football team on  4th May 1924 against Hungary. When he became part of the so called "Wunderteam" (wonder team) he had already 27 caps. His last match was on 24 March 1935 against Italy.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|Austria|1924|2|0|
|1925|4|1|||
|1926|3|0|||
|1927|2|0|||
|1928|6|2|||
|1929|4|1|||
|1930|4|2|||
|1931|8|5|||
|1932|5|1|||
|1933|1|0|||
|1934|3|0|||
|1935|2|0|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|22 March 1925|Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria||1-0|2-0|Friendly match||||||||
|2|29 July 1928|Olympiastadion,    Stockholm,   Sweden||1-2|3-2|Friendly match||||||||
|3|7 October 1928|Hohe Warte,   Vienna, Austria||5-1|5-1|Svehla-Cup||||||||
|4|15 September 1929|Hohe Warte,   Vienna, Austria||1-1|2-1|Friendly match||||||||
|5|21  September 1930|Hohe Warte,   Vienna, Austria||2-2|2-3|Friendly match||||||||
|6|16 November 1930|Hohe Warte,   Vienna, Austria||1-1|4-1|Friendly match||||||||
|7|24 May 1931|Grunewaldstadion,  Berlin, Germany||6-0|6-0|Friendly match||||||||
|8|16 June 1931|Pfarrwiese,   Vienna, Austria||1-0|2-0|Friendly match||||||||
|9|13 September 1931|Prater Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||3-0|5-0|Friendly match||||||||
|10|29 November 1931|Stadion Rankhof,   Basel,  Switzerland||1-0|8-1|Svehla-Cup||||||||
|11|6-1|||||||||||||
|12|24 April 1932|Hohe Warte,   Vienna, Austria||6-2|8-2|Friendly match||||||||

## Manager

From 1935 to 1948 he was playing manager of First Vienna FC. After his retirement in 1948 he became coach of  Young Boys Bern. 1949 he went back to his profession as an accountant. He died in 1970 in Vienna.

## Honours

- 5 × Austrian Champion:	1931, 1933, 1942, 1943, 1944
- 3 × Austrian Cup:	1929, 1930, 1937
- 4 × Austrian Cup (final):	1925, 1926, 1936, 1946
- 1 × German Cup:	1943
- 1 × Mitropa Cup:	1931
- 1 × German Championsship (runner up):	1942
- 44 matches and  12 goals for the Austrian National team (1924 -1935)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Fritz Gschweidl
- **fullname**: Friedrich Gschweidl
- **birth place**: Vienna, Austria
- **death place**: Vienna, Austria
- **position**: Forward (association football), Inside-Right
- **years1**: 1919–1920
- **years2**: 1920–1924
- **years3**: 1924–1948
- **clubs1**: Strebersdorf (football club), Strebersdorf
- **clubs2**: SC Bewegung XX
- **clubs3**: First Vienna FC, Vienna
- **nationalyears1**: 1924–1931
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 44
- **nationalgoals1**: 12
- **manageryears1**: 1935–1948
- **manageryears2**: 1948–1949
- **managerclubs1**: First Vienna FC, Vienna
- **managerclubs2**: BSC Young Boys, Young Boys