Josef Hamerl

**Josef  Hamerl** (* 22 January 1931 in Vienna -  15 July 2017 ) was an Austrian football player. The forward played for Wiener Sport-Club and other teams in Austria. He also played for the Austrian national football team.

## Career

Josef  Hamerl began his football career after the end of the Second World War with the small clubs ASK Erlaa and SC Siebenhirten. Then he joinined FC Wien in early 1952. He made his league debut in a 2-0 home win against Floridsdorfer AC in the 22nd round, where he immediately shot his first goal. He soon became a regular player. Soon he attracted the interest of several top Austrian clubs. In the spring of 1955he  moved  to  Austria Wien . Because he spent most of the time on the bench he returned after six months to FC Wien. 1956 he moved to Wiener Sport-Club. Together with Walter Horak, Adolf Knoll, Erich Hof and Karl Skerlan, he formed the famous Sport-Club strike force. He and his team remained undefeated for two years (41 matches). Perhaps his most famous performance was in the European Cup. He scored four goals in the legendary 7-0 victory over Italian champions Juventus Turin.

In 1961  Hamerl, along with fellow striker Karl Skerlan, moved  to Admira Vienna. After only two years with Admira, he returned to Sport-Club. There he was unable to repeat his successful years. Hamerl played his last season in the Austrian league in 1967 for 1. Wiener Neustädter SC. The year before  he played for Kapfenberger SV. He scored 158 goals in Austria's top division.

## International

His first match for the Austrian national football team was on 23 March 1958 in a 3-2 win over Italy. His last match was a 1-0 loss versus Egypt on 5 January 1962. He played 9 matches and scored 2 goals.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Austria|1958|3|1|
|1959|1|0|||
|1960|5|1|||

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|1 May 1958|Praterstadion, Vienna,  Austria||3-1|3-1|Friendly match||||||||
|2|22 June 1960|Ullevaal Stadion,   Oslo,  Norway||1-1|2-1|Friendly match||||||||

## Honours

- 2 × Quarterfinals of the European Cup: 1959, 1960
- 2 × Football champioan: 1958, 1959
- 9 international matches and 2 goals for the Austrian national football team from 1958 to 1962

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Josef Hamerl
- **birth place**: Vienna, Austria
- **position**: Forward
- **years1**: 1945
- **clubs1**: ASK Erlaa
- **years2**: 1945- 1952
- **clubs2**: SC Siebenhirten
- **years3**: 1952-1955
- **clubs3**: FC Wien
- **years4**: 1955
- **clubs4**: FK Austria Wien
- **years5**: 1955-1956
- **clubs5**: FC Wien
- **years6**: 1956-1961
- **clubs6**: Wiener Sport-Club
- **years7**: 1961-1963
- **clubs7**: SK Admira Wien
- **years8**: 1963-1965
- **clubs8**: Wiener Sport-Club
- **years9**: 1965-1966
- **clubs9**: Kapfenberger SV
- **years10**: 1966-1967
- **clubs10**: SC Wiener Neustadt, 1. Wiener Neustädter SC
- **years11**: 1969
- **clubs11**: SVg Pottendorf
- **nationalyears1**: 1958-1962
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 2