Ferdinand Wesely

Ferdinand Wesely (30 May 1897 – 19 March 1949) was an Austrian footballer and coach.
Career
The left winger began his career at Rennweger SV and in 1920 he went to Rapid, Austria's leading football club at the time. With Rapid he won four times the Championship and in 1927 the Austrian Cup. From 1928 till 1931 he was captain of Rapid Vienna.  1930 he won the Mitropa Cup, the most important club competition between the wars. After this triumph, Wesely moved to Switzerland, first to FC St. Gallen and then to FC Basel. In 1933, he and Basel won the Swiss Cup .
National team
He played 40 matches for the Austrian national football team and scored 17 goals. His debut was on 23 April 1922 in a loss versus Germany. His last match was on 16 November 1930 in a 4-1 win versus Sweden.
International statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals  Austria192231192340192453192561192654192754192853192930193041Total4017

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Weselik goal.

+ List of international goals scored by  Franz WeselikNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition124 September 1922 Hohe Warte  ,  Vienna, Austria  2-22-2   Friendly match222 June 1924Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria  2-03-1  Friendly match314 September 1924   Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria    2-1 2-1  Svehla-Cup 49 November 1924    Simmeringer Sportplatz,  Vienna, Austria  1-0 1-1     Friendly match510 July 1925  Töölön Pallokenttä,   Helsinki, Finland    2-12-1  Friendly match620 May 1926  Simmeringer Sportplatz,  Vienna, Austria  2-14-1  Friendly match74-18 19 September 1926 Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria   1-12-3  Friendly match910 October 1926 Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria   7⁻17-1  Friendly match1010 April 1927 Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria  5-06-0    Friendly match1122 May 1927 Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria  3-14-1    Friendly match1225 September 1927   Üllöi út,  Budapest,   Hungary  1-03-5    Svehla-Cup 133-5148 January 1928 Stadion Daring Club,   [ Brussels,    Belgium  2-02-1    Friendly match156 May 1928   Hungária út , Budapest, Hungary   5-55-5   Friendly match167 October 1928 Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria  4-15-1   Svehla-Cup1716 November 1930  Hohe Warte,  Vienna, Austria  4-14-1  Friendly match

Manager career
After two years at the smaller city club FC Nordstern Basel, Ferdl Wesely went to Belgium  where he worked as a coach at Beerschot Antwerpen. In May 1940 he was sent to the Saint Cyprien internment camp in southern France, in July he was able to return to Antwerp and continue his coaching career. After his return to Vienna in 1945 he managed FC Rennweg and Red Star Penzing.https://www.biographien.ac.at Ferdinand Wesely

 Honours 
Rapid Vienna
Austrian Champion: 1921, 1923, 1929, 1930
Austrian Cup: 1927
Mitropa Cup: 1930
Basel
 Swiss Cup: 1932-33
Beerschot Antwerpen (manager)
Belgian Champion:1938, 1939

References

Other websites
 Rapid Archiv 
 Beerschot coaches

Category:1897 births
Category:1949 deaths
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Association football forwards
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Austrian football forwards
Category:Austrian football champions