Josef Stroh

Josef "Pepi" Stroh (5 March 1913 in vienna, Austria-Hungary – 7 January 1991 in Vienna) was an Austrian football midfielder and football manager. He played club football mainly with FK Austria Wien.
Career
He started his career with Floridsdorfer SC. At the age of 17 he moved to Floridsdorfer AC. He debuted on 5 October 1930 and had two other caps in this season. After the first half of the 1932/33 season he moved to FK Austria Vienna in January 1933. Stroh won his first title with the violets in his debut year by winning the ÖFB Cup. He won twice the Mitropapokal in 1933 against Inter Milan and in 1936 against Sparta Prague.

During the National Socialist period Josef  Stroh also made four appearances in the German national team . He also took part in the 1938 World Cup in France. In this time he played temporary work as a guest player at Arminia Hannover. After the end of the Second World War, he made seven more appearances for Austria. He ended his playing career by winning the championship at the end of the 1948/49 season. For Austria Wien he played 200 matches and scored 94 goals.
 International career 
He was part of Austria’s team for the 1934 FIFA World Cup. There he didn’t play any match.
With Austria national football team, he was also part of the squad for the 1948 Summer Olympics but he didn’t play.

He also played for the Germany national football team. and was part of the German squad for the 1938 FIFA World Cup He played one match, the lost replay against Switzerland, as Germany were knocked out in the first round.
International statistics
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Austria
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals Austria  193510193620193773194610194861Total 174

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

+ List of international goals scored by Josef StrohNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition124 January 1937  Parc des Princes,   Paris, France  1-02-1      Friendly match221 March 1937   Prater Stadion,   Vienna, Austria  2-02-0      Svehla-Cup310 October 1937  Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria  1-11-2      Svehla-Cup431 October 1948  Tehelne Pole,   Bratislava, Czechoslovakia  1-11-3      Gerö-Cup
Germany 
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals Germany 193831193910Total 41
+ List of international goals scored by Josef StrohNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition125 September 1938  Stadionul Republicii,    Bucharest, Romania  2-04-1      Friendly match

 Coaching career 

He coached SC Wiener Neustadt, FC Wien, SC Schwechat, Jönköpings Södra IF,http://www.sportdenny.se/historik.html Malmö FF, IFK Göteborg, SK Brann, Sandvikens IF and Wiener Sport-Club.
Honours
Mitropa-Cup: 1933, 1936
 Austrian Champion: 1949
 Austrian Cup 1933, 1935, 1936
 References 

Category:1913 births
Category:1991 deaths
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:German footballers
Category:FK Austria Wien players
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Austrian football forwards
Category:Austrian football champions
Category:1938 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Sportspeople from Vienna