Josef Brandstetter

Josef Brandstetter (29 December 1890 – 25  March 1945) was an Austrian football player. From 1911 to 1925 he was an important player for SK Rapid  and in the national team. He played 234 matches for Rapid and scored 23 goals.

Career
Josef Brandstetter began his football career together with his younger brother Fritz with SK Rapid Wien in 1908. He was part of the team that won the first Austrian football championship in 1911–12. He won a total of eight title in Hütteldorf before a crisis at the club in 1924 drove him to local rivals Wiener AF. After the differences with the club's management had been solved,   Brandstetter returned to Rapid . At the end of his career Brandstetter moved to ASV Hertha Vienna at the end of 1925 or beginning of 1926.

International
Josef Brandstetter was a regular player for the national team for twelve years. He made his debut at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. The center half scored his only two goals in the national team in a 2-0 victory over Italy on 15 June 1913.

Manager
Around the beginning of November 1926 he became a trainer at the Yugoslavian champions Građanski Zagreb. Good results against international opponents and Viennese clubs were reported. After arguments over his salary - he wanted to earn as much as his predecessor - they parted ways. In February 1927 he took over the coaching position at the  Wiener Sport-Club before looking after VfL Neckarau for two years from 1928. In 1933 he looked after the first team of FC Hard.

Death
Seppl Brandstetter died of pneumonia in a Viennese hospital in the last weeks of the Second World War.

Honours
   8 × Austrian champion: 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923
    2 × Austrian Cup: 1919, 1920

References

Category:1890 births
Category:1945 deaths
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Austrian football champions
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:Austrian football midfielders
Category:Sportspeople from Vienna