Wunderteam

Wunderteam (German pronunciation: [ˈvʊndɐˌtiːm]; Wonder Team) was the name given to the Austria national football team of the early 1930s.[1] Team manager was Hugo Meisl. The team to which the name referred played 15 matches between May 1931 and February 1933. They won 12, 2 draws and lost 1.

Matches of the „Österreichischen Wunderteams“ 1931 - 1933

Date Place Match Result Scorer
16 May 1931 Vienna Austria– Scotland 5:0 Anton Schall, Karl Zischek (2), Adolf Vogl, Matthias Sindelar
24 May 1931 Berlin Germany– Austria 0:6 Anton Schall (3), Adolf Vogl, Karl Zischek, Friedrich Gschweidl
16 June 1931 Vienna Austria– Switzerland 2:0 Friedrich Gschweidl, Anton Schall
13 September 1931 Vienna Austria– Germany 5:0 Matthias Sindelar (3), Friedrich Gschweidl, Anton Schall
4 October 1931 Budapest Hungary– Austria 2:2 Karl Zischek (2)
29 November 1931 Basel Switzerland– Austria 1:8 Anton Schall (3), Friedrich Gschweidl (2), Matthias Sindelar, Adolf Vogl, Karl Zischek
20 March 1932 Vienna Austria– Italy 2:1 Matthias Sindelar (2)
24 April 1932 Vienna Austria– Hungary 8:2 Matthias Sindelar (3), Anton Schall (4), Friedrich Gschweidl
22 May 1932 Prague Czechoslovakia – Austria 1:1 Matthias Sindelar
17 July 1932 Stockholm Sweden– Austria 3:4 Adolf Vogl, Matthias Sindelar, Georg Waitz, Josef Molzer
2 October 1932 Budapest Hungary– Austria 2:3 Borsanyi (Eigentor), Heinrich Müller, Georg Braun
23 October 1932 Vienna Austria – Switzerland 3:1 Heinrich Müller, Anton Schall (2)
7 December 1932 London England – Austria 4:3 Karl Zischek (2), Matthias Sindelar
11 December 1932 Brüssel Belgium – Austria 1:6 Karl Zischek, Franz Weselik, Anton Schall (4)
12 February 1933 Paris France – Austria 0:4 Matthias Sindelar, Franz Weselik, Adolf Vogl, Karl Zischek

The end

The match against France in Paris, which Austria was able to win 4-0, is generally seen as the last game played by the miracle team. Hiden got an offer from Racing Club de Paris President Jean-Bernard Lévy. He made an offer to the Austrian goalie, which Hiden immediately accepted. He ended his career in the Austrian national team with this game and moved from Wiener AC to Paris in 1933 for a transfer fee of 80,000 francs. Several national players followed Hiden's example and went abroad, which caused significant losses in the technical game of the Austrians, although there was only one defeat against Czechoslovakia (1:2) in the following 13 games.

References

  1. ↑ Kraba, Milile (10 September 2010). The Story Has Been Told - Milile Kraba - Google Books. ISBN 9781453566107. Retrieved 2016-07-05.

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