Josef Bican
Austrian-Czech footballer (1913–2001)
Josef "Pepi" Bican (25 September 1913 – 12 December 2001) was an Austrian-Czech professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the second-most prolific goalscorer in official matches in recorded history according to Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Soccer Statistics Foundation
 Josef Bican in 1940 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Josef Bican | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1913 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 12 December 2001 (aged 88) | ||
| Place of death | Prague, Czech Republic | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1925–1928 | Hertha Vienna | ||
| 1928–1930 | Schustek | ||
| 1930–1931 | Farbenlutz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1931 | Farbenlutz | 2 | (2) |
| 1931 | Rapid Amateur | 0 | (0) |
| 1931–1935 | Rapid Vienna | 62 | (78) |
| 1935–1937 | Admira Vienna | 26 | (18) |
| 1937–1948 | Slavia Prague | 221 | (427) |
| 1948–1951 | FC Vítkovice | 58 | (74) |
| 1951–1952 | FC Hradec Králové | 26 | (53) |
| 1952–1955 | Dynamo Prague | 32 | (22) |
| 1957 | Slovan Liberec | 1 | (0) |
| 1957 | Spartak Brno ZJŠ | 4 | (2) |
| Total | 432 | (676) | |
| National team | |||
| 1933–1936 | Austria | 19 | (14) |
| 1938–1949 | Czechoslovakia | 14 | (12) |
| 1939 | Bohemia and Moravia | 1 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1954–1956 | Slavia Prague | ||
| 1956–1959 | Slovan Liberec | ||
| 1957–1958 | Spartak Brno ZJŠ | ||
| 1959–1960 | TJ Spartak ZJS Brno | ||
| 1963–1964 | TJ Baník Příbram | ||
| 1964 | FC Hradec Králové | ||
| 1967–1969 | SONP Kladno | ||
| 1969–1972 | KSK Tongeren | ||
| 1977 | Benešov | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
According to RSSSF, Bican scored over 1813 total goals in over 1089 total matches. In total Bican scored 1137 goals in more than 514 games for Slavia Praha including friendlies, with a ratio of 1.79 goals per game across his almost 15-year career at the club in total.
Career statistics change
Club change
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Farbenlutz | 1931 | VAFÖ | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| Rapid Wien Amateur | 1931–32 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | |||
| Rapid Wien | 1931–32 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | — | 11 | 13 | |
| 1932–33 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 6 | — | 18 | 17 | |||
| 1933–34 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 35 | ||
| 1934–35 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 49 | 54 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 72 | ||
| Admira Wien | 1935–36 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 |
| 1936–37 | 11 | 10 | — | — | 11 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 22 | ||
| Slavia Prague | 1936–37 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1937–38 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 40 | ||
| 1938–39 | 20 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 41 | ||
| 1939–40 | 1 | 22 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 56 | |
| 1940–41 | 22 | 38 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 56 | ||
| 1941–42 | 22 | 45 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 63 | ||
| 1942–43 | 20 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 46 | ||
| 1943–44 | 26 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 76 | ||
| 1944–45 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 20 | — | 15 | 36 | ||
| 1945–46 | 16 | 31 | — | 1 | 1 | 17 | 32 | |||
| 1946–47 | 23 | 44 | — | 1 | 1 | 24 | 45 | |||
| 1947–48 | 13 | 20 | — | — | 13 | 20 | ||||
| 1948–49 | 7 | 21 | — | — | 7 | 21 | ||||
| Total | 221 | 425 | 32 | 65 | 19 | 45 | 272 | 535 | ||
| Sokol Vítkovice Železárny | 1949 | 2 | 17 | 44 | — | — | 17 | 44 | ||
| 1950 | 1 | 23 | 22 | — | — | 23 | 22 | |||
| 1951 | 18 | 8 | — | — | 18 | 8 | ||||
| Total | 58 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 74 | ||
| FC Hradec Králové[a] | 1952 | 2 | 26 | 53 | 4 | 7 | — | 30 | 60 | |
| Dynamo Praha | 1953 | 1 | 10 | 7 | — | — | 10 | 7 | ||
| 1954 | 14 | 11 | — | — | 14 | 11 | ||||
| 1955 | 8 | 4 | — | — | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 22 | ||
| Slovan Liberec | 1957 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| FC Zbrojovka Brno | 1957 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 419 | 641 | 42 | 82 | 32 | 58 | 493 | 781 | ||
- ↑ The club was known as Sokol Škoda by 1952.
International change
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1933 | 2 | 1 |
| 1934 | 6 | 5 | |
| 1935 | 5 | 3 | |
| 1936 | 6 | 5 | |
| Total | 19 | 14 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1938 | 6 | 8 |
| 1947 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1948 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1949 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 12 | |
| Bohemia and Moravia | 1939 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 3 | |
| Career total | 34 | 29 | |
- Scores and results list Austria's, Czechoslovakia's and Bohemia and Moravia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bican goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria goals[3] | ||||||
| 1 | 10 December 1933 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Netherlands |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 11 February 1934 | Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland |  Switzerland |
1–0 | 3–2 | 1933–35 Dr. Gero Cup |
| 3 | 3–2 | |||||
| 4 | 15 April 1934 | Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria |  Hungary |
4–2 | 5–2 | Friendly |
| 5 | 5–2 | |||||
| 6 | 27 May 1934 | Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin, Italy |  France |
3–1 | 3–2 | 1934 FIFA World Cup |
| 7 | 6 October 1935 | Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria | Hungary |
1–1 | 4–4 | 1933–35 Dr. Gero Cup |
| 8 | 2–2 | |||||
| 9 | 3–4 | |||||
| 10 | 19 January 1936 | Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, Madrid, Spain |  Spain |
3–3 | 5–4 | Friendly |
| 11 | 26 January 1936 | Campo da Constituição, Porto, Portugal |  Portugal |
3–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 12 | 22 March 1936 | Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria |  Czechoslovakia |
1–1 | 1–1 | 1936–37 Dr. Gero Cup |
| 13 | 5 April 1936 | Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria | Hungary |
1–1 | 3–5 | Friendly |
| 14 | 2–3 | |||||
| Czechoslovakia goals[4][3] | ||||||
| 1 | 7 August 1938 | Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden |  Sweden |
2–0 | 6–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 3–0 | |||||
| 3 | 5–2 | |||||
| 4 | 28 August 1938 | Stadion Concordije, Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |  Yugoslavia |
2–0 | 3–1 | 1937–38 Eduard Benes Cup[5] |
| 5 | 4 December 1938 | AC Sparta Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia |  Romania |
1–2 | 6–2 | 1937-38 Eduard Benes Cup |
| 6 | 3–2 | |||||
| 7 | 4–2 | |||||
| 8 | 6–2 | |||||
| 9 | 11 May 1947 | AC Sparta Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia |  Yugoslavia |
1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 3–1 | |||||
| 11 | 31 August 1947 | AC Sparta Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia |  Poland |
1–0 | 6–3 | Friendly |
| 12 | 2–0 | |||||
| Bohemia and Moravia goals[4][3] | ||||||
| 1 | 12 November 1939 | Hermann Göring Stadium, Wroclaw, Nazi Germany |  Germany |
1–0 | 4–4 | Friendly |
| 2 | 3–0 | |||||
| 3 | 4–2 | |||||
Honours change
Titles change
- 1 × Mitropa Cup: 1938 (Slavia Prag)
- 3 × Austrian Champion: 1934–35 (Rapid Wien), 1935–36, 1936–37 (Admira Wien)
- 4 × Czech champion: 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943
- 1 × Czechoslovak champion: 1946–47 (Slavia Prag)
- 2 × Czech Cup: 1940–41, 1941–42, (Slavia Prag), 1944–45
References change
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Josef Bican (Player)". national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ↑ Rapid Wien Archived 20 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine - Slavia Praha Archived 28 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine - HistoricalLineups Archived 26 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine - IFFHS - Český a československý fotbal - RSSSF - Bican data Archived 11 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine - ARFTS- - ARFTS3 - ARFSH Archived 15 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine - ARFSH2 Archived 5 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Josef Bican - International Goals". RSSSF. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Josef Bican at FAČR (in Czech)
- ↑ "Eduard Benes' Cup 1937/38". RSSSF. 21 May 2022. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2021.