Josef Bican

Josef Bican
Josef Bican in 1940
Personal information
Full name Josef Bican
Date of birth (1913-09-25)25 September 1913
Place of birth Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 12 December 2001(2001-12-12) (aged 88)
Place of death Prague, Czech Republic
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
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)
International career
1933–1936 Austria 19 (14)
1938–1949 Czechoslovakia 14 (12)
1939 Bohemia and Moravia 1 (3)
Managerial career
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josef "Pepi" Bican (25 September 1913 – 12 December 2001) was an Austrian-Czechoslovakian 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 with 950 goals.

According to RSSSF, Bican scored over 1813 total goals in over 1089 total matches. Totally, Bican scored 1137 goals in more than 514 games for Slavia Praha including friendlies, with a ratio of more than two goals per game across his almost 15-year career at the club in total.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Farbenlutz 1931 VAFÖ 22——22
Rapid Wien Amateur 1931–32 —23—2 3
Rapid Wien 1931–32 1 81033—1113
1932–33 161126—18 17
1933–34 222955313035
1934–35 34——34
Total 49541217316472
Admira Wien 1935–36 1 15832222012
1936–37 1110——1110
Total 261832223122
Slavia Prague 1936–37 1 —14—14
1937–38 192600142840
1938–39 2029228103041
1939–40 1 225035112656
1940–41 2238511473156
1941–42 2245510383063
1942–43 203910372446
1943–44 2657135163276
1944–45 1 916620—1536
1945–46 1631—111732
1946–47 2344—112445
1947–48 1320——1320
1948–49 721——721
Total 22142532651945272535
Sokol Vítkovice Železárny 1949 2 1744——1744
1950 1 2322——2322
1951 188——188
Total 587400005874
FC Hradec Králové 1952 2 265347—3060
Dynamo Praha 1953 1 107——107
1954 1411——1411
1955 84——84
Total 322200003222
Slovan Liberec 1957 3 10——10
FC Zbrojovka Brno 1957 4 42——42
Career total 41964142823258493781
  1. ↑ The club was known as Sokol Škoda by 1952.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 173421
193465
193553
193665
Total1914
Czechoslovakia 193868
194744
194820
194920
Total1412
Bohemia and Moravia 193913
Total13
Career total3429
Scores and results list Austria's, Czechoslovakia's and Bohemia and Moravia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bican goal.
List of international goals scored by Josef Bican
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
Austria goals
110 December 1933Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands1–01–0Friendly
211 February 1934Charmilles Stadium, Geneva, Switzerland  Switzerland1–03–21933–35 Dr. Gero Cup
33–2
415 April 1934Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria Hungary4–25–2Friendly
55–2
627 May 1934Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin, Italy France3–13–21934 FIFA World Cup
76 October 1935Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Hungary1–14–41933–35 Dr. Gero Cup
82–2
93–4
1019 January 1936Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Spain3–35–4Friendly
1126 January 1936Campo da Constituição, Porto, Portugal Portugal3–13–2Friendly
1222 March 1936Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Czechoslovakia1–11–11936–37 Dr. Gero Cup
135 April 1936Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Hungary1–13–5Friendly
142–3
Czechoslovakia goals
17 August 1938Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden Sweden2–06–2Friendly
23–0
35–2
428 August 1938Stadion Concordije, Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia2–03–11937–38 Eduard Benes Cup
54 December 1938AC Sparta Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia Romania1–26–21937-38 Eduard Benes Cup
63–2
74–2
86–2
911 May 1947AC Sparta Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia1–03–1Friendly
103–1
1131 August 1947AC Sparta Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia Poland1–06–3Friendly
122–0
Bohemia and Moravia goals
112 November 1939Hermann Göring Stadium, Wroclaw, Nazi Germany Germany1–04–4Friendly
23–0
34–2

Honours

Titles

  • 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

  1. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Josef Bican (Player)". national-football-teams.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  2. ↑ 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. 1 2 3 "Josef Bican - International Goals". RSSSF. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  4. 1 2 Josef Bican at FAČR (in Czech)
  5. ↑ "Eduard Benes' Cup 1937/38". RSSSF. 21 May 2022. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2021.