Leopold Barschandt

Leo Barschandt

Personal information
Full name	Leopold Barschandt
Date of birth	(1925-08-12)12 August 1925
Place of birth	Austria
Date of death	5 October 2000(2000-10-05) (aged 75)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1948	SPC Helfort Wien
1948–1950	SC Gaswerk Wien
1950–1960	Wiener Sport-Club	223	(13)
1960–1963	SV Stickstoff Linz
National team
1954–1960	Austria	23	(1)
Honours Representing  Austria FIFA World Cup 1954 Switzerland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Leopold Barschandt (12 August 1925 – 5 October 2000) was an Austrian footballer. He played as defender mainly for Wiener Sport-Club. He also played in the Austrian national football team. With the team he played at the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland and also in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.

Club career

Leopold Barschandt began his career as a soccer player at SPC Helfort before coming via SC Gaswerk to the Wiener Sport-Club. He was captain there when the team reached its first title. From 1960 till the end of his career 1963 he played in Linz for SV Stickstoff.

International career

He debuted in May 1954. Barschandt earned 23 caps and scored 1 goal for the Austria national football team from 1954 to 1960, and participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and the 1958 FIFA World Cup.^[1] Leopold Barschandt played in all matches 1954 except the semi-final against Germany. He stayed with the national team until the World Cup in 1958 but did not play there.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (2):
  • 1958, 1959

References

1. Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA

Other websites

• Leopold Barschandt at National-Football-Teams.com