The Viennese Austria mourns the loss of a club legend

The native of Vienna Pirkner, who was his career in 1965 Floridsdorfer AC Between 1974 and 1978, part of that legendary Austria team, Diezwei won championship title and also reached the final of the European Cup winner’s European Cup. However, this was lost 0: 4 in Paris against the RSC Anderlecht. In 164 competitive games for his Austria he scored 76 times and was top scorer king with 21 goals in 1975/1976, in Germany’s Bundesliga he was also in the service of FC Schalke 04. He acted for the “royal blue” in 59 competitive games (11 goals), but was also involved in a bribe scandal and was closed for two years (1972 to 1974).

In late autumn the Viennese was at Vienna, then also successful with the long -time sponsor Rank Xerox.