Otto Neczas

{{Short description|Austrian footballer and coach}}

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| name = Otto Neczas

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| fullname = Otto Neczas

| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|10|20|df=y}}{{cite web | url=https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/oesterreich/wien/11-altsimmering/01-32/?pg=203 | title=Taufbuch - 01-32 | 11., Altsimmering | Wien/Niederösterreich (Osten): Rk. Erzdiözese Wien | Österreich | Matricula Online }}

| birth_place = Vienna, Austro-Hungary

| death_date = {{death date and age|1940|11|4|1894|10|20|df=y}}{{cite web | url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=kvz&datum=19401106&seite=9&zoom=33&query=%22otto%2Bnecas%22~1&ref=anno-search | title=ANNO, Kleine Volks-Zeitung, 1940-11-06, Seite 9 }}

| death_place = Vienna

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| position = Forward

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| years1 = 1913–1914 | clubs1 = 1. Simmeringer SC | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1915–1925 | clubs2 = SC Rudolfshügel | caps2 = Missing data for the 1923/24 season 102 | goals2 = 76

| years3 = 1918 | clubs3 = → ASV Hertha Wien | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0

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| manageryears1 = 1925–1926

| managerclubs1 = Soko Belgrade

| manageryears2 = 1926–1928

| managerclubs2 = Vojvodina

| manageryears3 = 1929–1930

| managerclubs3 = Vojvodina

| manageryears4 = 1930–1931

| managerclubs4 = FC Metz

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Otto Neczas (20 October 1894 – 4 November 1940) was an Austrian football player and coach.

As player he was a striker and became a prolific goalscorer during the 1910s. He played with 1. Simmeringer SC in the 1913/14 season.[http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1914/191405211_siwien0.htm 1. Simmeringer SC vs Wiener AC match report] at austriasoccer.at Then he played with SC Rudolfshügel between 1915 and 1925.[http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1915/19151212wiensc_r0.htm Wiener AC vs SC Rudolfshügel match report] at austriasoccer.au[http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1925/19251225sc_rsc_n0.htm SC Rudolfshügel vs SC Nicholson match report] at austriasoccer.au In the 1917–18 Austrian championship he ended up the season as the second league top-scorer with 14 goals.[http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/nat/statsn/1910_1919/stno1__1_klasse__no_fussballverband_1917_18.htm Statistik Ö1 (1. Klasse) NÖ fussballverband 1917/18] at austriasoccer.au Besides SC Rudolfshügel, he played in another Austrian top-flight club, ASV Hertha Wien, in the season 1918–19 Austrian championship.[http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/nat/statsn/1910_1919/o1__1_klasse__no_fussballverband_1918_1902.htm Ö1 (1. Klasse) NÖ fussballverband 1918/19 Hertha Wien] at austriasoccer.at

In 1917 he played for the team of Lower-Austria against Bohemia.[http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1917/19170401niedbohm1.htm Niederösterreicher Verbndsauswahl vs Böhmen match report] at austriasoccer.au In 1918 he played for the Vienna selection against Kraków.[http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1918/19180602krakwien1.htm Krakaw (POL) vs Wien match report] at austriasoccer.at

Later he became a coach and managed Yugoslav side FK Vojvodina on two occasions 1926 and 1930.[http://www.fkvojvodina.rs/klub/istorijat/spomenar/ Spomenar] at FK Vojvodina official website {{in lang|sr}} Before coming to Vojvodina he coached for a brief period SK Soko a club from the Yugoslav capital Belgrade.[http://www.jelenfootball.com/tim/197/Vojvodina.html FK Vojvodina biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524205834/http://www.jelenfootball.com/tim/197/Vojvodina.html |date=24 May 2015 }} at jelenfootball.com, retrieved 23-4-2015 {{in lang|sr}}

He died on 4 November and was buried on 8 November at Vienna Central Cemetery.{{cite web | url=https://www.friedhoefewien.at/verstorbenensuche-detail?fname=Otto+Neczas&id=031K9%3EM%3E2W&initialId=031K9%3EM%3E2W&fdate=1940-11-08&c=046&hist=false | title=Verstorbenensuche Detail }}