Lukas Aurednik

Aurednik began his football career as a goalkeeper for the small club, Sportclub Staatsfabrik and was soon used as field player due to his footballing skills. Initially as a right wing-back, he transformed himself into a striker and received his first professional contract with Rapid Wien in 1935. In 1938, with the Hütteldorfers, he won the last championship in Austria before its annexation to the German Reich. From 1938 he played for several years at TuS Neuendorf and in the meantime briefly played at Spandauer SV, the lower-class club Rot-Weiß Iserlohn and at LSV Wolfenbüttel, before moving to MSV Brno was transferred to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. However, he played with the Brno team in the Gauliga Sudetenland, which he won with his club in 1943 and could therefore have played in the final round of the German championship. But after a short return to Rapid Wien, Aurednik was transferred to LSV Markersdorf in the same year and reached the "reception club for drafted football professionals", as the Wehrmacht club was also called, and the already players like Karl Durspekt, Karl Sesta, Max Merkel, Walter Dzur and Paul Zielinski, achieved sixth place in the East Mark Gauliga in the 1943–44 season. In 1944, however, Aurednik was able to return to Rapid, where he stayed until 1946. With the green and whites he also became the first Austrian football champion and cup winner in post-war Austria in the 1945–46 season. As a left winger, he contributed 28 goals in 20…

Aurednik played for Austria in 1948 when he was already 30 years old. The late-career Viennese made his debut for Austria in the game against Czechoslovakia on 31 October 1948 in Pressburg. In total, he played 14 international matches for the national team until 1950. After a game against the Scotland, he was left out of the squad and was no longer called up.

AEK Athens

In 1959, with the creation of the unified Alpha Ethniki, he took over AEK Athens, which under his guidance tied with Panathinaikos in first place of the standings, losing the title in a play-off match 2–1 and thus finishing in second place. He started on the AEK bench the following season as well, only to be replaced as first manager in December 1960 by Tryfon Tzanetis, but remained in the coaching team alongside Tzanetis, and Ribas as an advisor.

Pierikos

In 1961, he took over as the manager of the newly-formed Pierikos. During his spell, Pierikos in a total of 37 games managed 26 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses, with a total of 116 goals for and 22 against. The away defeat at the hands of Iraklis Kavala on 3 June 1962, resulted in the loss of a direct promotion to the first division was blamed on Aurednik and caused the termination of his contract and his replacement by Kleanthis Vikelidis.

Ethnikos Piraeus

Afterwards, Aurednik became the manager of Ethnikos Piraeus, where he remained for about a year. His son, Jürgen was a footballer of the team, recording three appearances and a goal, which he scored in the 3–2 defeat from PAOK at Toumba Stadium on 23 December 1962.

Anorthosis Famagusta

From 1963 to 1965 Auretnik was in Cyprus as the manager of Anorthosis Famagusta, where he won the 1964 Cup, as well as the Cypriot Super Cup at the start of the following season.

Panaitolikos

After his spell at Cyprus, Aurednik…

As a player

Rapid Wien

Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1937–38, 1945–46 Tschammer-Pokal: 1938 Austria Wien

Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1948–49, 1949–50, 1952–53 Austrian Cup: 1948–49

As a manager

Anorthosis Famagusta

Cypriot Cup: 1963–64 Cypriot Super Cup: 1964