Les Scheinflug

Ladislav "Les" Scheinflug AM (born 1 October 1938) is a former professional soccer player and manager.^[2] Born in Germany, he played for the Australia national team.

Les Scheinflug
AM

Personal information
Full name	Ladislav Scheinflug
Date of birth	(1938-10-01) 1 October 1938 (age 86)
Place of birth	Bückeburg, Germany[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder, striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1968	Sydney Prague
1969	Club Marconi
1971	Canterbury-Marrickville
International career
1965–1968	Australia	6	(4)
Managerial career
1969	Marconi Fairfield
1971	Canterbury-Marrickville
1972	South Coast United
1973	Sydney Croatia
1974	Australia (assistant coach)
1974–1975	Western Suburbs
1977	Brisbane Lions SC
1978	Adelaide City
1979–1986	Marconi Fairfield
1981–1984	Australia
1987–1990	Blacktown City
1990	Australia
1994	Australia
2002	Fiji
2004–2005	Marconi Fairfield
2006	Sydney Olympic
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Arriving in Australia in the early 1950s he lived as a youth at Villawood Migrant Hostel and played for the hostel soccer team (Villawood Tigers) He was picked to play in the Southern Districts representative soccer team during these years

Between November 1965 and April 1968 Scheinflug played 6 full international matches for Australia, scoring four goals.

Before the 1974 World Cup he became assistant to head coach Rale Rasic of the national side. He later served himself on several occasions as head coach of the Socceroos as well as the under 17 and 20 sides.

In 1979 Les Scheinflug won the Australian Championship and in 1980 the Australian Cup, both with Marconi Fairfield. In 1979, he was voted Coach of the Year by the Australian Soccer Press Association.

In the 2000 Australia Day Honours he was awarded an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) for services to soccer as a national player and coach.^[3]

Honours

• Australian Hall of Fame Inaugural Inductee
• Australian National Team Coach
• Australian Youth Team Coach
• 1979 NSL Coach of the Year
• New South Wales Representative Honours
• 1959 - Northern New South Wales
• 1965 - Torpedo Moscow, Chelsea
• Representative Honours
• 1959 - NSWSF XI v The Rest
• 1965 - Sydney XI v Torpedo (c), Sydney XI v Hapoel Tel Aviv