Les Scheinflug

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

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 six full international matches for Australia, scoring four goals.

Before the 1974 World Cup Scheinflug 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 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 Scheinflug was awarded an AM (Member of the Order of Australia) for services to soccer as a national player and coach.

Honours Manager Australia U-20 OFC U-20 Championship: 1997

Individual 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