Ernst Happel
Austrian footballer and manager (1925–1992)
Ernst Franz Hermann Happel (29 November 1925 – 14 November 1992) was a former Austrian football player and football coach. He has played for SK Rapid Wien, RC Paris and the Austria national team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernst Franz Hermann Happel | ||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
| Date of death | 14 November 1992 (aged 66) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender (retired) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1942-1954 1955-1956 1956-1959 |
Rapid Wien RC Paris Rapid Wien | ||
| National team | |||
| 1947-1958 | Austria | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1962-1969 1969-1973 1973-1975 1975-1978 1978 1979 1979-1981 1981-1987 1987-1991 1991-1992 |
Den Haag Feyenoord Rotterdam Sevilla Brugge Netherlands Harelbeke Standard Liège Hamburg Swarovski Tirol Austria | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Club careerEdit
Happel started professionally at the age of 17 with SK Rapid Wien as defender. He played only from 1955 till 1956 for another club. In 1999 he was elected for Rapids team of the century.
InternationalEdit
He made his first match for Austria in September 1947 against Hungary and was member of the squad for the 1954 World Cup in Switzerlandand and the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.His last match was in September 1958 against Yugoslavia. He played 51 times in the team and shot 5 goals.
HonoursEdit
As a playerEdit
- Austrian Football Bundesliga (6):
- 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957
- Austrian Cup (1):
- 1946
- Zentropa Cup (1):
- 1951
As a coachEdit
- ADO Den Haag
- Dutch Cup: 1967–68
- Feyenoord
- Dutch Championship: 1970–71
- European Cup: 1969–70
- Intercontinental Cup: 1970
- Club Brugge
- Belgian Championship: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78
- Belgian Cup: 1976–77
- UEFA Cup: 1975-76 (Runner-up)
- European Cup: 1977-78 (Runner-up)
- The Netherlands
- FIFA World Cup: (Runner–Up) 1978
- Hamburger SV
- German Championship: 1981–82, 1982–83
- German Cup: 1986–87
- European Cup: 1982–83
- FC Swarovski Tirol
- Austrian Championship: 1988–89, 1989–90
- Austrian Cup: 1988–89
Club career statisticsEdit
| Club statistics | League | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
| Austria | League | |||
| 1942/43 | Rapid Wien | Gauliga Donau-Alpenland | 3 | 0 |
| 1943/44 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 1944/45 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1945/46 | Championship | 6 | 0 | |
| 1946/47 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 1947/48 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 1948/49 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 1949/50 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 1950/51 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 1951/52 | 21 | 1 | ||
| 1952/53 | 24 | 2 | ||
| 1953/54 | 21 | 3 | ||
| 1954/55 | 2 | 0 | ||
| France | League | |||
| 1954/55 | RC Paris | Division 1 | 14 | 2 |
| 1955/56 | 28 | 7 | ||
| Austria | League | |||
| 1956/57 | Rapid Wien | Championship | 18 | 3 |
| 1957/58 | 26 | 7 | ||
| 1958/59 | 19 | 7 | ||
| Country | Austria | 240 | 25 | |
| France | 42 | 9 | ||
| Total | 282 | 34 | ||
International career statisticsEdit
| Austria national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1947 | 3 | 0 |
| 1948 | 6 | 0 |
| 1949 | 6 | 0 |
| 1950 | 7 | 0 |
| 1951 | 6 | 0 |
| 1952 | 5 | 0 |
| 1953 | 3 | 2 |
| 1954 | 7 | 1 |
| 1955 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | 4 | 1 |
| 1958 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 51 | 5 |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ernst Happel". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ↑ "Ernst Happel - International Appearances". www.rsssf.com.