Ernst Happel
Ernst Happel |
Personal information |
Full name |
Ernst Franz Hermann Happel |
Date of birth |
November 29, 1925(1925-11-29) |
Place of birth |
Vienna, Austria |
Date of death |
14 November 1992 (aged 66) |
Place of death |
Innsbruck, Austria |
Playing position |
defender |
Youth clubs |
1938-1942 |
Rapid Wien |
Senior clubs1 |
Years |
Club |
App (Gls)* |
1942-1954
1955-1956
1956-1959 |
Rapid Wien
RC Paris
Rapid Wien |
177 0(8)
042 0(9)
063 (17) |
National team |
1947-1958 |
Austria |
051 0(5) |
Teams managed |
1962-1968
1968-1973
1973-1975
1975-1978
1978
1979-1981
1981-1987
1987-1991
1991-1992 |
ADO Den Haag
Feyenoord
Sevilla FC
Club Brugge
Netherlands
Standard Liège
Hamburger SV
FC Tirol
Austria |
1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)
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Ernst Franz Hermann Happel (November 29 1925 – November 14 1992) was an Austrian football player and coach.
He is regarded as one of the most successful managers ever, winning both league and domestic cup titles in Holland, Belgium, Germany and Austria as well as winning the European Cup twice and a runners-up medal at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
Playing career
Club level
Happel started his professional career at Rapid Wien, where he made his Bundesliga debut at 17 years of age. Forming a solid defensive partnership with Max Merkel, he played 14 years for Rapid, from 1943 till 1954 and 1956 till 1959, winning the Austrian Championship title 6 times. He was chosen in Rapid's Team of the Century in 1999.[1]
The 2 years in between Happel played for Racing Club de Paris in France.
International level
He made his debut for Austria in September 1947 against Hungary and was a participant at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, where he helped them reach the 3rd place, and at the 1958 World Cup.
His last international was a September 1958 match against Yugoslavia. He earned 51 caps, scoring 5 goals.[2]
Managerial career
After retiring as a player, Happel went on to become one of the greatest coaches of all time. He won the league title in four different countries. He also took two different clubs to gold in the European Champions' Cup (now the UEFA Champions League) and Holland to second place in the 1978 World Cup. His first club was ADO Den Haag in 1962, with whom he won the Dutch Cup in 1968. After Den Haag he coached Feyenoord, with whom he won the Dutch championship in 1971, as well as the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup in 1970.
At the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina, Happel was coach of the Dutch national team and reached the final against the Argentine national team. Always a man of few words, Happel's pre-match pep talk is said to have consisted of just one sentence: "Gentlemen, two points."
During his career as coach Happel worked for several clubs, including Sevilla, Club Brugge (winning the Belgian Championship title several times) and Hamburg (1981-1987, German champions in 1982 and 1983, German Cup winner 1987).
In 1983 he won the European Cup again, 13 years after the triumph with Feyenoord Rotterdam, this time with Hamburg. He is the only coach in the history of the European Cup (now called UEFA Champions League), besides Ottmar Hitzfeld, to win the title with two different clubs.
In 1987 Happel returned to Austria as coach of FC Swarovski Tirol. With FC Tirol he won the Austrian Championship title 2 times (1989 and 1990) before becoming coach of the Austrian national team in 1992.
Death and legacy
He died of cancer in 1992 aged 66. After his death the biggest football stadium in Austria, the Praterstadion in Vienna, was renamed Ernst Happel Stadion. The stadium was one of the venues selected for the 2008 European Championship co-hosted by Austra and Switzerland and on 30 June, Spain defeated Germany in that stadium during the final to take their second title.
Happel was the mentor of Nikos "Kalos ta paidia" Alefantos.
Honours (as a player)
External links
References
Austria squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup Third Place |
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1 Schmied • 2 Hanappi • 3 Happel • 4 Barschandt • 5 Ocwirk • 6 Koller • 7 R. Körner • 8 Schleger • 9 Wagner • 10 Probst • 11 A. Körner • 12 Stotz • 13 Kollmann • 14 Giesser • 15 Pelikan • 16 Zeman • 17 Teinitzer • 18 Riegler • 19 Dienst • 20 Halla • 21 Stojaspal • 22 Haummer • Coach: Nausch
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Austria squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup |
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1 Szanwald • 2 Halla • 3 Happel • 4 Swoboda • 5 Hanappi • 6 Koller • 7 Horak • 8 P. Kozlicek • 9 Buzek • 10 Körner • 11 Senekowitsch • 12 Schmied • 13 Schleger • 14 Hamerl • 15 Kollmann • 16 Stotz • 17 E. Kozlicek • 18 Barschandt • 19 Dienst • 20 Ninaus • 21 Puschnik • 22 Engelmeier • Coach: Argauer
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ADO Den Haag – Managers |
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Merkel (1954–55) • Loof (1955–62) • Happel (1962–69) • Jezek (1969–72) • Teunissen (1972–74) • Boškov (1974–76) • Malatinský (1976–78) • De Visser (1978–80) • Kraay (1980–81) • Van der Hart (1981–83) • Baan (1983–86) • Van de Meent (1986–88) • Adriaanse (1988–92) • De Ruiter (1992–94) • Schoenmaker (1994–95) • Verlangen (1995–96) • Wotte (1996–98) • Hoekstra (1998–99) • Israel (2001–04) • Adelaar (2004–06) • Vloet (2007–08) Wetzel (2008–)
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Netherlands squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup Runners-up |
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1 Schrijvers • 2 Poortvliet • 3 Schoenaker • 4 van Kraay • 5 Krol • 6 Jansen • 7 Wildschut • 8 Jongbloed • 9 Haan • 10 R. van de Kerkhof • 11 W. van de Kerkhof • 12 Rensenbrink • 13 Neeskens • 14 Boskamp • 15 Hovenkamp • 16 Rep • 17 Rijsbergen • 18 Nanninga • 19 Doesburg • 20 Suurbier • 21 Lubse • 22 Brandts • Coach: Happel
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Netherlands national football team – Managers |
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van Hasselt (1905–08) • Chadwick (1908–13) • Hogan (1910) • Bradshaw (1913) • Hunter (1914) • Reynolds (1919) • Warburton (1919–23) • Waites (1921) • Glendenning (1923) • Townley (1924) • Bollington (1924) • Glendenning (1925–40) • Kaufman (1946) • Carver (1947–48) • Sneddon (1948) • Kaufman (1949) • van der Leck (1949–54) • Kaufman (1954–55) • Donenfeld (1955) • Merkel (1955–56) • Müller (1956) • Donenfeld (1956–57) • Hardwick (1957) • Schwartz (1957–64) • Neville (1964–66) • Keßler (1966–70) • Fadrhonc (1970–74) • Michels (1974) • Knobel (1974–76) • Zwartkruis (1976–77) • Happel (1977–78) • Zwartkruis (1978–81) • Baan (1981) • Rijvers (1981) • Baan (1981) • Rijvers (1981–84) • Michels (1984–85) • Beenhakker (1985–86) • Michels (1986–88) • Libregts (1988–90) • de Ruiter (1990) • Beenhakker (1990) • Michels (1990–92) • Advocaat (1992–95) • Hiddink (1995–98) • Rab (1997) • Rijkaard (1998–2000) • van Gaal (2000–02) • Advocaat (2002–04) • van Basten (2004–08) • van Marwijk (2008–)
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Feyenoord – Managers |
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Julian (1921–22) • Waits (1924–25) • Geneugelijk (a.i.) (1925–26) • Hall (1926–29) • Lamb (1929–30) • Kruys (a.i.) (1930–31) • Donaghy (1931–35) • Dombi (1935–39) • Hall (1939–40) • Koelman (1940–41) • Kaufman (a.i.) (1940) • Huizenaar (1940–41) • van Dijke (1941–42) • Pijl (1942–46) • Koonings (1946–50) • Topping (1950–51) • Dombi (1951–55) • de Wolf (a.i.) (1955–56) • van der Leck (1956–58) • Piet de Wolf (a.i.) (1958–59) • Sobotka (1959–61) • Fuchs (19) • Höfling (1963–64) • Kment (1964–67) • Peeters (1967–69) • Happel (1969–73) • Zonderland (a.i.) (1973) • Coerver (1973–75) • Brzezanczyk (1975–76) • Zonderland (a.i.) (1976) • Boškov (1976–78) • Ježek (1978–82) • Westerhof (a.i.) (1982) • Kraay (1982–83) • Fafié (a.i.) (1983) • Libregts (1983–84) • Fafié (1984–86) • Israël (1986–88) • Jacobs (1988–89) • Verbeek and Bengtsson (1989–91) • Jansen (a.i.) (1991) • Dorjee (1991–92) • Jansen (a.i.) (1992) • van Hanegem (1992–95) • Meijer (a.i.) (1995) • Haan (1995–97) • Meijer and Metgod (dual a.i.) (1997) • Beenhakker (1997–2000) • van Stee (a.i.) (2000) • van Marwijk (2000–04) • Gullit (2004–05) • Koeman (2005–07) • Beenhakker (a.i.) (2007) • van Marwijk (2007–08) • Verbeek (2008–)
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Hamburger SV – Managers |
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Tauchert (1945–1949) • Knöpfle (1946–1954) • Wilke & Mahlmann (1954–1967) • Mahlmann (1956–1962) • Wilke (1962–1964) • Gawliczek (1964–1966) • Schneider (1966–1967) • Koch (1967–1969) • Knöpfle (1969–1970) • Ochs (1970–1973) • Klötzer (1973–1977) • Gutendorf (1977) • Özcan (1977–1978) • Zebec (1978–1980) • Ristić (1981) • Happel (1981–1987) • Skoblar (1987) • Reimann (1987–1990) • Schock (1990–1992) • Coordes (1992) • Möhlmann (1992–1995) • Magath (1995–1997) • Schehr (1997) • Pagelsdorf (1997–2001) • Hieronymus (2001) • Jara (2001–2003) • Toppmöller (2003–2004) • Doll (2004–2007) • Stevens (2007–2008) • Jol (2008–)
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