# Peter Pacult

Peter Pacult (German:, born 28 October 1959) is an Austrian former professional footballer and current football manager. He is in charge of Austria Klagenfurt.

## Club career

A prolific striker, however not for the national team, Pacult started his career at Vienna side Floridsdorfer AC before turning professional with Wiener SC. He joined Austrian giants Rapid Wien four years later, losing the UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final in 1985 against Everton. He moved on to and won two league titles with FC Tirol Innsbruck, with whom he was the top goal scorer in the 1990–91 European Cup alongside Jean-Pierre Papin.
In 1993, he moved abroad to help TSV 1860 Munich win promotion to the Bundesliga. He finished his career at the other big Vienna club, Austria, in 1996.

## International career

He made his debut for Austria in October 1982 against Northern Ireland but was not considered for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He earned 24 caps, scoring one goal. His last international was a November 1993 World Cup qualification match against Sweden.

### International goal

    Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 20 September 1988 | Letná Stadium, Prague | Czechoslovakia | 1–2 | 2–4 | Friendly |

## Coaching career

Pacult was head coach of 1860 Munich II from April 2001 to June 2001, 1860 Munich from October 2001 to March 2003, FC Kärnten from January 2004 to June 2005, Dynamo Dresden from December 2005 to September 2006, Rapid Wien from September 2006 to April 2011, and RB Leipzig from July 2011 to July 2012. Pacult returned to Dynamo Dresden between December 2012 and August 2013. Both supporters and the club's board was dissatisfied with his performance during the last match; frustrated with recent results. He was hired to coach FAC Team für Wien on 22 April 2015.
In June 2017 he became the coach of Serbian SuperLiga side Radnički Niš.
In March 2019 he became the coach of Montenegrin First League side OFK Titograd.

## Coaching record

    As of 9 December 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Team | From | To | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Ref. |
| 1860 Munich II | 1 April 2001 | 30 June 2001 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 022.22 | |
| 1860 Munich | 21 October 2001 | 12 March 2003 | 55 | 24 | 11 | 20 | 98 | 94 | +4 | 043.64 | [19] [20] |
| FC Kärnten | 2 January 2004 | 30 June 2005 | 57 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 107 | 70 | +37 | 043.86 | |
| Dynamo Dresden | 28 December 2005 | 4 September 2006 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 050.00 | [21] [22] |
| Rapid Wien | 4 September 2006 | 11 April 2011 | 206 | 106 | 49 | 51 | 410 | 248 | +162 | 051.46 | [23][24][25] [26][27][28] |
| RB Leipzig | 1 July 2011 | 3 July 2012 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 33 | +41 | 063.89 | |
| Dynamo Dresden | 18 December 2012 | 18 August 2013 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 033.33 | [30] [31] |
| Floridsdorfer AC | 22 April 2015 | 23 September 2015 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 33 | −17 | 015.79 | |
| Zavrč | 6 October 2015 | 23 October 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 | |
| Cibalia | 7 January 2017 | 23 March 2017 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 000.00 | |
| Radnički Niš | 1 July 2017 | 4 September 2017 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 057.14 | |
| Kukësi | 3 January 2018 | 13 July 2018 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 048.00 | |
| OFK Titograd | 8 March 2019 | 5 June 2019 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 042.86 | |
| Austria Klagenfurt | 31 December 2020 | Present | 110 | 47 | 26 | 37 | 188 | 171 | +17 | 042.73 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 589 | 271 | 139 | 179 | 1,033 | 776 | +257 | 046.01 | — |

## Honours
### Club

Rapid Wien
* Austrian Cup: 1984–85
Swarovski Tirol
* Austrian Bundesliga: 1988–89, 1989–90
* Austrian Cup: 1988–89

### Individual

* Austrian Bundesliga Top Scorer: 1988–89 (26 goals)
* European Cup top scorer: 1990–91

### Manager

Rapid Wien
* Austrian Bundesliga: 2007–08