Richard Kohn

**Richard Kohn** (27 February 1888 – 16 June 1963) was an Austrian football player. Later he was coach of FC Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was of Jewish origin.

## Career as player

He played at the latest from 1907 to 1910, at Wiener AC. One of his highlights at WAC was when he scored the winning goal in May 1909, in a 2-1 win against English Premier League side Sunderland AFC.

## International

He had six appearances for the Austria national football team (1907–1912) and scored two times.

## Career as coach

In the 1920s, he managed Građanski Zagreb, Sportfreunde Stuttgart and Hertha BSC. He then went to First Vienna FC.He left for Barcelona from February 1926 to 1927. He afterwards left TSV 1860 Munich for VfR Mannheim for a year. He left for FC Bayern Munich.  With them he won the German championship  in a final victory against Eintracht Frankfurt.

After the Nazis rise to power  the Kohn left Germany for the Grasshopper Club in Zurich, then  for Barcelona. Later he went back to Switzerland. There he coached Basel. From 1935 to 1939, 1951 to 1952, and 1955 to 1956 he managed Feyenoord Rotterdam, winning two titles, in the 1935–36 and 1937–38 seasons.

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=5|Austria|||
|1908|1|1||
|1910|1|0||
|1911|2|0||
|1912|2|1||

### International goals

- ''As of match played 22 August 1912. Austria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kohn goal.

|scope=col|No.|scope=col|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3 May 1908|Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria-Hungary|1||**4**–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||||
|22 December 1912|Stadio Comunale, Genoa, Kingdom of Italy|6||**3**–1|3–1|Friendly||||||||||

## Further reading

- Andreas Wittner: "Richard Little Dombi – Kleine Eminenz, vom Himmel gesandt". In: Schulze-Marmeling, Dietrich (Hrsg.): "Strategen des Spiels – Die legendären Fußballtrainer", Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2005, , S.54–63

## Other websites

- Biography Richard Dombi

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Richard Kohn
- **birth place**: Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- **position**: Midfielder
- **clubs1**: Wiener AC
- **clubs2**: Wiener AF
- **clubs3**: FK Austria Wien, Wiener Amateur SV
- **clubs4**: Wiener AC
- **clubs5**: Hungária FC
- **clubs6**: Wiener AC
- **nationalyears1**: 1907–1912
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **manageryears1**: 19xx – 1924
- **manageryears2**: 1924–1925
- **manageryears4**: 1926–1927
- **manageryears5**: 1927–1927
- **manageryears6**: 1928–1930
- **manageryears7**: 1930–1931
- **manageryears8**: 1931–1933
- **manageryears10**: 1933–1934
- **manageryears11**: 1934
- **manageryears12**: 1935–1939
- **manageryears14**: 1951–1952
- **manageryears15**: 1954–1955
- **manageryears16**: 1955–1956
- **managerclubs1**: Hertha BSC
- **managerclubs2**: HŠK Građanski
- **managerclubs3**: First Vienna FC, First Vienna
- **managerclubs4**: FC Barcelona
- **managerclubs5**: KS Warszawianka
- **managerclubs6**: TSV 1860 Munich, 1860 Munich
- **managerclubs7**: VfR Mannheim
- **managerclubs8**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **managerclubs10**: FC Barcelona
- **managerclubs11**: FC Basel
- **managerclubs12**: Feyenoord
- **managerclubs13**: FC Zurich
- **managerclubs14**: Feyenoord
- **managerclubs15**: EBOH
- **managerclubs16**: Feyenoord