Helmut Senekowitsch

**Helmut Senekowitsch** ( 22 October 1933 – 9 September 2007) was an Austrian football player and later a football manager.

## Playing career

He played 354 matches and scored 119 goals for SK Sturm Graz, Real Betis, First Vienna FC and FC Wacker Innsbruck.

He played for the Austria national football team. In 1958 he played in the FIFA World Cup. He played 18 matches and scored 5 goals.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Austria|1957|3|2|
|1958|4|0|||
|1959|2|1|||
|1960|4|1|||
|1961|2|1|||
|1962|1|0|||
|1964|1|0|||
|1968|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Senekowitsch goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|29 September 1957|Stade Municipal,  Luxembourg, Luxembourg||3-0|3-0|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|13 October 1957|Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria||2-2|2-2|Gerö-Cup||||||||
|3|22 November 1959|Estadio de Mestalla,  Valencia, Spain||2-4|3-6|Friendly match||||||||
|4|30 October 1960|Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria||1-0|3-0|Friendly match||||||||
|5|27 May 1961|Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria||3-1|3-1|Friendly match||||||||

## Coaching career

Senekowitsch later worked as a coach in different European countries like Germany (Eintracht Frankfurt), Greece ( Panathinaikos, Olympiacos , AEK Athens), Spain (Athletic Bilbao) and Austria (Grazer AK, VOEST Linz, Linzer ASK, First Vienna FC)

From 1976 to 1978 he was manager of the Austrian national football team. After 20 years Austria had qualified for the World Cup.  In the 1978 FIFA World Cup the Austrian team advanced to the second round. The first match was a 1–5 loss against Netherlands being coached by his former teammate Ernst Happel. Later he led them during the game known as _The miracle of Córdoba_ where they won 3:2 versus West Germany. It was the first victory since 47 years.

He died in September 2007 after a long illness.

## Other websites

- Helmut Senekowitsch at eintracht-archiv.de

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Helmut Senekowitsch
- **fullname**: Helmut Senekowitsch
- **birth place**: Graz, Austria
- **death place**: Klosterneuburg, Austria
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward / midfielder
- **years1**: 1955–1958
- **years2**: 1958–1961
- **years3**: 1961–1964
- **years4**: 1964–1971
- **clubs1**: Sturm Graz
- **clubs2**: First Vienna FC
- **clubs3**: Real Betis
- **clubs4**: FC Wacker Innsbruck, Wacker Innsbruck
- **caps1**: 72
- **caps2**: 75
- **caps3**: 47
- **caps4**: 160
- **goals1**: 30
- **goals2**: 63
- **goals3**: 10
- **goals4**: 16
- **totalcaps**: 354
- **totalgoals**: 119
- **nationalyears1**: 1957–1968
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 18
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **manageryears1**: 1971–1973
- **manageryears2**: 1973–1975
- **manageryears3**: 1975–1976
- **manageryears4**: 1976–1978
- **manageryears5**: 1978–1979
- **manageryears6**: 1979–1980
- **manageryears7**: 1981
- **manageryears8**: 1982
- **manageryears9**: 1982
- **manageryears10**: 1983
- **manageryears11**: 1983–1984
- **manageryears12**: 1984–1985
- **manageryears13**: 1985–1988
- **manageryears14**: 1988
- **manageryears15**: 1989–1990
- **manageryears16**: 1990–1991
- **manageryears17**: 1991–1992
- **manageryears18**: 1995–1996
- **manageryears19**: 1997
- **managerclubs1**: Grazer AK
- **managerclubs2**: FC Linz, SK VÖEST Linz
- **managerclubs3**: VfB Admira Wacker Mödling, FC Admira/Wacker
- **managerclubs4**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **managerclubs5**: Tecos UAG
- **managerclubs6**: Athletic Bilbao
- **managerclubs7**: Panathinaikos FC, Panathinaikos
- **managerclubs8**: Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos
- **managerclubs9**: Eintracht Frankfurt
- **managerclubs10**: AEK Athens F.C., AEK Athens
- **managerclubs11**: AEK Athens F.C., AEK Athens
- **managerclubs12**: Grazer AK
- **managerclubs13**: Tecos UAG
- **managerclubs14**: Cádiz CF
- **managerclubs15**: Panionios F.C., Panionios
- **managerclubs16**: AC Omonia
- **managerclubs17**: LASK Linz
- **managerclubs18**: Floridsdorfer AC
- **managerclubs19**: First Vienna FC, First Vienna