Ernst Happel

**Ernst Franz Hermann Happel** (29 November 1925 – 14 November 1992) was a former Austrian football player and football coach. He played for SK Rapid Wien, RC Paris and the Austria national team.

## Club career

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.

## International

He played his first match for Austria in September 1947 against Hungary. He was a member of the squad for the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland 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.

### As a player

- **Austrian Football Bundesliga (6):**
    - 1946, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957
- **Austrian Cup (1):**
    - 1946
- **Zentropa Cup (1):**
    - 1951

### As a coach

- **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 statistics

|-
|1942/43||rowspan="13"|Rapid Wien||rowspan="3"|Gauliga Donau-Alpenland||3||0
|-
|1943–44||11||0
|-
|1944–45||0||0
|-
|1945–46||rowspan="10"|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

|-
|1954–55||rowspan="2"|RC Paris||rowspan="2"|Division 1||14||2
|-
|1955–56||28||7

|-
|1956–57||rowspan="3"|Rapid Wien||rowspan="3"|Championship||18||3
|-
|1957–58||26||7
|-
|1958–59||19||7
240||25
42||9
282||34

## International career statistics

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

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|27 September 1953|Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria||6-1|9-1|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|2|11 October 1953|Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria||1-0|2-3|Friendly match||||||||
|3|30 May 1954|Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria||2-0|5-0|Friendly match||||||||
|4|15 September 1957|JNA-Stadion,  Belgrad,   Yugoslavia||2-1|3-3|Friendly match||||||||
|5|14 September 1958|Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria||1-0|3-4|Friendly match||||||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ernst Happel
- **image**: Ernst-Happel-01 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Happel in a commemorative banner
- **fullname**: Ernst Franz Hermann Happel
- **birth place**: Vienna, Austria
- **death place**: Innsbruck, Austria
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 1938–1942
- **youthclubs1**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **years1**: 1942–1954
- **clubs1**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **caps1**: 177
- **goals1**: 8
- **years2**: 1955–1956
- **clubs2**: Racing Club de France Football
- **caps2**: 42
- **goals2**: 9
- **years3**: 1956–1959
- **clubs3**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **caps3**: 63
- **goals3**: 17
- **totalcaps**: 282
- **totalgoals**: 34
- **nationalyears1**: 1947–1958
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 51
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **manageryears1**: 1962–1969
- **managerclubs1**: ADO Den Haag
- **manageryears2**: 1967
- **managerclubs2**: San Francisco Golden Gate Gales, San Francisco Gales
- **manageryears3**: 1969–1973
- **managerclubs3**: Feyenoord, Feijenoord
- **manageryears4**: 1973–1974
- **managerclubs4**: Sevilla FC, Sevilla
- **manageryears5**: 1974–1978
- **managerclubs5**: Club Brugge KV, Club Brugge
- **manageryears6**: 1977–1978
- **managerclubs6**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **manageryears7**: 1979
- **managerclubs7**: K.R.C. Harelbeke, Harelbeke
- **manageryears8**: 1979–1981
- **managerclubs8**: Standard Liège
- **manageryears9**: 1981–1987
- **managerclubs9**: Hamburger SV
- **manageryears10**: 1987–1991
- **managerclubs10**: FC Swarovski Tirol, Swarovski Tirol
- **manageryears11**: 1992
- **managerclubs11**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **medaltemplates**: (as player)

(as manager)