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.

Honours
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
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|1943–44||11||0
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|1944–45||0||0
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|1945–46||rowspan="10"|Championship||6||0
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|1946–47||16||0
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|1947–48||15||0
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|1948–49||13||1
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|1949–50||21||0
|-
|1950–51||24||1
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|1951–52||21||1
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|1952–53||24||2
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|1953–54||21||3
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|1954–55||2||0

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

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

International career statistics

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|1947||3||0
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|1948||6||0
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|1949||6||0
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|1950||7||0
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|1951||6||0
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|1952||5||0
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|1953||3||2
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|1954||7||1
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|1955||0||0
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|1956||0||0
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|1957||4||1
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|1958||4||1
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!Total||51||5
|}
Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each  Happel goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Ernst HappelNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 27 September 1953 Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria  6-19-1   1954 FIFA World Cup qualification2 11 October 1953 Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria  1-02-3   Friendly match330 May 1954Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria  2-05-0  Friendly match4  15 September 1957   JNA-Stadion,  Belgrad,   Yugoslavia    2-1  3-3     Friendly match5 14 September 1958 Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria   1-0 3-4   Friendly match

References

Category:1925 births
Category:1992 deaths
Category:Austria national football team managers
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Sportspeople from Vienna
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Eredivisie managers
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:Sevilla FC managers
Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Austrian football defenders
Category:Austria at the 1954 FIFA World Cup
Category:Austria at the 1958 FIFA World Cup
Category:Netherlands at the 1978 FIFA World Cup
Category:Austrian football champions