Josef Hickersberger

Josef Hickersberger (born 27 April 1948 in Amstetten, Austria) is a former Austrian footballer. He played as a midfielder. He is now a football manager. He was twice coach of the Austrian national football team.

Career
Player
He started playing professional football in 1966 for FK Austria Wien. After six seasons he went to Germany playing for Kickers Offenbach and Fortuna Düsseldorf. Coming back to Austria he played for Wacker Innsbruck and later for SK Rapid Wien. After finishing as a professional he played for the amateur squads of Badener AC, UFC Pama, SV Forchtenstein and WSV Traisen. In Traisen he had his first time as coach. He played 372 matches in the leagues of Austria and Germany scoring 71 goals.

He played 39 matches for the Austrian national football team and scored five goals. His first match was against Romania. His last match was the 3–2 win versus Germany during the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
International statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsAustria196810196910197060197140197264197320197411197520197631197750197880Total395

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hickersberger goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Josef HickersbergerNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  30 April 1972 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria  1–0  4-0  1974 FIFA World Cup qualification2 2-03 3-04 11 April 1989  Stadionul Central, Craiova,  Romania  1-11-0   Friendly match510 November 1976 Nationalstadion,   Kavala,   Greece  1-03-0  Friendly match

Manager
He was the coach of the Austrian national football team during the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the 2008 UEFA European Championship. After losing a qualifying match versus the  Faroe Islands he resigned and coached Fortuna Düsseldorf and Austria Wien. The years between 1994 and 2004 he spent in the Arabian region coaching various club teams and national teams. In 2002 he went back to Austria and became coach of SK Rapid Wien. In this time Rapid won the first championship since 1995. The team also qualified for the UEFA Champions League. In 2006 he became again coach of the Austrian soccer team and played in the EURO 2008. After the event he resigned and went back to Arabia.

Honours
As a player
Austrian Football Bundesliga (3):
 1969, 1970, 1982
Austrian Cup (3):
 1969, 1971, 1979
Member of the squad for the FIFA World Cup 1978

As a manager
Austrian Cup (1):
 1994
Bahraini Premier League (1):
 1996
Qatari League (1):
 2002
Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
 2005

Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Austria national football team managers
Category:1948 births
Category:Living people
Category:SK Rapid Wien players
Category:SK Rapid Wien managers
Category:Fortuna Düsseldorf managers
Category:FK Austria Wien players
Category:Austrian football champions
Category:Austria at the 1978 FIFA World Cup
Category:Austria at the 1990 FIFA World Cup
Category:Austrian football midfielders