Ernst Franz Hermann Happel (29 November 1925 – 14 November 1992) was a former Austrian football player and football coach. He has 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.

Ernst Happel

International

He made his first match for Austria in September 1947 against Hungary and was member of the squad for the 1954 World Cup in Switzerlandand 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.

Ernst Happel

Honours

As a player

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

Ernst Happel

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

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|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

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|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

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|1954/55||rowspan="2"|RC Paris||rowspan="2"|Division 1||14||2

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|1955/56||28||7

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|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

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References

1925 births

1992 deaths

Austria national football team managers

Austrian football managers

Austrian footballers

Sportspeople from Vienna

Players of the Austrian national football team

Eredivisie managers

SK Rapid Wien players

Sevilla FC managers

1954 FIFA World Cup players

Austrian football defenders

Austria at the 1954 FIFA World Cup

Austria at the 1958 FIFA World Cup

Netherlands at the 1978 FIFA World Cup

Austrian football champions

Austrian football champions