Won award: FourFourTwo 9th Greatest Manager of All Time (2023).
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Ernst Happel
Ernst Franz Hermann Happel was an Austrian football player and manager.
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sports · Austrian footballer and manager (1925–1992) · association football player · association football coach · also Ernst Happel, Ernst Nechida, Ernst Franz Hermann Happel, Happel
Born 29 November 1925 · Died 14 November 1992 · Q157126
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2023· 1 entry
2021· 1 entry
Sportskeeda: Ernst Happel Stadion
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2019· 1 entry
Won award: France Football 9th Greatest Manager of All Time (2019).
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2016· 1 entry
Sportskeeda: The best managers of all time: #20 Ernst Happel
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2013· 2 entries
Won award: ESPN 14th Greatest Manager of All Time (2013).
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Won award: World Soccer 9th Greatest Manager of All Time (2013).
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1992· 1 entry
Died 1992-11-14.
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1990· 1 entry
Won: Austrian Championship with Swarovski Tirol (1989–90).
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1989· 2 entries
Won: Austrian Cup with Swarovski Tirol (1988–89).
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Won: Austrian Championship with Swarovski Tirol (1988–89).
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1987· 2 entries
Won: DFB-Pokal with Hamburger SV (1986–87).
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Happel returned to Austria as coach of Swarovski Tirol
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1983· 4 entries
Runner-up: European Super Cup with Hamburger SV (1983).
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Won: European Cup with Hamburger SV (1982–83).
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Won: Bundesliga with Hamburger SV (1982–83).
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Won the European Cup again, 13 years after the triumph with Feyenoord, this time with Hamburger SV, defeating Juventus in the final
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1982· 2 entries
Won: Bundesliga with Hamburger SV (1981–82).
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Runner-up: UEFA Cup with Hamburger SV (1981–82).
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1981· 1 entry
Won: Belgian Cup with Standard Liège (1980–81).
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1978· 4 entries
Won: Tournoi de Paris with Netherlands (1978).
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Runner-up: European Cup with Club Brugge (1977–78).
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Won: Belgian Championship with Club Brugge (1977–78).
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Runner-up: FIFA World Cup with Netherlands (1978).
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1977· 2 entries
Won: Belgian Cup with Club Brugge (1976–77).
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Won: Belgian Championship with Club Brugge (1976–77).
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1976· 2 entries
Runner-up: UEFA Cup with Club Brugge (1975–76).
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Won: Belgian Championship with Club Brugge (1975–76).
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1971· 1 entry
Won: Eredivisie with Feyenoord (1970–71).
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1970· 3 entries
Won: Intercontinental Cup with Feyenoord (1970).
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Won: European Cup with Feyenoord (1969–70).
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With Feyenoord and 1983 with Hamburger SV, managed Club Brugge to a European Cup runner-up finish in 1978, and won a runners-up medal with the Netherlands at the 1978 FIFA World Cup
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1968· 1 entry
Won: Dutch Cup with ADO Den Haag (1967–68).
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1957· 1 entry
Won: Austrian Football Bundesliga with Rapid Wien (1956–57).
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1956· 1 entry
Played for SK Rapid Wien (1956–1959) — 63 appearances, 17 goals.
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1955· 1 entry
Played for Racing Club de France (1955–1956) — 42 appearances, 9 goals.
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1954· 2 entries
Won: Austrian Football Bundesliga with Rapid Wien (1953–54).
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Third place: FIFA World Cup with Austria (1954).
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1952· 1 entry
Won: Austrian Football Bundesliga with Rapid Wien (1951–52).
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1951· 2 entries
Won: Zentropa Cup with Rapid Wien (1951).
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Won: Austrian Football Bundesliga with Rapid Wien (1950–51).
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1948· 1 entry
Won: Austrian Football Bundesliga with Rapid Wien (1947–48).
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1947· 1 entry
Played for Austria men's national football team (1947–1958) — 51 appearances, 5 goals.
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1946· 2 entries
Won: Austrian Cup with Rapid Wien (1945–46).
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Won: Austrian Football Bundesliga with Rapid Wien (1945–46).
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1942· 2 entries
Played for SK Rapid Wien (1942–1955).
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Played for SK Rapid Wien (1942–1954).
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-11-29.
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