Ernst Happel
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernst Franz Hermann Happel | ||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
| Date of death | 14 November 1992 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Innsbruck, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1938–1942 | Rapid Wien | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1942–1954 | Rapid Wien | 177 | (8) |
| 1955–1956 | RC Paris | 42 | (9) |
| 1956–1959 | Rapid Wien | 63 | (17) |
| Total | 282 | (34) | |
| National team | |||
| 1947–1958 | Austria | 51 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1962–1969 | ADO Den Haag | ||
| 1967 | → San Francisco Gales (USA) | ||
| 1969–1973 | Feyenoord | ||
| 1973–1974 | Sevilla | ||
| 1974–1978 | Club Brugge | ||
| 1977–1978 | Netherlands | ||
| 1979 | Harelbeke | ||
| 1979–1981 | Standard Liège | ||
| 1981–1987 | Hamburger SV | ||
| 1987–1991 | Swarovski Tirol | ||
| 1992 | Austria | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ernst Franz Hermann Happel (29 November 1925 – 14 November 1992) was an Austrian football player and coach.
He is regarded as one of the most successful managers ever, winning both league and domestic cup titles in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Austria as well as winning the European Cup twice, the first in 1970 and the second in 1983, and a runners-up medal at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He was the first of the five managers to have won the European Cup with two different clubs, Carlo Ancelotti, Ottmar Hitzfeld, José Mourinho and Jupp Heynckes being the other four. He is also one of five managers – along with Mourinho, Giovanni Trapattoni, Tomislav Ivić and Eric Gerets – to have won domestic league championships in at least four different countries.
Happel started his professional playing career at Rapid Wien, where he made his first team debut at age 17. Forming a solid defensive partnership with Max Merkel, he played 14 years for Rapid, from 1943 till 1954 and 1956 till 1959, winning the Austrian Championship title six times. He was chosen in Rapid's Team of the Century in 1999.
The two years in between Happel played for Racing Club de Paris in France.
Happel made his debut for Austria in September 1947 against Hungary and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland, where he helped them reach third place, and also at the 1958 World Cup. His last international was a September 1958 match against Yugoslavia. He earned 51 caps and scored 5 goals.
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