Karl Daxbacher

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Karl Daxbacher
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-04-15) 15 April 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth St. Pölten, Austria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
ASV Statzendorf
Kremser SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1985 FK Austria Wien 393 (42)
National team
1972–1976 Austria 6 (0)
Teams managed
1988 Kremser SC
Leistungszentrum St. Pölten
ASV Statzendorf
1994–1995 SV Horn
1997–1999 SV Würmla
2000–2002 SKN St. Pölten
2002–2006 FK Austria Wien II
2006–2008 LASK Linz
2008–2011 FK Austria Wien
2012–2015 LASK Linz
2015–2016 SKN St. Pölten
2017–2019 Wacker Innsbruck
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Karl Daxbacher (born 15 April 1953) is an Austrian football manager and a former player. He played for FK Austria Wien and the Austrian national football team as midfielder.

Playing career[change | change source]

Daxbacher started his career at the ASV Statzendorf, a town near St. Pölten in Lower Austria at the age of 15. After having played for Kremser SC for one season, he moved to FK Austria Wien in 1971. During the next 14 years he played 393 national and 40 international games for this team. In 1985 he went back to Kremser SC . There he ended his active career in 1986.

Hounors as player[change | change source]

Coaching career[change | change source]

Daxbacher began his coaching career at ASV Statzendorf, his first club as player. Kremser SC, SV Würmla, SV Horn and SKN St. Pölten were the next teams he managed. In 2002 he came to the Austria Amateurs which he led to the first division. After he was fired he went to LASK. He led them to the Bundesliga. After a year in the Bundesliga with LASK, Daxbacher returned to FK Austria Wien for the 2008/2009 season.[1] In 2011 he was fired. After Wudi Müller in the 1970s, he was the longest-serving Austria coach in the last 40 years.

On 12 June 2012, Daxbacher announced his return to LASK.[2] After failing in the 2013 relegation, LASK managed to win the 2014 relegation. With promotion to the first division, the contract with Karl Daxbacher was automatically extended by another year. In 2015 he was fired.[3] In June 2015 he took over the second division club SKN St. Pölten as a coach. With St. Pölten he was promoted to the Bundesliga in the 2015/16 season. After a 1:5 home defeat against Red Bull Salzburg, those responsible put Daxbacher on leave at the end of October 2016

In January 2017 he succeeded Thomas Grumser at the second division club FC Wacker Innsbruck. With Innsbruck he was promoted to the Bundesliga in 2018. In March 2019 Innsbruck separated from Daxbacher. They were in tenth place at the time.

Coaching record[change | change source]

As of 27 May 2016
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win % Ref.
Kremser SC 1 July 1988[4] 15 January 1989[4] 3 1 1 1 2 6 −4 033.33 [5]
SV Horn 20 September 1994 30 June 1995
SV Würmla 22 October 1998 19 November 1999 47 20 11 16 77 59 +18 042.55 -
SKN St. Pölten 1 July 2000[6] 30 June 2002[6] 30 21 4 5 70 23 +47 070.00 -
Austria Wien (A) 1 July 2002[7] 31 May 2006 132 62 36 34 231 158 +73 046.97 [8][9]
[10][11]
LASK Linz 1 June 2006 20 May 2008 72 40 15 17 137 89 +48 055.56 [12]
[13]
Austria Wien 1 June 2008[1] 22 December 2011[14] 163 80 43 40 282 198 +84 049.08 [15]
[16][17]
LASK Linz 12 June 2012[2] 16 March 2015[3] 95 61 21 13 213 72 +141 064.21 [18]
[19]
SKN St. Pölten 1 June 2015 - 41 30 2 9 68 34 +34 073.17 [20]
Total 506 274 118 114 933 557 +376 054.15

Honours as manager[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Daxbacher neuer Austria-Coach". Österreich (in German). 21 April 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "LASK Karl Daxbacher als neuer LASK-Coach bestätigt" (in German). nachrichten.at. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "LASK feuert Trainer Daxbacher" (in German). Österreich. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Kremser SC » Trainerhistorie". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  5. "Kremser SC » Dates & results 1988/1989". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "SKN St. Pölten » Trainerhistorie". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  7. "Austria Wien (A) » Trainerhistorie". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  8. Andreas Exenberger; Karel Stokkermans. "Austria 2002/03". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  9. Andreas Exenberger; Karel Stokkermans. "Austria 2003/04". Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  10. Andreas Exenberger; Karel Stokkermans. "Austria 2004/05". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  11. "Austria 2005/06". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  12. "LASK Linz » Dates & results 2006/2007". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  13. "LASK Linz » Dates & results 2007/2008". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  14. Cite error: The named reference Vastić replaces Daxbacher at Austria Wien was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  15. "Austria Wien » Dates & results 2008/2009". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  16. "Austria Wien » Dates & results 2010/2011". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  17. "Austria Wien » Dates & results 2011/2012". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  18. "LASK Linz » Dates & results 2012/2013". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  19. "LASK Linz » Dates & results 2013/2014". World Football. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  20. "SKN St. Pölten » Fixtures & results 2015/2016". Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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