Wilhelm Kment

Wilhelm Kment

Wilhelm Kment (1965)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1914-10-15)15 October 1914
Date of death	22 December 2002(2002-12-22) (aged 88)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Landstraßer Amateure
	DSV Brünn
1937–1947	Wiener Sport-Club
Teams managed
1954–1955	SBK Drafn
1956–1960	VVV-Venlo
1960–1962	Norway
1962–1964	DOS Utrecht
1964–1967	Feyenoord
1967–1969	Norway
1970–1972	LASK
1976	Fredrikstad FK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Wilhelm Kment (15 October 1914 – 22 December 2002) was an Austrian football player and coach. He played as a midfielder mainly for Wiener Sport-Club.

Career

Willy Kment began his career with Landstraßer Amateure. He played for them at the age of 18. Then he moved to DSV Brno for a year. From 1937 to 1947 he played for the Wiener Sport-Club in the top Austrian league. The greatest success during this time was reaching the ÖFB Cup final in 1938 and becoming runner-up in the 1937–38 season.

Coaching career

Between 1954 and 1955 he coached SBK Drafn in Norway. Willy Kment started as a coach in the Netherlands with VVV Venlo in 1956. There they won 4-1 against ADO Den Haag in the final of the KNVB Cup in 1959.

In 1960 he became the Norwegian national coach. In 1962 Willy Kment returned to the Netherlands and managed DOS Utrecht for two years. Then he went to Feyenoord Rotterdam. He achieved the first double in the club's history in 1965.

After two runner-up finishes in 1966 and 1967, he returned to the Norwegian national team. Willy Kment returned to Austria in 1970. There he became coach of LASK in the National League for two years.

Honours

as player:

• ÖFB Cup: Final 1938
• Austrian Champion:Runner up:1938

as manager:

• KNVB Cup:1959 (Venlo)
• Netherlands Champion and KNVB Cup: 1965 (Feyenoord)
• Netherlands Champion: Runner-up 1966,1967