Karl Daxbacher (born 15 April 1953) is an Austrian football manager and a former player.

Private

Daxbacher was born in St. Pölten, Austria, in 1953. He has four daughters.

Playing career

Daxbacher started his career at the ASV Statzendorf (close to St. Pölten) at the age of 15. After having played for

Kremser SC Kremser SC is an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club located in Krems an der Donau, Krems, Austria. Its first team plays in the Austrian Regionalliga East. The team's colors are white and black. They last played at the count ...

for one season, he switched to

FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (), known in English as Austria Vienna, and Austria Wien in German language in Europe, German-speaking countries, is an Football in Austria, Austrian professional association football club from the capital city of Vi ...

in 1971. During the next 14 years he played about 400 national, and 40 international games for this team, as well as 6 games for the

Austria national football team The Austria national football team () represents Austria in men's international Association football, football competitions, and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association. The Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) was founded on 18 Mar ...

. In 1985, he switched to

again (in the second highest division), where he ended his active career in 1986.

Coaching career

Daxbacher has been working as a coach for

SV Horn Sportverein Horn is a football club based in the city of Horn, Austria, which competes in the Austrian Regionalliga East, one of the third tiers of Austrian football, following relegation from the 2. Liga in the 2024–25. Founded in 192 ...

, SKN St. Pölten, FK Austria Wien II,

LASK Linz Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as LASK (), or Linzer ASK, is an Austrian professional football club based in Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football Bundes ...

, and Austria Wien. Austria Wien hired Daxbacher for the 2008–09 season and sacked him on 22 December 2011. Austria Wien had one league win in their last nine league matches at the time of the sacking. On 12 June 2012, he returned to

. He was sacked on 16 March 2015. He had won two of his last eight matches and lost one of his last six. Martin Hiden was named interim head coach.

Coaching record

Honours

As player

* Austrian champion: 7 times (all with

). *

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for a record 27th time. Wo ...

winner: 4 times (all with FK Austria Wien). *

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European association football, football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renam ...

finalist: 1 time (FK Austria Wien).

As manager

Austrian Regional League East The Austrian Regional League East () is a third-tier division of football in Austria, Austrian football re-introduced in the 1984–85 season. It covers the Austrian states of Burgenland, Lower Austria and Vienna and is one of three Austrian Reg ...

winner (3rd highest division): 1 time ( FK Austria Wien II). *

Austrian Football First League The Second League (), commonly known as Admiral 2. Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest professional division in Austrian football. The division currently contains 16 teams, and the champion of the league is promoted to the Austr ...

winner (2nd highest division): 3 times (

, SKN St. Pölten,

Wacker Innsbruck FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol. History The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and o ...

). * Austrian Cup winner: 1 time (FK Austria Wien).

References

External links

Profile at the FK Austria Wien homepage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daxbacher, Karl 1953 births Living people Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Austrian football managers FK Austria Wien players LASK managers FK Austria Wien managers SKN St. Pölten managers FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) managers Men's association football midfielders SV Horn managers Footballers from Sankt Pölten 20th-century Austrian sportsmen