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{{Short description|Austrian footballer and manager (1925–1992)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ernst Happel
| image = Ernst-Happel-01 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Happel in a commemorative banner
| fullname = Ernst Franz Hermann Happel
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|11|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Vienna]], Austria
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|11|14|1925|11|29|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Innsbruck]], Austria
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = 1938–1942 | youthclubs1 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]]
| years1 = 1942–1954 | clubs1 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] | caps1 = 177 | goals1 = 8
| years2 = 1955–1956 | clubs2 = [[RC Paris]]                 | caps2 = 42  | goals2 = 9
| years3 = 1956–1959 | clubs3 = [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] | caps3 = 63  | goals3 = 17
| totalcaps = 282 | totalgoals = 34
| nationalyears1 = 1947–1958 | nationalteam1 = [[Austria national football team|Austria]] | nationalcaps1 = 51 | nationalgoals1 = 5
| manageryears1 = 1962–1969  | managerclubs1 = [[ADO Den Haag]]
| manageryears2 = 1967       | managerclubs2 = [[San Francisco Golden Gate Gales|San Francisco Gales]]
| manageryears3 = 1969–1973  | managerclubs3 = [[Feyenoord|Feijenoord]]
| manageryears4 = 1973–1974  | managerclubs4 = [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]
| manageryears5 = 1974–1978  | managerclubs5 = [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]]
| manageryears6 = 1977–1978  | managerclubs6 = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
| manageryears7 = 1979       | managerclubs7 = [[K.R.C. Harelbeke|Harelbeke]]
| manageryears8 = 1979–1981  | managerclubs8 = [[Standard Liège]]
| manageryears9 = 1981–1987  | managerclubs9 = [[Hamburger SV]]
| manageryears10 = 1987–1991 | managerclubs10 = [[FC Swarovski Tirol|Swarovski Tirol]]
| manageryears11 = 1992      | managerclubs11 = [[Austria national football team|Austria]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}{{MedalCountry|{{fb|AUT}}}} (as player)
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]|}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|NED}}}} (as manager)
{{Medal|Competition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]|}}
}}
[[File:Österrike 1958.jpg|thumb|275px|[[Austria national football team|Team Austria]] in 1958 with the following players – from left to right, standing; [[Walter Horak]], Ernst Happel, [[Karl Koller (footballer)|Karl Koller]], [[Alfred Körner]], [[Paul Halla]], [[Walter Schleger]]; crouched: [[Helmut Senekowitsch]], [[Gerhard Hanappi]], [[Rudolf Szanwald]], [[Franz Swoboda]] and [[:en:Hans Buzek|Johann Buzek]].]]
'''Ernst Franz Hermann Happel''' (29 November 1925 – 14 November 1992) was an Austrian [[association football|football]] [[Football player|player]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]].

Happel is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://thesporting.blog/blog/ernst-happel-legendary-football-manager|title= Ernst Happel – Legendary football manager| author=<!--Not stated-->|website= The Sporting.blog|access-date= 4 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.espn.co.uk/football/news/story/_/id/1511243/ernst-happel|title= Greatest Managers, No. 14: Ernst Happel|author= Stephan Uersfeld|publisher= ESPN|date= 6 August 2013|access-date= 4 February 2022|archive-date= 30 November 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221130090315/https://www.espn.co.uk/football/news/story/_/id/1511243/ernst-happel|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.si.com/soccer/2019/08/08/ernst-happel-weird-man-who-conquered-european-football-and-helped-shape-modern-game|title= Ernst Happel: The 'Weird Man' Who Conquered European Football and Helped Shape the Modern Game| author=<!--Not stated-->|magazine= Sports Illustrated|date= 8 August 2019 |access-date= 4 February 2022}}</ref> winning both league and domestic cup titles in the Netherlands, Belgium, West Germany, and Austria. Happel won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] twice, in [[1970 European Cup Final|1970]] with [[Feyenoord]] and [[1983 European Cup Final|1983]] with [[Hamburger SV]], managed [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]] to a European Cup runner-up finish in [[1978 European Cup Final|1978]], and won a runners-up medal with [[Netherlands national football team|the Netherlands]] at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]]. This is the best result ever for a non-domestic manager in a [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] alongside Englishman [[George Raynor]]'s [[Sweden men's national football team|Swedish]] runner-up campaign in [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goal.com/br/not%C3%ADcias/copa-do-mundo-2018-tecnicos-estrangeiros-campeoes-roberto-martinez/1nloe0ibilf5g1evpnadm42py9 |title=Nenhuma seleção ganhou uma Copa do Mundo com um técnico estrangeiro |language=pt-BR |trans-title=No team has won a World Cup with a foreign manager |website=Goal.com Brasil |date=9 July 2018 |access-date=23 July 2024 |archive-date=23 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240723144829/https://www.goal.com/br/not%C3%ADcias/copa-do-mundo-2018-tecnicos-estrangeiros-campeoes-roberto-martinez/1nloe0ibilf5g1evpnadm42py9 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was the first of the seven managers to have won the European Cup with two clubs ([[Carlo Ancelotti]], [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]], [[José Mourinho]], [[Luis Enrique]], [[Pep Guardiola]]  and [[Jupp Heynckes]] being the other five). He is also one of six managers–– along with Ancelotti, Mourinho, [[Giovanni Trapattoni]], [[Tomislav Ivić]], and [[Eric Gerets]]–– to have won top-flight domestic league championships in at least four countries.

==Playing career==

===Club level===
Happel started his professional playing career at [[SK Rapid Wien|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 until 1954 and 1956 until 1959, winning the [[Austrian champions (football)|Austrian Championship title]] six times. He was chosen in Rapid's Team of the Century in 1999.<ref>[http://rapidarchiv.at/statistiken/team_des_jahrhunderts.html Team of the Century] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211125157/http://rapidarchiv.at/statistiken/team_des_jahrhunderts.html |date=11 February 2012 }} – Rapid Archive</ref>

The two years in between Happel played for [[Racing Club de Paris]] in [[Football in France|France]].

===International level===
Happel made his debut for [[Austria national football team|Austria]] in September 1947 against [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]]. He played for Austria at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24048 |title=Ernst Happel |work=Olympedia |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref> He was a participant at the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] in Switzerland, where he helped them reach third place, and also at the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958 World Cup]]. His last international was a September 1958 match against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]. He earned 51 caps and scored 5 goals.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/oost-recintlp.html Appearances for the Austria National Team] – RSSSF</ref>

==Managerial career==
After retiring as a player, Happel went on to become one of the greatest coaches of all time. He won the league title in four countries. He also took two clubs to gold in the European Champions' Cup (now the [[UEFA Champions League]]) and the Netherlands to second place in the [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 World Cup]]. His first club was [[ADO Den Haag]] in 1962, with whom he won the [[KNVB Cup|Dutch Cup]] in 1968. After Den Haag he coached [[Feyenoord]], with whom he won the European Cup (defeated [[Glasgow Celtic]] in the [[1970 European Cup Final|1970 final]]) and the [[European/South American Cup|Intercontinental Cup]] in 1970, and the [[Eredivisie|Dutch championship]] in 1971.

At the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, Happel was coach of [[Netherlands national football team|The Netherlands national team]] and reached [[1978 FIFA World Cup Final|the final]] against the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]]. Always a man of few words, Happel's pre-match pep talk is said to have consisted of just one sentence: "Gentlemen, two points." The Dutch, however, lost the final 3–1 in extra time.

During his career as coach, Happel worked for several clubs, including [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]], [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]] (winning the [[Belgian First Division A|Belgian Championship title]] several times) and [[Hamburger SV]] (1981–1987, [[German champions (football)|German champions]] in 1982 and 1983, [[DFB-Pokal|German Cup]] winner 1987).

In 1983, he won the European Cup again, 13 years after the triumph with Feyenoord, this time with [[Hamburger SV]], defeating [[Juventus]] in the final. He is one of six coaches in the history of the European Cup (now called Champions League) to win the title with two clubs, the others being [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]], who won with [[Borussia Dortmund]] and [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]; [[José Mourinho]], who won with [[FC Porto|Porto]] and [[Inter Milan]]; [[Jupp Heynckes]], who won with [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] and [[Bayern Munich]]; [[Carlo Ancelotti]], who won with [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] and [[Real Madrid]]; and [[Pep Guardiola]], who won with [[FC Barcelona]] and [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]].

In 1987, Happel returned to Austria as coach of [[FC Swarovski Tirol|Swarovski Tirol]]. With the club, he won the [[Austrian champions (football)|Austrian Championship title]] twice (1989 and 1990) before becoming coach of the [[Austria national football team|Austria national team]] in 1992.

==Personal life==
All youth players of [[Rapid Vienna]] automatically became member of the [[Hitler Jugend]] in 1938. Ernst reported he refused to sing along to their songs until he was kicked out of their gatherings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dewitteduivel.com/2016/11/22/125-jaar-club-brugge-het-fantastische-volgasvoetbal-van-ernst-happel-19111925-14111992-4-rw/|title=125 Jaar Club Brugge: het fantastische 'volgasvoetbal' van Ernst Happel, 19/11/1925-14/11/1992 (4) – RW|date=2016-11-22|work=De Witte Duivel|access-date=2018-06-29|language=nl-NL|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071535/http://www.dewitteduivel.com/2016/11/22/125-jaar-club-brugge-het-fantastische-volgasvoetbal-van-ernst-happel-19111925-14111992-4-rw/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was conscripted and dispatched to the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] in 1943. Although he never saw action, he was arrested by the Americans in 1945. He escaped by jumping out of the train wagon in [[Munich]] and took several months to make his way back to [[Vienna]]. He smuggled himself into the [[Soviet occupation zone]] with the excuse that he had seen from afar his house was still standing and that he'd started playing at Rapid Vienna again.<ref name=":0" />

Ernst Happel never married. He was described by one of his ex-players [[Birger Jensen]] as a bit of a loner, always accompanied by his cigarettes and cognac.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dewitteduivel.com/2017/11/10/ernst-happel-29111925-14111992-weense-weltmeister-bij-club-brugge-aflevering-2/|title=Ernst Happel (29/11/1925-14/11/1992), Weense Weltmeister bij Club Brugge, aflevering 2|date=2017-11-10|work=De Witte Duivel|access-date=2018-06-29|language=nl-NL|archive-date=31 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231224535/http://www.dewitteduivel.com/2017/11/10/ernst-happel-29111925-14111992-weense-weltmeister-bij-club-brugge-aflevering-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He nevertheless would meet up with Austrian friends, enjoying card games, pool and darts.<ref name=":1" />

==Death==
[[File:Ernst-Happel-Stadion 06.jpg|thumb|Plaque at the [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]] in Vienna]]
A heavy smoker for most of his adult life, Happel died of [[lung cancer]] in 1992 at age 66. In the wake of his death, the biggest football stadium in Austria, the Praterstadion in Vienna, was renamed the [[Ernst-Happel-Stadion]]. Four days after his death, Austria played against [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and reached a 0–0 draw; Happel's cap lay on the bench during the entire match.

==Managerial statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|From
!rowspan=2|To
!rowspan=2|Competition
!colspan=5|Record
|-
!P!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|rowspan=3 align=left|[[ADO Den Haag]]
|rowspan=3 align=left|26 August 1962
|rowspan=3 align=left|22 May 1969
|align=left|[[Eredivisie]]
{{WDL|222|94|66|62}}
|-
|align=left|[[KNVB Cup]]
{{WDL|31|24|5|2}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]
{{WDL|4|2|0|2}}
|-
!colspan="4"|ADO Den Haag Total
{{WDLtot|257|120|71|66}}
|-
|rowspan=1 align=left|[[San Francisco Golden Gate Gales]]
|rowspan=1 align=left|28 May 1967
|rowspan=1 align=left|1 July 1967
|align=left|[[United Soccer Association|USA]] Western Division
{{WDL|12|5|3|4}}
|-
!colspan="4"|San Francisco Golden Gate Gales Total
{{WDLtot|12|5|3|4}}
|-
|rowspan=5 align=left|[[Feyenoord]]
|rowspan=5 align=left|10 August 1969
|rowspan=5 align=left|20 May 1973
|align=left|[[Eredivisie]]
{{WDL|136|101|23|12}}
|-
|align=left|[[KNVB Cup]]
{{WDL|10|5|2|3}}
|-
|align=left|[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]
{{WDL|2|1|1|0}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]
{{WDL|17|10|4|3}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]
{{WDL|21|13|4|4}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Feyenoord Total
{{WDLtot|186|130|34|22}}
|-
|rowspan=2 align=left|[[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]
|rowspan=2 align=left|2 September 1973
|rowspan=2 align=left|17 December 1973
|align=left|[[Segunda División]] 
{{WDL|14|5|4|5}}
|-
|align=left|[[Copa del Rey|Copa del Generalísimo]]
{{WDL|1|1|0|0}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Sevilla Total
{{WDLtot|15|6|4|5}}
|-
|rowspan=5 align=left|[[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]]
|rowspan=5 align=left|27 January 1974
|rowspan=5 align=left|25 October 1978
|align=left|[[Belgian First Division A|First Division]]
{{WDL|166|97|39|30}}
|-
|align=left|[[Belgian Cup]]
{{WDL|19|13|4|2}}
|-
|align=left|[[Belgian League Cup]]
{{WDL|8|5|1|2}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]
{{WDL|17|8|3|6}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]
{{WDL|12|6|2|4}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Club Brugge Total
{{WDLtot|222|129|49|44}}
|-
|rowspan=1 align=left|[[K.R.C. Zuid-West-Vlaanderen|K.R.C. Harelbeke]]
|rowspan=1 align=left|11 February 1979
|rowspan=1 align=left|1 May 1979
|align=left|[[Belgian First Division B|Second Division]]
{{WDL|11|6|1|4}}
|-
!colspan="4"|K.R.C. Harelbeke Total
{{WDLtot|11|6|1|4}}
|-
|rowspan=5 align=left|[[Standard Liège]]
|rowspan=5 align=left|29 August 1979
|rowspan=5 align=left|17 May 1981
|align=left|[[Belgian First Division A|First Division]]
{{WDL|68|38|15|15}}
|-
|align=left|[[Belgian Cup]]
{{WDL|14|12|1|1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Belgian Super Cup]]
{{WDL|1|0|1|0}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]
{{WDL|8|4|3|1}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]]
{{WDL|6|2|1|3}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Standard Liège Total
{{WDLtot|97|56|21|20}}
|-
|rowspan=6 align=left|[[Hamburger SV]]
|rowspan=6 align=left|8 August 1981
|rowspan=6 align=left|20 June 1987
|align=left|[[Bundesliga]]
{{WDL|204|109|53|42}}
|-
|align=left|[[DFB-Pokal]]
{{WDL|22|15|2|5}}
|-
|align=left|[[DFL-Supercup|German Supercup]]
{{WDL|1|0|1|0}}
|-
|align=left|[[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]
{{WDL|1|0|1|0}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]
{{WDL|11|7|2|2}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]
{{WDL|20|10|2|8}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Hamburger SV Total
{{WDLtot|259|141|61|57}}
|-
|rowspan=6 align=left|[[FC Swarovski Tirol|Swarovski Tirol]]
|rowspan=6 align=left|18 July 1987
|rowspan=6 align=left|30 November 1991
|align=left|[[Austrian Bundesliga|Bundesliga]]
{{WDL|176|91|45|40}}
|-
|align=left|[[Austrian Cup]]
{{WDL|20|15|1|4}}
|-
|align=left|[[Austrian Supercup]]
{{WDL|3|0|1|2}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]
{{WDL|8|4|2|2}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup]]
{{WDL|2|1|0|1}}
|-
|align=left|[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]
{{WDL|6|3|1|2}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Swarovski Tirol Total
{{WDLtot|215|114|50|51}}
|-
! colspan="4"|Totals |{{WDL|1274|707|294|273}}
|}

: *Dates of first and last games under Happel not dates of official appointments

===National teams===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
|align=left|31 August 1977
|align=left|25 June 1978
{{WDL|12|8|2|2}}
|-
|align=left|[[Austria national football team|Austria]]
|align=left|1 January 1992
|align=left|14 November 1992
{{WDL|9|2|3|4}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|21|10|5|6}}
|}

: *Dates of first and last games under Happel not dates of official appointments

==Honours==

===Player===
'''Rapid Wien'''<ref name="eurosport22224">{{cite web|title=SK Rapid Wien – Titles, trophies and places of honor|url=https://www.the-sports.org/football-soccer-sk-rapid-wien-results-identity-equ1282.html}}</ref>
* [[Austrian Football Bundesliga]]: [[1945–46 Austrian football championship|1945–46]], [[1947–48 Austrian football championship|1947–48]], [[1950–51 Austrian football championship|1950–51]], [[1951–52 Austrian football championship|1951–52]], [[1953–54 Austrian football championship|1953–54]], [[1956–57 Austrian football championship|1956–57]]
* [[Austrian Cup]]: 1945–46
* [[Mitropa Cup|Zentropa Cup]]: [[1951 Zentropa Cup|1951]]
'''Austria'''
* [[FIFA World Cup]] third place: [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]

===Manager===
'''ADO Den Haag'''<ref name="eurosport2222">{{cite web |website=De Haagse Voetbalhistorie |title=Historie|url=https://dehaagsevoetbalhistorie.nl/club/ado__amateurs_/}}</ref>
* [[KNVB Cup|Dutch Cup]]: 1967–68

'''Feyenoord'''<ref name="eurosport422">{{cite web|title=Feyenoord, een topclub zonder geld|date=6 August 2010|url=https://www.voetbalkrant.com/nieuws/2010-08-06/feyenoord-een-topclub-zonder-geld}}</ref>
* [[Eredivisie]]: [[1970–71 Eredivisie|1970–71]]
* [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]: [[1969–70 European Cup|1969–70]]
* [[Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[1970 Intercontinental Cup|1970]]

'''Club Brugge'''<ref name="eurosport32">{{cite web|website=Club Brugge |title=Ernst Happel Trainerscarrière|date=26 September 2017|url=https://www.clubbrugge.be/nl/ernst-happel#bio}}</ref>
* [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] runners-up: [[1977–78 European Cup|1977–78]]<ref name="eurosport233">{{cite web|title=1978 final highlights: Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge|publisher=UEFA|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/video/finals/021e-0e665fac8188-71e4aad4f702-1000--1978-final-highlights-liverpool-1-0-club-brugge/}}</ref>
* [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] runners-up: [[1975–76 UEFA Cup|1975–76]]<ref name="eurosport232">{{cite web|website=Sportuitslagen |title=Voetbal – UEFA Cup – 1975/1976 – Home|url=https://www.sportuitslagen.org/voetbal-uefa-cup-1975-1976-epr10801.html}}</ref>
* [[Belgian First Division A|Belgian Championship]]: [[1975–76 Belgian First Division|1975–76]], [[1976–77 Belgian First Division|1976–77]], [[1977–78 Belgian First Division|1977–78]]
* [[Belgian Cup]]: 1976–77

'''Standard Liège'''<ref name="eurosport322">{{cite web|website=Standard de Liège |title=Palmares|url=https://standard.be/fr/palmares}}</ref>
* Belgian Cup: 1980–81

'''Hamburger SV'''<ref name="eurosport22222">{{cite web|title=Hamburger SV – Titles, trophies and places of honor|url=https://www.the-sports.org/football-soccer-hamburger-sv-results-identity-equ415.html}}</ref>
* European Cup: [[1982–83 European Cup|1982–83]]
* UEFA Cup runners-up: [[1981–82 UEFA Cup|1981–82]]
* [[UEFA Super Cup|European Super Cup]] runners-up: [[1983 European Super Cup|1983]]
* [[Bundesliga]]: [[1981–82 Bundesliga|1981–82]], [[1982–83 Bundesliga|1982–83]]
* [[DFB-Pokal]]: [[1987 DFB-Pokal Final|1986–87]]

'''Swarovski Tirol'''<ref name="eurosport22223">{{cite web|title=FC Swarovski Tirol – Titles, trophies and places of honor|url=https://www.the-sports.org/football-soccer-fc-swarovski-tirol-results-identity-equ17744.html}}</ref>
* [[Austrian football champions|Austrian Championship]]: [[1988–89 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1988–89]], [[1989–90 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1989–90]]
* [[Austrian Cup]]: 1988–89

'''Netherlands'''
* [[FIFA World Cup]] runners-up: [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]<ref name="Yashin Award23">{{cite web|title=FIFA World Cup 1978|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/argentina1978/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517170604/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/argentina1978/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 May 2018}}</ref>
*[[Tournoi de Paris]]: 1978<ref>{{cite news|title = 1978 Tournoi de Paris|url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/tiparis.html|work = RSSSF|accessdate = 28 February 2017}}</ref>

===Individual===
* [[France Football]] 9th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019<ref name="franceff">{{cite web|url=https://www.givemesport.com/1462037-france-football-have-ranked-the-50-greatest-managers-of-all-time|title=France Football have ranked the 50 greatest managers of all time|date=19 March 2019|publisher=GiveMeSport|access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]] 9th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013
* [[ESPN]] 14th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013<ref name="espn">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/news/story/_/id/1511243|title=Greatest Managers, No. 14: Ernst Happel|date=6 August 2013|publisher=ESPN FC|access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref>
* [[FourFourTwo]] 9th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=Ranked! The 100 best football managers of all time |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ranked-the-100-best-football-managers-of-all-time/10 |access-date=27 May 2025|work=FourFourTwo}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/happel_ernst.html Player profile] – Rapid Archive
* {{NFT player|pid=21763}}

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