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 and reached a 0–0 draw; Happel's cap lay on the bench during the entire match. Managerial statistics Club *Dates of first and last games under Happel not dates of official appointments National teams *Dates of first and last games under Happel not dates of official appointments Honours Player Rapid Wien Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1945–46, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1956–57 Austrian Cup: 1945–46 Zentropa Cup: 1951 Austria FIFA World Cup third place: 1954 Manager ADO Den Haag Dutch Cup: 1967–68 Feyenoord Eredivisie: 1970–71 European Cup: 1969–70 Intercontinental Cup: 1970 Club Brugge European Cup runners-up: 1977–78 UEFA Cup runners-up: 1975–76 Belgian Championship: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78 Belgian Cup: 1976–77 Standard Liège Belgian Cup: 1980–81Netherlands FIFA World Cup runners-up: 1978Hamburger SV European Cup: 1982–83 UEFA Cup runners-up: 1981–82 European Super Cup runners-up: 1983 Bundesliga: 1981–82, 1982–83 DFB-Pokal: 1986–87Swarovski Tirol''' Austrian Championship: 1988–89, 1989–90 Austrian Cup: 1988–89 Individual European Coach of the Year—Sepp Herberger Award: 1978, 1983 European Coach of the Season: 1982–83 France Football 9th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019 World Soccer 9th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013 ESPN 14th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013 References External links Player profile – Rapid Archive 1925 births 1992 deaths Austrian footballers Austrian football managers SK Rapid Wien players Racing Club de France Football players Ligue 1 players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Austria international footballers Olympic footballers of Austria Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1954 FIFA World Cup players 1958 FIFA World Cup players ADO Den Haag managers Feyenoord managers Sevilla FC managers Club Brugge KV head coaches Netherlands national football team managers Standard Liège managers Hamburger SV managers Austria national football team managers 1978 FIFA World Cup managers Eredivisie managers UEFA Champions League winning managers Austrian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Austrian expatriate sportspeople in France Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Austrian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Deaths from cancer in Austria Footballers from Vienna Bundesliga managers Expatriate football managers in Belgium Expatriate football managers in West Germany Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands Expatriate football managers in Spain Deaths from lung cancer Austrian expatriate football managers FC Swarovski Tirol managers United Soccer Association coaches