Karl Stotz

Personal information
Full name	Karl Stotz
Date of birth	(1927-03-27)27 March 1927
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	4 April 2017(2017-04-04) (aged 90)
Place of death	Seefeld in Tirol, Austria
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1951	FC Wien	63	(8)
1951–1963	Austria Wien	299	(22)
Total		362	(30)
National team
1950–1962	Austria	42	(1)
Teams managed
1972	Austria Wien
1976–1977	Austria Wien
1978–1981	Austria
1987	Austria Wien
Honours Representing Austria FIFA World Cup 1954 Switzerland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Karl Stotz (27 March 1927 – 4 April 2017) was an Austrian football player and manager. He played as defender mainly for FK Austria Wien and the Austrian national football team. Stotz played in the 1954 and 1958 FIFA World cup.

Club career

Stotz was soldier in the Second world war. After his return to Austria he played three years for FC Wien before joining Austria Wien in 1951. With Austria Wien he became champion in 1953, 1961, 1962 and 1963 and won the Austrian Cup in 1960, 1962 and 1963. He played 299 matches and scored 22 goals for Austria Wien. In 2001, he was chosen in Austria's Team of the Century.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in March 1950 friendly match against Switzerland . He played at the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup. He played 42 matches and scored one goal. His final international was a September 1962 friendly match against Czechoslovakia.

Managing career

After his active time, Karl Stotz worked for the Viennese office machine company "Tonko" .1970 he returned to Austria Wien. 1976/77 he was head coach of the first team team and won the championship and one season later the ÖFB Cup. 1978 he became manager of the Austria national team . He led to the 1982 FIFA World Cup but was sacked just before the tournament.

Stotz died on 4 April 2017 in Seefeld in Tirol, Austria, aged 90.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (4):
  • 1953, 1961, 1962, 1963
• Austrian Cup (2):
  • 1960,1962

Other websites

• Player profile - Austria Wien archive (in German)
• Karl Stotz at National-Football-Teams.com
• Karl Stotz at WorldFootball.net