Peter Schöttel

Peter Schöttel

Schöttel managing Rapid Wien in 2013.
Personal information
Full name	Peter Schöttel
Date of birth	(1967-03-26) 26 March 1967
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Rapid Wien
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–2002	Rapid Wien	436	(4)
International career
1988–2002	Austria	63	(0)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Rapid Wien II
2007–2008	Wiener Sport-Club
2009–2011	SC Wiener Neustadt
2011–2013	Rapid Wien
2015–2016	SV Grödig
2017	Austria U19
2017–	Austria (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Schöttel (born 26 March 1967) is a retired Austrian footballer and manager. He currently works as a pundit for Sky Austria.

Club career

In his playing career Schöttel played exclusively for Rapid Vienna, making him a cult hero with Rapid fans. He was also Rapid's captain between 1997 and 2001. He won league and domestic cup titles with Rapid and played the full 90 minutes of the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final against Paris St Germain in Brussels, which Rapid lost. In 1999, he was chosen as a member of Rapid's Team of the Century.

After finishing his playing career, he began working as a coach for the Rapid amateurs, continuing his association with the club until 2006. On 11 November 2006, after sustaining criticism for negotiating TV punditry contracts while allowing his duties at Rapid to wane, he left the club. In the summer of 2007, he began work as a trainer with Wiener Sportclub with his contract running until the end of June 2008.

His squad number, 5, was retired by Rapid Wien until the 2011 season as a mark of respect for Schöttel's playing career.

International career

Schöttel made his international debut for Austria in a February 1988 friendly match against Switzerland and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and 1998 FIFA World Cup. He earned 62 caps but scored no goals. His final international match was the embarrassing 0–9 demolition by Spain in a European Championship qualifying match in March 1999. In 2002, he just played for four minutes in a friendly match against Norway for his official retirement.

Coaching career

In December 2009, Schöttel was appointed as manager to the Austrian Bundesliga club SC Wiener Neustadt. In 2011, he became manager of Rapid Wien. He was sacked on 17 April 2013. Schöttel was hired as Grödig head coach.

Coaching statistics

As of 9 May 2012

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Rapid Wien II	1 July 2001	31 December 2002
Wiener Sport-Club	1 July 2007	30 June 2008
SC Wiener Neustadt	14 December 2009	31 May 2011
Rapid Wien	1 June 2011	17 April 2013.	40	19	14	7	047.50
Total			40	19	14	7	047.50

Honours

Player

Rapid Wien

• Austrian Bundesliga: 1986–87, 1987–88, 1995–96
• Austrian Cup: 1986–87, 1994–95

External links

• Peter Schöttel at National-Football-Teams.com
• Peter Schöttel at WorldFootball.net