Hermann Stessl

Hermann Stessl (born 3 September 1940) is an Austrian former football player and coach.

Hermann Stessl

Personal information
Date of birth	(1940-09-03) 3 September 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1952–1957	Grazer AK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1969	Grazer AK	188	(21)
1969–1970	FC Dornbirn	15	(0)
Total		203	(21)
Managerial career
1969–1970	SV Leibnitz
1970–1972	SV Wolfsberg
1974–1975	SV Kapfenberg
1974–1977	Grazer AK
1977–1979	Austria Wien
1979–1980	AEK Athens
1980–1982	Porto
1982–1983	Boavista
1983–1984	Vitória de Guimarães
1984–1985	Sturm Graz
1985–1986	Austria Wien
1986–1987	FC Zürich
1988	Racing Santander
1989	SC Eisenstadt
1992	Kremser SC
1992–1993	Austria Wien
1995–1996	Austria Salzburg
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Graz, Stessl played for Grazer AK,^[1] starting his first team career in 1957.^[2]

Stessl coached FC Zürich^[3] Grazer AK,^[4] Austria Wien,^[5] AEK Athens, FC Porto, Austria Salzburg^[6] and Boavista.

With Austria Wien, he won four Austrian football championships in 1978, 1979, 1986 and 1993. With Austria, he also reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78, losing 4–0 to Belgium's R.S.C. Anderlecht.

He now runs a football academy, the Hermann Stessl Fußballschule.