Richard Kohn

Richard Kohn (27 February 1888 – 16 June 1963) was an Austrian football player. Later he was coach of FC Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona and Feyenoord Rotterdam. He was of Jewish origin.^[1]

Richard Kohn

Personal information
Date of birth	(1888-02-27)27 February 1888
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	16 June 1963(1963-06-16) (aged 75)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Wiener AC
	Wiener AF
	Wiener Amateur SV
	Wiener AC
	Hungária FC
	Wiener AC
International career
1907–1912	Austria	7	(2)
Managerial career
19xx – 1924	Hertha BSC
1924–1925	HŠK Građanski
	First Vienna
1926–1927	FC Barcelona
1927–1927	KS Warszawianka
1928–1930	1860 Munich
1930–1931	VfR Mannheim
1931–1933	Bayern Munich
1933–1934	FC Barcelona
1934	FC Basel
1935–1939	Feyenoord
	FC Zurich
1951–1952	Feyenoord
1954–1955	EBOH
1955–1956	Feyenoord
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career as player

He played at the latest from 1907 to 1910, at Wiener AC. One of his highlights at WAC was when he scored the winning goal in May 1909, in a 2-1 win against English Premier League side Sunderland AFC. ^[2]

International

He had seven appearances for the Austria national football team (1907–1912) and scored two times.^[3]

Career as coach

In the 1920s, he managed Građanski Zagreb, Sportfreunde Stuttgart and Hertha BSC.^[4] He then went to First Vienna FC^[5][6].He left for Barcelona from February 1926 to 1927. He afterwards left TSV 1860 Munich for VfR Mannheim for a year. He left for FC Bayern Munich. With them he won the German championship in a final victory against Eintracht Frankfurt.

After the Nazis rise to power the Kohn left Germany for the Grasshopper Club in Zurich, then for Barcelona.^[7] Later he went back to Switzerland. There he coached Basel. From 1935 to 1939, 1951 to 1952, and 1955 to 1956^[8] he managed Feyenoord Rotterdam, winning two titles, in the 1935–36 and 1937–38 seasons.

Statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria
	1908	1	1
	1910	1	0
	1911	2	0
	1912	2	1
Total		6	2

International goals

As of match played 22 August 1912. Austria score listed first, score column indicates score after each Richard goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	3 May 1908	Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria-Hungary	1	Hungary	4–0	4–0	Friendly
2	22 December 1912	Stadio Comunale, Genoa, Kingdom of Italy	6	Italy	3–1	3–1	Friendly