| Karl Daxbacher | |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Birth Date: | 1953 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | St. Pölten, Austria |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs2: | Kremser SC |
| Years1: | 1971–1985 |
| Clubs1: | FK Austria Wien |
| Caps1: | 393 |
| Goals1: | 42 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1972–1976 |
| Nationalteam1: | Austria |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 1988 |
| Manageryears4: | 1994–1995 |
| Manageryears5: | 1997–1999 |
| Manageryears6: | 2000–2002 |
| Manageryears7: | 2002–2006 |
| Manageryears8: | 2006–2008 |
| Manageryears9: | 2008–2011 |
| Manageryears10: | 2012–2015 |
| Manageryears11: | 2015–2016 |
| Manageryears12: | 2017–2019 |
| Managerclubs9: | FK Austria Wien |
| Managerclubs10: | LASK Linz |
Karl Daxbacher (born 15 April 1953) is an Austrian football manager and a former player.
Daxbacher was born in St. Pölten, Austria, in 1953. He has four daughters.
Daxbacher started his career at the ASV Statzendorf (close to St. Pölten) at the age of 15. After having played for Kremser SC for one season, he switched to FK Austria Wien in 1971. During the next 14 years he played about 400 national, and 40 international games for this team, as well as 6 games for the Austria national football team. In 1985, he switched to Kremser SC again (in the second highest division), where he ended his active career in 1986.
Daxbacher has been working as a coach for SV Horn, SKN St. Pölten, FK Austria Wien II, LASK Linz, and Austria Wien.
Austria Wien hired Daxbacher for the 2008–09 season[1] and sacked him on 22 December 2011.[2] Austria Wien had one league win in their last nine league matches at the time of the sacking.[2]
On 12 June 2012, he returned to LASK Linz.[3] He was sacked on 16 March 2015.[4] He had won two of his last eight matches[4] and lost one of his last six.[5] Martin Hiden was named interim head coach.[4]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kremser SC | 1 July 1988[6] | 15 January 1989 | [7] | |||||||||
| SV Horn | 20 September 1994 | 30 June 1995 | — < | -- No known sources --> | ||||||||
| SV Würmla | 22 October 1998 | 19 November 1999 | - | |||||||||
| SKN St. Pölten | 1 July 2000[8] | 30 June 2002 | - | |||||||||
| Austria Wien (A) | 1 July 2002[9] | 31 May 2006 | [10] [11] [12] [13] | |||||||||
| LASK Linz | 1 June 2006 | 20 May 2008 | [14] [15] | |||||||||
| Austria Wien | 1 June 2008 | 22 December 2011 | [16] [17] [18] | |||||||||
| LASK Linz | 12 June 2012 | 16 March 2015 | [19] [20] | |||||||||
| SKN St. Pölten | 1 June 2015 | - | [21] | |||||||||
| Total | — | |||||||||||