Viktor Löwenfeld Explained

Viktor Löwenfeld
Fullname:Viktor Löwenfeld (alt. Victor Löwenfelt)
Birth Date:10 May 1889
Birth Place:Prague, Austria,[1] Austria-Hungary
Position:Defender
Years1:1909 - 1911
Years2:1911 - 1919
Years3:1920–1922
Clubs1:Vienna Cricket&FC[2]
Clubs3:Concordia Zagreb
Nationalyears1:1909 - 1918
Nationalteam1:Austria
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:192x - 192x
Manageryears2:1928 - 1930
Manageryears3:1930 - 1932
Manageryears4:1936 - 1938
Managerclubs1:Concordia Zagreb
Managerclubs2:Belgium[3]
Managerclubs3:Antwerp FC
Managerclubs4:Antwerp FC

Viktor Löwenfeld (born 1 May 1889), also spelled Victor Löwenfelt, was a former defending Austrian football player and trainer. He played in Austrian(-Hungarian) clubs, appeared as international and managed Belgian teams among which the Belgium national football team.

Player career

Löwenfeld played in the defence of Austrian clubs between 1909 and 1918 at the time he was selected for the Austrian football side of Austria-Hungary. One of the clubs was Wiener Amateur Sportverein, the current FK Austria Wien. By 1922 he was playing in Yugoslavia in Zagreb.[4] [5]

Managerial career

In 1925 he was coaching HŠK Concordia in Yugoslavia.[6] At the 1928 Summer Olympics, Löwenfeld made his entrance as manager of the Belgian football team. With this team he reached the quarter-finals, and he would keep coaching the team until 1930. In that year he changed the national squad for Antwerp FC, which he led to the Belgian title in his first season as head coach. In total, he was Antwerp's manager during 4 seasons.

Managerial palmares

Belgium national football team

Place in quarter-finals

Antwerp FC

Winner (1): 1930–31

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Viktor Löwenfeld - national football team player - eu.football.info. eu-football.info . 3 January 2014 .
  2. Web site: Viktor Löwenfeld Steckbrief . weltfussbal.de . de . 3 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Victor Löwenfelt - national football team player - eu.football.info. eu-football.info . 3 January 2014 .
  4. http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1922/19220409grazzagr0.htm Graz vs Zagreb match report
  5. http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/viktor-loewenfeld/ Viktor Löwenfeld
  6. http://www.austriasoccer.at/data/spiele/1925/19250725concwr__1.htm Concordia Zagreb vs Wr. Amateur SV match report