Walter Schachner

Walter Schachner (born 1 February 1957 in Leoben, Austria) is a retired Austrian football striker and former Austrian national team player. He is now working as football coach for LASK Linz for Austrias Erste Liga.

Walter Schachner

Personal information
Full name	Walter Schachner
Date of birth	1 February 1957 (aged 69)
Place of birth	Leoben, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	striker (retired)
Youth career
1967-1975	FC St.Michael
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1978 1978–1981 1981–1983 1983–1986 1986 1986–1988 1988–1989 1989–1990 1990 1990 1991 1991 1991–1993 1993–1994 1994–1996 1996 1997 1998 2001	Donawitzer SV Alpine FK Austria Wien AC Cesena Torino Calcio SC Pisa US Avellino SK Sturm Graz Donawitzer SV Alpine Grazer AK FC Salzburg VSE St. Pölten SR Donaufeld Donawitzer SV Alpine SK Sturm Graz DSV Leoben FC Tirol Innsbruck ASK Kottingbrunn SK Eintracht Wels FC Kärnten 5
National team
1976-1994	Austria	64	(23)
Teams managed
1999–2000 2000–03/2002 04/2002–10/2002 2002–2005 01/2006-03/2007 04/2007–12/2007 08/2008–04/2010 03/2011– 2012	FC Zeltweg FC Kärnten FK Austria Wien Grazer AK TSV 1860 München SK Austria Kärnten FC Trenkwalder Admira Wacker LASK Linz
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Player

He started his professional career with DSV Leoben in the second division. After one and a half season he was nominated for Austrias national football team although he was playing in the 2. league. After three years with Austria Wien he played seven years in Italy for AC Cesena, Torino Calcio, SC Pisa and US Avellino. After returning from Italy he played for different clubs in Austria in the upper three divisions. He played his last match in the final round of the 2000/01 season for FC Kärnten whre he was coach at this time.

For Austria he played 64 matches and scored 23 goals. He was member of the squad for the FIFA World Cup 1978 and 1982. 1978 he was in the starting team in the 3:2 win versus Germany (Miracle of Cordoba).

International statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	1976	2	1
	1977	3	2
	1978	7	3
	1979	8	1
	1980	6	2
	1981	4	1
	1982	11	8
	1983	6	2
	1984	5	1
	1985	6	2
	1986	3	0
	1987	1	0
	1988	1	0
	1994	1	0
Total		64	23

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Schachner goal.

List of international goals scored by Walter Schachner

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 December 1976	National Stadion, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	2-1	3-1	Friendly match
2	9 March 1977	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Greece	2-0	2-0	Friendly match
3	17 April 1977	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Turkey	1-0	1-0	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	3 June 1978	Velez Sarsfield Stadion, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Spain	1-0	2-1	1978 FIFA World Cup
5	20 September 1978	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Scotland	2-0	3-2	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
6	15 November 1978	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Portugal	1-1	1-2	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
7	21 November 1979	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Portugal	1-2	1-2	UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
8	25 November 1980	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Albania	2-0	5-0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
9				3-0
10	14 October 1981	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Germany	1-0	1-3	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	24 March 1982	Nepstadion , Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	2-0	3-2	Friendly match
12	28 April 1982	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Czechoslovakia	1-0	2-0	Friendly match
13				2-0
14	17 June 1982	Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo, Spain	Chile	1-0	1-0	1982 FIFA World Cup
15	21 June 1982	Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo, Spain	Algeria	1⁻0	2-0	1982 FIFA World Cup
16	28 April 1982	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Northern Ireland	1-0	2-0	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification
17				2-0
18	17 November 1982	Gerhard-Hanappi-stadium, Vienna, Austria	Turkey	4-0	4-0	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification
19	8 June 1983	Qemal Stafa, Tirana, Albania	Albania	1-0	2-1	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification
20				2-0
21	6 September 1967	Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1-0	1-3	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
22	1 May 1985	Feyenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1-1	1-1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
23	7 May 1985	Liebenauer Stadium, Graz, Austria	Cyprus	3-0	4-0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification

Manager

His first club was the FC Zeltweg which he promoted from 4th to 3rd division. His first team in professional football was FC Kärnten in the First league. They promoted to the Bundesliga. 2002 he was coach of FK Austria Wien but was replaced by Christoph Daum in October despite the fact that the team was 7 points ahead of the second in the league. Only a few days later he became coach of the GAK from Graz. With GAK he won the Championship in 2004.

From 2006 till 2007 he was coach of TSV 1860 München then he came back to Austria and managed FC Kärnten again. From 2008 to 2010 he managed Admira Wacker Mödling. The first year they reached the Cup final. 2010 he was replaced by Dietmar Kühbauer. 2011 he became coach of LASK Linz but could not avoid the relegation to the First League.

Playing

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (3):
  • 1979, 1980, 1981
• Austrian Cup (1):
  • 1980
• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (2):
  • 1979, 1980
• Italy Cup Top Goalscorer (1):
  • 1984 (8 goals)
• Austrian squad for the FIFA World Cup
  • 1978, 1982

Coaching

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
  • 2004
• Austrian Cup (2):
  • 2001, 2004
• Austrian Supercup (1):
  • 2001

Walter Schachner Media

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  Schachner and Dirceu with Avellino in 1986–87 season