Viktor Löwenfeld

Viktor Löwenfeld
Personal information
Full name Viktor Löwenfeld (alt. Victor Löwenfelt)
Date of birth unknown
Place of birth Austria,[1] Austria-Hungary
Playing position Defender[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19091911 Vienna Cricket&FC[2]
19111919 Wiener Amateur Sportverein[2]
1920–? Zagreb
National team
19091918 Austria 4[1] (0)
Teams managed
192x192x Concordia Zagreb
19281930 Belgium[3]
19301932 Antwerp FC[2]
19361938 Antwerp FC[2]

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Viktor Löwenfeld (Austria, birth date unknown), 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]

Managerial career

In 1925 he was coaching HŠK Concordia in Yugoslavia.[5] 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.[2]

Managerial palmares

Belgium national football team
Place in Quarter-Finals
Antwerp FC
Winner (1): 1930–31

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Viktor Löwenfeld - national football team player - eu.football.info". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Viktor Löwenfeld Steckbrief" (in German). weltfussbal.de. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  3. "Victor Löwenfelt - national football team player - eu.football.info". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  4. Graz vs Zagreb match report at austriasoccer.au
  5. Concordia Zagreb vs Wr. Amateur SV match report at austriasoccer.au
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