Adolf Blutsch

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Adolf Blutsch as coach of FC Blau-Weiß Linz (September 2005)

Adolf "Dolfi" Blutsch (born August 18, 1940 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian football player and coach . As a midfielder, he won championships with FK Austria Wien and Linz ASK as well as with the Hakoah Club in Australia. As a coach he led GKS Katowitz to victory in the Cup in Poland in 1993 .

Career

Blutsch first appeared in the National League in the 1958/59 season and quickly developed into a regular at FK Austria Wien . In 1961 and 1962 he played alongside other Austrians such as Karl Jaroš and Peter Hrincir in Sydney, Australia at the Hakoah Club , with which he won the New South Wales State Championship in both years , which in the absence of a national championship competition was the highest achievable goal. Blutsch was part of a wave of Austrian footballers who, in the wake of a tour of Australia by FK Austria in mid-1957, hired themselves out to clubs there, especially since they played for "more than a hand and a schnitzel".

In January 1963, Blutsch returned to Austria, but was initially banned until Easter because of his move to Australia, which took place without a transfer fee. By the end of the season, when Austria could celebrate as champions, he made three national league appearances. He then moved to ASK Linz , where in 1964 came third and was part of the championship team in 1964/65. This was followed by one-year engagements at the sports club , Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz , FC Wacker Innsbruck , with which he was runner-up, and again in Bregenz. From 1969 to 1973 he played three seasons with SV Austria Salzburg , with whom he was runner-up in 1971. He then played again for a year at Bregenz before ending his playing career with FC Vorarlberg after relegation in 1973/74 . In total, he appeared in 252 games in the top Austrian division and scored 18 goals.

His successful coaching career took Adolf Blutsch to Salzburg several times. At SAK 1914, he worked as a supervisor in the 1976 fall season. In his coaching era from 1977 to 1978, Blutsch led the USK Anif directly from the Salzburg league to the 2nd division. At SV Austria Salzburg, he followed Hannes Winklbauer in 1986 . During his time in fiefdom, he almost merged with the SAK in 1914.

Blutsch was also a coach at SW Bregenz, the second division club SV Rapid Lienz ( ÖFB Cup semifinals 1976 as player - coach), Linz ASK, which he led to promotion to the first division in 1978/79, where he was third in 1980, and Graz AK . For the 1992/93 season he became the first western coach in Poland after the fall of the “ iron curtain ” and led the GKS Kattowitz with national player Roman Szewczyk to victory in the 1993 cup . He also trained Wiener Sportclub (12/1993 to 5/1995), Vorwärts Steyr (1996 to March 1998), SV Spittal (1999/2000), LASK Amateure (2000-2004), BNZ Linz and came to work in spring 2005 FC Blau-Weiß Linz , which he was in charge of in the Regionalliga Mitte until the end of the autumn 2006 season . In April 2008, Blutsch was hired by SV Gmunden to protect the club from the threat of relegation from the Middle Regional League, which he did not succeed.

Stations

As a player

  • 1958 to 1960: FK Austria Wien
  • 1961 to 1962: Hakoah Sydney
  • 1963: FK Austria Vienna
  • 1964 to 1965: Linzer ASK
  • 1965 to 1966: Wiener Sport-Club
  • 1966 to 1967: Black and White Bregenz
  • 1967 to 1968: FC Wacker Innsbruck
  • 1968 to 1969: Black and White Bregenz
  • 1969 to 1973: SV Austria Salzburg
  • 1973 to 1974: FC Vorarlberg

As a trainer

  • FC Vorarlberg (player-coach)
  • 1975 to 1976: SV Rapid Lienz
  • 1976 to 1978: USK Anif
  • 1978 to 1983: Linzer ASK
  • 1984 to 1985: Favoritner AC
  • 1986: SV Austria Salzburg
  • 1986 to 1987: Grazer AK
  • 1987: Linz ASK
  • 1990: Linz ASK
  • 1992 to 1993: GKS Katowice
  • 1993 to 1995: Wiener Sport-Club
  • 1996 to 1998: SK Forward Steyr
  • 1999 to 2000: SV Spittal / Drau
  • 2001 to 2005: ASK Amateure from Linz
  • 2005 to 2006: FC Blau-Weiß Linz
  • 2008: SV Gmunden

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b David Forster: "The Legionaries": Austrian footballers all over the world , LIT Verlag, Münster, 2011, pp. 131–132.
  2. ↑ Player statistics Adolf Blutsch , Austrian Football League (as of July 25, 2012).
  3. ^ Austria Archives: Adolf Blutsch
  4. ^ Report in the Oberösterreichische Nachrichten on April 7, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Blutsch, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dolfi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian football player, coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna