Willibald Ruttensteiner

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Willi Ruttensteiner

Willibald "Willi" Ruttensteiner (born November 12, 1962 in Steyr , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian football official and coach. From 2001 to 2017 he was the sports director of the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) and project manager of the funding program for young talents Projekt12. He coached the Austrian national team twice on an interim basis. Since 2018 he has been the sports director of the Israeli Football Association.

As sports director of the ÖFB and interim team leader

After Didi Constantini's resignation in September 2011, Ruttensteiner was temporarily ÖFB national coach for two games. In these two games he achieved a win and a draw. He was also jointly responsible for the initially controversial commitment of national coach Marcel Koller .

Career as a player

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Career as trainer and functionary

At the beginning of his coaching career, Ruttensteiner coached the Upper Austrian lower-class club Sportunion Wolfern . He coached this club for two years. On July 1, 1993, he became a trainer at ATSV Sattledt , also a club from Upper Austria. He left him in 1995. In July 1995, he took over the U-18 team from BNZ FC Linz, with whom he became Austrian U-18 champions the following season.

From 1996 Ruttensteiner was assistant coach at FC Linz under Heinz Hochhauser and rose with the team in the 1st Bundesliga. From 1997 to 1998 he was head coach. From 1998 to 1999 he was the sporting director at the BNZ OÖ LASK Linz and junior coordinator of the OÖFV.

From 1999, Ruttensteiner looked after the Austrian U-21 national team for a little more than six years . He contested with him, among other things, the qualifications for the European Championship in 2002, 2004 and 2006, but you could not qualify for all three finals.

Willi Ruttensteiner in the role of ÖFB sports director

From 1999 to 2001 he worked as a sports coordinator, from 2001 to 2017 as a sports director at the ÖFB . He was also jointly responsible for the initially controversial commitment of national coach Marcel Koller .

In October 2005, after Hans Krankl's departure, Ruttensteiner looked after the Austrian national team interim together with Andreas Herzog and Slavko Kovačić for the World Cup qualifiers against England (0: 1) and Northern Ireland (2: 0). From October to November 2011, after Didi Constantini's resignation, he again took on the sporting responsibility as interim coach for the A-team in the European Championship qualifiers against Azerbaijan (4: 1) and Kazakhstan (0: 0).

Since 2018, Ruttensteiner has been the sports director of the Israeli national soccer team , which is coached by ÖFB record national player Andreas Herzog .

ÖFB international matches under team boss Willibald Ruttensteiner

Legend
  • H = home game
  • A = away game
  • green background color = victory of Austria
  • yellow background color = tie
  • red background color = defeat

First term of office of Willibald Ruttensteiner, together with Andreas Herzog and Slavko Kovačić

Games Victories draw Defeats Gates TD
2 1 0 1 2: 1 +1
No. date Result opponent venue occasion comment
647 10/08/2005 0: 1 EnglandEngland England A. Manchester ( ENG ) 2006 World Cup qualification First international match under interim coaches Willibald Ruttensteiner, Andreas Herzog and Slavko Kovačić
648 10/12/2005 2-0 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland H Vienna 2006 World Cup qualification Last international game under the interim coaches Ruttensteiner, Herzog and Kovačić
Austria does not qualify as third party for the World Cup

Team boss Willibald Ruttensteiner's second term of office

Games Victories draw Defeats Gates TD
2 1 1 0 4: 1 +3
No. date Result opponent venue occasion comment
706 07/10/2011 4: 1 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan A. Baku ( AZE ) Euro 2012 qualification Sports director Willibald Ruttensteiner looks after the team for two games on an interim basis
707 10/11/2011 0-0 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan A. Astana ( KAZ ) Euro 2012 qualification The team missed qualifying for the European Championship as fourth in the group

further activities

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  • FIFA instructor
  • UEFA instructor
  • Member of the Technical Study Group ( FIFA U-17 World Cup 2011 in Mexico)
  • Member of the Technical Study Group (UEFA U-17 Euro 2013 in Slovakia)
  • Chief Scout of the Austrian National Team (2006–2009)
  • Project manager Challenge 2008 (2003-2008)
  • Tournament Director of the 2007 UEFA U19 Championship
  • Project manager Projekt12 (since 2009)

Publications

  • "Project Football" - the Austrian Way (2000)
  • Video production The "Austrian Way" (2000)
  • "Project Challenge 2008" (2002/03)
  • DVD "Techniktraining" (2002)
  • DVD "Coordination Training" (2005)
  • CD-ROM "Children's Football in Austria" (2006)
  • DVD "Conditioning Training" (2008)
  • DVD "Football for Children" (2010)
  • Book "Learn from the best!" (2010)
  • Brochure "5-a-side football" and "9-a-side football" (2011)
  • Master's thesis "Austria as a country of education: Does the Austrian path lead to success?" (2012)
  • Brochure "9-a-side football" (2013)
  • Brochure "Football Primer" (2014)

Web links

Commons : Willibald Ruttensteiner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ orf.at: Schöttel new sports director: Ruttensteiner has to go . Article dated October 7, 2017, accessed October 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ Constantini leaves immediately, Ruttensteiner takes over on an interim basis
  3. ↑ Ruttensteiner: "I was in a trance and could hardly manage it". In: derStandard.at. Retrieved October 13, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Ruttensteiner: "I was in a trance and could hardly manage it". In: derStandard.at. Retrieved October 13, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Ruttensteiner, Willibald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruttensteiner, Willi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian football official
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Steyr , Upper Austria