Peter Schöttel

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Peter Schöttel (born 26 March 1967) is a retired Austrian football player.

[edit] Club career

In his whole career Schöttel played exclusively for Rapid Vienna, what made him a cult hero with Rapid fans. He also was Rapid's captain from 1997 until 2001. He won league and domestic cup titles with Rapid and played the full 90 minutes of the 1996 UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final against Paris St Germain in Brussels, which Rapid lost. In 1999 he was chosen in Rapid's Team of the Century.

After he had quit playing himself, he started working as a coach for the Rapid amateurs continuing his association with the club until 2006. On 11 November 2006, after sustaining criticism for negotiating TV punditry contracts while allowing his duties at Rapid to wain, he left the club. In the summer of 2007, he began work as a trainer with Wiener Sportclub with his contract running until the end of June 2008.^[1][2]

His squad number, 5, has been retired by Rapid Vienna until the 2011 season as a mark of respect to Schöttel's playing career.

[edit] International career

He made his debut for Austria in a February 1988 friendly match against Switzerland and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and 1998 FIFA World Cup.^[3] He earned 62 caps, no goals scored.^[4] His final international match was the embarrassing 0-9 demolition by Spain in a European Championship qualification match in March 1999, 2002 he just played for four minutes in a friendly match against Norway for his official retirement.

[edit] Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (3):
  • 1987, 1988, 1996
• Austrian Cup (2):
  • 1987, 1995

[edit] External links

• Career stats - National Football Teams

[edit] References

v • d • e Austria squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Lindenberger • 2 Aigner • 3 Pecl • 4 Pfeffer • 5 Schöttel • 6 Zsak • 7 Russ • 8 Artner • 9 Polster • 10 Linzmaier • 11 Hörtnagl • 12 Baur • 13 Ogris • 14 Rodax • 15 Keglevits • 16 Reisinger • 17 Pfeifenberger • 18 Streiter • 19 Glatzmayer • 20 Herzog • 21 Konsel • 22 Konrad • Coach: Hickersberger

v • d • e Austria squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Konsel • 2 Schopp • 3 Schöttel • 4 Pfeffer • 5 Feiersinger • 6 Kogler • 7 Haas • 8 Pfeifenberger • 9 Vastić • 10 Herzog • 11 Amerhauser • 12 Hiden • 13 Cerny • 14 Reinmayr • 15 Wetl • 16 Wohlfahrt • 17 Mählich • 18 Stöger • 19 Polster • 20 Heraf • 21 Knaller • 22 Kühbauer • Coach: Prohaska

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