Philipp Semlic

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Philipp Semlic
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Semlic with SV Lafnitz in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-04-21) 21 April 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth Vorau, Austria
Team information
Current team
 WSG Tirol (head coach)
Youth career
1991–1999 SVH Waldbach
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2006 SVH Waldbach
2006–2010 USC Sonnhofen 139 (17)
Managerial career
–2009 USC Sonnhofen youth
2009 SC Union Rabenwald youth
2010–2013 TSV Hartberg youth
2012–2013 TSV Hartberg assistance coach
2013 SK Sturm Graz (women) caretaker
2014 USC Sonnhofen (assistance coach)
2015–2016 TSV Hartberg II
2016–2017 TSV Hartberg
2017 Academy SK Sturm Graz assistance coach
2018–2020 Academy SK Sturm Graz
2020–2023 SV Lafnitz
2024 SKN St. Pölten
2024– WSG Tirol
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Philipp Semlic (born 21 April 1983 in Vorau) is an Austrian football manager and former professional footballer who is the current head coach of WSG Tirol. [1]

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Early life

Semlic began his playing career at SVH Waldbach. For the 2006–07 season, he moved to USC Sonnhofen. After four seasons at Sonnhofen, he retired in 2010 at the age of 27.

Semlic studied sports sciences, physical education and mathematics as part of a teaching degree and taught as a schoolteacher in Graz, Austria. [2] During his studies, he successfully completed training as a ski instructor. [3]

Career

Semlic served as a youth coach at TSV Hartberg from January 2010. [4] Between 2012 and 2013, he also acted as assistant coach for the club's first team under Paul Gludovatz. At the end of the 2012–13 season, he departed from Hartberg.

In September 2013, Semlic was appointed as caretaker manager of the SK Sturm Graz women's team, but was soon replaced by Markus Hiden. He remained with the club as the coach of the women's squad. From January 2014, he served as assistant coach to Roland Spreitzer at USC Sonnhofen.

In January 2015, Semlic was named manager of TSV Hartberg's fifth-division reserve team. Ahead of the 2016-17 season, he was appointed joint head coach of the club's third-division first team alongside Uwe Hölzl. [5] Under their stewardship, Hartberg secured promotion to the Austrian Second League. Following the promotion, Semlic left Hartberg and joined the SK Sturm Graz academy as a coach.

In January 2020, Semlic was appointed manager of the second-division club SV Lafnitz. [6] After three and a half years in charge, he left the club at the end of the 2022-23 season. In late 2023, he obtained the UEFA pro licence from the Austrian Football Association, the highest qualification available to professional coaches. [7]

During the 2023–24 winter transfer window, Semlic took over as manager of league rivals SKN St. Pölten. After eleven matches in charge, during which the team recorded only three victories, he resigned from the position in May 2024. [8] In 2024, Semlic was appointed manager of Bundesliga club WSG Tirol, succeeding Thomas Silberberger. [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Philipp Semlic". WSG Tirol football club (Profile page). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Philipp Semlic". Joglland (Profile page). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Und was passiert beim Abstieg, Philipp Semlic?" [And what happens if you get relegated, Philipp Semlic?]. www.90minuten.at (in German). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "BEd Philipp Semlic". Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) (Interview) (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Sieben Neuzugänge: Viele neue Gesichter beim TSV Hartberg" [Seven new signings: Many new faces at TSV Hartberg]. www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 17 June 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Sohler, Georg (24 November 2020). "Philipp Semlic: Mit modernem Trainingsmanagement zum nächsten Romano Schmid [Exklusiv]" [Philipp Semlic: Using modern training management to become the next Romano Schmid]. sportsbusiness.at (in German). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "21 Trainerinnen und Trainer für UEFA-Pro-Lizenz-Kurs auserwählt" [21 coaches selected for UEFA Pro License course]. www.laola1.at (in German). Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Steiner, Hannes (4 May 2024). "Now Semlic has also taken flight". Kronen. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  9. ↑ Fraisl, Georg (21 May 2024). "Is this the new man for Wattens?". Kronen. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Philipp Semlic als Silberberger-Nachfolger in Wattens vorgestellt" [Philipp Semlic presented as Silberberger's successor in Wattens]. DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
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