Walter Skocik

Walter Skocik

Skocik in 1981
Personal information
Date of birth	(1940-09-06) 6 September 1940 (age 85)
Place of birth	Schwechat, Nazi Germany
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1969	Rapid Wien	199	(33)
1969–1971	SV Wattens	60	(5)
1971–1973	Wacker Innsbruck	55	(3)
1973–1974	Fribourg
1974–1979	Casino Bregenz
Total		314	(41)
International career
1960–1967	Austria	14	(0)
Managerial career
1973–1974	Fribourg
1974–1979	Casino Bregenz
1979–1982	Rapid Wien
1982–1983	Las Palmas
1983–1984	AEL
1984–1986	PAOK
1986	Wiener Sport-Club
1986–1989	Al-Ittihad
1990	Olympiakos Volou
1990–1991	Apollon Athens
1991	Ethnikos Piraeus
1993	Wacker Innsbruck
1993–1995	LASK Linz
1995–1996	Omonia Nicosia
1996–1997	Austria Wien
1997	Diagoras Rodou
1997–1998	VSE St. Pölten
1998–2000	First Vienna
2002–2003	Mannswörth
2005–2006	Diagoras Rodou
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Skocik (born 6 September 1940 in Schwechat) is an Austrian former international footballer and football manager.

Career

Playing career

Club career

Skocik played as a midfielder and had a ten-year spell at Austrian giants Rapid Wien from 1959 to 1969, winning 4 Championships and 3 Cups. ^[1] After two seasons with SV Wattens, he joined Wacker Innsbruck in 1971, adding 2 Championships and 1 Cup in his honours as a footballer. Skocik also played for Fribourg and finished his career at Casino Bregenz in 1979.

International career

Skocik had 14 caps for the Austria national team between 1960 and 1967.

Apps with Austria

Year	Apps
1960	3
1963	1
1964	5
1966	4
1967	1
Total	14

Managerial career

After his retirement as a football player, Skocik pursued a managerial career. His most notable feat came when he arrived in Greece. In 1983–84 season, he led AEL to a 6th place finish in the Greek Championship and also reached the Greek Cup final, losing 2–0 to Panathinaikos. ^[2] His successful spell at AEL, drove the attention of PAOK president Giorgos Pantelakis who appointed Skocik as the team's manager for the 1984–85 season, which ended with PAOK winning their second league title in history. ^{[3] [4]}

Honours

As a player

Rapid Wien

• Austrian Championship (4): 1960, 1964, 1967, 1968
• Austrian Cup (3): 1961, 1968, 1969

Wacker Innsbruck

• Austrian Championship (2): 1972, 1973
• Austrian Cup (1): 1973

As a manager

PAOK

• Greek Championship (1): 1985

References

1. "Besonderer Geburtstag für Walter Skocik" [Special Birthday for Walter Skocik]. skrapid.at (in German). 5 September 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
2. "1983–84 Greek Cup final, Panathinaikos–AEL 2–0". vissini.gr (in Greek). 6 July 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
3. "From controversy to coronation". paokfc.gr.
4. Kostis Botsaris (6 March 2019). "Σκότσικ: «Αξέχαστες οι αναμνήσεις που έχω από την θητεία μου στον ΠΑΟΚ»" [Skocik: "The memories I have from my time at PAOK are unforgettable"]. novasports.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 8 October 2025.

External links

• EU-football.info - Walter Skocik International career
• Walter Skocik at WorldFootball.net
• Walter Skocik at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile - Rapidarchiv