Wilhelm Kment

Austrian football player and manager (1914–2002)

Wilhelm Kment (15 October 1914 – 22 December 2002) was an Austrian football player and coach. He played as a midfielder mainly for Wiener Sport-Club.

Wilhelm Kment
Wilhelm Kment (1965)
Personal information
Date of birth (1914-10-15)15 October 1914
Date of death 22 December 2002(2002-12-22) (aged 88)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Landstraßer Amateure
DSV Brünn
1937–1947 Wiener Sport-Club
Teams managed
1954–1955 SBK Drafn
1956–1960 VVV-Venlo
1960–1962 Norway
1962–1964 DOS Utrecht
1964–1967 Feyenoord
1967–1969 Norway
1970–1972 LASK
1976 Fredrikstad FK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

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Willy Kment began his career with Landstraßer Amateure. He played for them at the age of 18. Then he moved to DSV Brno for a year. From 1937 to 1947 he played for the Wiener Sport-Club in the top Austrian league. The greatest success during this time was reaching the ÖFB Cup final in 1938 and becoming runner-up in the 1937–38 season.

Coaching career

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Between 1954 and 1955 he coached SBK Drafn in Norway. Willy Kment started as a coach in the Netherlands with VVV Venlo in 1956. There they won 4-1 against ADO Den Haag in the final of the KNVB Cup in 1959.

In 1960 he became the Norwegian national coach. In 1962 Willy Kment returned to the Netherlands and managed DOS Utrecht for two years. Then he went to Feyenoord Rotterdam. He achieved the first double in the club's history in 1965.

After two runner-up finishes in 1966 and 1967, he returned to the Norwegian national team. Willy Kment returned to Austria in 1970. There he became coach of LASK in the National League for two years.

Honours

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as player:

as manager:

  • KNVB Cup:1959 (Venlo)
  • Netherlands Champion and KNVB Cup: 1965 (Feyenoord)
  • Netherlands Champion: Runner-up 1966,1967