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Erich Hof
Personal information
Date of birth	3 August 1936
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	25 January 1995 (aged 58)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951–1952	SCR Hochstädt
1952–1964	Wiener Sport-Club
1964–1965	Austria Wien
1964–1969	Wiener Sport-Club
Total
International career
1957–1968	Austria
Managerial career
1969–1970	Wiener Sport-Club
1971	Austria Salzburg
1974–1979	Wiener Sport-Club
1980–1982	Austria Wien
1982–1984	Austria
1985–1986	Wiener Sport-Club
1987	Diagoras
1989–1990	Austria Wien
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erich Hof (3 August 1936 – 25 January 1995) was an Austrian football player and coach who played as a forward.

Career

Born in the Brigittenau district of Vienna, Hof began playing football as a striker with FC Hochstädt. In 1952, he joined Wiener Sport-Club, where he would play until 1969, with the exception of a brief stint with Austria Wien in 1964. He led the Austrian league in goal-scoring in 1959 and 1961 with 32 and 21 goals respectively.^[1] Hof was a leading Austrian footballer in the 1960s and was known as "The Professor of Football" (Der Professor des Fußballs).^[2]

Hof made 37 appearances and scored 28 goals for the Austria national team from 1957 to 1968. He made his debut in a friendly match against West Germany on 10 March 1957.^[3]

Career Statistics

International

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hof goal.

List of international goals scored by Erich Hof
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	5 October 1958	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	France	1–0	1–2	Friendly	^[4]
2	20 May 1959	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–0	1–0	1960 European Nations' Cup qualification	^[5]
3	14 June 1959	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Belgium	2–2	4–2	Friendly	^[6]
4	14 June 1959	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Belgium	3–2	4–2	Friendly	^[6]
5	23 September 1959	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Norway	3–1	5–2	1960 European Nations' Cup qualification	^[7]
6	23 September 1959	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Norway	5–2	5–2	1960 European Nations' Cup qualification	^[7]
7	22 November 1959	Mestalla Stadium, Valencia, Spain	Spain	1–3	3–6	Friendly	^[8]
8	29 May 1960	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Scotland	–	4–1	Friendly	^[9]
9	29 May 1960	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Scotland	–	4–1	Friendly	^[9]
10	22 June 1960	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	–	2–1	Friendly	^[10]
11	4 September 1960	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Soviet Union	1–1	3–1	Friendly	^[11]
12	4 September 1960	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Soviet Union	3–1	3–1	Friendly	^[11]
13	30 October 1960	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Spain	3–0	3–0	Friendly	^[12]
14	10 December 1960	Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy	Italy	1–0	2–1	Friendly	^[13]
15	27 May 1961	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	England	1–0	3–1	Friendly	^[14]
16	8 October 1961	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	–	2–1	Friendly	^[15]
17	8 April 1962	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	3–2	3–2	Friendly	^[16]
18	6 May 1962	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Bulgaria	–	2–0	Friendly	^[17]
19	25 April 1965	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	East Germany	1–0	1–1	1966 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[18]
20	11 June 1967	Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Soviet Union	1–2	3–4	UEFA Euro 1968 qualification	^[19]
21	6 September 1967	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	–	1–3	Friendly	^[20]
22	19 May 1968	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Cyprus	1–0	7–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[21]
23				3–0
24				4–1
25				5–1
26				7–1
27	16 June 1968	Kirov Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia	Soviet Union	–	3–1	Friendly	^[22]
28	10 November 1968	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	2–0	2–2	Friendly	^[23]