Erich Hof

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

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]

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				3–2
5	23 September 1959	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Norway	3–1	5–2	1960 European Nations' Cup qualification	[7]
6				5–2
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				–
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				3–1
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]

Hof died from lung cancer in a Vienna hospital on 25 January 1995.^[2]

He was the brother of retired footballer Norbert Hof.

• Austria Archiv as player (in German)
• Austria Archiv as coach (in German)
• National Team stats as player (in German)
• National Team stats as coach (in German)
• Erich Hof – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Erich Hof at National-Football-Teams.com
• Erich Hof at WorldFootball.net

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