Heimo Pfeifenberger


Heimo Pfeifenberger is an Austrian professional football manager and a former player. He is the manager of SV Grödig.

Club career

On club level Pfeifenberger played for USV Zederhaus, Austria Salzburg, Werder Bremen, SK Rapid Wien, SV Seekirchen 1945 and SV Grödig. He celebrated most success at Austria Salzburg. In 1994 and 1995, Pfeifenberger won the league title and the Austrian Supercup with Salzburg. He played in the first leg of the 1994 UEFA Cup Final which they lost to Inter Milan. In the Austrian 1993–94 season, he became Bundesliga top scorer with 14 goals. In total he scored 74 goals for Salzburg and 43 for Rapid, making him one of the best goalscorers in the Austrian league.

International career

Pfeifenberger made his debut for football team|Austria] in an August 1989 World Cup qualification match against Iceland and was a participant at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He earned 40 caps, scoring nine goals. His last international was an August 1998 friendly match against France.

International goals

NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 August 1989Stadion Lehen, Salzburg, Austria1–02–11990 [FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3|1990 World Cup qualifier]
2.22 May 1991Stadion Lehen, Salzburg, Austria1–03–0UEFA [Euro 1992 qualifying Group 4|Euro 1992 qualifier]
3.19 August 1992Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia2–02–2Friendly match
4.10 March 1993Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria1–02–1Friendly match
5.14 April 1993Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria1–03–11994 [FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6|1994 World Cup qualifier]
6.25 August 1993Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria2–03–01994 World Cup qualifier
7.23 March 1994Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria1–11–1Friendly match
8.29 March 1995Stadion Lehen, Salzburg, Austria2–05–0Euro 1996 qualifier
9.10 September 1997Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus1–01–01998 World Cup qualifier

Coaching career

Pfeifenberger was hired as the new coach of Wiener Neustadt on 30 May 2012. He left the club on 12 November 2014. On 25 November 2015, Pfeifenberger was unveiled as the new manager of Wolfsberger AC, replacing Dietmar Kühbauer.
On 8 January 2020, he became a head coach of Lithuanian defending champions FK Sūduva. The club terminated the contract on 14 April, just after two games.
On 1 July 2020, he returned to SV Grödig.

Honours