Branko Elsner

{{Short description|Slovenian footballer (1929–2012)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Branko Elsner

| image = Branko Elsner.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|11|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|11|17|1929|11|23}}[http://www.delo.si/sport/nogomet/umrl-je-legendarni-brane-elsner.html Umrl je legendarni Brane Elsner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009173253/http://www.delo.si/sport/nogomet/umrl-je-legendarni-brane-elsner.html |date=9 October 2016 }}, Delo, 17 November 2012.

| death_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia

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| youthclubs1 = Vič

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| youthclubs2 = Enotnost / Odred

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| clubs1 = Enotnost / Odred

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| clubs2 = Branik Maribor

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| clubs3 = Slovan

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| manageryears1 = 1964–1967

| managerclubs1 = Olimpija

| manageryears2 = 1968–1970

| managerclubs2 = Wacker Innsbruck

| manageryears3 = 1972

| managerclubs3 = Wacker Innsbruck

| manageryears4 = 1974–1976

| managerclubs4 = Wacker Innsbruck

| manageryears5 = 1975

| managerclubs5 = Austria

| manageryears6 = 1977–1978

| managerclubs6 = Olimpija

| manageryears7 = 1985–1987

| managerclubs7 = Austria

| manageryears8 = 1997

| managerclubs8 = Brummell Sendai

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Branko Elsner (23 November 1929 – 17 November 2012) was a Slovenian football manager and player, most known for being the manager of the Austria national team twice.

Elsner had his first success as a football coach in his Slovenian homeland with Olimpija, whom he trained from 1964 to 1967.{{cite web |url=http://www.nkolimpija.com/?page=club&id=9 |title=Nogometni klub Olimpija Ljubljana |access-date=23 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017175849/http://www.nkolimpija.com/?page=club&id=9 |archive-date=17 October 2011}}