Václav Kotal

Václav Kotal
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Personal information
Date of birth (1952-10-02) 2 October 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Náchod, Czechoslovakia
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1960–1972 TJ Náchod
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1982 Sparta Prague 168 (31)
1982–1987 FC Hradec Králové 87 (21)
1987–1988 Omonia Aradippou
1988–1993 1. SV Appel Vitis
Managerial career
1995–1998 FC Hradec Králové (sports director)
1998–2000 FK Kolín
2000–2001 Baumit Jablonec
2001–2003 Sparta Prague B
2003–2004 FC Dinamo Moscow (assistant)
2005–2006 Sparta Prague B
2006–2007 AC Sparta Prague (scout)
2007–2008 SK Kladno (assistant)
2008 FC Viktoria Plzeň (assistant)
2009–2012 FC Hradec Králové
2012–2013 Baumit Jablonec
2013–2016 FC Zbrojovka Brno
2016–2019 Czech Republic U17
2019–2020 Sparta Prague B
2020–2021 Sparta Prague
2022–2023 Viktoria Žižkov (sporting director)
2023–2024 Hradec Králové
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Václav Kotal (born 2 October 1952) is a Czech former football player and current manager.[1][2] As a player, he spent ten seasons at Sparta Prague, playing 168 matches in the Czechoslovak First League and winning two Czechoslovak Cups.[3]

He was announced as the new manager of Hradec Králové on 24 March 2009, replacing manager Oldřich Machala.[4] In his first full season, the 2009–10 Czech 2. Liga, Kotal led Hradec Králové to the Czech 2. Liga title and therefore promotion to the top flight. In two seasons of the Czech First League, Hradec finished in 8th and 13th place. In 2012 Kotal moved to fellow Czech First League outfit FK Jablonec.[5] He was sacked before the end of the 2012–13 season with the club lying in fifth place in the league after a 5–1 defeat against Slavia Prague.[6] Kotal returned to management in September 2013 as the new manager of FC Zbrojovka Brno.[7]

Honours

Player

Sparta Prague

Czechoslovak Cup (2): 1975–76, 1979–80

Managerial

Hradec Králové

Czech 2. Liga (1): 2009–10

Sparta Prague

References

  1. ^ "Noví trenéři! Žižkov se pokusí vrátit do druhé ligy Kotal se Šmardou". denik.cz (in Czech). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Představení Václava Kotala". sparta.cz (in Czech). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubu (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  4. ^ "Trenér Kotal vystřídal v Hradci Králové odvolaného Machalu". idnes.cz (in Czech). 24 March 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Hradec od léta povede Plíšek, nahradil Kotala. Ten jde do Jablonce" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Trenér Kotal končí v Jablonci, klub ho kvůli špatným výsledkům odvolal" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Trenér Grmela u fotbalistů Brna skončil, vystřídá ho Kotal". idnes.cz (in Czech). 3 September 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.


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