Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year
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The Czechoslovak Player of the Year award was an annual prize given to the best Czechoslovak
football player by the Czechoslovak Football Association
since 1965. Award for coach of the year was also awarded since 1985.
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
football player by the Czechoslovak Football Association
Football Association of the Czech Republic
The Football Association of the Czech Republic or colloquially the Czech Football Association is the governing body of football in the Czech Republic, based in Prague. It organizes the football leagues, Czech Liga and Czech 2. Liga, and the Czech Republic national football team...
since 1965. Award for coach of the year was also awarded since 1985.
Winners
| Year | Footballer of the Year | Coach of the Year |
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| 1965 | Ján Popluhár Ján Popluhár Ján Popluhár was a former Slovak football player. He started his football career after high school with RH Brno... (Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953... ) |
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| 1966 | Josef Masopust Josef Masopust Josef Masopust is a Czechoslovakian former football player and coach. He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1962. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of the Czech Republic by the Football Association of the Czech Republic as their most... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1967 | Ján Geleta Ján Geleta Ján Geleta is a former Slovak football player.Geleta played his whole professional league career for Dukla Prague. He appeared in 283 league matches and scored 27 goals. Geleta was initially at Dukla to serve his two-year military service... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1968 | Ivo Viktor Ivo Viktor Ivo Viktor is a former Czech football goalkeeper. He played for Czechoslovakia, 63 matches, from 1966 to 1977.His national team debut was in 1966 against Brazil at Maracanã.He was a participant in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1969 | Ladislav Kuna Ladislav Kuna Ladislav Kuna is a former Slovak football player and manager.In Czechoslovak league he played 424 matches and scored 86 goals. He was capped 47 times for Czechoslovakia, scored 9 goals... (Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava is a Slovak football club based in Trnava, Slovakia. Historically it is one of the most successful clubs in Slovakia, having won the Czechoslovak First League and the Czechoslovak Cup five times, and reaching semifinal of European Cup once and quarterfinal twice. The club plays... ) |
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| 1970 | Karol Dobiáš Karol Dobiáš Karol Dobiaš is a former Slovak football player and coach. During his career, he was a versatile player, mostly playing as defender or midfielder.-Player career:... (Spartak Trnava) |
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| 1971 | Karol Dobiáš Karol Dobiáš Karol Dobiaš is a former Slovak football player and coach. During his career, he was a versatile player, mostly playing as defender or midfielder.-Player career:... (Spartak Trnava) |
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| 1972 | Ivo Viktor Ivo Viktor Ivo Viktor is a former Czech football goalkeeper. He played for Czechoslovakia, 63 matches, from 1966 to 1977.His national team debut was in 1966 against Brazil at Maracanã.He was a participant in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1973 | Ivo Viktor Ivo Viktor Ivo Viktor is a former Czech football goalkeeper. He played for Czechoslovakia, 63 matches, from 1966 to 1977.His national team debut was in 1966 against Brazil at Maracanã.He was a participant in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1974 | Ján Pivarník Ján Pivarník Ján Pivarník is a former Slovak football player and later a football manager. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 39 matches and scored one goal.... (Slovan Bratislava) |
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| 1975 | Ivo Viktor Ivo Viktor Ivo Viktor is a former Czech football goalkeeper. He played for Czechoslovakia, 63 matches, from 1966 to 1977.His national team debut was in 1966 against Brazil at Maracanã.He was a participant in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1976 | Ivo Viktor Ivo Viktor Ivo Viktor is a former Czech football goalkeeper. He played for Czechoslovakia, 63 matches, from 1966 to 1977.His national team debut was in 1966 against Brazil at Maracanã.He was a participant in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1977 | Karel Kroupa Karel Kroupa Karel Kroupa is a Czech football player, who is currently playing for Corgoň Liga club FK Senica. In June 2011, he joined Slovak club FK Senica on one-year contract.-Career:... (Zbrojovka Brno 1. FC Brno FC Zbrojovka Brno is a Czech football club based in Brno.The club won the Czechoslovak First League in the 1977–78 season and finished as runners-up in 1979–80.-Historic names:* SK Židenice * Zbrojovka Brno... ) |
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| 1978 | Zdeněk Nehoda Zdenek Nehoda Zdeněk Nehoda is a Czech football forward. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 90 matches and scored 31 goals as a tricky right-winger.He was a participant in the 1982 FIFA World Cup... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1979 | Zdeněk Nehoda Zdenek Nehoda Zdeněk Nehoda is a Czech football forward. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 90 matches and scored 31 goals as a tricky right-winger.He was a participant in the 1982 FIFA World Cup... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1980 | Antonín Panenka Antonín Panenka Antonín Panenka is a Czech former footballer.- Club career :An attacking midfielder known for the quality of his passing and his free kicks, Panenka played for Bohemians Prague for most of his career, joining the club as a youth in 1959. In 1981 Panenka left Bohemians for Austrian club Rapid... (Bohemians Praha) |
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| 1981 | Ján Kozák Ján Kozák (footballer born 1954) Ján Kozák is a former slovak footballer and later football manager.He participated in UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup. In 1981, he became footballer of the year in Czechoslovakia.-References:*... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1982 | Jan Fiala Jan Fiala Jan Fiala is a Czech football player.He played 58 matches for the Czechoslovakia national football team, for which he scored one goal. He was a member of the bronze team in the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship even if he didn't play a single match... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1983 | Ladislav Vízek Ladislav Vízek Ladislav Vízek is a Czech football player. He played 55 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored 13 goals.... (Dukla Praha) |
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| 1984 | Jan Berger Jan Berger (footballer born 1955) Jan Berger is a Czech former football midfielder and was most recently the manager of Slavoj Vyšehrad.-International career:... (AC Sparta Prague) |
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| 1985 | Ladislav Vízek Ladislav Vízek Ladislav Vízek is a Czech football player. He played 55 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored 13 goals.... (Dukla Praha) |
Karel Brückner Karel Brückner Karel Brückner is a Czech retired football coach.- Coaching career :Brückner began his coaching career in 1973 in the Czech League and was the coach of his home club SK Sigma Olomouc. He later went on to coach Inter Bratislava with which he won the Slovakia Cup in 1985... (SK Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech football club from the city of Olomouc. They reached the quarterfinals of the 1991-1992 UEFA Cup.Since 2011, Olomouc have had an agreement where FK SAN-JV Šumperk is acting as their farm team.- Historical names :... ) |
| 1986 | Jozef Chovanec Jozef Chovanec Jozef Chovanec is a former Czechoslovak football player and later a football manager.- Playing career :... (Sparta Prague) |
Ivan Kopecký Ivan Kopecký Ivan Kopecký is a Czech football manager and former player.Kopecký coached several Czech football clubs. His biggest success as a coach was with TJ Vítkovice. Kopecký led the club in the 1985/1986 season to the Czechoslovak First League championship... (TJ Vítkovice) |
| 1987 | Ivan Hašek Ivan Hašek Ivan Hašek is a retired Czech footballer who played as a central midfielder.He spent 11 years of his career with Sparta Prague, appearing in more than 300 official games with the club, and later acting as its manager.... (Sparta Prague) |
Václav Ježek Václav Ježek Václav Ježek was the coach of the Czechoslovakia national football team when they won the 1976 European Championships.... (Sparta Prague) |
| 1988 | Ivan Hašek Ivan Hašek Ivan Hašek is a retired Czech footballer who played as a central midfielder.He spent 11 years of his career with Sparta Prague, appearing in more than 300 official games with the club, and later acting as its manager.... (Sparta Prague) |
Václav Ježek Václav Ježek Václav Ježek was the coach of the Czechoslovakia national football team when they won the 1976 European Championships.... (Sparta Prague) |
| 1989 | Michal Bílek Michal Bílek Michal Bílek is a retired Czech football right midfielder, and a current coach of the Czech Republic national football team.-Club career:... (Sparta Prague) |
Milan Máčala Milan Mácala Milan Máčala is a Czech football coach who coached various clubs in the Czech Republic and worldwide.He has previously coached in the area with the national teams of Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, winning the Gulf Cup of Nations with the latter in 1996 and 1998... (Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava is a football club from the Silesian part of the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic. It is based in Slezská Ostrava district of the city.... ) |
| 1990 | Ján Kocian Ján Kocian Ján Kocian is a Slovak football coach and former player.-Career:During his playing days, he made 209 appearances for FK Dukla Banská Bystrica between 1979 and 1988 before moving on to German club FC St. Pauli, where he made another 147 appearances up to 1993.-International:He was capped 26 times... (FC St. Pauli FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that... ) |
Milan Máčala Milan Mácala Milan Máčala is a Czech football coach who coached various clubs in the Czech Republic and worldwide.He has previously coached in the area with the national teams of Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, winning the Gulf Cup of Nations with the latter in 1996 and 1998... (Baník Ostrava) |
| 1991 | Tomáš Skuhravý Tomáš Skuhravý Tomáš Skuhravý is a Czech former football player.At club level, he mostly played in the Italian Serie A in the early 1990s with Genoa, being signed from Sparta Prague, forming a prolific partnership with Uruguayan Carlos Aguilera... (Genoa C.F.C. Genoa C.F.C. Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria... ) |
Dušan Uhrin Dušan Uhrin Dušan Uhrin is a Czech and Slovak football coach and former player. He was the coach of Slovan Bratislava... (Sparta Prague) |
| 1992 | Ľubomír Moravčík Lubomír Moravcík Ľubomír "Lubo" Moravčík is a football manager and former footballer from Slovakia, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia and Slovakia... (AS Saint-Étienne AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire is a French association football club based in Saint-Étienne. The club was founded in 1919 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Saint-Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard located within the city... ) |
Dušan Uhrin Dušan Uhrin Dušan Uhrin is a Czech and Slovak football coach and former player. He was the coach of Slovan Bratislava... (Sparta Prague) |