Ferdinand DauÄÃk
Ferdinand Daučík (* May 30, 1910 in Ipolské Šiahy, Austria - Hungary, † November 14, 1986 in Alcalá de Henares, Spain) was a Slovak football player and football coach, who played for Czechoslovakia and once for Slovakia. He was particularly successful in the early 1950s with the team of FC Barcelona. Daučík sat in 488 games in the Spanish La Liga on the bench in front of him are only Luis Aragonés (757 games) and Miguel Muñoz.
- 2.1 Achievements
Playing career
Ferdinand Daučík played in his youth for Šahy. In 1927 the defender to KFC Komárno, 1930 I.ČsŠK Bratislava. From 1934 to 1941 Daučík played for Slavia, with whom he was in 1935 and 1937 Czechoslovak champion and 1938 won the Mitropa Cup. In 1942 he returned to ŠK Bratislava, where he ended his career in 1945.
Daučík was only the third Slovak who played in the Czechoslovak national team. Between 1931 and 1938 he represented Czechoslovakia 15 times and took it also participated in the World Cup 1938 in France. When Czechoslovakia in Italy in 1934 Vice World Champion, was Daučík was indeed in the squad but did not play.
Achievements
- Czechoslovak champion in 1935, 1937
- Mitropa Cup: 1938
- Vice world champion: 1938 (3 inserts)
Coaching career
Daučík trained 1945/46, 1946/47, and again in 1948 ŠK Bratislava. This year he was coach of the Czechoslovakian national team for two games. During this time he was briefly arrested. After his release he emigrated to Spain where he coached a team called Hungaria, which was composed of political refugees from Eastern European communist countries. This team also his son- László Kubala, who played Viola Daučíks daughter Anna had married in 1947.
Hungaria occurred in Spain in a series of friendly matches, including against Real Madrid and Espanyol. During these games Kubala was discovered by Josep Samitier, the former chief scout of FC Barcelona. Kubala got from FC Barcelona as a contract offer and Ferdinand Daučík was coach of the team. Daučík brought with FC Barcelona eight titles in four years, including the double in 1952 and 1953. Having fallen out with some players, he left the club in 1954.
By 1957, he coached Athletic Bilbao, with whom he won the Spanish Cup in 1955 and 1956, the Double.
1957-1959 Daučík was coach at Atletico Madrid, with whom he was runner-up in 1959. 1959/60, he coached FC Porto. Then Daučík returned to Spain and trained Betis Sevilla ( 1960-1963 ), Real Murcia (1963 /64), Sevilla FC (1964 /65), Real Zaragoza (1965 to 1967), Elche CF (1967 /68) and Espanyol Barcelona (1970 /71). In 1968, he coached the Toronto Falcons in the U.S. professional league NASL. For the Falcons played in that season also Daučíks son Yanko Daučík and his son László Kubala.
Achievements
- Spanish Champion: 1952, 1953, 1956
- Coupe Latine: 1952
- Generalísimo Cup: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1966
- Copa Eva Duarte: 1952, 1953