Leopold Šťastný

Leopold Šťastný (* May 23, 1911, † 14 May 1996) was a Slovak football player and later a football coach.

Career

Leopold Šťastný played as a defender in the first ČsŠK Bratislava, with whom he in the highest Czechoslovak league, the league Státní uprising, in 1935. Until the beginning of World War II, he took part with the club in the Championship and reached it with fourth place in 1935 the best result. In the same year Leopold Šťastný was convened in the Czechoslovak national team: The debut against Austria in the framework of the European Cup of the national soccer teams had a successful 2-1.

During the Second World War, which brought a temporary independence of Slovakia with you, Leopold Šťastný played with his club, now ŠK Bratislava, Slovak in a league that could be 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1944 win. In addition there was a separate Slovak national team, ran aground on the Leopold Šťastný 1940 against Bulgaria.

Subsequently, the former defender began his coaching career. Leopold Šťastný moreover managed in three periods - 1949-1951, 1954-1957 and 1963-1965 - his original club, which now gives its present name Slovan Bratislava wore as head coach. Four Czechoslovak league titles were at this time to book before moving in 1966 to Austria, where he led the then small provincial club FC Wacker Innsbruck to the national forefront. In recognition of these services he was appointed by the Austrian Football Association 1968 national coach as Pesser successor.

Leopold Šťastný was a total of 49 international matches in the dugout of the Austrian national team after Hugo Meisl (128) and now Herbert Prohaska (51 ) longest-serving OFB team boss. Despite failing to qualify for the 1970 World Cup held his players to him firmly and failed only with a lot of bad luck in the World Cup qualifiers in 1974. Qualifying round decided the Austrian team on points and the same goal difference as Sweden in the first place, so that a play between these two teams was held in Gelsenkirchen, the nearly 2-1 went to the Scandinavians on snow-covered ground. In the World Cup 1974 Austria also remained unbeaten.

For health reasons, Leopold Šťastný came back in 1975 by the Office of National Trainers and handed the team to the Slovenians, Branko Elsner. After his retirement he worked as a team chief another four years for the OFB and initiated the Austrian Students League, which was first held in 1975.

His tomb is located in the cemetery Slávičie údolie in Bratislava, Slovakia.

In 2009 ( 22nd District ) of Stastnyweg was named after him in Vienna Danube city.