Rudolf Vytlačil

Rudolf " Rudi " Vytlačil ( born February 9, 1912 in Schwechat, † 1 June 1977) was a Lower Austrian football player and later a football coach, who celebrated his greatest successes in Austria, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria.

Career

Players in Schwechat, Vienna and Prague

Rudi Vytlačil was active in his youth avid athlete, but as a track and field athlete. With the football he came only as part of a holiday in Salzburg in touch and volunteered soon after his return to his hometown Schwechat at the local club phoenix in the youth team. The fast Rudi Vytlačil has already been fetched after only four missions among the youth on the rotor position into the first team of Phoenix Schwechat. The age of eighteen joined the football player 1930 SK Slovan Vienna in the near favorites, who played in the highest Austrian league. In Slovan Rudi Vytlačil was eventually lured away in his first season as a regular player winger and 1932 with Rapid from one of the then leading clubs in the league.

The Hütteldorfern he played in the storm together, among others, Franz Weselik, Franz Binder and Pepi Bican, missed almost twice as runner-up winning the title. In 1933/34, however, a severe sciatica disease became noticeable in the winger, which almost ended his career. Having survived this a year later, he tried again on the football field, again in favorites when small first division club Favoritner Sports Club. Here he could quickly find his form and even exceed them. He was soon drafted into the B team and should play in the A-Team. But before it came to Prague Slavia offered 100,000 shillings for Vytlačil, then a non-adjustable high supply for the small club, which adopted this immediately.

In Prague Rydolf Vytlačil could win the 1937 Czechoslovak championship and met in the same year on his old co-stars Pepi Bican Rapid, who also moved to Slavia. As a master of the club started in 1938 in the Mitropa Cup, the first time the Slavia was able to win. The playoffs against Ferencvaros ended 2-2 in Prague and 2-0 in Budapest for the Slavia - Vytlačil had shot his club in the second leg in front, Bican became top scorer with 10 goals.

World Cup final and series champion as coach

After the end of his active career, Rudolf Vytlačil tried as a coach in Czechoslovakia. He coached among others Banik Ostrava, Teplice and TJ Tatran God Waldow, before he was appointed in 1957 by the Association as a coach to Prague. Initially, he led, together with Karel Kolský training, soon, however, the sole responsibility passed to Rudolf Vytlačil. In his handlers time to 1963 falls one of the most successful eras of the Czechoslovakian national team. 1960 was the last time the played European Cup will be met, at the European Championships in the same year took the team to a 5-4 victory over hosts France in the small final for third place. The highlight undoubtedly is the participation in the 1962 World Cup in Chile, in the Vytlačils team until the final Brazil defeated 1:3. He then oversaw the Olympic team for Tokyo in 1964, which won the silver medal.

In November 1964 Rudolf Vytlačil was brought in as coach to Bulgaria, where he was to serve both the national and Levski Sofia. With Bulgaria the qualifying round succeeded for the Football World Cup 1966, with Levski Sofia winning the championship in 1965. After a somewhat disappointing finals and the qualifying rounds off in England Rudolf Vytlačil adopted a commitment of his former club SK Rapid Wien. With Rapid he won the Austrian Championship 1966/67 and 1967/68 and reached the quarterfinals of the European Cup of Champions, where this Real Madrid was thrown out of the competition. After Rudolf Vytlačil seriously ill late 1968, he was forced to resign as coach. It was not until 1970 he was again boarded a season at Levski Sofia and the Bulgarian Cup victory reached there yet.

Achievements

  • Participation in the European Cup 1960: winner
  • Participation Championship 1960: 3rd place
  • Participation World Cup 1962: 2nd place
  • Participation in Olympic Games of 1964: Silver Medal
  • Participation World Cup 1966: Group Stage
  • Football players ( Austria )
  • Football coach ( Austria )
  • Austrian Champion ( football)
  • Person (Schwechat)
  • Born in 1912
  • Died in 1977
  • Man
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