František Havránek

František Havránek
Personal information
Date of birth (1923-07-11)11 July 1923
Place of birth Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Date of death 26 March 2011(2011-03-26) (aged 87)
Place of death Czech Republic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1945 AFK Sadská
Aston Villa Mladá Boleslav
Jiskra Liberec
Jiskra Jablonec nad Nisou
Jiskra Mimoň
Teams managed
1964–1966 Spartak Hradec Králové
1966–1968 Slavia Prague
1970–1972 EPA Larnaca
1972–1976 FC Zbrojovka Brno
1976–1978 Ruch Chorzów
1982–1984 Czechoslovakia
1984–1986 AEL Limassol

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


František Havránek (11 July 1923 – 26 March 2011) was a Czech football manager and former player.

As a player, Havránek played for several lower-division Czechoslovak clubs, but never gained any success with them . He was far more successful as a football coach. After finishing his active career, Havránek started to work as a football manager. He coached Spartak Hradec Králové, Slavia Prague and FC Zbrojovka Brno in Czechoslovakia. Havránek also managed Cypriot EPA Larnaca, AEL Limassol and Polish Ruch Chorzów. In 1970 he won the Cypriot First Division with EPA Larnaca. In 1985 he won the Cypriot Cup with AEL Limassol.[1] Two years later he returned to Czechoslovakia and ended his coaching career.[2]

As a coach of the Czechoslovak Olympic team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal with his team. From 1978 to 1984 he was a general manager of the Czechoslovakia national football team, coaching the team from 1982 to 1984.

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