Štefan Čambal

Štefan Čambal
Personal information
Date of birth	16 December 1908
Place of birth	Pozsony, Austria-Hungary (today's Bratislava, Slovakia)
Date of death	18 July 1990 (aged 81)
Place of death	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1921–1923	SK Donaustadt
1923–1927	Ligeti SC
Senior career*
Years	Team
1927–1929	1. ČsŠK Bratislava
1929–1930	Teplitzer FK
1931–1936	Slavia Prague
1937–1938	SK Baťa Zlín
1938–1939	SK Židenice
International career
1932–1935	Czechoslovakia
Managerial career
1939–1945	Slovakia
1945–1946	SK Baťa Zlín
1949	Czechoslovakia
1949–1952	Vítkovické železárny
1955	Jiskra Liberec
1957–1958	Dukla Pardubice
1959–1962	Vorwärts Berlin
1964–1966	FC Prague Sydney
1966–1968	Lokomotíva Košice
1975–1976	Sparta Prague
Medal record
Representing Czechoslovakia
Men's Football
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Štefan Čambal (17 December 1908 – 18 July 1990) was a Slovak football player and later a football manager. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 22 matches. He was born in Pozsony and died in Prague.

He was a participant in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal. At the tournament, Čambal became the first player of Slovak origin at a World Cup.^[1] In his country he started his career with 1. ČsŠK Bratislava, winning the 1927 amateur title in Czechoslovakia.^[1] He went on to play for clubs such as Teplitzer FK, SK Slavia Prague, SK Židenice and Baťa Zlín.^[2]

He was later a well-known football manager, coaching, amongst others, the Czechoslovakia national football team.

Honours

Player

Slovan Bratislava

Slovak League: 1927^[3]

Slavia Prague

Czechoslovak First League: 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35^[3]

Manager

Sparta Prague

Czechoslovak Second League: promotion 1975–76^[3]

Vorwärts Berlin

DDR-Oberliga: 1962^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Truchlik, Ivan (2015). Futbalový atlas sveta (in Slovak). Prague, Czech Republic: Ottovo Nakladatelství. p. 641. ISBN 978-80-7451-455-5.
^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Zemřel vicemistr světa z Itálie Štefan Čambal" (in Czech). SK Slavia Prague. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ "INDEX. Stefan ČAMBAL".
"HISTORY. Stefan ČAMBAL". (in Slovakian) SK Slovan Bratislava. Retrieved 12 August 2023.