Ivan Kopecký (born 29 January 1946) is a Czech

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manager and former player. As a player, Kopecký played five seasons in the

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League ( cs, 1. fotbalová liga, sk, 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed ...

for Slavia Prague and one season for

Frýdek-Místek Frýdek-Místek (, pl, Frydek-Mistek; german: Friede(c)k-Mistek) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 54,000 inhabitants. The historic centres of both Frýdek and Místek are well preserved and are protecte ...

, making a total of 137 league appearances and scoring 4 goals. As a coach, Kopecký led several Czech football clubs. His biggest success as a coach was with TJ Vítkovice. Kopecký led the club in the 1985/1986 season to the

championship. Thanks to this achievement, he was selected by the football association as the Czechoslovak Coach of the Year in 1986.

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SK Slavia Praha profile
1946 births Living people Czechoslovak footballers Czech football managers Czechoslovak football managers SK Slavia Prague players Czech First League managers SK Slavia Prague managers FC Baník Ostrava managers FK Vítkovice managers Association football midfielders FK Frýdek-Místek players FK Drnovice managers {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub