Miroslav Koubek (born 1 September 1951) is a

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former goalkeeper and

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Coaching career

Koubek coached several Czech clubs. He placed second with

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in Czech Second League in 2008–09 season. In the

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, he led

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to the third place in the league table. The 2010–11 season however started with miserable results for Baník, with the club losing seven of the opening 13 matches, and Koubek was sacked in October. Koubek returned to the Czech First League as the manager of

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on 28 May 2011. Koubek led Boleslav to fourth place in the

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and qualification for the following season's

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. However, after a run of three consecutive league defeats, he resigned from his position in September 2012. Koubek was appointed to the manager's position at

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in September 2013 following the resignation of former boss Michal Petrouš. He was sacked in March 2014. In August 2014 he became the new manager of

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and in May 2015 won his first league title. On 30 May 2016 Koubek was announced as the new manager of

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. Koubek was appointed to the manager's position at

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in June 2021 following the resignation of manager Zdenko Frťala.

Honours

Managerial

; SK Kladno * Czech Second League (1): 2005–06 ; FC Viktoria Plzeň *

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(1): 2014–15 *

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(1): 2015

Managerial statistics

References

External links

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FC Baník Ostrava profile
1951 births Living people Czechoslovak footballers AC Sparta Prague players SK Kladno players Czech football managers Czechoslovak football managers Czech First League managers SK Kladno managers FC Viktoria Plzeň managers FK Čáslav managers FC Baník Ostrava managers FK Mladá Boleslav managers SK Slavia Prague managers Association football goalkeepers Footballers from Prague Bohemians 1905 managers FC Hradec Králové managers Czech National Football League managers {{CzechRepublic-footy-goalkeeper-stub