Rudolf Vytlačil (; ) (9 February 1912,

Schwechat Schwechat () is a city southeast of Vienna known for the Vienna International Airport and Schwechater beer. The city is home to the Oil refinery, refineries of the Austrian national oil company OMV. Geography Schwechat is named after the river S ...

– 1 June 1977) was a Czechoslovak

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player and manager. Born in

on the outskirts of

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

, Vytlačil started his career at the local club Phönix Schwechat. He later played for SK Slovan Wien,

SK Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid (), commonly known as Rapid Wien or Rapid Vienna in English language, English, is an Football in Austria, Austrian professional football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian cham ...

and Favoritner Sportclub in the Austrian Championship and for

Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in t ...

in the Czechoslovak Championship. Vytlačil was the coach of the Czechoslovak national team when they finished as runners-up in the

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and was in charge of

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at the

1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the 1966 FI ...

. Vytlačil coached several clubs, including 1947–1948 Radomiak Radom from Poland,

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(won two Bulgarian championships in 1965 and 1970, and one

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in 1970), TJ Baník Ostrava OKD, Tatran Teplice (now FK Teplice), TJ Gottwaldov (now FC Zlín) and, from 1966 to 1968, his former club

. With Rapid he won the Austrian championship twice and reached the quarterfinal of the European Champions Cup after a victory against

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External links

Profile at rapidarchiv.at
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Profile at slavia.cz
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