Head Coach
PlzenCzechia74 yrs
M. Koubek
3-4-3 · Pragmatic, compact back three
9
Teams managed
2000 – present
Years active
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The veteran Czech coach answered an emergency call in December 2025 and delivered qualification with two penalty-shootout playoff wins, bringing decades of domestic know-how to the finals.
Managerial record
286
Matches
159
Won
61
Drawn
66
Lost
56%
Win %
From completed matches in our fixtures corpus across counted spells; cup, league and international games combined.
Managerial career
Honours
Czech First League coaching veteran (Plzeň, Hradec Králové)Back-to-back playoff shootout wins vs Ireland & Denmark
World Cup record
Took over mid-qualifying after the Faroe Islands shock and steered Czechia through the playoffs to their first World Cup since 2006.