Ján Kozák (footballer, born 1954)

(Redirected from Ján Kozák (footballer born 1954)) Slovak footballer and manager For his son, see Ján Kozák (footballer, born 1980).

Ján Kozák
Personal information
Full name	Ján Kozák
Date of birth	(1954-04-17) 17 April 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Matejovce nad Hornádom, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Spišská Nová Ves
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Spišská Nová Ves
1975–1980	Lokomotíva Košice	149	(34)
1980–1982	Dukla Prague	48	(13)
1982–1986	Lokomotíva Košice	57	(10)
1986–1987	Seraing	10	(1)
1987–1988	Bourges	33	(8)
1988–1990	Lokomotíva Košice
International career
1976–1984	Czechoslovakia	55	(9)
1976	Czechoslovakia B	1	(0)
Managerial career
1993–1995	Lokomotíva Košice
1995–1997	1. FC Košice
1998	1. FC Košice
2002–2003	Michalovce
2004–2005	Ličartovce
2005–2009	MFK Košice
2012–2013	MFK Košice
2013–2018	Slovakia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ján Kozák (born 17 April 1954) is a Slovak football manager and former player. Most recently, he managed Slovak national team. As the manager of Slovakia, his team qualified for the 2016 UEFA Euro, thus becoming Slovakia's first time to appear in the tournament.

In 1981, Kozák became footballer of the year in Czechoslovakia. He played 254 matches in Czechoslovak First League and scored 57 goals. Internationally he scored 9 goals in 55 appearances for Czechoslovakia, taking part in UEFA Euro 1980 and being in the squad for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Personal

Kozák's son, Ján Kozák, is also former national player of Slovakia and most recently head coach of FC VSS Košice; his grandson, Filip Lesniak, is also footballer and plays for Georgian club FC Telavi.

Honours

Player

Dukla Prague

Czechoslovak First League: Winners: 1981–82
Czechoslovak Cup: Winners: 1981

Lokomotíva Košice

Czechoslovak Cup: Winners (2x): 1977, 1979

Czechoslovakia

UEFA Euro 1980: 3rd place

Individual

Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year: 1981

Manager

1.FC Košice

Slovak First Football League: Winners (2x) 1996–97 1997–98

MFK Košice

2. Liga (Slovakia): Winners: 2005–06 (Promoted)
Slovak Cup: Winners: 2009

Individual

Slovak Manager of the Year: Winner (5): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Managerial statistics

As of 13 October 2018

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Slovakia		July 2013	October 2018	56	30	11	15	053.57
Total				56	30	11	15	053.57

Jan Kozak resigned after a loss against the Czech Republic in Trnava (Slovakia). He blamed 7 players in his squad, for his decision to resign.

References

Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

External links

Ján Kozák at FAČR (in Czech)
Weltfussball.de profile

v t e Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year
1965: Popluhár 1966: Masopust 1967: Geleta 1968: Viktor 1969: Kuna 1970: Dobiaš 1971: Dobiaš 1972: Viktor 1973: Viktor 1974: Pivarník 1975: Viktor 1976: Viktor 1977: Kroupa 1978: Nehoda 1979: Nehoda 1980: Panenka 1981: Kozák 1982: Fiala 1983: Vízek 1984: Berger 1985: Vízek 1986: Chovanec 1987: Hašek 1988: Hašek 1989: Bílek 1990: Kocian 1991: Skuhravý 1992: Moravčík

Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year

1965: Popluhár
1966: Masopust
1967: Geleta
1968: Viktor
1969: Kuna
1970: Dobiaš
1971: Dobiaš
1972: Viktor
1973: Viktor
1974: Pivarník
1975: Viktor
1976: Viktor
1977: Kroupa
1978: Nehoda
1979: Nehoda
1980: Panenka
1981: Kozák
1982: Fiala
1983: Vízek
1984: Berger
1985: Vízek
1986: Chovanec
1987: Hašek
1988: Hašek
1989: Bílek
1990: Kocian
1991: Skuhravý
1992: Moravčík

v t e Slovak Manager of the Year - Jozef Vengloš Award
2009: Weiss 2010: Weiss 2011: Griga 2012: Guľa 2013: Kozák Sr. 2014: Kozák Sr. 2015: Kozák Sr. 2016: Kozák Sr. 2017: Kozák Sr. & Hapal 2018: El Maestro 2019: Kozák Jr. 2020: Weiss 2021: Weiss 2022: Weiss 2023: Weiss

International tournaments

v t e Czechoslovakia squad – UEFA Euro 1980 third place
1 Netolička 2 Barmoš 3 Jurkemik 4 Ondruš (c) 5 Gögh 6 Štambachr 7 Kozák 8 Panenka 9 Gajdůšek 10 Masný 11 Nehoda 12 Vojáček 13 Lička 14 Fiala 15 Vízek 16 Rott 17 Pollák 18 Berger 19 Dobiaš 20 Němec 21 Seman 22 Keketi Coach: Vengloš

v t e Czechoslovakia squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Seman 2 Jakubec 3 Fiala 4 Jurkemik 5 Barmoš 6 Vojáček 7 Kozák 8 Panenka 9 Vízek 10 Kříž 11 Nehoda (c) 12 Bičovský 13 Berger 14 Radimec 15 Kukučka 16 Chaloupka 17 Štambachr 18 Janečka 19 Masný 20 Petržela 21 Hruška 22 Stromšík Coach: Vengloš

v t e Slovakia squad – UEFA Euro 2016
1 Mucha 2 Pekarík 3 Škrtel (c) 4 Ďurica 5 Gyömbér 6 Greguš 7 Weiss 8 Duda 9 Šesták 10 Stoch 11 Nemec 12 Novota 13 Hrošovský 14 Škriniar 15 Hubočan 16 Saláta 17 Hamšík 18 Švento 19 Kucka 20 Mak 21 Ďuriš 22 Pečovský 23 Kozáčik Coach: Kozák

Ján Kozák managerial positions

VSS Košice – managers

Fivébr (1945–47)
Karel (1957–61)
Bučko (196x–6x)
Vengloš (1969–73)
Jankech (1973–75)
Jačiansky (1975–76)
Felszeghy (1976–77)
Karel (1980–81)
Hrivnák (1982)
Skyva (1983)
Baránek (1984)
Ištók (1985)
Jankech (1991)
Móder (1992)
Zachar (1993)
Seman (1994)
Obert (1994)
Zachar (1994)
Radolský (1995–96)
Kozák (1996–97)
Pecze (1997–98)
Kozák (1998–99)
Zachar (1999)
Molnár (1999–00)
Valovič (2000–01)
Bogdanovský (2001–02)
Gürtler (2002)
Daňko (2002–03)
Andrejko (2003)
Kozák (2005–09)
Milojević (2009–10)
Đurović (2010)
Tarkovič (2010–11)
Šimčo (2011–12)
Kozák (2012–13)
Galko (2013)
Látal (2013–14)
Fabuľa (2015)
Vukušič (2015)
Galko (2016)
Lapšanský (2016)
Majoroš (2016–17)

v t e Slovakia national football team – managers
Vengloš (1993–95) Jankech (1995–98) Radolský (1998) Galis (1999) Adamec (1999–2002) Jurkemik (2002–03) Galis (2004–06) Kocian (2006–08) Weiss (2008–12) Hipp & Griga (2012–13) Kozák (2013–18) Hapal (2018–20) Tarkovič (2020–22) Calzona (2022–)

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