Milan Máčala

Milan Máčala

Personal information
Date of birth	(1943-08-04) 4 August 1943
Place of birth	Biskupice u Luhačovic, Bohemia and Moravia (now Biskupice, Czech Republic)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	TJ Gottwaldov
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1967	TJ Gottwaldov
1968–1970	Viktoria Plzeň
1971–1974	TJ Vítkovice
1975–1978	Sigma Olomouc
Managerial career
1980–1981	Sigma Olomouc
1982–1984	Slavia Prague
1984–1986	Nea Salamis
1986–1990	Baník Ostrava
1990–1993	Czechoslovakia
1994–1996	Kazma
1994–1997	Kuwait
1997	United Arab Emirates
1998	Kuwait
1999–2000	Saudi Arabia
1999–2001	Al Nasr
2001–2004	Oman
2005	Al Ain
2006–2007	Oman
2007–2010	Bahrain
2010–2012	Kazma
2012–2015	Al Ahli
2018	Al Ahli
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milan Máčala (born 4 August 1943) is a Czech football coach who coached various clubs in the Czech Republic and the Middle East.

He has previously coached in the area with the national teams of Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain, winning the Arabian Gulf Cup with the Kuwait in 1996 and 1998. As a player, he made his name with SK Sigma Olomouc where he also began his coaching career before going on to work for Slavia Prague, FC Baník Ostrava, the Czechoslovakia national football team, Kazma Sporting Club, Al Nasr and Al Ain FC.

Milan Máčala left his position as head coach of Bahrain in 2010 by mutual consent.

External links

• Interview and career details (in Czech)
• Profile