Josef Košťálek (31 August 1909 in Kladno – 21 November 1971) was a Czech footballer.
![]() Josef Košťálek at Mitropa Cup 1930 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1909-08-31)31 August 1909 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kročehlavy, Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||||||
Date of death | 21 November 1971(1971-11-21) (aged 62) | |||||||||||||||
Place of death | Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
–1929 | SK Kročehlavy | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1929–1945 | Sparta Prague | |||||||||||||||
1945–1946 | Sparta Považská Bystrica | |||||||||||||||
1946–1951 | SK Rakovník | |||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1930–1939 | Czechoslovakia | 43 | (2) | |||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
1957–1958 | Baník Kladno | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He played for Sparta Prague and the Czechoslovakia national football team, for whom he played 43 matches, scoring two goals, and appeared in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. In 1938, he scored in extra time against the Netherlands to put Czechoslovakia into the quarterfinals.[1]
Czechoslovakia squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup runners-up | ||
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Czechoslovakia squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup | ||
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