Jiří Sobotka

Sobotka played for Czechoslovakia national football team (23 caps, 8 goals) and participated at the 1934 FIFA World Cup when Czechoslovakia came in second. He played for Slavia Prague, Hajduk Split (winning the Banovina of Croatia first league) and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds. During his period in Split, he played 36 league matches scoring 17 goals in the 1939-40 and 1940-41 seasons. Before arriving to Yugoslavia, he had been a player-coach in Switzerland with FC Winterthur. After his playing career, he coached numerous clubs in Switzerland and won 6 Swiss cups. He also coached Charleroi in Belgium UE Sant Andreu in Spain, and Switzerland national team.

As a player

Slavia Prague

Czechoslovak First League: 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1936–37 Hajduk Split

Croatian First League: 1940–41 Czechoslovakia

FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1934

As a manager

Chaux-de-Fonds

Swiss Championship: 1953–54, 1954–55 Swiss Cup: 1947–48, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57 Feyenoord

Eredivisie: 1960–61 FC Basel

Swiss Cup: 1962–63