Zdeněk Ščasný

Early career, Dukla Prague and first title

Zdenek Ščasný in his youth played for Spartak Roudnice nad Labem. At 17 years old he moved to Dukla Prague, where he made his Czechoslovak First League debut. Ščasný spent four years with Dukla Prague, and won the Czechoslovak First League in 1976–77.

Sparta Prague and more titles

In 1978 Ščasný moved to Sparta Prague, where he remained until 1985. With Sparta, Ščasný won the Czechoslovak Cup in 1979–80, a Czechoslovak League and Cup double in 1983–84, and the league again in 1984–85.

Late career

In 1985 Ščasný joined Bohemians, playing there for four and a half seasons. After Bohemians Ščasný played with Agro Slušovice for a short time and then moved to Cyprus to play for Anagennisi Dherynia before ending his playing career.

International career

During his career Ščasný earned four caps as a Czechoslovakia national team player, making his debut against Cyprus on 27 March 1983. He also made five appearances for the Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team in 1979.

Early career

Ščasný began his coaching career by acting as a player-coach at Anagennisi Dherynia, and he later supervised the youth there. Ščasný returned to his homeland in 1993, and, after working with some smaller clubs, he became an assistant coach at Sparta Prague in 1996.

Sparta Prague

In the middle of the 1997–98 season Ščasný took over as Sparta's head coach and led the team to the 1. Liga championship. The following season Ščasný and Sparta repeated as league champions.

FK Viktoria Žižkov

After his second league championship with Sparta, Ščasný took over Viktoria Žižkov in 1999–2000. Ščasný spent three seasons with Žižkov, guiding them to great improvement year after year, as the team finished 9th-place in 1999–2000, 5th-place in 2000–01, and 3rd-place—the club's highest-ever finish—in 2001–02. In 2000–01 Ščasný led Žižkov to win the Czech Cup in 2000–01—the club's first title since 1993–94.

Greece: OFI and Panathinaikos

After leaving Žižkov, Ščasný moved to Greece to be the head coach of OFI. Ščasný led OFI to an 8th-place finish in his first season with the club. Scasny had very poor relations with many of the players at OFI and by the time he left the club the situation between him and many of the players was terrible. His work at OFI led Greek giants Panathinaikos to hire him early in the 2004–05 season to replace Itzhak Shum. Ščasný took over in the middle of Panathinaikos' UEFA Champions League campaign, and with two…

Zdenek's son Michal and daughter Pavlína are both professional footballers.

As player

Dukla Prague

Czechoslovak First League: 1976–77 Sparta Prague

Czechoslovak First League: 1983–84, 1984–85 Czechoslovak Cup: 1979–80, 1983–84

As manager

Sparta Prague

1. Liga: 1997–98, 1998–99, runner-up 2014-15, runner-up 2015–16 Viktoria Žižkov

Czech Cup: 2000–01 1. Liga: 3rd place 2001–02