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PRAGUE (AP) \u2014 Veteran coach Miroslav Koubek will take charge of the Czech national team for the final stage of World Cup qualifying, the country’s soccer federation announced Friday. <\/p>\n
Koubek, 74, will replace Ivan Ha\u0161ek. fired in october<\/span> After a humiliating 2-1 loss to the Faroe Islands in World Cup qualifying.<\/p>\nJaroslav Koestl, who was Ha\u0161ek’s assistant, was interim manager during the team’s 1-0 win over San Marino in a friendly and 6-0 win over Gibraltar in the final. world cup<\/span> modifier.<\/p>\nCzech Football Association president David Tranda said Koubek had been given a two-and-a-half year contract.<\/p>\n
His immediate challenge is the European qualifying play-offs in March.<\/p>\n
Mr. Corbeck called his appointment a “huge honor” and the biggest challenge of his career.<\/p>\n
“I, and the players too, will do our best to qualify for the World Cup,” he said.<\/p>\n
The Czech Republic finished second in the qualifying group behind Croatia and qualified for the play-offs.<\/p>\n
They will face Ireland for the first time in a single-elimination game at home on March 26, who qualified for the play-offs with a last-minute win over Hungary. The winner will host Denmark or North Macedonia for a spot in the tournament co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n
The teams participating in the tournament will be in Group A along with Mexico, South Africa and South Korea.<\/p>\n
Koubek, a former goalkeeper, has mainly coached Czech clubs throughout his career. From 2016 to 2018, he served as an assistant to national team coach Karel Jarolim.<\/p>\n
In his previous job, he managed Viktoria Plzen from 2023 until he was fired in September of this year, and the team reached the quarter-finals of the Conference League and the last 16 of the Europa League.<\/p>\n
The last time the Czech Republic qualified for the World Cup was in 2006.<\/p>\n
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