Michal Bílek

Michal Bílek (born 13 April 1965)^[1] is a football manager and former player who serves as head coach of the Czech Republic U21 national team. He led the Czech Republic national football team for four years between 2009 and 2013. As a player, he represented Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic at international level. His playing position was right midfielder.

Michal Bílek

Bílek as coach of Kazakhstan in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-04-13) 13 April 1965 (age 60)
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Czech Republic U21 (manager)
Youth career
1973–1982	Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1983	Sparta Prague	13	(0)
1984–1985	RH Cheb	50	(4)
1986–1990	Sparta Prague	135	(32)
1990–1992	Real Betis	59	(11)
1992–1993	Sparta Prague	28	(5)
1993–1996	Viktoria Žižkov	91	(20)
1996–1998	Sparta Prague	15	(1)
1998–2000	FK Teplice	76	(11)
Total		467	(84)
International career
1983–1985	Czechoslovakia U21	15	(1)
1987–1992	Czechoslovakia	32	(11)
1992–1995	Czech Republic	3	(0)
Managerial career
2001	FK Teplice
2001–2002	Cartaginés
2002–2003	Czech Republic U19
2003–2006	Chmel Blšany
2006	Viktoria Plzeň
2006–2008	Sparta Prague
2008–2009	Ružomberok
2009–2013	Czech Republic
2014	Dinamo Tbilisi
2016–2017	Jihlava
2018–2019	Zlín
2019–2020	Kazakhstan
2020	Astana
2021–2023	Viktoria Plzeň
2025–	Czech Republic U21
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

During his career, Bílek was mainly associated with Sparta Prague, which he represented on four separate occasions, starting with the first team aged only 17. He played in the Czechoslovak First League for RH Cheb in the mid-1980s before returning to Sparta.^[2]

On 27 December 1990, Bílek transferred to Spanish club Real Betis, being relegated in his first season, and returning to Sparta after another year.^[3] He played for FK Viktoria Žižkov and FK Teplice until 2000, appearing once again for his main club in between.

Bílek played for Czechoslovakia and briefly for the independent Czech Republic.^{[citation needed]} For both teams, he played a total of 35 matches and scored 11 goals, representing the former at the 1990 FIFA World Cup as an offensive mainstay – scoring twice for the quarterfinalists.^{[citation needed]} His debut for Czechoslovakia occurred in 1987 during a friendly match against Poland in Bratislava.^[1]

Managerial career

Immediately after from ending his career, Bílek began coaching, precisely with Teplice. After a brief stint in Costa Rica, he returned home, going on to manage FK Chmel Blšany, FC Viktoria Plzeň and MFK Ružomberok. In 2006, Bílek took charge of Sparta, replacing Stanislav Griga.^[4] He went on to win the Czech First League in his first season and finish second in the following season.^[5] Bílek resigned from his position at Sparta in May 2008.^[6]

In late October 2009, having coached the nation's U19 team seven years earlier,^[7] former assistant Bílek was appointed new coach of the senior team, following Ivan Hašek's resignation after the failure to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[8] He was replaced as national team coach in September 2013 after nearly four years in the role by Josef Pešice.^[9]

International goals

Scores and results list; Czechoslovakia's goal tally first.^[10]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 October 1987	Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	Poland	3–1	3–1	Friendly
2.	11 November 1987	Letná Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia	Wales	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification
3.	20 September 1988	Letná Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia	Austria	2–0	4–2	Friendly
4.	9 May 1989	Letná Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia	Luxembourg	4–0	4–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	5 September 1989	Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra, Czechoslovakia	Romania	2–0	2–0	Friendly
6.	6 October 1989	Letná Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia	Portugal	1–0	2–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.				2–1
8.	25 October 1989	Letná Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia	Switzerland	2–0	3–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
9.	10 June 1990	Stadio Comunale, Florence, Italy	United States	2–0	5–1	1990 FIFA World Cup
10.	15 June 1990	Stade Comunale, Florence, Italy	Austria	1–0	1–0	1990 FIFA World Cup
11.	22 April 1992	Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia	Germany	1–1	1–1	Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of match played 27 May 2023

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Teplice		20 March 2001	30 June 2001	10	2	1	7	020.00
Czech Republic U-19		1 July 2003	30 June 2004	4	1	1	2	025.00
Chmel Blšany		10 October 2003	30 June 2006	80	20	26	34	025.00
Viktoria Plzeň		1 July 2006	2 September 2006	5	2	2	1	040.00
Sparta Prague		3 September 2006	30 June 2008	71	39	16	16	054.93
Ružomberok		1 July 2008	30 June 2009	33	12	11	10	036.36
Czech Republic		20 October 2009	11 September 2013	41	16	10	15	039.02
Dinamo Tbilisi		1 July 2014	31 July 2014	2	0	0	2	000.00
Vysočina		14 September 2016	12 April 2017	13	4	2	7	030.77
Zlín		1 June 2018	17 January 2019	22	11	3	8	050.00
Kazakhstan		18 January 2019	19 November 2020	18	5	3	10	027.78
Astana		14 January 2020	26 August 2020	7	4	1	2	057.14
Viktoria Plzeň		10 May 2021	30 June 2023	97	56	15	26	057.73
Total				402	172	91	139	042.79

Honors

FC Viktoria Plzeň

• Czech First League: 2021–22^[11]

Individual

• Czech First League Manager of the Season: 2021–22^[12]