František Štambachr or Štambacher (born 13 February 1953 in

Čebín Čebín is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. Geography Čebín is located about northwest of Brno. Most of the municipal territory lies in the B ...

), nicknamed "''Štambi''", is a former Czechoslovak footballer, gold medalist with the Czechoslovak Olympic Football Team at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

in Moscow. He was considered as an allrounder who could play in almost every position of the midfield (especially left wing and defensive midfield).

Club career

During his youth Štambachr played for Sokol Čebín and KPS Brno. In 1972, he transferred to

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

(nowadays known as Marila Pribram). For Dukla he reached a total of 292 top league appearances and scored 31 goals. In 1977, 1979 and 1982 he became champion of

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

, in 1981 and 1983

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winner. He spent the late years of his career playing in Greece for

AEK Athens A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. Establishe ...

(7/1984-12/1984) and

Apollon Athens Apollon Smyrnis Football Club () is a professional football club based in Athens, Greece, which competes in the Athens FCA first division. It is part of GS Apollon Smyrnis (Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Απόλλων Σμύρνης), ...

(12/1984-6/1985).

International career

Štambachr played for

a total of 31 matches, in which he scored 5 goals. He was part of the winning squad of the 1976 European Championship, where he did not compete. He also participated at the 1980 European Championship and the

1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national footbal ...

. He played with the Olympic team in the

where they won the golden medal.

Honours

;Dukla Prague *

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League (, ) was the premier football (soccer), football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Ga ...

: 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82 *

Czechoslovak Cup The Czechoslovak Cup () was a football cup competition held in Czechoslovakia. It was officially created in 1960 and folded in 1993 with the split between Czech Republic and Slovakia. The cup was played throughout Czechoslovakia until 1968–69. F ...

: 1980–81 ;Czechoslovakia *

UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

;Czechoslovakia Olympic *

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1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

References

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Hall of Fame Dukla Praha profile
1953 births Living people People from Brno-Country District Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic footballers for Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia men's international footballers UEFA European Championship–winning players UEFA Euro 1976 players UEFA Euro 1980 players 1982 FIFA World Cup players Dukla Prague footballers Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players AEK Athens F.C. players Olympic medalists in football Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Greece Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the South Moravian Region {{Czechoslovakia-Olympic-medalist-stub