Bruckner named coach of Austrian national squad

Karel Bruckner, the former head of the Czech national football team, has been appointed the coach for the national squad in Austria. The announcement, made in Vienna on Friday, came as something of a surprise, as Mr Bruckner had widely been expected to retire from the world of football. Mr Bruckner’s greatest success as head of the Czech team was a bronze finish in the European Championship in Portugal in 2004. He stepped down earlier this year after the Czechs were eliminated at Euro 2008. Mr Bruckner will coach the Austrian squad through qualification for the next World Cup.

Author: Jan Velinger