Štefan Čambal

{{Short description|Slovak footballer and manager}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Štefan Čambal

| image =

| fullname =

| height = {{height|m=1.76}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1908|12|16}}

| birth_place = Pozsony, Austria-Hungary (today's Bratislava, Slovakia)

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1990|7|18|1908|12|17}}

| death_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1921–1923

| youthyears2 = 1923–1927

| youthclubs1 = SK Donaustadt

| youthclubs2 = Ligeti SC

| years1 = 1927–1929

| years2 = 1929–1930

| years3 = 1931–1936

| years4 = 1937–1938

| years5 = 1938–1939

| clubs1 = 1. ČsŠK Bratislava

| clubs2 = Teplitzer FK

| clubs3 = Slavia Prague

| clubs4 = SK Baťa Zlín

| clubs5 = SK Židenice

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1932–1935

| nationalteam1 = Czechoslovakia

| nationalcaps1 = 22

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1939–1945

| manageryears2 = 1945–1946

| manageryears3 = 1949

| manageryears4 = 1949–1952

| manageryears5 = 1955

| manageryears6 = 1957–1958

| manageryears7 = 1959–1962

| manageryears8 = 1964–1966

| manageryears9 = 1966–1968

| manageryears10 = 1975–1976

| managerclubs1 = Slovakia

| managerclubs2 = SK Baťa Zlín

| managerclubs3 = Czechoslovakia

| managerclubs4 = Vítkovické železárny

| managerclubs5 = Jiskra Liberec

| managerclubs6 = Dukla Pardubice

| managerclubs7 = Vorwärts Berlin

| managerclubs8 = FC Prague Sydney

| managerclubs9 = Lokomotíva Košice

| managerclubs10 = Sparta Prague

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{TCH}}}}

{{MedalSport | Men's Football}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|Runnerup|1934 Italy|}}

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Štefan Čambal (17 December 1908 – 18 July 1990) was a Slovak football player and later a football manager. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 22 matches. He was born in Pozsony and died in Prague.

He was a participant in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal. At the tournament, Čambal became the first player of Slovak origin at a World Cup.{{cite book|first=Ivan|last=Truchlik|title=Futbalový atlas sveta|publisher=Ottovo Nakladatelství|language=Slovak|year=2015|location=Prague, Czech Republic|isbn=978-80-7451-455-5|page=641}} In his country he started his career with 1. ČsŠK Bratislava, winning the 1927 amateur title in Czechoslovakia. He went on to play for clubs such as Teplitzer FK, SK Slavia Prague, SK Židenice and Baťa Zlín.{{cite book|first=Luboš|last=Jeřábek|title=Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů|publisher=Grada Publishing|language=Czech|year=2007|location=Prague, Czech Republic|isbn=978-80-247-1656-5|page=32}}

He was later a well-known football manager, coaching, amongst others, the Czechoslovakia national football team.