Jaroslav Šilhavý

He is the current manager of Oman.

Jaroslav Šilhavý

Šilhavý in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-11-03) 3 November 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Oman (manager)
Youth career
1967–1975	TJ Chotěšov
1975–1978	ČSAD Plzeň
1978–1979	Škoda Plzeň
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1980	TJ Škoda Plzeň	8	(0)
1980–1990	RH Cheb	243	(9)
1990–1994	Slavia Prague	83	(3)
1994–1997	Petra Drnovice	69	(8)
1997–1999	FK Viktoria Žižkov	62	(5)
Total		465	(25)
International career
1980–1988	Czechoslovakia U21	18	(0)
1990–1991	Czechoslovakia	4	(0)
1992	Czechoslovakia B	1	(0)
Managerial career
2005–2007	Sparta Prague B
2007–2008	SK Kladno
2008	Viktoria Plzeň
2001–2009	Czech Republic (assistant)
2009–2011	Dynamo České Budějovice
2011–2014	Slovan Liberec
2014–2015	FK Baumit Jablonec
2016	FK Dukla Prague
2016–2017	Slavia Prague
2018–2023	Czech Republic
2024–	Oman
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a player, Šilhavý made a total of 464 top flight appearances spanning the end of the Czechoslovak First League and the beginning of the Czech First League, scoring 25 goals. His 464 appearances was a Czech league record until 6 November 2022, when Šilhavý was surpassed by Milan Petržela. His son, Tomáš Šilhavý, also played football in the Czech First League.

As a manager, Šilhavý won the 2011–12 Czech First League with FC Slovan Liberec. He has also had spells managing other top flight clubs in the Czech Republic, including Kladno, Viktoria Plzeň and Dynamo České Budějovice. He was an assistant manager for the Czech Republic national team from 2001 to 2009 before eventually taking full charge since 2018. He resigned in 2023 after qualifying the team for UEFA Euro 2024.

As a player, Šilhavý played as a defender. Born in Plzeň, he started playing at the top level in the 1979–80 Czechoslovak First League for TJ Škoda Plzeň. He subsequently played for ten years with RH Cheb before moving to Slavia Prague partway through the 1989–90 Czechoslovak First League.

At Slavia, Šilhavý was part of the team which finished second in the 1992–93 Czechoslovak First League but after four years in Prague, he moved to FC Petra Drnovice to continue his footballing career.

After three years at Drnovice, he moved back to Prague in 1997, this time to play for Viktoria Žižkov, where he served as club captain. While at Žižkov, he won the 1998 Personality of the League award at the Czech Footballer of the Year awards.

During his playing career, Šilhavý became known for the record number in the Czech First League of red cards he collected, which still remains unbeaten as of 2023. He collected 9 red cards, the same as three other players, but with the lowest number of matches played. Combined with the Czechoslovak First League, he collected a total of 12 red cards.

Šilhavý played for the Czechoslovakia U21 national team for eight years, some of these as an authorised over-age player. In this time he made 18 appearances for his country.

Šilhavý represented Czechoslovakia four times as a player, making his debut against Finland on 29 August 1990. His final appearance for the full national side was on 27 March 1991, when he played eight minutes of a match against Poland. He also played one match, in 1992, for Czechoslovakia B.

Following his career as a player, Šilhavý became assistant manager to Zdeněk Ščasný at Viktoria Žižkov. He also joined the Czech national team set-up as a coach in December 2001, a position he continued to hold until April 2009. In December 2002 he joined Sparta Prague as assistant to manager Jiří Kotrba.

Šilhavý joined Czech First League side Kladno as manager in 2007, signing a one-year deal. Kladno subsequently finished 14th, one place above the relegation places, in the 2007–08 Czech First League.

In May 2008, Šilhavý was named as the new manager of Viktoria Plzeň, although his tenure only lasted nine matches, during which time the club won just once. He was relieved of his duties in October 2008.

He took up his post at Dynamo České Budějovice on 14 October 2009, replacing Pavel Tobiáš at the club, who were bottom of the league at that time. Budějovice finished the season in 13th place and avoided relegation. The following season, in the 2010–11 Czech First League, Šilhavý led České Budějovice to a final position of 11th in the league table.

In June 2011, Šilhavý was announced as the replacement for outgoing coach Petr Rada as manager of FC Slovan Liberec. Liberec started the season well, reaching second place in the league behind Sparta after seven games. The club finished the 2011–12 Czech First League in first place, winning the league and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.

Šilhavý replaced Luboš Kozel as manager of FK Dukla Prague in May 2016, signing a three-year contract. He joined Slavia Prague in September of the same year. In the same season, he went on to win Slavia Prague the Czech league title after an eight-year drought. He was fired in late 2017, due to not qualifying to the Europa League playoff stage, being surpassed by Villareal CF and FC Astana.

Czech Republic

In September 2018, Šilhavý replaced Karel Jarolím as head coach of the Czech Republic national football team. His debut came in a 2–1 victory against Slovakia in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League.

Šilhavý led the Czech Republic in Group E of the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying. After an opening victory over Poland, followed by unexpected losses with Moldova and Albania, criticism arose over the Czech Republic football team.

On 20 November 2023, despite a 3-0 victory over Moldova in the final qualifying match that led the Czechs qualify for the final tournament, Šilhavý stated that he would not extend his contract with the national team.

Oman

On 1 February 2024, Šilhavý was announced as the manager of the Oman national football team, signing a two-year contract.

As of match played 26 March 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nation	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Kladno		7 June 2007	31 May 2008	31	6	10	15	32	46	−14	019.35
Viktoria Plzeň		31 May 2008	7 October 2008	11	3	5	3	16	15	+1	027.27
České Budějovice		14 October 2009	6 June 2011	55	16	19	20	55	72	−17	029.09
Slovan Liberec		6 June 2011	15 April 2014	119	62	28	29	201	142	+59	052.10
Jablonec		2 June 2014	8 December 2015	62	34	14	14	112	52	+60	054.84
Dukla Prague		17 May 2016	5 September 2016	6	2	1	3	9	7	+2	033.33
Slavia Prague		5 September 2016	19 December 2017	58	36	15	7	116	39	+77	062.07
Czech Republic		18 September 2018	21 November 2023	60	29	10	21	100	70	+30	048.33
Oman		1 February 2024	Present	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Career totals				403	190	102	111	644	441	+203	047.15

Player

Slavia Prague

• Czechoslovak First League runner-up: 1992–93

Petra Drnovice

• Czech Cup runner-up: 1995–96

Managerial

Slovan Liberec

• Czech First League: 2011–12

FK Jablonec

• Czech Cup runner-up: 2014–15

Slavia Prague

• Czech First League: 2016–17