Bernhard Zgoll (25 June 1927 as Bernard Jan Zgol– August 2002)Paweł Czado Zieloni. Szombierki, niezwykły śląski klub, ed. Wydawnictwo Żwakowskie, Tychy 2020, p. 167 was a PolishAndrzej Gowarzewski: MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI. LUDZIE (1945–1962). 100 lat prawdziwej historii (3), Wydawnictwo GiA, Katowice 2017–German professional football manager. He is the second youngest trainer in the history of Ekstraklasa (21 years old in 1949).
Career Zgol coached two top Polish league teams: Szombierki Bytom and Górnik Radlin. In 1950, 1955, and 1957 he fell with his team to the second division, in 1956 he was promoted to the first division. In 1958, a Polish military court sentenced him to 10 years in prison for collaborating with American intelligence.
Zgol in 1970 arrived for Germany and changed the spelling of his surname. Next in 1978 in the Philippines to oversee the setting up of eight football centres in sites nationwide. These centres would be where young football hopefuls under the age of 18 could be nurtured and developed until they rose from the ranks and played for the national team.Bernhard Zgoll - Azkals
In 1983, he served as a technical advisor in Korea Football Association 한국成人(성인)축구「大計(대계)」절실하다 전국 순회코치 즈골氏(씨)
In 1984, he was a head coach of the Kenya national team. In 1992, he coached the Dominican Republic national team.
He was friends with Rudi Gutendorf.
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