Jozef Karel (13 September 1922 in Humenné – 26 September 2005 in Košice[1]) was a former Slovak football midfielder and then coach. He played for SAC Sečovce, Snaha Košice, Slávia Prešov, ŠK Bratislava and shortly for Red Star Saint-Ouen on a loan. He was selected to the France Football Top 20 Midfielders on the World in 1965.
Karel made one appearance for the First Slovak Republic in 1944 and seven appearances for the Czechoslovakia national football team.
He started his managing career in Piešťany where he spent two years and he went on with his work in Prešov, Jednota Košice (he led to the First League), Trebišov, Martin, C.D. Saprissa (he won the title) and Kuwait.