The Chrudim Courier
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
David Jurčenko scores twice — 8.95
Two goals and a mark of 8.95 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Chrudim
Nick Verschuren and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Chrudim
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fortune Bassey was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Chrudim rebuffed over Matěj Polidar
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Jablonec have kept their man, and Chrudim go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match12 Sep 2026
David Jurčenko sends Chrudim past Jihlava
It finished 2‑1, and it was David Jurčenko’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Chrudim.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
Chrudim supporters have found a favourite in David Jurčenko
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. David Jurčenko has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market14 Sep 2026
Chrudim promote Antonin Soucek from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Antonin Soucek has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for David Bauer
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to David Bauer, and the manager let it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Nick Verschuren has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Chrudim know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
In brief
- Market Chrudim and Pavel Osmančík are talking past each other
- The dugout A satisfied Pavel Brabec
- Looking ahead Pavel Osmančík goes back to face Pribram