The Zlin Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stanislav Dostál keeps Zlin in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Tomáš Poznar, 37, rolls back the years — 8.36
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.36 at 37, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Elias Cobbaut
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Zlin have done the hard part with Sparta Prague, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Lukas Gyomber will not be coming to Zlin
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at FK Senica is saying, and nobody at Zlin is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Michal Fukala signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Michal Fukala and Zlin agree another 3 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sparta Prague tell Zlin: Roman Macek is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jakub Kolář in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zlin this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Filip Soucek steps up from the Zlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Filip Soucek has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Patrik Jankto steps up from the Zlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrik Jankto has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jan Provod joins the Zlin first team
- Market Zlin promote Daniel Darida from within
- Squad Goal number 50 for Michal Cupák