The Zlin Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Emiliano Marcondes gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Emiliano Marcondes has just signed for Zlin, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jakub Jugas stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jakub Jugas and Zlin agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Antonín Křapka 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Emiliano Marcondes falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lukas Brabec steps up from the Zlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lukas Brabec 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
Zlin promote Matej Sima from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matej Sima 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.
In brief
- Market Zlin promote Daniel Sima from within
- Market Jakub Holes steps up from the Zlin academy
- Match Zlin come up short against Sparta Prague
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Daniel Bahia