The Mlada Boleslav Chronicle
Squad10 May 2027
Josef Kolářík breaks a bone — 55 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 55 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market10 May 2027
Victor Boluwatife Ogungbayi has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Mlada Boleslav they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad10 May 2027
Ondřej Karafiát 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 Mlada Boleslav this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 May 2027
Mlada Boleslav promote Stanislav Soucek from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stanislav 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.
Market10 May 2027
Jan Cerny steps up from the Mlada Boleslav academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jan Cerny 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 May 2027
Jiri Barak steps up from the Mlada Boleslav academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jiri Barak 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.
Squad10 May 2027
Matthias Leitl signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matthias Leitl commits to Mlada Boleslav for another 3 years.
The dugout10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Jan Harušťák
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad10 May 2027
A row about effort at Mlada Boleslav
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Filip Lehký was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout Jiří Floder knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Maxim Kalabus is still being punished for one mistake
- The dugout Daniel Langhamer gets picked when it counts