Martin Stanek

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Artis Brno U18
13 Sep 2028
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Martin Stanek

109 Edition

The Artis Brno Herald

28 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Martin Stanek

19 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Artis Brno lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match

João Leal sends Artis Brno through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and João Leal obliged against Slovacko. 5‑2 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Artis Brno.

Market

Ondřej Čoudek asks to leave Artis Brno

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings

A brace, and Tadeáš Koryčan takes the afternoon — 8.86

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Tadeáš Koryčan provided it, and the 8.86 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

João Leal takes the match ball home

3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.

Squad

6 saves: Ondřej Mastný was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Transfer targets

Filip Ret is a medical away from Artis Brno

The deal with Ústí nad Labem is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Match

Whatever happens, Artis Brno do not lose

7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad

A falling-out at Artis Brno

Jakub Fulnek and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief

Back issues
108 Edition

The Artis Brno Herald

21 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Martin Stanek

26 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Artis Brno lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match

Artis Brno strike at the death to beat Prostějov

There were 89 minutes on the clock and Prostějov had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Artis Brno did not stop to explain themselves.

Match

Nobody wants to play Artis Brno right now

5 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Market

Artis Brno say no — this time

The offer from Zlin for Ondřej Mastný was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Eyes on Daniel Toula again

The phone has started ringing about Daniel Toula again, and this time the name on the line is Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš. Artis Brno are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

A falling-out at Artis Brno

Issa Fomba and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Artis Brno rebuffed over Dominik Gembický

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bohemians 1905 have kept their man, and Artis Brno go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

A row about effort at Artis Brno

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dominik Plechatý was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The terraces

Artis Brno supporters have found a favourite in David Osei

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. David Osei 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.

In brief

107 Edition

The Artis Brno Herald

14 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

The knee: Martin Stanek out for 36 days

36 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Artis Brno lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Player ratings

A brace, and Robi Saarma takes the afternoon — 8.72

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Robi Saarma provided it, and the 8.72 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Transfer targets

$150.0K settles it between the clubs for Filip Ret

Ústí nad Labem have accepted the money. What Artis Brno do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Match

Artis Brno cannot stop winning

4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Player ratings

Up for the corner, and Ondřej Čoudek delivers — 7.81

Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Ondřej Čoudek scored, was marked 7.81, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Ricardo Rieder rejects the move

Artis Brno had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Luzern, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad

Words exchanged at Artis Brno

Issa Fomba and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match

Artis Brno get the job done against Táborsko

A 3‑1 win over Táborsko, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Jakub Fulnek 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.

In brief