The Zlin Chronicle
Match8 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Zlin
A 0‑3 beating by Viktoria Plzen was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
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.
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Slavia Prague join the queue for Joss Didiba
Add another name to the list: Slavia Prague have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Joss Didiba. The answer from Zlin has not changed — yet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stanley Kanu wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Zlin know it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zlin rebuffed over Yoan Bornosuzov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Slavia Sofia have kept their man, and Zlin go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
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
Zlin promote Matej Coufal from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Matej Coufal 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 Aug 2026
Zlin promote Vladimir Provod from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vladimir Provod 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 Tomas Masopust steps up from the Zlin academy
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Stanislav Dostál
- Squad Ondřej Kukučka falls out with a teammate over standards