The Vlašim Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jiří Piroch gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Jiří Piroch has just signed for Vlašim, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Ondřej Pavlík
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Vlašim have done the hard part with Sparta Prague, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jan Záviška is a Vlašim player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Vlašim
Mamadou Koné and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vlašim promote Daniel Soucek from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel 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 Aug 2026
Vlašim promote Stanislav Sykora from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stanislav Sykora 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
Vlašim promote Antonin Schick from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Antonin Schick 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Jiří Hrubeš was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 17. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Michal Skwarczek is a square peg at Vlašim
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Squad Michal Jeřábek has outgrown this division
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Lukas Barak on the draw
- The dugout Mamadou Koné asks for a word with the manager