The Zlin Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Stanislav Dostál
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pendikspor come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Zlin did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lumír Číž arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Lumír Číž has, at Zlin, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Zlin
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Antonín Křapka was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Michal Kohút
Zlin asked and Banik Ostrava said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match8 Aug 2026
Viktoria Plzen take the points off Zlin
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Aug 2026
Martin Schick steps up from the Zlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Martin Schick 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 Jiri Krejci from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jiri Krejci 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 Michal Vydra from within
- The dugout Michal Cupák gets it from the manager
- The dugout Ondrej Schick faces the questions