FC Zlín

FC Zlín is a professional football club from Zlín, Czech Republic. The club has spent a number of seasons in the top league of the country, both the Czechoslovak First League and later the Czech First League. The club currently plays in the Czech National Football League.

FC Zlín

Full name	Football Club Zlín a.s.
Nickname(s)	Ševci (The Cobblers)
Founded	1919; 105 years ago (1919)
Ground	Letná Stadion, Zlín
Capacity	5,898
Owner	Zdeněk Červenka
Manager	Bronislav Červenka
League	Czech National Football League
2023–24	16th of 16 (relegated)
Website	https://www.fczlin.com/
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 1919 and played at the top level of football between 1938 and 1947, before being disqualified from the league due to manipulation of results.^[1] The club then played in the top flight sporadically, just four more seasons before the establishment of a separate Czech league in 1993.^[1] The club went on to spend a three-year spell in the Czech First League before returning to the second division in 1996. After regaining promotion to the First Division in 2002, the team recorded a number of steady performances in the league, recording a 7th-place finish twice, in 2003 and 2004, and later finishing 8th in the 2007–08 season.

At the start of the 2008–09 season the team struggled, scoring just 9 points from their opening 16 matches.^[2] The club were battling relegation as the season came to a close despite a late run of good form in which they enjoyed an unbeaten run of six matches, including five wins.^[3] They needed a win in their last match of the season against Baumit Jablonec to avoid relegation, but conceded after just two minutes, trailing 5–1 at half-time and finally losing by a 6–1 scoreline,^[3] their biggest league defeat in 62 years, and dropped out of the Czech First League after seven years in the top flight. The club started the 2010–11 Czech 2. Liga with a sequence of four straight wins,^[4] and began the following season with a sequence of six matches undefeated before losing to MFK Karviná in 2011–12 Czech 2. Liga,^[5] although they did not manage to sustain their form on either occasion, finishing 11th and 10th respectively. The club marked the start of the 2012–13 Czech 2. Liga by changing their name, manager and captain, bringing in Aleš Křeček to manage the team, installing Tomáš Polách as club captain and signing a five-year deal with firm Fastav, replacing the former sponsorship deal with Tescoma to take the new name FC Fastav Zlín.^[6] In May 2017, Zlín won the Czech Cup and subsequently qualified for the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.^[7] The club marked the start of the 2022–23 Czech First League by changing their name, signing a three-year deal with firm TRINITY BANK, replacing the former sponsorship deal with Fastav to take the new name FC Trinity Zlín.^[8] After only one season, main sponsor left and since 1 July 2023 club take the new name FC Zlín.^[9]

Historical names

• 1919 – SK Zlín (Sportovní klub Zlín)
• 1922 – SK Baťa Zlín (Sportovní klub Baťa Zlín)
• 1948 – SK Botostroj I. Zlín (Sportovní klub Botostroj I. Zlín)
• 1958 – TJ Gottwaldov (Tělovýchovná jednota Gottwaldov) – merger of Spartak and Jiskra
• 1989 – SK Zlín (Sportovní klub Zlín)
• 1990 – FC Svit Zlín (Football Club Svit Zlín, a.s.)
• 1996 – FC Zlín (Football Club Zlín, a.s.)
• 1997 – FK Svit Zlín (Fotbalový klub Svit Zlín, a.s.)
• 2001 – FK Zlín (Fotbalový klub Zlín, a.s.)
• 2002 – FC Tescoma Zlín (Football Club Tescoma Zlín, a.s.)
• 2012 – FC Fastav Zlín (Football Club Fastav Zlín, a.s.)^[10]
• 2022 – FC Trinity Zlín (Football Club Trinity Zlín, a.s.)^[8]
• 2023 – FC Zlín (Football Club Zlín, a.s.)^[9]

Players

Current squad

As of 17 August 2024.^[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVK Matej Rakovan 2 DF  CZE Dominik Simerský 4 DF  CZE Petr Hönig 6 MF  CMR Joss Didiba 7 MF  CZE Rudolf Reiter 8 MF  CZE David Machalík 9 FW  CZE Patrik Brandner 10 FW  CZE Lukáš Buchvaldek 11 MF  GEO Zviad Natchkebia 12 MF  CZE David Tkáč 17 GK  CZE Stanislav Dostál 18 DF  CZE Matěj Slouk 19 MF  GHA Cletus Nombil 23 DF  CZE Miloš Kopečný 24 DF  CZE Jakub Černín

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF  CZE Marek Švach 26 FW  SEN El Hadji Ndiaye 27 DF  CZE Patrik Kulíšek 28 DF  CZE Jakub Kolář 29 MF  CZE Adam Číž 30 FW  CZE Lukáš Bránecký 31 DF  CZE Lukáš Bartošák 33 MF  CZE Dalyn Červinka 36 MF  CZE Radek Ovesný 64 GK  CZE Štěpán Bachůrek 72 FW  MNE Nedjeljko Kovinić 77 FW  SRB Vukadin Vukadinović 79 DF  CZE Šimon Polášek 88 FW  CZE Tomáš Poznar

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Notable former players

For a more comprehensive list, see Category:FC Zlín players.

Reserves

As of 2024–25, the club's reserve team FC Zlín B plays in the Moravian-Silesian Football League (3rd tier of Czech football system).

Player records in the Czech First League

As of 26 May 2024.^[12]

Highlighted players are in the current squad.

Most appearances # Name Matches 1 Jaroslav Švach 180 2 Stanislav Dostál 176 3 Róbert Matejov 167 Antonín Fantiš 5 Zdeněk Kroča 162 6 Vukadin Vukadinović 154 7 Tomáš Janíček 144 8 Jakub Janetzký 140 9 Martin Cedidla 139 10 Vlastimil Vidlička 135

Most goals # Name Goals 1 Tomáš Poznar 41 2 Vukadin Vukadinović 19 3 Igor Klejch 16 Jaroslav Švach 5 Jean-David Beauguel 14 6 Edvard Lasota 13 7 Václav Činčala 12 Lukáš Železník Jakub Janetzký 10 Josef Mucha 11 Martin Bača

Most clean sheets

#	Name	Clean sheets
1	Stanislav Dostál	38
2	Vít Baránek	36
3	František Ondrůšek	22

Managers

• Petr Uličný (1990–94)
• Jozef Adamec (1994–95)
• Igor Štefanko (1995)
• Verner Lička (1995–96)
• Igor Štefanko (1996–98)
• František Mikulička (1998–99)
• Antonín Juran (1999)
• Lubomír Jegla (1999–00)
• Bohumil Páník (2000–01)
• František Komňacký (2001–02)
• Vlastislav Mareček (2002–04)
• Vlastimil Palička (2004)
• Pavel Hapal (2004–05)
• Lubomír Blaha (2005–06)
• Petr Uličný (2006)
• Pavel Hoftych (2006–08)
• Josef Mazura (2008)
• Ladislav Minář (2008)
• Stanislav Levý (2008)
• Ladislav Minář (2008–10)
• Marek Kalivoda (2010–11)
• Alois Skácel (2011–12)
• Aleš Křeček (2012)
• Marek Kalivoda (2012–13)
• Alois Skácel (2013)
• Martin Pulpit (2013–14)
• Bohumil Páník (2014–18)
• Vlastimil Petržela (2018)
• Michal Bílek (2018–19)
• Roman Pivarník (2019)
• Jan Kameník (2019)
• Josef Csaplár (2019)
• Jan Kameník (2019–20)
• Bohumil Páník (2020–21)
• Jan Jelínek (2021–22)
• Pavel Vrba (2022–23)
• Bronislav Červenka (2023–)

History in domestic competitions

1993–1996: Czech First League 1996–2002: Czech 2. Liga 2002–2009: Czech First League 2009–2015: Czech National Football League 2015–2024: Czech First League 2024–present: Czech National Football League

• Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 19
• Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 12
• Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0
• Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czech Republic

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1993–94	1. liga	11th	30	10	7	13	37	48	–11	37	Round of 16
1994–95	1. liga	14th	30	8	6	16	21	40	–19	30	Round of 16
1995–96	1. liga	15th	30	6	9	15	17	38	–21	27	Round of 32
1996–97	2. liga	3rd	30	12	12	6	55	33	+22	48	First round
1997–98	2. liga	5th	28	10	13	5	42	27	+15	43	Round of 32
1998–99	2. liga	8th	30	10	6	14	26	33	–7	36	Round of 32
1999–00	2. liga	8th	30	10	11	9	34	33	+11	41	Round of 16
2000–01	2. liga	5th	30	13	10	7	40	23	+17	49	Round of 64
2001–02	2. liga	2nd	30	18	10	2	56	24	+32	64	Round of 16
2002–03	1. liga	7th	30	11	9	10	34	41	–7	42	Semi-finals
2003–04	1. liga	7th	30	12	5	13	31	39	–8	41	Round of 16
2004–05	1. liga	10th	30	7	12	11	29	35	–6	33	Round of 16
2005–06	1. liga	11th	30	8	11	11	27	33	–6	35	Round of 32
2006–07	1. liga	13th	30	5	12	13	21	34	–13	27	Semi-finals
2007–08	1. liga	8th	30	10	8	12	28	31	–3	38	Round of 64
2008–09	1. liga	15th	30	7	8	15	26	49	–23	29	Quarter-finals
2009–10	2. liga	3rd	30	17	5	8	49	33	+16	56	Round of 32
2010–11	2. liga	11th	30	11	5	14	46	45	+1	38	First round
2011–12	2. liga	10th	30	9	9	12	28	36	–8	36	First round
2012–13	2. liga	6th	30	14	6	10	49	37	+12	48	Round of 32
2013–14	2. liga	11th	30	10	7	13	33	30	+3	37	Round of 32
2014–15	2. liga	3rd	30	16	7	7	53	32	+21	55	Round of 32
2015–16	1. liga	13th	30	7	9	14	34	50	–16	30	Round of 16
2016–17	1. liga	6th	30	11	8	11	34	35	–1	41	Winners
2017–18	1. liga	10th	30	8	9	13	31	48	–17	33	Semi-finals
2018–19	1. liga	8th	34	14	3	17	38	47	–9	45	Round of 16
2019–20	1. liga	13th	33	9	6	18	30	52	–22	33	Round of 16
2020–21	1. liga	14th	34	8	8	18	30	50	–20	32	Round of 64
2021–22	1. liga	12th	35	9	9	17	43	60	–17	36	Round of 16
2022–23	1. liga	15th	35	7	13	15	43	60	–17	34	Round of 16
2023–24	1. liga	16th	35	5	12	18	40	69	–29	27	Semi-finals

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970–71	European Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Bohemians	2–2	2–1	4–3
		1R	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	0–1	2–2(a)
2004	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	MyPa	3–2	1–1	4–3
		2R	Westerlo	3–0	0–0	3–0
		3R	Atlético Madrid	2–4	2–0	4–4 (a)
2005	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Neman Grodno	0–0	1–0	1–0
		2R	Gent	0–0	0–1	0–1
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	Group F	Copenhagen	1–1	0–3	4th
			Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	0–1
			Lokomotiv Moscow	0–2	0–3

Honours

• Czechoslovak Cup/Czech Cup
  • Winners: 1969–70, 2016–17
• Czechoslovak Supercup
  • Winners: 2017

Club records

Czech First League records

• Best position: 6th (2016–17)
• Worst position: 16th (2023–24)
• Biggest home win: Zlín 4–0 Kladno (2007–08), Zlín 5–1 České Budějovice (2022–23)
• Biggest away win: Slovácko 0–4 Zlín (2018–19)
• Biggest home defeat: Zlín 1–7 Viktoria Plzeň (2023–24)
• Biggest away defeat: Slavia 7–1 Zlín (2007–08)

References

1. Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 225. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
2. "Pět důvodů, proč Zlín sestoupil z první ligy". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
3. "Po debaklu následuje pád do druhé ligy: Jablonec – Zlín 6:1". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
4. "Zlín zůstal bez ztráty bodu. Na čelo se dotahuje Žižkov, vyhrál potřetí za sebou". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
5. "Zlín poprvé ve druhé lize prohrál, Brno pokračuje v mátožných výkonech". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
6. "Fotbalový Zlín posílil, o postupu do první ligy ale letos nahlas nemluví". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
7. "Zlín celebrates Manchester United win and Europa League qualification". Radio Prague. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
8. "Fotbalový Zlín už není Fastav. Ševci si plácli s novým titulárním partnerem". sport.cz (in Czech). 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
9. @footballzlin (2 July 2023). "🆕 FOTBALOVÝ KLUB MĚNÍ OD 1.7. 2023 NÁZEV NA 💛 FC ZLÍN 💙 #NoveLogo #FCZlin" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 July 2023 – via Twitter.
10. Štach, Robert (9 June 2012). "Klub má nového partnera. Ševci si budou říkat FC Fastav Zlín". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 23 September 2021.
11. "Soupiska" (in Czech). FC Zlín.
12. "Detailed stats". Fortuna liga.

External links

• Official website