FC Fastav Zlín

FC Fastav Zlín
Full name Football Club Fastav Zlín a.s.
Nickname(s) Ševci (The Cobblers)
Founded 1919
Ground Letná Stadion, Zlín
Ground Capacity 6,375
Owner Zdeněk Červenka
Manager Bohumil Páník
League Czech First League
2016–17 6th
Website Club website

FC Fastav Zlín is a Czech profesional football club from Zlín, Moravia. The proffesional 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. They currently play in the Czech First League.

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 FC Fastav Zlín won their first major trophy in Czech League Cup called MOL Cup. Because simultaneously Manchester United won trophy in Europa League and Slavia Praha won Czech League, Zlin automatically qualified for the 2017/18 Europa League Group Stage. They will feature in group stage of any European Cup for the first time in their history. [7]

Historical names

European Record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Finland MyPa 3–2 1–1 4–3
2R Belgium Westerlo 3–0 0–0 3–0
3R Spain Atlético Madrid 2–4 2–0 4–4 (a)
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Belarus Neman Grodno 0–0 1–0 1–0
2R Belgium Gent 0–0 0–1 0–1
2017–18 UEFA Europa League Grp

Players

Current squad

As of 26 January 2017.[8]

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

No. Position Player
1 Czech Republic GK Jan Šiška
6 Czech Republic MF David Štípek
7 Senegal FW Dame Diop
8 Czech Republic MF Petr Jiráček
9 Czech Republic MF Lukáš Holík
10 France FW Jean-David Beauguel
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina MF Adnan Džafić
12 Ivory Coast MF Ibrahim Traoré
13 Czech Republic MF Tomáš Janíček
14 Czech Republic MF Daniel Holzer
15 Czech Republic FW Antonín Fantiš
16 Slovakia DF Róbert Matejov
No. Position Player
17 Czech Republic GK Stanislav Dostál
18 Serbia MF Zoran Gajić
19 Argentina MF Pablo Podio
21 Czech Republic MF Josef Hnaníček
22 Czech Republic DF Lukáš Bartošák
23 Czech Republic MF Miloš Kopečný
25 Czech Republic MF Robert Bartolomeu
27 Czech Republic DF Ondřej Bačo
28 Nigeria MF Ubong Ekpai
29 Gabon MF Duval Nzembi
44 Czech Republic GK Milan Švenger
77 Czech Republic FW Lukáš Železník

Notable former players

For all players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FC Fastav Zlín players

Managers

History in domestic competitions

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

Honours

References

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  2. "Pět důvodů, proč Zlín sestoupil z první ligy". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 "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. http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/zlin-celebrates-manchester-united-win-and-europa-league-qualification
  8. "Soupiska A tým – II. liga 2012/2013" (in Czech). fcfastavzlin.cz (Fastav Zlin). Retrieved 30 January 2013.
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