New horizons unlocked. Just like most of us predicted a year ago, MFK Karviná the club has entered a new era with Martin Hyský the manager. Hardly just your regular coach, the former Vlašim gaffer is making sure Karviná doesn’t become a hollow feeder club of Slavia without its own personality and agenda. Through his charisma, tactical acumen, accountability and sheer dedication to make it all work in a region where Karviná have long fed off scraps, Hyský has — in a way — become for Karviná what Janotka has been for Sigma: a quietly transformative figure reshaping not just results, but identity.
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2025/26 team preview: FC Baník Ostrava
The word “vibes” is growing in popularity even among the Czech-speaking younger generation, and FC Baník Ostrava of 2023-25 could easily demonstrate what it means. On the face of it, the club just rattled off two Top 4 finishes, both remarkable in their own right — the first one marked a delayed return to UEFA competitions, breaking the glass ceiling of sorts, while the second one meant a suitable follow-up via a jump by one place and a whole lot of points. But the vibes… boy, the vibes were different. Where 2023/24 was an uneasy step in the right direction, 2024/25 was a confident statement of belonging.
2025/26 team preview: SK Sigma Olomouc
If you were to now design a dream Sigma Olomouc campaign in a lab, you couldn’t — the baffled lab operator would keep on mumbling “I’ve only just finished the task”. Through all the victories — first trophy since 2012 and return to the continental stage after 7 years, thanks to a beloved club icon drawing decent football from a cast of largely inexperienced homegrown talent — there was just one ever-present regret: if only there were more people in the stands cheering on. Now, with the clean break from the much-maligned ownership structure, there’s hope for a full-blown success story. On and off the pitch.