Credentials

The biggest breakout candidate of the season along with Lukáš Provod, Tomáš Ladra spent the first half of the campaign bizarrely loaned out to Jablonec, only to return and post the highest average mark by Deník Sport on Boleslav (6.0) and stand behind 47.4% of FKMB’s xG by mid-April — chipping in with 5.26 NPxG+xA.

Credentials

In only his 16th top flight season and despite enduring his first assist-less autumn since 2016, Marek Matějovský was still the maestro for Boleslav at a tender age of 40. He was the only CAM to land in the 80th+ percentile in all 4 ball progression metrics: completed smart passes and meters gained per loss, via passing play and via run with the ball.

Credentials

Sharing the MVP honours with the spring sensation Vasil Kušej, Ladra was once again very good — albeit this time as more of a centre forward. In that role, he unsurprisingly led the league in expected assists and deep completions, chipping in with 13 goal contributions, incl. 7 strikes.

Credentials

Once again sharing the MVP honours with Kušej (who, once again, turned into just half-a-season worth of MVP performance), Ladra was sparingly used by Kulič in 2023, but fully blossomed once Holoubek took charge, contributing to a whopping 3.33 chances/goals per 90 mins since Round 24 (Kušej was at 1.48), notching 7 important points.

Credentials

Second youngest MVP after Šín. His 10 goals, six of them qualifying as vital, delivering a total of 6.77 EPA would be impressive by itself for a rookie; even more so when placed in the context of beating the non-penalty totals of Magera in 15/16 or Kulič 10 years earlier (both 7), when both fit inside the league’s Top 5 of all scoring. FKMB was a Top 4 team then; it wasn't now.