2025/26 winter stocktake: MFK Karviná

Twenty-point-seven. That’s how many extra points the model had to shovel Karviná’s way between this and last winter. A year ago, they were a definite but somewhat mild surprise after a worryingly poor finish to 2024. Now, they are a legit Top 5 threat; their actual point total almost equal to their expected one, their only two losses by more than a goal both involving a red card. MFK Karviná are a real deal, and after withstanding the pressure to perform another big winter sell-out, they seem ready to challenge like 22/23 Bohemians.

Continue reading

2025/26 team preview: MFK Karviná

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.

Continue reading