FK Mladá Boleslav

Mladá Boleslav
Full name	Fotbalový klub Mladá Boleslav a.s.
Nickname(s)	Bolka
Founded	1902; 122 years ago
Ground	Lokotrans Aréna,; Mladá Boleslav
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	David Trunda
Manager	Andreas Brännström
League	Czech First League
2023–24	5th of 16
Website	https://www.fkmb.cz/
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

FK Mladá Boleslav is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Mladá Boleslav. Since 2004, the club has been participating in the Czech First League.

Mladá Boleslav were runners up in the 2005–06 Czech First League and went on to play in the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, winning their opening tie against Vålerenga although they were eliminated in the third qualifying round by Galatasaray. The club won the Czech Cup in 2011.

History

Recent times

The team was promoted to Czech First League for the first time in its history in 2004 and in their first top-flight season fought against relegation, eventually finishing in 14th place.^[1] The club's greatest success was achieved in the 2005–06 season, as they finished runners-up in the Czech First League, earning a place in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League. They came through their first tie, defeating Vålerenga (3–1 and 2–2), then lost against Galatasaray (2–5 away, 1–1 home), dropping into the UEFA Cup first round. The club went on to achieve a surprising 4–3 aggregate victory over Marseille (1st leg: 0–1, 2nd leg 4–2). However, the team was eliminated after reaching the group stage, taking just 3 points from 4 matches (Panathinaikos 0–1, Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1, Paris Saint-Germain 0–0, Rapid București 1–1).^{[citation needed]}

The following season, the club qualified directly for the first round of the UEFA Cup after finishing 3rd in the league. (Luboš Pecka was the top goalscorer in the league that year.) Qualification for the group stage was only narrowly secured by beating Palermo 4–2 on penalties after a nail biting 1–1 aggregate scoreline. On the verge of being eliminated with the score reading 1–0 Palermo, (with their goal in the first leg still standing) in the 2nd leg, Tomáš Sedláček scored the winner in the 2nd leg with only seconds to spare. In their group Mladá Boleslav defeated IF Elfsborg 3–1, but again failed to reach the knockout stages of the competition after losing matches against Villarreal 1–2, AEK Athens 0–1 and Fiorentina 1–2. The club subsequently achieved a 7th place league finish in the 2007–08 season, missing out on European qualification.^{[citation needed]} Boleslav won the 2011 Czech Cup and qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, although they were defeated over two legs by AEK Larnaca in their first fixture.

The major sponsor of the club is Škoda Auto.^[2]

Historical names

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1902 – SSK Mladá Boleslav (Studentský sportovní klub Mladá Boleslav)
1910 – Mladoboleslavský SK (Mladoboleslavský Sportovní klub)
1919 – Aston Villa Mladá Boleslav
1948 – Sokol Aston Villa Mladá Boleslav
1949 – ZSJ AZNP Mladá Boleslav (Základní sportovní jednota Automobilové závody národní podnik Mladá Boleslav) – merged with Sokol Slavoj Mladá Boleslav and Sokol Meteor Čejetičky
1950 – merged with Sokol Mladoboleslavský
1959 – TJ Spartak Mladá Boleslav AZNP (Tělovýchovná jednota Spartak Mladá Boleslav Automobilové závody národní podnik)
1965 – TJ Škoda Mladá Boleslav (Tělovýchovná jednota Škoda Mladá Boleslav)
1971 – TJ AŠ Mladá Boleslav (Tělovýchovná jednota Auto Škoda Mladá Boleslav)
1990 – FK Mladá Boleslav (Fotbalový klub Mladá Boleslav)
1992 – FK Slavia Mladá Boleslav (Fotbalový klub Slavia Mladá Boleslav)
1994 – FK Bohemians Mladá Boleslav (Fotbalový klub Bohemians Mladá Boleslav)
1995 – FK Mladá Boleslav (Fotbalový klub Mladá Boleslav)

Players

Current squad

As of 5 September 2024.^[4]

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	CZE	Matouš Trmal
3	DF	SVK	Martin Králik
5	MF	ZAM	Benson Sakala
6	MF	CZE	Daniel Langhamer
7	MF	CZE	Patrik Žitný
8	MF	CZE	Marek Matějovský
9	FW	CZE	Matyáš Vojta
10	FW	CZE	Tomáš Ladra
11	MF	CZE	Jakub Fulnek
12	MF	CZE	Vojtěch Stránský
13	DF	CZE	Denis Donát
14	DF	CZE	Tomáš Král
15	MF	CZE	Nicolas Penner
17	DF	CZE	Marek Suchý
18	FW	CZE	Matěj Pulkrab


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	CZE	David Kozel
20	MF	NGA	John Solomon
21	MF	CZE	Lukáš Fila
23	FW	CZE	Vasil Kušej
26	DF	SVK	Andrej Kadlec
28	MF	CZE	Lukáš Mašek
30	MF	CZE	Daniel Mareček
31	DF	CZE	Dominik Kostka
32	FW	GAM	Lamin Jawo
33	GK	CZE	Jan Šeda
59	GK	CZE	Jiří Floder
66	DF	CZE	Patrik Vydra (on loan from Sparta Prague)
70	FW	CZE	Jan Buryán
99	GK	CZE	Petr Mikulec

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
—	GK	CZE	Kryštof Lichtenberg (at Varnsdorf)
—	DF	CZE	Matěj Vlk (at Varnsdorf)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CZE	Ladislav Dufek (at Varnsdorf)
—	MF	CZE	Antonín Vaníček (at Viktoria Žižkov)

Notable former players

Player records in the Czech First League

As of 30 September 2024.^[5]

Highlighted players are in the current squad.

Most appearances

#	Name	Matches
1	Marek Matějovský	276
2	Jan Kysela	220
3	Miroslav Miller	211
4	Tomáš Ladra	200
5	Jan Šeda	188
6	Jan Chramosta	182
7	Ondřej Kúdela	177
8	Adrian Rolko	144
9	Lukáš Magera	130
10	Jasmin Šćuk	128

Most goals

#	Name	Goals
1	Jan Chramosta	49
2	Nikolay Komlichenko	43
3	Lukáš Magera	35
4	Marek Kulič	34
5	Luboš Pecka	33
6	Tomáš Ladra	31
7	Jasmin Šćuk	27
8	Ondřej Zahustel	21
9	Marek Matějovský	20
10	Jan Rajnoch	19

Most clean sheets

#	Name	Clean sheets
1	Miroslav Miller	64
2	Jan Šeda	51
3	Jakub Diviš	14

Current technical staff

Technical director: Jiří Plíšek
Assistant coaches: Marek Jarolím, Jan Jelínek
Goalkeeping coach: Kamil Čontofalský

Managers

Karel Stanner (1996–01)
Vlastimil Petržela (2002)
Martin Pulpit (2002–04)
Milan Bokša (2004)
Dušan Uhrin, Jr. (July 2004 – June 2007)
Zdeněk Ščasný (Sep 2007 – March 2008)
Karel Stanner (March 2008 – June 2008)
Pavel Hapal (June 2008 – June 2009)
Dušan Uhrin, Jr. (July 2009 – Dec 2009)
Karel Stanner (Jan 2010 – May 2011)
Miroslav Koubek (July 2011 – Sept 2012)
Ladislav Minář (Sep 2012 – Jan 2014)
Karel Jarolím (Jan 2014 – Aug 2016)
Leoš Kalvoda (Aug 2016 – Dec 2016)
Martin Svědík (Dec 2016 – June 2017)
Dušan Uhrin, Jr. (June 2017 – Feb 2018)
Jozef Weber (Feb 2018 – Dec 2020)
Karel Jarolím (Dec 2020 – Feb 2022)
Pavel Hoftych (Feb 2022 – May 2023)
Marek Kulič (June 2023 – Dec 2023)
David Holoubek (Jan 2024 – Aug 2024)
Andreas Brännström (Aug 2024 – present)

History in domestic competitions

1993–95 Bohemian Football League 1995–97 Czech Fourth Division 1997–98 Bohemian Football League 1998–04 Czech 2. Liga 2004– Czech First League

Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 20
Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 6
Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 3
Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 2

Czech Republic

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1993–94	3. liga	9th	34	7	17	10	38	46	–8	31	Round of 32
1994–95	3. liga	15th	34	7	12	15	34	53	–19	33	Round of 64
1995–96	4. liga	9th	30	11	7	12	41	38	+3	40	First round
1996–97	4. liga	1st	30	23	6	1	67	16	+51	75	First round
1997–98	3. liga	1st	34	19	7	8	41	26	+15	64	Round of 32
1998–99	2. liga	10th	30	9	7	14	23	30	–7	34	Round of 16
1999–00	2. liga	13th	30	7	12	11	31	40	–9	33	Round of 64
2000–01	2. liga	11th	30	9	9	12	34	42	–8	36	First round
2001–02	2. liga	3rd	30	15	7	8	40	29	+11	52	Quarter-finals
2002–03	2. liga	3rd	30	13	11	6	37	22	+15	50	First round
2003–04	2. liga	1st	30	16	7	7	50	24	+26	55	Round of 64
2004–05	1. liga	14th	30	6	13	11	26	35	–9	31	Round of 16
2005–06	1. liga	2nd	30	16	6	8	50	36	+14	54	Round of 64
2006–07	1. liga	3rd	30	17	7	6	48	27	+21	58	Quarter-finals
2007–08	1. liga	7th	30	11	9	10	37	36	+1	42	Round of 16
2008–09	1. liga	6th	30	12	10	8	39	38	+1	46	Round of 64
2009–10	1. liga	8th	30	11	6	13	47	41	+6	39	Round of 64
2010–11	1. liga	5th	30	13	7	10	49	40	+9	46	Winners
2011–12	1. liga	4th	30	15	5	10	49	34	+15	50	Quarter-finals
2012–13	1. liga	8th	30	10	8	12	34	43	–9	38	Runners-up
2013–14	1. liga	3rd	30	14	8	8	54	38	+16	50	Quarter-finals
2014–15	1. liga	4th	30	13	7	10	43	34	+9	46	Semi-finals
2015–16	1. liga	4th	30	16	9	5	63	37	+26	57	Winners
2016–17	1. liga	4th	30	13	10	7	47	37	+10	49	Semi-finals
2017–18	1. liga	9th	30	9	7	14	31	43	–12	34	Semi-finals
2018–19	1. liga	7th	35	14	10	11	66	48	+18	52	Round of 32
2019–20	1. liga	7th	35	14	7	14	56	57	–1	49	Quarter-finals
2020–21	1. liga	11th	34	10	9	15	49	54	–5	39	Quarter-finals
2021–22	1. liga	7th	34	14	6	14	53	53	0	48	Quarter-finals
2022–23	1. liga	9th	32	9	11	12	39	44	–5	38	Round of 16
2023–24	1. liga	5th	36	14	8	14	54	60	–6	50	Round of 16

History in European competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Vålerenga	3–1	2–2	5–3
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	3Q	Galatasaray	1–1	2–5	3–6
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1R	Marseille	4–2	0–1	4–3
		Group G	Panathinaikos	0–1		5th
			Rapid București		1–1
			Paris Saint-Germain	0–0
			Hapoel Tel Aviv		1–1
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1R	Palermo	0–1	1–0 (a.e.t.)	1–1 (4–2 p)
		Group C	Villarreal	1–2		4th
			Elfsborg		3–1
			AEK Athens	0–1
			Fiorentina		1–2
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	3Q	AEK Larnaca	2–2	0–3	2–5
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Þór Akureyri	3–0	1–0	4–0
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Twente	0–2	0–2	0–4
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Široki Brijeg	2–1	4–0	6–1
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Lyon	1–4	1–2	2–6
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Strømsgodset	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a.g.)
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Shkëndija	1–0	0–2	1–2
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	3–2	5–2
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Skënderbeu	2–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)	3–3 (2–4 p)
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Ordabasy	1–1	3–2	4–3
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	3Q	FCSB	0–1	0–0	0–1
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	2Q	TransINVEST	2–0	1–0	3–0
		3Q	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	1–1	4–2	5–3
		PO	Paks	2–2	3–0	5–2
		LP	Noah	—	0–2
			Lugano	0–1	—
			Vitória de Guimarães	—
			Real Betis		—
			Jagiellonia Białystok		—
			Molde	—

Notes

2Q: Second qualifying round
3Q: Third qualifying round
PO: Play-off round

Honours

Czech Cup
- Winners (2): 2010–11, 2015–16
Czech 2. Liga
- Winners: 2003–04
Bohemian Football League
- Winners: 1997–98

Club records

Czech First League records

Best position: 2nd (2005–06)
Worst position: 14th (2004–05)
Biggest home win: Mladá Boleslav 6–0 Příbram (2019–20)
Biggest away win: Teplice 0–8 Mladá Boleslav (2018–19)
Biggest home defeat: Mladá Boleslav 0–5 Sparta (2023–24)
Biggest away defeat: Plzeň 7–1 Mladá Boleslav (2019–20)

In the 2023–24 season, the highest number of goals in one game in the history of the Czech First League was seen in the match Zlín–Mladá Boleslav, which ended 5–9.^[6]

References

^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
^ "FK Mladá Boleslav". Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "Club history". FK Mladá Boleslav. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
^ "Soupiska". FK Mladá Boleslav.
^ "Detailed stats". Fortuna liga.
^ "Čtrnáct tref ve Zlíně! Liga zažila nejgólovější duel, Liberec zaskočil Plzeň" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

External links

Official website (in Czech)

[1] Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

[2] "FK Mladá Boleslav". Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[3] "Club history". FK Mladá Boleslav. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

[4] "Soupiska". FK Mladá Boleslav.

[stats-5] "Detailed stats". Fortuna liga.

[6] "Čtrnáct tref ve Zlíně! Liga zažila nejgólovější duel, Liberec zaskočil Plzeň" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

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