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Viktor Baier
Viktor Baier (born 16 January 2005) is a Czech professional footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Blau-Weiß Linz on loan from Viktoria Plzeň. Early life Baier was born in Příbram to former volleyball player Petr Baier, who played for the local side. As a child, he took an interest in volleyball himself, as well as playing ice hockey. Club career Baier began his career in the academy of Příbram, where he was coached by former professional goalkeeper Radek Sňozík, before moving to Viktoria Plzeň at the age of fifteen. After Viktoria Plzeň qualified for the UEFA Champions League ahead of the 2022–23 season, the under-19 side automatically qualified for the UEFA Youth League, and despite beginning their campaign with losses to Inter Milan and Barcelona, they recorded their first victory against German opposition Bayern Munich, with Baier establishing himself as the team's first-choice goalkeeper with impressive performances. The following year, in June 2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Příbram
Příbram (; or ''Przibram'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It is known for its mining history, and more recently, its new venture into economic restructuring. The town is the third-largest in the Central Bohemian Region (behind Kladno and Mladá Boleslav), and is a natural administrative and cultural centre of the south-western part of the region, although it also tends to be largely influenced by the proximity of Prague. The Svatá Hora pilgrimage site above the town is the oldest and most important Marian pilgrimage site in Bohemia. Příbram is also known for the Mining Museum Příbram. Administrative division Příbram consists of 18 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Příbram I (2,461) *Příbram II (2,088) *Příbram III (3,486) *Příbram IV (1,650) *Příbram V-Zdaboř (3,919) *Březové Hory, Příbram VI-Březové Hory (1,704) *Příbram VII (10,135) *Příbram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Bayern Munich
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional association football, football team, who play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Bayern are the most successful club in German football and are among List of football clubs by competitive honours won, the world's most decorated, having won a record 34 List of German football champions, national titles, including eleven consecutive titles from 2013 to 2023 and a record 20 DFB-Pokal, national cups, alongside numerous European titles. Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by eleven players, led by Franz John. Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932 German football championship, 1932, the club was not selected for the Bundesliga during Introduction of the Bundesliga, its inception in 1963. The club found suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech First League
The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from August to May, most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays with few games played on Fridays. All Chance Liga clubs qualify for the Czech Cup. The history of the Czech football league began with its reorganization for the 1993–94 season following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and therefore the league became the successor of the Czechoslovak First League, Czechoslovak League. Thirty-five clubs have competed in the Czech First League since its founding. AC Sparta Prague, Sparta Prague has won the title 14 times, the most among Czech clubs and are the reigning champions. Other clubs that were crowned as champions are SK Slavia Prague, Slavia Prague, FC Slovan Liberec, Slovan Liberec, FC Baník Ostrava, Baník Ostrava and FC Viktoria Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech News Center
Czech News Center a.s. (previously known as Ringier Axel Springer CZ a.s.) is one of the largest media houses in the Czech Republic. Overview The company publishes several daily newspapers (Blesk, Aha! and Sport), many printed magazines, online magazines, web projects, applications and run the services of a virtual operator and printing works. The sole owner of the company is Czech Media Invest a.s., which is indirectly owned by Daniel Křetínský and Patrik Tkáč. The subsidiary is the Czech Print Center a. s., with operations in Prague and Ostrava. CNC also has a 27% share in the largest Czech company for print distribution PNS, a. s. Commercials Academy of Journalism The Academy of Journalism and New Media is a common project of Czech News Center a.s. and PB — Higher Vocational and Secondary School of Management. Its main service is dedicated to comprehensive education and practice in the field of modern journalism. BLESKmobil BLESKmobil is the first and lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blesk
''Blesk'' () is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Prague, the Czech Republic. History and profile ''Blesk'' was first published on 14 April 1991. In 1992, it launched a weekly edition published on Sundays and its magazine, which is a comprehensive TV guide, was started in 1993. The paper is headquartered in Prague and was owned by Ringier until December 2013. Its owner is the Czech News Center (CNC) and its publisher is the Czech Print Center, a subsidiary of the CNC. Its lay-out is modelled from the Swiss tabloid '' Blick'', also published by Ringier, and the German daily ''Bild'' which is published by ''Axel Springer SE''. Thus, ''Blesk'' is a tabloid newspaper and is neutral in its political and religious leaning. The daily's sister paper is '' Aha!'', another tabloid. Vladimír Mužík is among the former editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Slovan Liberec
FC Slovan Liberec (), commonly referred to as Slovan Liberec or simply Slovan, is a Czech professional association football, football club based in the city of Liberec. The club is one of the most successful in the Czech Republic, having won three league titles and the Czech Cup, domestic cup since 1993. Glass-making company Preciosa (corporation), Preciosa a.s. is the current main sponsor of the club. History Early years The first predecessor of the Liberec football club was the Reichenberger Fussballklub (RFK) which was founded in 1899 (renamed to Reichenberger Sportklub [RSK] in 1904). Because Liberec was a city where the majority of inhabitants were of German nationality, until 1945, it was Germans who first established clubs and played their own league. The first Czech football club, SK Liberec, was established after World War I on 11 May 1919. In 1922, the original German club FK Rapid Ober Rosenthal became the Czech club Jiskra Liberec, SK Rapid Horní Růžodol. In the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marián Tvrdoň
Marián Tvrdoň (born 18 August 1994) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Czech club Viktoria Plzeň. Club career Tvrdoň is a youth product of the Slovak side Nitra, and had a brief loan with the youth side of ViOn Zlaté Moravce. He began his senior career in the Czech Republic with FK Ústí nad Labem in 2014, and had several loans with lower-league Czech teams in his first couple of years. Returning to Ústí nad Labem, in the 2020–21 season, he was named goalkeeper of the season in the Czech National Football League. This earned him a move to the Czech First League with Viktoria Plzeň where he signed a 3-year contract. Normally acting as their backup goalkeeper, Tvrdoň was the starter for the club in a UEFA Champions League match against FC Bayern Munich on 4 October 2022. Honours Viktoria Plzeň * Czech First League The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Koubek
Miroslav Koubek (born 1 September 1951) is a Czech manager and former goalkeeper, currently managing Viktoria Plzeň. He won the Czech First League with Plzeň in the 2014–15 season. Coaching career Koubek coached several Czech clubs. He led SK Kladno to the Czech Second League title in the 2005–06 season, securing the club's return to top-flight football for the first time since 1970. In the 2008–09 season, he led FC Zenit Čáslav to second place in the Czech Second League and promotion to the First League, although Čáslav eventually sold the First League license to rivals and remained in the Second League. Koubek joined FC Baník Ostrava in June 2009, leading them to third place in the 2009–10 Czech First League. The 2010–11 season however started with miserable results for Baník, with the club losing seven of the opening 13 matches, and Koubek was sacked in October. Koubek returned to the Czech First League as the manager of Mladá Boleslav on 28 May 2011. K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb (), commonly referred to as simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional association football, football Football team, club based in Zagreb. Dinamo play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Football in Croatia, Croatian football, having won twenty-five Croatian First Football League, Prva HNL titles, sixteen Croatian Football Cup, Croatian Cups, еight Croatian Football Super Cup, Croatian Super Cups, and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The club has spent its entire existence in top flight, having been members of the Yugoslav First League from 1946 to 1991, and then the Prva HNL since its foundation in 1993. At the end of the World War II in Yugoslavia, World War II, the new League of Communists of Yugoslavia, communist government of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia considered Croatian clubs like HŠK Građanski as fascist and Croatian nationalism, nationalist, because they had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Europa Conference League
The UEFA Conference League (UECL), usually known simply as the Conference League, is an annual association football, football competition organised since 2021 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the third-tier competition of UEFA competitions, European club football, ranking below the second-tier UEFA Europa League, and the first-tier UEFA Champions League. Introduced in 2021 as the UEFA Europa Conference League, the competition was initially intended as the bottom level of the UEFA Europa League. Teams from lower-ranked UEFA member associations primarily contest the competition. From the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, 2024–25 season, the competition was rebranded to the UEFA Conference League, and the group stage was replaced with an expanded league phase of 36 teams. No teams qualify directly for the league phase: instead the teams eliminated in the Europa League play-off round qualify, with the rest comin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jindřich Staněk
Jindřich Staněk (born 27 April 1996) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Czech First League side Slavia Prague and the Czech Republic. Club career Early career and time in England Staněk started his career with Sparta Prague, appearing on the bench for the first team on three occasions in 2013. On 31 January 2014, he joined Premier League club Everton on a -year deal for an undisclosed fee. On 29 September 2015, Staněk joined Hyde United on a one-month loan deal, going on to make five appearances for the club. In June 2016, having made just two appearances on the bench for Everton, he was released by the club. Return to the Czech Republic In September 2016, Staněk returned to the Czech Republic and signed for Dynamo České Budějovice, later being sent on loan with Třebíč in 2017. He made his Czech National Football League debut for České Budějovice on 24 September 2017 against FK Baník Sokolov. Staněk joined Viktoria Plzeň on loan in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslav Drobný (footballer)
Jaroslav Drobný (; born 18 October 1979) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as the goalkeeping coach for German club Bayern Munich II. Drobný previously played for Panionios, ADO Den Haag, VfL Bochum, Ipswich Town, Hertha BSC, Hamburger SV, Werder Bremen, and Fortuna Düsseldorf. At international level, he represented the Czech Republic. Club career Drobný's first club was local club SK Chrudim. In his first season, he signed a contract with Chrudium's rivals FC Vítkovice. He joined First Division club S.K. České Budějovice in 1999 where he spent his first two professional seasons. In 2001, he was transferred to Panionios in the Alpha Ethniki, the first tier in Greece. In 2005, Drobný was spotted by Fulham, and in the summer, the club having sold Edwin van der Sar, he was bought by the West London club. However, he was injured shortly after his arrival, and upon returning to fitness failed to get into the team. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
