Michal Zach (born 21 March 1969) is a Czech

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manager. He managed FC Slovan Liberec and Bohemians 1905 in the

2007–08 Czech First League The 2007–08 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the fifteenth season of Czech Republic's top-tier of football. The season started on 4 August 2007 and concluded on 17 May 2008. Teams Příbram and Slová ...

Early career

Zach managed Most in the 2003–04 Czech 2. Liga. He lost his position in May 2004 following a series of five consecutive defeats. Zach managed Ústí nad Labem in the

2004–05 Czech 2. Liga The 2004–05 Czech 2. Liga was the 12th season of the Czech 2. Liga, 2. česká fotbalová liga, the second tier of the Czech Republic football league system, Czech football league. In February 2005, Bohemians 1905, Bohemians lost their license t ...

but was replaced before the end of the season. After serving as assistant manager to

Vítězslav Lavička Vítězslav Lavička (; born 30 April 1963) is a Czech football manager and former player. Playing career As a player, Lavička played for several Czech clubs, including Škoda Plzeň, RH Cheb and Sparta Prague. He played one season towards ...

Liberec Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...

, Zach became manager as Lavička's replacement in May 2007. In October 2007, after winning just one of nine league games in charge, Zach left Liberec. In November 2007 he joined Bohemians 1905 as assistant to Zbyněk Busta and went on to lead the team as caretaker manager following Busta's resignation with six matches of the

remaining.

Australia

In 2009 Zach moved to

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as the assistant manager to compatriot

. Lavička and Zach extended their deals in 2010. In January 2011, it was announced that Zach would be leaving Sydney and returning to the Czech Republic following the expiry of his contract on 31 March.

Return to the Czech Republic

On 22 June 2011, Zach was announced as the new manager of

Czech 2. Liga The Czech National Football League ( cs, Fotbalová národní liga, ''FNL''), currently known as Fortuna národní liga due to sponsorship reasons, is the second level professional association football league in the Czech Republic. Before 2013 it ...

side Most. He remained in his position until after the first match of the spring part of the

2012–13 Czech 2. Liga The 2012–13 Czech 2. Liga was the 20th season of the Czech Second Division, the second tier of the Czech football league. The season began on 4 August 2012 and finished on 5 June 2013. In addition to the two lowest-placed clubs being relegated, ...

, being replaced by Zbyněk Busta.

References

External links

Profile at iDNES.cz

Profile at Bohemians 1905 website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zach, Michal 1969 births Living people Czech football managers Czech First League managers FK Baník Most managers FC Slovan Liberec managers Bohemians 1905 managers Sportspeople from Prague Czech expatriate sportspeople in Austria FK Ústí nad Labem managers Czech National Football League managers