FC Zlín is a professional football club from Zlín, Czech Republic. The club has spent a number of seasons in the top league of the country, both the Czechoslovak First League and later the Czech First League. The club plays in the Czech National Football League in the 2024–25 season, and three rounds before the end of the league, the team secured first place and promotion back to the Czech First League.
History The club was founded in 1919 and played at the top level of football between 1938 and 1947, before being disqualified from the league due to manipulation of results. The club then played in the top flight sporadically, just four more seasons before the establishment of a separate Czech league in 1993. The club went on to spend a three-year spell in the Czech First League before returning to the second division in 1996. After regaining promotion to the First Division in 2002, the team recorded a number of steady performances in the league, recording a 7th-place finish twice, in 2003 and 2004, and later finishing 8th in the 2007–08 season.
At the start of the 2008–09 season the team struggled, scoring just 9 points from their opening 16 matches. The club were battling relegation as the season came to a close despite a late run of good form in which they enjoyed an unbeaten run of six matches, including five wins. They needed a win in their last match of the season against Baumit Jablonec to avoid relegation, but conceded after just two minutes, trailing 5–1 at half-time and finally losing by a 6–1 scoreline, their biggest league defeat in 62 years, and dropped out of the Czech First League after seven years in the top flight. The club started the 2010–11 Czech 2. Liga with a sequence of four straight wins, and began the following season with a sequence of six matches undefeated before losing to MFK Karviná in 2011–12 Czech 2. Liga, although they did not manage to sustain their form on either occasion, finishing 11th and 10th respectively. The club marked the start of the 2012–13 Czech 2. Liga by changing their name, manager and captain, bringing in Aleš Křeček to manage the team, installing Tomáš Polách as club captain and signing a five-year deal with firm Fastav, replacing the former sponsorship deal with Tescoma to take the new name FC Fastav Zlín. In May 2017, Zlín won the Czech Cup and subsequently qualified for the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. The club marked the start of the 2022–23 Czech First League by changing their name, signing a three-year deal with firm TRINITY BANK, replacing the former sponsorship deal with Fastav to take the new name FC Trinity Zlín. After only one season, main sponsor left and since 1 July 2023 club take the new name FC Zlín.
Historical names 1919 – SK Zlín (Sportovní klub Zlín) 1922 – SK Baťa Zlín (Sportovní klub Baťa Zlín) 1948 – SK Botostroj I. Zlín (Sportovní klub Botostroj I. Zlín) 1958 – TJ Gottwaldov (Tělovýchovná jednota Gottwaldov) – merger of Spartak and Jiskra 1989 – SK Zlín (Sportovní klub Zlín) 1990 – FC Svit Zlín (Football Club Svit Zlín, a.s.) 1996 – FC Zlín (Football Club Zlín, a.s.) 1997 – FK Svit Zlín (Fotbalový klub Svit Zlín, a.s.) 2001 – FK Zlín (Fotbalový klub Zlín, a.s.) 2002 – FC Tescoma Zlín (Football Club Tescoma Zlín, a.s.) 2012 – FC Fastav Zlín (Football Club Fastav Zlín, a.s.) 2022 – FC Trinity Zlín (Football Club Trinity Zlín, a.s.) 2023 – FC Zlín (Football Club Zlín, a.s.)
Players Current squad .
Out on loan
Notable former players
Reserves As of 2025–26, the club's reserve team FC Zlín B plays in the Moravian-Silesian Football League (3rd tier of Czech football system).
Player records in the Czech First League . Highlighted players are in the current squad.
Most appearances # Name Matches 1 Stanislav Dostál 214 2 Jaroslav Švach 180 3 Tomáš Poznar 170 4 Róbert Matejov 167 Antonín Fantiš 6 Zdeněk Kroča 162 7 Vukadin Vukadinović 154 8 Lukáš Bartošák 151 9 Tomáš Janíček 144 10 Jakub Janetzký 140
Most goals # Name Goals 1 Tomáš Poznar 48 2 Vukadin Vukadinović 19 3 Igor Klejch 16 Jaroslav Švach 5 Jean-David Beauguel 14 6 Edvard Lasota 13 7 Václav Činčala 12 Lukáš Železník Jakub Janetzký 10 Josef Mucha 11 Martin Bača Jakub Černín
Most clean sheets # Name Clean sheets 1 Stanislav Dostál 47 2 Vít Baránek 36 3 František Ondrůšek 22
Managers
Petr Uličný (1990–94) Jozef Adamec (1994–95) Igor Štefanko (1995) Verner Lička (1995–96) Igor Štefanko (1996–98) František Mikulička (1998–99) Antonín Juran (1999) Lubomír Jegla (1999–00) Bohumil Páník (2000–01) František Komňacký (2001–02) Vlastislav Mareček (2002–04) Vlastimil Palička (2004) Pavel Hapal (2004–05) Lubomír Blaha (2005–06) Petr Uličný (2006) Pavel Hoftych (2006–08) Josef Mazura (2008) Ladislav Minář (2008) Stanislav Levý (2008) Ladislav Minář (2008–10) Marek Kalivoda (2010–11) Alois Skácel (2011–12) Aleš Křeček (2012) Marek Kalivoda (2012–13) Alois Skácel (2013) Martin Pulpit (2013–14) Bohumil Páník (2014–18) Vlastimil Petržela (2018) Michal Bílek (2018–19) Roman Pivarník (2019) Jan Kameník (2019) Josef Csaplár (2019) Jan Kameník (2019–20) Bohumil Páník (2020–21) Jan Jelínek (2021–22) Pavel Vrba (2022–23) Bronislav Červenka (2023–26) Pavel Hoftych (2026– )
History in domestic competitions 1993–1996: Czech First League 1996–2002: Czech 2. Liga 2002–2009: Czech First League 2009–2015: Czech National Football League 2015–2024: Czech First League 2024–2025: Czech National Football League 2025–present: Czech First League
Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 19 Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 12 Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0 Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0
Czech Republic Season League Placed Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cup1993–941. liga11th30107133748–1137Round of 161994–951. liga14th3086162140–1930Round of 161995–961. liga15th3069151738–2127Round of 321996–972. liga3rd30121265533+2248First round1997–982. liga5th28101354227+1543Round of 321998–992. liga8th30106142633–736Round of 321999–002. liga8th30101193433+1141Round of 162000–012. liga5th30131074023+1749Round of 642001–022. liga2nd30181025624+3264Round of 162002–031. liga7th30119103441–742Semi-finals2003–041. liga7th30125133139–841Round of 162004–051. liga10th30712112935–633Round of 162005–061. liga11th30811112733–635Round of 322006–071. liga13th30512132134–1327Semi-finals2007–081. liga8th30108122831–338Round of 642008–091. liga15th3078152649–2329Quarter-finals2009–102. liga3rd3017584933+1656Round of 322010–112. liga11th30115144645+138First round2011–122. liga10th3099122836–836First round2012–132. liga6th30146104937+1248Round of 322013–142. liga11th30107133330+337Round of 322014–152. liga3rd3016775332+2155Round of 322015–161. liga13th3079143450–1630Round of 162016–171. liga6th30118113435–141Winners2017–181. liga10th3089133148–1733Semi-finals 2018–191. liga8th34143173847–945Round of 162019–201. liga13th3396183052–2233Round of 162020–211. liga14th3488183050–2032Round of 642021–221. liga12th3599174360–1736Round of 162022–231. liga15th35713154360–1734Round of 162023–241. liga16th35512184069–2927Semi-finals2024–252. liga1st3021814514+3171Round of 162025–261. liga12th35118164356–1341Round of 16
European record Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup QR Bohemians 2–2 2–1 4–3 1R PSV Eindhoven 2–1 0–1 2–2(a) 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R MyPa 3–2 1–1 4–3 2R Westerlo 3–0 0–0 3–0 3R Atlético Madrid 2–4 2–0 4–4 (a) 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Neman Grodno 0–0 1–0 1–0 2R Gent 0–0 0–1 0–1 2017–18 UEFA Europa League Group F Copenhagen 1–1 0–3 4th Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 0–1 Lokomotiv Moscow 0–2 0–3
Honours Czechoslovak Cup/Czech Cup Winners: 1969–70, 2016–17 Czech-Slovak Supercup Winners: 2017 Czech National Football League Winners: 2024–25
Club records Czech First League records Best position: 6th (2016–17) Worst position: 16th (2023–24) Biggest home win: Zlín 5–0 Sigma Olomouc (2025–26) Biggest away win: Slovácko 0–4 Zlín (2018–19) Biggest home defeat: Zlín 1–7 Viktoria Plzeň (2023–24) Biggest away defeat: Slavia 7–1 Zlín (2007–08)
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