“Potential Departures from Pilsen: Coach Bílek and Players with Uncertain Futures”

So who will leave Pilsen after the season? Coach Bílek for sure. The man who saved the club from collapse with the team last season. He sensationally led him to the championship title, then to the Champions League, Bílek’s contract expires at the end of June and the club decided not to extend it. Pilsen didn’t have a good spring at all. Game-wise and results-wise. The autumn leader lost the chance to defend before the end of the regular season. Movement can also be expected among the assistants, the new coach can bring his team of assistants. Bílk’s assistants are former Viktoria players Pavel Horváth, Marek Bakoš and Matúš Kozáčik as goalkeeping coach.

“We lived an incredibly strong story with Michal, which was indelibly written in the club’s chronicle, and he had a huge merit in it. However, we have now decided that our paths will part and we will not exercise the option,” said Šádek.

The continuation of stopper Luďko Pernici, who has been working in Pilsen since 2018, is very uncertain. In the past season, he became one of the most important figures of the team that won the title and subsequently secured participation in the Champions League. In the recent duel with Jablonec, he tore the cruciate ligament in his knee, he will first return to the lawns in mid-autumn. Because of this, Viktoria is not expected to offer him a new contract.

The season in the Doosan Arena is also coming to an end for his partner from the center of defense, Filip Kaša, who came to Pilsen three years ago. He was never one of Victoria’s key men, shuttling between the field and the bench. It would be a surprise if Pilsen extended their cooperation with him.

Due to health problems, former Pilsen forward Radim Řezník, a veteran of the golden era of West Bohemia, missed almost the entire season. The experienced full-back is probably not included in the club’s plans for the future. Midfielder Václav Pilař, who returned to Pilsen for the second time in the summer, may also end up.

“Our goal is clear, we want to finish the season as best as possible, i.e. to collect as many points as possible, to definitely secure the third place guaranteeing participation in the European Cups and to say goodbye to both the entire football season and coach Michal Bílek in a dignified manner,” added Šádek.