FK Mladá Boleslav

FK Mladá Boleslav is a Czech 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 and qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League, although they were defeated over two legs by AEK Larnaca.

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. 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).

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.

The major sponsor of the club is Škoda Auto.

Historical names

 * 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)

Current squad
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Player records in the Czech First League
. Highlighted players are in the current squad.

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 –)

History in domestic competitions

 * 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

History in European competitions

 * 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

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.