CZECH REPUBLIC-GERMANY TICKETS
At an informal “football breakfast” press briefing in Prague yesterday, CMFS (Czech football association) General Secretary Petr Fousek announced that tickets for March 24th’s Euro qualifier against Germany will be distributed via the usual lottery system.
Prague’s Toyota Arena (Letna) stadium, where the game is to be played, will have a capacity of [...]

UEFA CUP 2006/07
GROUP STAGE – MATCHDAY 4
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 2006
GROUP C
AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) 2, Slovan Liberec 2
Half Time: 0-1
Goals: 69th Steinsson, 89th Jenner – 26th Zapotocny, 85th Papousek
A late Alkmaar equalizer denies Liberec a win in the Netherlands. To qualify from Group C, the Czech champions must now hope that Grasshoppers – currently without a [...]

UEFA CUP 2006/07
GROUP STAGE – MATCHDAY 4
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2006
GROUP F
Austria Wien (Austria) vs. Sparta Praha (8:45pm Czech Time)
Venue: Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria
Czech TV Coverage: Highlights Only
With only a theoretical chance of qualification and little more than pride at stake, Sparta take on Austria Wien in probably their last UEFA Cup game of the season. Austria’s [...]

TWO-MATCH BANS FOR REFS KOCIAN AND RACEK
The CMFS (Czech football association) Referees & Delegates Commission have banned Radek Kocian and Oldrich Racek for two games each, for errors they made officiating 15th round Gambrinus Liga games.
Kocian took charge of the Banik Ostrava-Teplice game, during which, according to Ostrava officials, he denied the home team [...]

UEFA CUP 2006/07
GROUP STAGE – MATCHDAY 4
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 2006
GROUP C
AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands) vs. Slovan Liberec (8:45pm Czech Time)
Venue: DSB-Stadium, Alkmaar, Netherlands
Czech TV Coverage: Highlights Only
Liberec travel to the Netherlands with a realistic chance of qualifying for the UEFA Cup’s next phase. A victory tonight, against the Group C leaders, would guarantee Slovan a place [...]

SUSPENDED SENTENCES FOR OPAVA/VITKOVICE FIXERS
At a district court in Ostrava today, the four men accused of fixing league games involving SFC Opava and Vitkovice have each received suspended prison sentences of between five and seven months.
Former referee Vaclav Zejda received the stiffest sentence – a suspended seven-month sentence and a 130,000-crown fine. Former Vitkovice [...]

GAMBRINUS LIGA 2006/07
16TH ROUND
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH, 2006
Teplice 2, Slavia Praha 4
Half Time: 0-3
Goals: 77th Fenin, 84th Kroupa – 9th Svec, 29th Svec, 33rd Fort, 57th Dockal
Attendance: 3,682
GAMBRINUS LIGA STANDINGS
AFTER 16 ROUNDS
1st Sparta Praha, 33 points
2nd Slavia Praha, 31
3rd Liberec, 30
4th Mlada Boleslav, 30
5th Jablonec, 25
6th Ceske Budejovice, 25
7th Brno, 24
8th Teplice, 23
9th Ostrava, 21
10th Plzen, [...]

GAMBRINUS LIGA 2006/07
16TH ROUND
Sparta move three points clear as Liberec and Mlada Boleslav are both held to draws; At the bottom, Zlin move out of the relegation zone with a 3-0 win over Brno.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH, 2006
Tescoma Zlin 3, Brno 0
Half Time: 1-0
Goals: 42nd Lukastik, 76th Cincala (penalty), 85th Smahaj
Sent Off: 45th Mazuch (Brno)
Attendance: 2,563
SUNDAY, [...]

BERGER LOANED TO SECOND-TIER STOKE CITY
Patrik Berger has been loaned to Stoke City in England’s second tier Coca-Cola Championship following a row with Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill. According to the News of the World newspaper, the former Czech international refused to play for Villa’s reserve team, prompting O’Neill to fine him and loan him [...]

GAMBRINUS LIGA 2006/07
16TH ROUND
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH, 2006
Tescoma Zlin vs. Brno (5pm)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH, 2006
Jablonec vs. Kladno (3pm)
Banik Ostrava vs. Slovan Liberec (5pm)
Dynamo Ceske Budejovice vs. Sigma Olomouc (5pm)
Mlada Boleslav vs. Slovacko (5pm)
Marila Pribram vs. SIAD Most (5pm)
Sparta Praha vs. Viktoria Plzen (8:15pm) – Live on CT4 (TV) and Fotbal Zive (Internet)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH, 2006
Teplice vs. [...]