The 2023–24 FC Zbrojovka Brno season is the club's 5th season in the Fortuna národní liga. The team was relegated from the first league for the third time in six years and is competing in Fortuna národní liga and the Czech Cup.
Changes Ownership structure Before the start of the season, the investment group PORTIVA a.s. joined Zbrojovka. It currently has a minority share in the club, which will gradually increase to a majority of 61 percent. 5 percent of the shares were also acquired by the Brno Regional Chamber of Commerce. The current owner and chairman of the board of directors, Václav Bartoněk, will remain at the club in the position of advisor. A new position of executive director was introduced in the club, to which Ladislav Valášek was appointed. He previously worked in executive positions in Bohemians 1905, Viktoria Plzeň, Fastav Zlín or FAČR.
Technical staff On 9 June 2023, Luděk Klusáček was appointed as the new head coach, his assistants are Tomáš Polách and Josef Mucha. The goalkeeper coach Martin Doležal remained in his position. The sports manager is Zdeněk Psotka who previously worked as a technical director at FAČR. On October 24, 2023, Luděk Klusáček was sacked after unsatisfactory results. The role of head coach was temporarily taken over by Tomáš Polách in cooperation with Josef Mucha. On November 14, the board of directors of FC Zbrojovka Brno decided to keep Tomáš Polách in the position of head coach. Polách signed a two-year contract with a one-year option.
Others To mark 110 years since its foundation, the club has unveiled a new anniversary logo that will take them into the upcoming season. The new kit supplier will be Puma, which returns to the club after 29 years.
First team squad .
Out on loan
Transfers In PlayerTransferred from DateSource Oldřich Pragr ZnojmoLoan return Summer19 June 2023 David Jambor VyškovLoan return Summer19 June 2023 Jiří Hamza Zbrojovka BrnoYouth teamSummer19 June 2023 Zdeněk Toman Zbrojovka BrnoYouth teamSummer19 June 2023 Michal Hložánek Zbrojovka BrnoYouth teamSummer19 June 2023 Tomáš Kopr Zbrojovka BrnoYouth teamSummer19 June 2023 Martin Nový BohemiansLoan (without option) Summer23 June 2023 Martin Toml Zlaté MoravceFree transferSummer3 July 2023 Roman Potočný České BudějoviceLoan (without option) Summer12 July 2023 Nicolas Martinek Dubnica n. VáhomUndisclosedSummer17 July 2023 Adam Kronus Viktoria PlzeňLoan (without option) Summer19 July 2023 Pavel Gaszczyk Viktoria PlzeňLoan (without option) Summer19 July 2023 Tomáš Smejkal JablonecUndisclosedSummer20 July 2023
Out PlayerTransferred to DateSource Michal Ševčík Sparta PragueUndisclosedSummer19 June 2023
Friendly matches Pre-season
Mid-season
Competitions
Overview
Fortuna národní liga
Results summary
Results by round
League table
Results
Czech Cup
Results
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred/loaned out during the season
Notes
Goal Scorers {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Place ! Pos. ! Name ! Fortuna národní liga ! MOL Cup ! style="width:85px" | Total |- |rowspan="1"|1 ||FW|| align="left" | Jakub Řezníček||12||0||12 |- |rowspan="1"|2 ||FW|| align="left" | Denis Alijagić||3||1||4 |- |rowspan="1"|3 ||MF|| align="left" | Roman Potočný||2||1||3 |- |rowspan="1"|4 ||MF|| align="left" | Adam Kronus||1||1||2 |- |rowspan="11"|5 ||MF|| align="left" | Jiří Texl||1||0||1 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Tomáš Smejkal||1||0||1 |- ||DF|| align="left" | Jan Štěrba||1||0||1 |- ||DF|| align="left" | Jakub Šural||1||0||1 |- ||DF|| align="left" | Josef Koželuh||0||1||1 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Pavel Gaszczyk||0||1||1 |- ||DF|| align="left" | Denis Granečný||0||1||1 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Adam Fousek||0||1||1 |- ||DF|| align="left" | Josef Divíšek||0||1||1 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Wale Musa Alli||0||1||1 |- ||FW|| align="left" | Jan Hladík||0||1||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="3" | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |- ! colspan="3"|TOTAL ! |22||10||32
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Assists {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Place ! Pos. ! Name ! Fortuna národní liga ! MOL Cup ! style="width:85px" | Total |- |rowspan="4"|1 ||MF|| align="left" | Adam Fousek||3||0||3 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Roman Potočný||2||1||3 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Tomáš Smejkal||2||1||3 |- ||DF|| align="left" | Jan Hladík||2||1||3 |- |rowspan="4"|2 ||FW|| align="left" | Jakub Řezníček||2||0||2 |- ||DF|| align="left" | Lukáš Endl||2||0||2 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Adam Kronus||1||1||2 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Wale Musa Alli||0||2||2 |- |rowspan="6"|3 ||DF|| align="left" | Martin Nový||1||0||1 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Pavel Gaszczyk||1||0||1 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Kamso Mara||1||0||1 |- ||DF|| align="left" | Josef Koželuh||1||0||1 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Jiří Texl||0||1||1 |- ||MF|| align="left" | Nicolas Martinek||0||1||1 |- ! colspan="3"|TOTAL ! |19||9||28
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Clean sheets {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Place ! Pos. ! Name ! Fortuna národní liga ! MOL Cup ! style="width:85px" | Total |- |rowspan="1"|1 ||GK|| align="left" | Martin Berkovec||5||0||5 |- |rowspan="1"|2 ||GK|| align="left" | Jakub Šiman||0||1||1 |- |rowspan="1"|3 ||GK|| align="left" | Michal Hložánek||0||0||0 |- ! colspan="3"|TOTAL ! |5||1||6
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Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |- |rowspan="2" width="10%" align="center"|Position |rowspan="2" width="20%" align="center"|Name |colspan="2" align="center"|Fortuna národní liga |colspan="2" align="center"|MOL Cup |colspan="2" align="center"|Total |- !width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"| !width=60 style="background: #FF8888"| !width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"| !width=60 style="background: #FF8888"| !width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"| !width=60 style="background: #FF8888"| |- |FW|| align="left" | Jakub Řezníček||2||0||0||0||2||0 |- |MF|| align="left" | Roman Potočný||2||0||0||0||2||0 |- |MF|| align="left" | Jiří Hamza||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |MF|| align="left" | Denis Granečný||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |MF|| align="left" | David Jambor||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |colspan="8"|Players away on loan: |- |colspan="8"|Players who left Zbrojovka during the season: |- |colspan="1"| |TOTALS |7 |0 |0 |0 |7 |0
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References
External links Official website