Bohumil Páník (born 31 December 1956) is a Czech

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manager. Páník graduated from pedagogy at Palacký University in

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. As a football player, he played for several lower tier clubs. He began coaching in 2000 taking over

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, at that time in Czech Second League. Three years later he moved to Poland, where he coached

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and

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and

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. In winter of 2014 he was appointed again as a manager of FC Fastav Zlín, replacing Martin Pulpit. In his first season in Zlín, he achieved a promotion to

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. In the 2016/2017 season, Páník advanced with Zlín to the

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of the Czech Football Cup, where Zlín beat

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, thus qualifying for the group stage of

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. For the first time in club history, FC Zlín qualified for European competitions. In the 2017/2018 season he was sacked from Zlín after unsatisfactory league results. He was subsequently hired by FC Baník Ostrava, replacing unsuccessful coach Radim Kučera. Managing Baník in the last ten matches of the 2017/2018 season, he was able to avoid Baník's relegation.

Honours

Managerial

; FC Fastav Zlín *

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: 2016–17 *

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: 2017 ; FC Baník Ostrava *

runner-up: 2018–19

References

1956 births People from Přílepy (Kroměříž District) Czech football managers FC Baník Ostrava managers FC Fastav Zlín managers Lech Poznań managers Pogoń Szczecin managers SK Sigma Olomouc managers Living people Palacký University Olomouc alumni Expatriate football managers in Poland MFK Karviná managers Sportspeople from the Zlín Region {{Czech-footy-bio-stub