Václav Jílek (born 16 May 1976) is a

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

manager, currently in charge of

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

in the

Czech First League The Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Seasons typically r ...

. Previously working for

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

and various Czech national teams as an assistant manager, he assumed his first spell as a first team manager at

in October 2015, replacing

Leoš Kalvoda Leoš Kalvoda (born 26 March 1958) is a Czech football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of MFK Frýdek-Místek in the Czech First League. As a player, he played in the Czechoslovak First League for Sigma Olomouc. As a man ...

. Despite failing to avoid relegation from the

in his first season with the club, he retained his position for the 2016–17

Czech National Football League The Czech National Football League ( cs, Fotbalová národní liga, ''FNL''), currently known as Fortuna národní liga due to sponsorship reasons, is the second level professional association football league in the Czech Republic. Before 2013 it ...

campaign. On 3 May 2017, Olomouc secured their return into the top flight with a 4–1 victory at Znojmo, after which Jílek was offered a new contract to continue his role at the club and signed to stay for another year. The newly promoted team finished fourth in the top league and qualified for the

2018–19 UEFA Europa League The 2018–19 UEFA Europa League was the 48th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 10th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final was played at the Olympic St ...

under his leadership, an achievement that won Jílek the Czech Manager of the Year award. In April 2019, being both the youngest and the longest-serving Czech First League manager at the time, he signed a new two-year contract with the club. On 30 May 2019, Jílek joined

, signing a three-year contract. On 18 February 2020 Jílek was dismissed from the position of first team head coach.

Honours

Managerial

SK Sigma Olomouc *

2016-17 16-17 is a band from Basel, Switzerland. Their music combines punk rock, hardcore punk, jazz and industrial music. Biography 16-17 was founded in 1983 by Alex Buess, Knut Remond and Markus Kneubühler. When the group played its first conc ...

References

External links

Václav Jílek
profile at Fotbal DNES 1976 births Living people Czech football managers SK Sigma Olomouc managers Czech First League managers AC Sparta Prague managers People from Litomyšl Sportspeople from the Pardubice Region {{CzechRepublic-footy-bio-stub