Bohumil Páník (born 31 December 1956) is a Czech professional

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who is currently in charge of TJ Slovan Bzenec. 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

FC Tescoma Zlín FC may refer to: Businesses, organisations, and schools * Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India * Finncomm Airlines (IATA code) * FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC * Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Paki ...

, 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 the third-tier. In winter of 2014 he was appointed again as a manager of FC Fastav Zlín, replacing

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. In his first season in Zlín, he achieved promotion to

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

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of the

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, where Zlín beat

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, thus qualifying for the group stage of

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. For the first time in 47 years, FC Zlín qualified for European competitions. In February of the 2017/2018 season he was sacked from Zlín after unsatisfactory league results. In March 2018 he was hired by

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, replacing unsuccessful coach

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. Managing Baník in the last ten matches of the 2017–18 season, he was able to avoid relegation.

Honours

Managerial

; Fastav Zlín *

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: 2016–17 * Czechoslovak Supercup: 2017 ; Baník Ostrava *

runner-up: 2018–19

References

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