Soccer forward Patrik Schick in a photo from September 20, 2022.
Prague – Two of its former winners, midfielder Tomáš Souček and defender of the championship, striker Patrik Schick, are not missing from the shortlist for the award in the Footballer of the Year 2022 poll. The five-man final selection is completed by midfielder Antonín Barák, offensive all-rounder Adam Hložek and goalkeeper Jindřich Staněk. The winner will be announced on Monday. The organizer of the poll, the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR), announced the composition of the top five in a press release.
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The order was decided by the members of the football academy, which includes first league coaches, first league team captains, representatives with at least 31 starts in the national team, winners of previous years, representatives of the media and FAČR.
Closest to the final five was defender Vladimír Coufal, who took sixth place. His club mate from West Ham and national team captain Souček can be the best Czech player of the year for the third time. He dominated the poll in 2019 and 2020.
This time, however, he is not one of the biggest favorites, just like defender Schick, who became the second best scorer in the German league last spring, but did not do so well in terms of goals in the fall. At the end of the year, he was also slowed down by an injury.
Schick's clubmate from Leverkusen Hložek also figures in the top five, who only took a stronger form at the German club at the beginning of this year. The fourth place in the 2017 poll can be improved by Fiorentina midfielder Barák.
However, the biggest favorite is the Pilsen goalkeeper Jindřich Staněk, who last spring helped Viktoria to an unexpected league title with his performances and in the fall to advance from the qualification to the Champions League group. Tomáš Vaclík was the last goalkeeper to triumph in 2018.
Michal Bílek, who last year led Pilsen to the title and into the group of the Champions League, is not missing from the final trio of coaches. He is joined by Jindřich Trpišovský from Slavia Prague and Martin Svědík, who with Slovácko achieved a triumph in the domestic cup and a historic promotion to the group of the European Conference League.
Two former winners of the poll, defender Andrea Stašková, made it to the final three among women and Kateřina Svitková and with them goalkeeper Olivia Lukášová. In the three-member nomination for Talent of the Year, Spartans Kryštof Daněk and Martin Vitík and Brno's Michal Ševčík.
The Hall of Fame will also receive a new member or members. The winners of the polls will be announced in a ceremony on Monday evening at the Prague Hilton Hotel.
2022 Footballer of the Year poll:
Final nomination (in alphabetical order): Antonín Barák (Verona/Fiorentina), Adam Hložek (Sparta Praha/Leverkusen), Patrik Schick (Leverkusen), Tomáš Souček (West Ham) , Jindřich Staněk (Pilsen).
Next ranking:6. Vladimír Coufal (West Ham) 120 points, 7. Jakub Brabec (Aris Soluň) 80, 8. Ondřej Lingr (Slavia Prague) 51, 9. Tomáš Vaclík (Olympiakos Pireus) 35, 10. Adam Vlkanova (Hradec Králové/Pilsen) 31, 11. Michal Sadílek 30, 12. Václav Černý (both Twente Enschede) 24, 13. Tomáš Holeš (Slavia Prague) 23, 14. David Zima (FC Turin) 17, 15. Lukáš Kalvach (Pilsen) 11, 16. Pavel Kadeřábek (Hoffenheim) 8, 17. Tomáš Chorý (Plzen) and Jiří Pavlenka (Bremen) both 7, 19. Lukáš Hejda (Plzen), Marek Matějovský (Mladá Boleslav), Milan Petržela (Slovacko) and Jakub Řezníček (Zbrojovka Brno) all 6, 23. Mojmír Chytil (Olomouc), Václav Jurečka (Slovakia/Slavia Prague) and Lukáš Provod (Slavia Prague) all 4, 26. Václav Jemelka (Olomouc/Plzen), David Jurásek (Slavia Prague), Jan Kuchta (Spartak Moscow/Sparta Prague) and Petr Ševčík (Slavia Prague) all 3, 30. Kryštof Daněk (Olomouc/Sparta Prague), Milan Havel (Plzen), Tomáš Hübschman (Jablonec), Michal Kadlec (Slovakia) and David Pavelka (Sparta Prague) all 2, 35. Marek Ha vlík (Slovacko), Ondřej Kolář (Slavia Prague), Jan Kopic (Pilsen), Ladislav Krejčí Jr. (Sparta Prague), Jan Sýkora (Plzen) and Jaroslav Zelený (Jablonec/Sparta Prague) all 1st.
Coach of the year:
Final nomination: Michal Bílek (Plzen), Martin Svědík (Slovakia), Jindřich Trpišovský (Slavia Prague).
Next order: 4. Jan Suchopárek (representation of 21 years) 95, 5. Jaroslav Šilhavý (national team) 63, 6. Miroslav Koubek (Hradec Králové) 56, 7. Václav Jílek (Olomouc) and Pavel Vrba (Sparta Praha/Ostrava) both 3, 9. Pavel Hoftych (Mladá Boleslav ), Jiří Jarošík (Teplice), Luboš Kozel (Liberec), Ondřej Smetana (Ostrava/Jihlava) and Jaroslav Veselý (Bohemians Prague 1905) all 1st.
Football player of the year:
Final nomination: Olivia Lukášová (Slavia Prague), Andrea Stašková (Juventus Turin/Atlético Madrid), Kateřina Svitková (West Ham/Chelsea).
Next order:4. Tereza Szewieczková (Slavia Prague) 63, 5. Kamila Dubcová (Sassuolo/AC Milan) 57, 6. Klára Cahynová (FC Sevilla) 52, 7. Petra Bertholdová 24, 8. Lucie Martínková (both Sparta Prague) 19, 9 Tereza Krejčiříková 13, 10. Gabriela Šlajsová (both Slavia Prague) 9, 11. Barbora Votíková (Paris St. Germain) 6, 12. Eliška Sonntagová (Sparta Prague) and Denisa Haklová (Lokomotiva Brno) both 5, 14. Simona Necidová (Slavia Praha), Aneta Malatová (Lokomotiva Brno), Miroslava Mrázová and Tereza Krejčová (both Plzeň) all 4, 18. Barbora Polcarová (Plzeň/Sparta Praha) and Tereza Ruslerová (Lokomotiva Brno) both 3, 20. Lucie Lišková (Lokomotiva Brno) and Karolína Škrabalová (Slovacko/Ostrava) both 2, 22. Tereza Kožárová (Slavia Prague) and Klára Pavlíčková (Ostrava) both 1.
Talent of the year:
Final nomination: Kryštof Daněk (Olomouc/Sparta Prague), Michal Ševčík (Zbrojovka Brno), Martin Vitík (Sparta Prague).
Next ranking: 4. Matěj Jurásek (Vlašim/Slavia Praha) 167, 5. Jan Žambůrek (Viborg) 49, 6. Václav Sejk (Teplice/Jablonec) 17, 7. Adam Gabriel (Sparta Praha/Hradec Králové) and David Pech (Mladá Boleslav) both 9, 9. Daniel Hais (České Budějovice) 8, 10. Daniel Fila (Slavia Praha/Teplice) and Vítězslav Jaroš (Notts/Stockport) both 6, 12. Pavel Gaszczyk (Plzen) and Denis Višinský (Liberec) both 5, 14. Ondřej Čoudek (České Budějovice), Petr Jaroň (Ostrava), Antonín Kinský (Vyškov), Daniel Samek (Slavia Praha/Lecce) and Matěj Šín (Ostrava) all 3, 19. Lukáš Červ (Pardubice/Liberec) and Lukáš Mašek (Mladá Boleslav) both 2, 21. Martin Cedidla (Zlín), Samuel Grygar (Inter Milan), Jakub Markovič (Pardubice), Matěj Ryneš (Sparta Prague/Hradec Králové ), Jakub Trefil (Olomouc) and Tomáš Vlček (Jihlava/Pardubice) all 1st.
