Radoslav Kováč is the coach of the Viktoria Plzeň football team.
Radoslav Kováč is the coach of the Viktoria Plzeň football team. According to the Czech News Agency, he took over the team after the club's management made a coaching change.[1] At the end of August 2026 he replaced the dismissed Martin Hyský after the team's poor start to the season.[3] In his first match on the Viktoria bench, the return leg of the Europa League fourth qualifying round, Plzeň beat Crvena zvezda of Belgrade 5:1 after extra time.[1][2] In the first leg of this round in Serbia, Plzeň, still under Hyský, had lost 0:3.[2]
In the main phase of the Europa League, Plzeň lost at home to Union Saint-Gilloise 0:3.[1] In the second round it played Ferencváros in Budapest on Thursday 15 October 2026 and lost 1:2. It was goalless at half-time, shortly after the restart Plzeň conceded after a mistake in build-up play, and in the 81st minute from a penalty.[3] After the match Kováč said that the team had again offered the opponent goals through its own mistakes.[3] The next league match was to be played on Sunday 18 October 2026 in Jablonec nad Nisou.[3] Plzeň has lost four of its last five competitive matches.[3] Veljko Birmančević, a former player of Sparta Prague, was in Ferencváros's starting line-up for the first time and was involved in both goals, first providing the pass and then winning the penalty.[3]
In the Czech league, before this match, Plzeň beat Mladá Boleslav 3:0 and was tenth in the table.[1] Stefan Pirgič scored his first goal in the Czech league in that match.[5] Christophe Kabongo scored in the second minute of the match against Mladá Boleslav on 10 October 2026.[4]
Sources
- ČTK / České noviny — 14 October 2026
- Deník.cz — 14 October 2026
- ČTK / České noviny — 16 October 2026
- iDNES.cz: Plzeň — 10 October 2026
- Deník: Plzeňský kraj — 10 October 2026