The public prosecutor indicted 21 people and the club Slavoj Vyšehrad for influencing matches of the second and third leagues in favor of Vyšehrad. According to the indictment, Berbr was at the head of an organized group that participated in the manipulation of ten matches in 2019 and 2020. He faces up to 12 years … Read more
The four defendants who entered into the agreements were given conditional and financial penalties in court, possibly even a ban from football. “The consequences of an illegally approved plea agreement must be decided by the court, however, the issue is very serious, especially because it involves a cooperating accused (Grímma), who helped the public prosecutor’s … Read more
Title: Football Referees Strive to Improve Reputation Amidst Controversies Subtitle: Exclusive Article for iDNES Premium Subscribers Date: [Current Date] Byline: [Author’s Name] In an effort to enhance the reputation of football referees, the Strahov office has been working tirelessly since summer. After all, who better to undertake this task? With a background in economics, Kovařík … Read more
“I don’t have any substantial information that there are any nefarious things going on,” Schröter told the court. He is said to have read about the alleged match-fixing for money later. They had a working relationship with Berber and met, for example, at seminars where the referees were invited by the union management. He also … Read more
However, he emphatically denied participation in an organized criminal group, where he was one of the four main actors, according to the indictment, at the very beginning of his testimony. The former vice-chairman of the Football Association of the Czech Republic, Roman Berbr, who is one of the 22 accused and, according to the file, … Read more
Sýkora denied that Berbr was a member or leader of an organized group, that his client should pay bribes or appropriate other people’s property and thus cause damage. He also drew attention to the strong media coverage of the case. “Continuing articles were published that painted my client in the worst colors, did not respect … Read more
The chairman of the football association, Petr Fousek, objected to the statement of Milan Kratina, who intends to run for vice-chairman for the Czechs at the extraordinary general meeting of the FACR. Successful entrepreneur management blames low transparency and far too slow reforms. “He knows little about football,” says Fousek. Until last year’s election, the … Read more
She was part of a partnership that effectively controlled Czech football for many years. Until last October, when her husband and former vice-president of the football association, Roman Berbr, was arrested and charged with corruption and embezzlement. Now Dagmar Damková has decided to speak for the first time. Dagmar Damková is the first Czech woman … Read more
Dozens of third-league and divisional clubs received an email last week with an invitation to a meeting at the FACR football association. In addition to the candidate for chairman Karel Poborský, the current boss Martin Malík, former boss Miroslav Pelta or the owner of Pilsen’s Viktoria Adolf Šádek are also to take part. The email … Read more
For almost ten years he fought against the leadership of Czech football personified by Vice President Roman Berbr. In the crowd of loyal officials, he became an outcast, death threats came to his cell phone, and on one trip from the general meeting, even an unknown car tried to push him off the road. The … Read more