Jiří Šumpík

We present the biography of Jiří Šumpík, recipient of the Award for Merit, which he received at the 5th Ústí nad Labem Army Gala Evening at Větruše on 30 November 2018:

Jiří Šumpík (born 5 October 1953 in Prague, in the Smíchov district)

Oldřich Pelc

Award: Award for Merit from our club

Date awarded: 1 December 2017

Jan Linhart

Award: Award for Services to Our Club

Date awarded: 2 December 2016.

Mr Jan Linhart was honoured for his many years of service as an official within the club; he was instrumental in the formation of today’s FK Ústí nad Labem and has devoted his life entirely to the club.

František Podrápský

Award: Award for services to our club

Date awarded: 2 December 2016 

He began playing football at the age of five at what was then Komunál Ústí nad Labem. In the years that followed, he played for Ústí nad Labem. Between 1976 and 1990, he coached the youth teams. In 1985, the under-12s team he managed won the national tournament in Šumperk. An interesting fact is that the current assistant coach of the ‘A’ team, Petr Fousek, played for that very team, and it was he who presented the award to him, together with Václav Kožíšek and Ing. Vasil Simkovič.

Karel Koubek

Award: Award for Services to Our Club

Date awarded: 5 December 2015

As a player, he played in the youth and then senior categories until he suffered several injuries and subsequently underwent knee operations. Following these operations, he ended his playing career, but as he was a great patriot, he remained with his beloved Armá and began a coaching career, in which he has achieved many successes over the years.
He worked with all the youth age groups, starting with the very youngest, teaching them the basic skills and doing his utmost to develop them into the next generation of Army footballers, following in the footsteps of Mr Vojta, Mr Enhert, Mr Píša, Mr Gemr, as well as Ryška, Daranyi, the Šumpíci brothers, Mr Mráz and others.

František Novák

Award: Award for Services to Our Club

Date awarded: 13 December 2014

Treasurer of the youth football section, who stood at the very beginning of the long journey that culminated in the establishment of the SCM (Youth Sports Centres) and SpSM (Youth Sports Centres). Founder of FK Ravel Junior, its long-standing coach, manager and president, who revived the youth programme after its activities had been scaled back in the 1990s.