Mládež

One of the first products of Olomouc’s youth academy. The long-haired attacking all-rounder shone in Brückner’s legendary eleven, which reached the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup in the early 1990s and played memorable matches against Real Madrid. After transferring from Sigma, he made his mark in Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen and Spain’s Tenerife. During a short stint with Sparta Prague, he played in the Champions League. Upon his return to Olomouc, he helped the team reach the final of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. He earned 21 caps for Czechoslovakia and 10 for the independent Czech Republic. After ending his playing career, he also achieved success as a coach.

He joined Sigma from Němčice nad Hanou. He started in the youth B team and gradually worked his way up to the first team. He was also part of Brückner’s legendary squad. From Olomouc, he made it to the national team—first for Czechoslovakia and later for the independent Czech Republic. With the latter, he celebrated a silver medal at the 1996 European Championship in England and also played at another Euro four years later. Abroad, he spent an impressive seven years at Bundesliga club Schalke 04, with whom he won the UEFA Cup in 1997. Towards the end of his career, he also secured a domestic league title with Baník Ostrava. He is now pursuing a coaching career and served as Sigma’s first-team head coach from 2019 to 2021.

He started at Sigma as a six-year-old in the youngest youth category and gradually worked his way up to the first team. In 1992, coach Brückner had no hesitation in sending him, at just 18 years old, into a match against Real Madrid, making him the "youngest libero in Europe." Michal Kovář cemented his place in Sigma’s defense for many years, ultimately amassing an impressive 299 league appearances for the club. He also spent three years in Germany, playing for Reutlingen and Rostock. He now works as a youth coach in the club’s academy.

He joined Sigma from 1. HFK Olomouc at a young age. From an early age, he stood out with his magical left foot and creative ideas. He truly shone with two goals against Olympique Marseille, which launched his journey abroad. Over the years, he played in Germany (Hamburg, Bielefeld, Mönchengladbach), Turkey (Galatasaray), France (Nantes, St. Étienne), Austria (Kapfenberg), and Hungary (Ferencváros). He won league titles in both Turkey and the Czech Republic. Upon his return to Sigma, he celebrated a domestic cup victory. For the national team, he earned 30 caps and scored five goals. He was part of the Czech squad that won bronze at Euro 2004 and claimed silver at the U21 European Championship in 2000. He also represented his country at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

A native of Rýmařov, he joined Sigma at the age of 14 and went on to have a remarkable career. The versatile defensive player, who played as a center-back, full-back, and central midfielder, made his first-team debut for Sigma in 1997 and eventually played 100 matches for the club. This was followed by a transfer to Bundesliga side Hamburger SV. He later moved to Italy`s Fiorentina and Spains`s Atlético Madrid, where he won both the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup. Towards the end of his careeer, Ujfaluši also played for Galatasaray Istanbul. In all his foreign clubs, as well as in the national team, we wore the captain`s armband. He earned 78 caps for the Czech Republic and scored two goals. His achievements include bronze medal from UEFA EURO 2004 and a silver medal from the UEFA U21 European Championship in 2000.

He comes from Kožušany, a village near Olomouc. He started playing for Sigma as a child, initially as a midfielder or forward, but eventually developed into a top-class defender. As a teenager, he returned to his hometown club on loan but worked his way back through sheer determination. He made his first-team debut for Sigma against Drnovice in 1999. During his career, he played in all the top European leagues except for Spain. He began at Belgian side Club Brugge before wearing the jerseys of Paris Saint-Germain, Lazio Rome, Newcastle United, and Hamburg. In 2011, he won a domestic league and cup double with French club Lille, just as he had previously done with Club Brugge. For the Czech national team, he earned 60 caps and scored one goal. He contributed to the bronze-medal-winning squad at Euro 2004 in Portugal and won gold with the U21 team at the 2002 European Championship.

He played for Sigma from the age of five. At sixteen, he began playing for the third-division B team, and shortly after, at seventeen, he was given the opportunity by coach Leoš Kalvoda to play for the first team. In the Sigma jersey, he participated in three UEFA Cup matches against elite Spanish teams Mallorca, Celta Vigo, and Zaragoza. With the U21 national team, he won a gold medal at the 2002 European Championship. Throughout his career, he also played in several foreign leagues. In France, he played for Strasbourg, in the German Bundesliga for Bielefeld, and also had stints in Cyprus, Slovakia, and Poland.

He played for Sigma from a very young age. He managed to overcome health issues with his back during his transition from youth to senior football. Just before turning 17, the talented defender made his debut in the top division against Liberec. Shortly after, in the summer of 2010, he transferred to the famous London club Chelsea, where he played under the management of José Mourinho. He also had loan spells at Dutch club Arnhem, Germany’s 1. FC Köln, and English second-tier clubs Middlesbrough and Fulham, with whom he earned promotion to the Premier League. After his time at Bristol City, he transferred to German club Schalke 04 in the summer of 2023. He earned 31 caps for the national team by the summer of 2022 and scored two goals. He took part in Euro 2021, where the Czech Republic reached the quarterfinals.

A native of Olomouc and the son of an Extraliga hockey player, he was considered a talent from a young age. He shone in youth national teams. At Sigma, he played just two league matches before being bought by Slavia Prague. In the Slavia jersey, he won two league titles and helped the team reach quarterfinals od the UEFA Europa League. In the summer od 2021, David Zima transferred to Italian club Torino FC. By the summer of 2022, he had earned 7 caps for the national team.