Slovan is currently hopelessly last in the second league, after the 22nd round it has only six points in the table of the West group and loses eight points to the penultimate Kadaň.
The North Bohemians announced the hiring of the sixty-two-year-old coach, who worked with the club as a consultant, on their website.
“By engaging Vladimír Růžička, we want to make it clear that we are still not giving up on the declared sporting goal. This means saving the second league affiliation,” said Slovan manager Jaroslav Linet, who until now led the team with club legend Jan Čaloun. Both will continue with the team as Růžiček’s assistants.
The Olympic champion from Nagano and world champion from Prague in 1985, who as a coach twice led the national team to triumph at the world championship, worked briefly in Ústí nad Labem at the beginning of the 2023/24 season. After two matches, however, he accepted Slovan Bratislava’s offer and left for Slovakia.
Most recently, Růžička worked in the second division Most, which he led last season until last November.
The renewed premiere at the Ústí substitute awaits Růžička on Wednesday, when Slovan will welcome Kralupy nad Vltavou.
