The Golden Ball is awarded in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 by a poll of Czech sport journalists from the Club of Sport Journalists (Klub sportovních novinářů, KSN). Eligible are Czech players in the Czech Republic and abroad. Awards for young player and coach of the year are also awarded. The award for the Coach of the Year, is named after Rudolf Vytlačil

Rudolf Vytlacil

Rudolf Vytlačil was an Austrian and Czechoslovak football player and manager.Born in Schwechat, Vytlačil started his career at the local club Phönix Schwechat...

, successful Czechoslovak coach.

The other football award in the Czech Republic is the Czech Footballer of the Year

Czech Footballer of the Year

The Czech Footballer of the Year is awarded in the Czech Republic by the Football Association of the Czech Republic . Eligible are Czech players in the Czech Republic and abroad...

 awarded by the Football Association of the Czech Republic

Football Association of the Czech Republic

The Football Association of the Czech Republic or colloquially the Czech Football Association is the governing body of football in the Czech Republic, based in Prague. It organizes the football leagues, Czech Liga and Czech 2. Liga, and the Czech Republic national football team...

 (ČMFS).

Year	Golden Ball	Revelation of the Year	Coach of the Year
2010	Petr Čech Petr Cech Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...  (Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... )	Matěj Vydra Matěj Vydra Matěj Vydra is a Czech football striker.Vydra plays as a striker and was transferred from FC Vysočina Jihlava to FC Baník Ostrava in January 2010 at the age of 17 for 20 million CZK. He spent half-season in Baník Ostrava, where he scored four goals in 14 matches. In June 2010 he moved to Italian...  (Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava is a football club from the Silesian part of the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic. It is based in Slezská Ostrava district of the city.... )	František Komňacký František Komnacký František Komňacký is a Czech football coach who is currently coaching Czech club FK Jablonec.As a player, Komňacký played for regional clubs from South Moravia, his native region. In 1970 he went to Russia to study pedagogy and played four years until his graduation for Neftyanik Volgograd...  (FK Jablonec)
2009	Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedved Pavel Nedvěd is a retired Czech football midfielder. He is one of the most successful Czech players to emerge from the newly formed Czech Republic, winning numerous accolades with Lazio and Juventus, including the last ever Cup Winners' Cup...  (Juventus Juventus F.C. Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont... )	Jan Chramosta Jan Chramosta Jan Chramosta is a Czech football striker who plays for FK Mladá Boleslav.In his very first season Chramosta scored five goals in nine matches and was eventually voted "Revelation of the Year" at the Golden Ball awards.He is member of the Czech under-21 team...  (FK Mladá Boleslav FK Mladá Boleslav FK Mladá Boleslav is a Czech football club from Mladá Boleslav.- Recent times :The team was promoted to Gambrinus liga for the first time in its history in 2004 and in their first top-flight season fought against relegation, eventually finishing in 14th place... )	Karel Jarolím Karel Jarolím Karel Jarolím is a Czech football coach and former Czechoslovakia international footballer.-Personal life:His sons Lukáš and David are also footballers, as well his nephew Marek.- References :...  (Slavia Prague)
2008	Petr Čech Petr Cech Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...  (Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... )	František Dřížďal František Dríždal František Dřížďal is a Czech football player.In 2008 Dřížďal was voted "Revelation of the Year" at the Golden Ball awards.-References:* *...  (Slavia Prague)	Karel Jarolím Karel Jarolím Karel Jarolím is a Czech football coach and former Czechoslovakia international footballer.-Personal life:His sons Lukáš and David are also footballers, as well his nephew Marek.- References :...  (Slavia Prague)
2007	Petr Čech Petr Cech Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...  (Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... )	Zdeněk Zlámal Zdeněk Zlámal Zdeněk Zlámal is a Czech football goalkeeper who currently plays for Sigma Olomouc, on loan from Bari.-Club career:...  (Tescoma Zlín/Slovan Liberec)	Vítězslav Lavička Vítezslav Lavicka Vítězslav Lavička is a Czech football manager and former player currently in charge of Australian A-League club Sydney FC.-Playing career:...  (Slovan Liberec)
2006	Petr Čech Petr Cech Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...  (Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... )	Marek Suchý Marek Suchý Marek Suchý is a Czech football player who plays as a defender for Russian Premier League club FC Spartak Moscow on loan from Slavia Prague...  (Slavia Prague)	Vítězslav Lavička Vítezslav Lavicka Vítězslav Lavička is a Czech football manager and former player currently in charge of Australian A-League club Sydney FC.-Playing career:...  (Slovan Liberec)
2005	Petr Čech Petr Cech Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...  (Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four... )	Roman Bednář Roman Bednár Roman Bednář is a Czech footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion as a striker. He has courted controversy in his career off the pitch.-Czech Republic:...  (Mladá Boleslav FK Mladá Boleslav FK Mladá Boleslav is a Czech football club from Mladá Boleslav.- Recent times :The team was promoted to Gambrinus liga for the first time in its history in 2004 and in their first top-flight season fought against relegation, eventually finishing in 14th place... )	Karel Brückner Karel Brückner Karel Brückner is a Czech retired football coach.- Coaching career :Brückner began his coaching career in 1973 in the Czech League and was the coach of his home club SK Sigma Olomouc. He later went on to coach Inter Bratislava with which he won the Slovakia Cup in 1985...  (Czech national team Czech Republic national football team The Czech Republic national football team represents the Czech Republic in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, the governing body for football in the Czech Republic. Their current head coach is Michal Bílek... )
2004	Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedved Pavel Nedvěd is a retired Czech football midfielder. He is one of the most successful Czech players to emerge from the newly formed Czech Republic, winning numerous accolades with Lazio and Juventus, including the last ever Cup Winners' Cup...  (Juventus Juventus F.C. Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont... )	Filip Dort Filip Dort Filip Dort is a Czech football player.Dort played for several Gambrinus liga clubs. He made his debut in the top league in the 2003-2004 season, while playing for SFC Opava. In his very first season Dort scored 11 goals and was eventually voted "Revelation of the Year" at the Golden Ball...  (Opava SFC Opava Slezský FC Opava is a football club from Opava, Czech Republic. Currently the club plays in the third-level Moravian-Silesian Football League. They were in the Gambrinus Liga at the top tier of Czech football from 1995 to 2000, getting relegated in 2000 but returning to the top flight the following... )	František Komňacký František Komnacký František Komňacký is a Czech football coach who is currently coaching Czech club FK Jablonec.As a player, Komňacký played for regional clubs from South Moravia, his native region. In 1970 he went to Russia to study pedagogy and played four years until his graduation for Neftyanik Volgograd...  (Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava is a football club from the Silesian part of the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic. It is based in Slezská Ostrava district of the city.... )
2003	Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedved Pavel Nedvěd is a retired Czech football midfielder. He is one of the most successful Czech players to emerge from the newly formed Czech Republic, winning numerous accolades with Lazio and Juventus, including the last ever Cup Winners' Cup...  (Juventus Juventus F.C. Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont... )	Mario Lička Mario Licka Mario Lička is a Czech footballer, currently playing for Stade Brestois in France. His position is midfielder.- Career :Lička began his footballing career at Czech club Baník Ostrava in 2002. He played at the Bazaly until January 2005, making sixty-five appearances. Lička was a member of the squad...  (Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava FC Baník Ostrava is a football club from the Silesian part of the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic. It is based in Slezská Ostrava district of the city.... )	Karel Brückner Karel Brückner Karel Brückner is a Czech retired football coach.- Coaching career :Brückner began his coaching career in 1973 in the Czech League and was the coach of his home club SK Sigma Olomouc. He later went on to coach Inter Bratislava with which he won the Slovakia Cup in 1985...  (Czech national team Czech Republic national football team The Czech Republic national football team represents the Czech Republic in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, the governing body for football in the Czech Republic. Their current head coach is Michal Bílek... )
2002	Tomáš Rosický Tomáš Rosický Tomáš Rosický is a Czech footballer who plays for Arsenal and captains the Czech national team. He has a brother named Jiří who is also a footballer...  (Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football... )	Rudolf Skácel Rudolf Skácel Rudolf "Rudi" Skácel is a professional footballer who has been capped at international level by the Czech Republic and currently plays for Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Premier League...  (Hradec Králové SK Hradec Králové FC Hradec Králové is a football club from Hradec Králové, Czech Republic which plays in the Gambrinus liga. It was founded in 1905.Hradec played in the European Cup 1960–61 and was eliminated by FC Barcelona in quarterfinals, who ended the season as eventual runners-up. In the 1959/1960 season... /Slavia Prague)	Ladislav Škorpil Ladislav Škorpil Ladislav Škorpil is a former Czech football player and former manager of the Czech club FC Slovan Liberec. Škorpil is also a member of the Civic Democratic Party in his hometown of Hradec Králové.- Coaching career :...  (Slovan Liberec FC Slovan Liberec FC Slovan Liberec is a Czech football club founded in the city of Liberec. The club is one of the most successful in the Czech Republic, having won two league titles and the domestic cup since 1993. Slovan Liberec is also one of the richest clubs in the Czech league... )
2001	Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedved Pavel Nedvěd is a retired Czech football midfielder. He is one of the most successful Czech players to emerge from the newly formed Czech Republic, winning numerous accolades with Lazio and Juventus, including the last ever Cup Winners' Cup...  (Lazio S.S. Lazio Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football... )	-	-
2000	Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedved Pavel Nedvěd is a retired Czech football midfielder. He is one of the most successful Czech players to emerge from the newly formed Czech Republic, winning numerous accolades with Lazio and Juventus, including the last ever Cup Winners' Cup...  (Lazio S.S. Lazio Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football... )	-	-
1999	Patrik Berger Patrik Berger Patrik Berger is a retired Czech footballer. He has played in Czech Republic, Germany, and England. He is best remembered for his time at Liverpool....  (Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups... )	-	-
1998	Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedved Pavel Nedvěd is a retired Czech football midfielder. He is one of the most successful Czech players to emerge from the newly formed Czech Republic, winning numerous accolades with Lazio and Juventus, including the last ever Cup Winners' Cup...  (Lazio S.S. Lazio Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football... )	-	-
1997	Jiří Němec Jirí Nemec Jiří Němec is a former Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic.He won a total of 84 international caps for the two teams, scoring one goal, and played at both Euro 96 and Euro 2000....  (Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04 Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major... )	-	-