SK Slovan Bratislava football players will be led by a new name in the position of head coach from the next competitive season. The club confirmed the release of Vladimír Weiss Sr. after the last game of the season with Michalovci. General director of the club Ivan Kmotrík Jr informed that he was prepared for this scenario and they are already actively dealing with this issue.
Weiss won five championship titles with the Whites in the Nike League and led the team to the league stage of the Champions League in the 2024/2025 season. After the end of the current season, he will move to the position of coach of the Slovak national team.
“First of all, I would like to thank Vladimír Weiss Sr. on behalf of the club for everything he has done for Slovan. Under his leadership, we achieved a historic promotion to the Champions League and extended our record series of championship titles to number eight. I respect coach Weiss not only as a great personality of Slovak football, but also as a person. I believe that he will continue to do well in his career at least as far as he has so far and I wish him all the best from the bottom of my heart continue to be successful and especially happy. We all respect him for the work he has done for Slovan.” Kmotrík Jr. stated for the official club website.
At the same time, the club’s management is solving a replacement for the vacant post of head of the Slovan bench. “Of course, we had to be prepared for such a scenario. That is also why we are solving the coaching topic and filling the coaching position before the new season. At this moment, we will not specify the names or the timeline.” added the general director of the club. Under the leadership of Weiss, the club won the Slovak Cup (2021) and always played in the main stage of one of the European cup competitions.
