The Golden Ball () is awarded in the Czech Republic by a poll of Czech sport journalists from the Club of Sport Journalists (Klub sportovnÃÂch novináà Âà ¯, KSN). The award is eligible to Czech players in the Czech Republic and abroad. Awards for young player and coach of the year are also given. The award for the Coach of the Year is named after Rudolf VytlaÃÂil, a successful Czechoslovak coach. Petr ÃÂech won his eighth Zlatý mÃÂàin nine years in 2013.
The other football award in the Czech Republic is the Czech Footballer of the Year awarded by the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAÃÂR).