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PRAGUE/EDEN ARENA - First game of Europa League 3rd qualifying round against Portugese Rio Ave ended in a goalless draw. Slavia had great opportunities by van Kessel and Škoda but goalkeeper Cássio made several fantastic saves denying Slavia their desired goal.

PRAGUE/EDEN ARENA - Despite losing 1-3 in the first leg, Slavia managed to qualify for the third qualifying round of Europa League - thanks to the "old" and the "new" face. Milan Škoda and Gino van Kessel scored two important goals which have pushed Slavia to the games against Portugese Rio Ave.

PRAGUE/EDEN ARENA - It was his very first game in Slavia and he immediately became the hero for many fans. The Netherlands-born striker Gino van Kessel assisted Milan Škoda for the first goal and scored the other one himself thus sending Slavia to the 3rd qualifying round vs. Portugese Rio Ave.

TALLINN - The first European appearance after seven years went bad for Slavia. The sewn-ones lost 1-3 to Levadia Tallin in the Europa League 2nd qualifying round and will have to score at least twice in the home game if they want to turn the course of the series and to qualify for the next round.

PRAGUE – Slavia have signed the top scorer of Slovakian league Dutchman Gino van Kessel until 30 June 2019. The plane with the right winger or striker landed in Prague on Wednesday morning.

PRAGUE/CELAKOVICE - Slavia lifted the trophy for the winner of Minister’s Cup in Celakovice. After defeating Slovakian side Tatran Presov (winner of Slovakian 2nd league 2015/16) 3-0 in semi-finals, the sewn-ones outplayed Slovan Liberec (3rd place in Czech SYNOT liga 2015/16) with the same goal difference in the finals. The fourth club to start in Celakovice was 1.FK Pribram (14th place in SYNOT liga 2015/16) Slavia are the most successful club of the traditional summer event with five triumphs since 2003.

Slavia finished their summer training camp in Austria with two narrow defeats and one draw but manager Dušan Uhrin was still satisfied with the course of the training. “Even though we still repeat some mistakes, we have some time to iron out all the kinks,” shows Uhrin his positive point of view.