According to their announcement, the new permanent coach may not be known until well after the play-offs for the 2026 World Cup in March.
Hasek's dismissal was decided by the FACR committee members via a vote.
"We met with coach Hašek this morning. Then we had a vote and it was clearly, unanimously, 100% decided that as of today we have terminated the cooperation with Ivan Hašek and Jaroslav Vesely," Trunda said.
The search for Hasek's successor may take time, Trunda added, with former great Nedved put in charge of the selection.
"He will prepare, let's say, a longer list of candidates from abroad," Trunda explained.
In addition, the name of former Viktoria Plzen coach Miroslav Koubek is also being floated. On the other hand, Nedvěd ruled out other possibilities, such as the current coach of the Czech Under-21s, Michal Bilek or the coach of Slavia Prague, Jindrich Trpisovsky.
The next step will be to cross out the list and submit two or three names to the executive committee. "We want to find a solution that will make sense until 2030," Trunda said. He and others are currently working on getting an interim coach in place.
According to behind-the-scenes information, this could be the current assistant Jaroslav Kostl, who was the only one of the current implementation team to remain.
The national team's next match is on November 13th, when they play against San Marino. Four days later, they will conclude the qualification against another minnow in the form of Gibraltar, and Trunda imagines that a new coach, especially a foreign one, may come after the season.
"Not until the first of July. It could also be in the January period. In case that doesn't happen, there is also the option that we can use the help of some Czech coaches who are perhaps now tied up in clubs," he outlined.
Hasek took over the national team in January 2024 after Jaroslav Silhavy, who left the team in November of the previous year. It was the second time he had headed the national team in his career, having first led it briefly as president of the federation in 2009.
This time, he lasted less than two years on the bench and led the team in 21 matches - winning 11 of them and drawing five.
He also competed with the Czech Republic at last year's European Championships (his predecessor won the title), but his selection did not leave a good impression. After defeats to Portugal and Turkey, the Czechs bowed out in the group stage. Hasek's contract was valid until the end of the qualifying cycle for the 2026 World Cup.
The defeat in the Faroe Islands was not the first failure of Hasek's selection. Last year, the team suffered a 4-1 defeat in the Nations League in Georgia, followed by a 5-1 debacle in a World Cup qualifier in Croatia this June.
The national team lost its hopes of finishing first in the group, which is the only way to qualify for the championship. Before the last match against Gibraltar in November, the team is in second place, one point ahead of the Faroe Islands. The second-placed team will face a play-off for the championship, which is almost assured thanks to last year's victory in the Nations League group.
