Czech champions Viktoria Plzen have lost hugely successful coach Pavel Vrba to the country's national team. Now they must plot a route to success without the influential boss, though he has at least left them Europa League football.
Shakhtar Donetsk have dominated the Ukrainian Premier League in recent years, but this term face a fight to hold onto the crown, already having been labelled as being "in crisis". Losing star players in the summer did not help.