FC Hradec Králové

FC Hradec Králové
Full name	Football Club Hradec Králové a.s.
Nickname(s)	Votroci (rascals)
Founded	1905; 116 years ago
Ground	Všesportovní stadion
Capacity	7,220
Chairman	Richard Jukl
Manager	Miroslav Koubek
League	Czech National Football League
2020–21	1st
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

FC Hradec Králové is a Czech football club based in the city of Hradec Králové. The club, which was founded in 1905, won the Czechoslovak First League in the 1959–60 season. The club currently plays in the Czech National Football League.

Following their domestic success, Hradec played in the 1960–61 European Cup and was eliminated by Barcelona in the quarter-finals, Barcelona eventually becoming runners-up. In 1995 Hradec won the Czech Cup and subsequently played in the Cup Winners' Cup, where it was eliminated in the round of 16 by Dynamo Moscow. In the 2002–03 season they were relegated to the Second Division. They returned to the top flight in 2009–10 only to be relegated once more in 2012–13; however they would place second in the 2. Liga signifying a return to the top division for the 2014–15 season.

History[]

Hradec Králové first played in the Czechoslovak First League in 1956. They were relegated after two seasons, but returned for the 1959–60 season, winning the league that same season.^[1] They went on to compete in the 1960–61 European Cup, being eliminated by Barcelona in the quarter-finals, a team which would go on to reach the semi-finals.

Hradec Králové were again relegated in 1963. They enjoyed four more spells in the First League, each lasting only one or two seasons. Their last promotion to the Czechoslovak top tier came in 1990. Hradec then played in the newly formed Czech First League from its inception in 1993 until being relegated at the end of the 1999–00 season. Their best league finish in this time was 8th place, which they achieved in the 1998–99 season. The 1990s also saw the club triumph in the Czech Cup, winning the competition in 1995. This achievement saw the club qualify for the Cup Winners' Cup, where they were eliminated in the round of 16 by Dynamo Moscow.

The club returned to the top flight in 2001 after winning the Czech 2. Liga at the first attempt, securing promotion with four games to spare.^[2] After just two seasons though, the club again finished in the relegation places and were relegated back to the second tier. This time it was seven seasons before the club would achieve promotion, winning the 2009–10 Czech 2. Liga to secure their status in the top flight once more.^[3] Hradec equalled their best Czech First League finishing position of 8th in the 2010–11 season.

Historical names[]

1905: SK Hradec Králové
1948: Sokol Hradec Králové
1949: Sokol Škoda
1953: DSO Spartak Hradec Králové (Dobrovolná Sportovní Organisace Spartak Hradec Králové)
1976: TJ Spartak ZVU Hradec
1989: RH Spartak ZVU Hradec Králové
1990: SKP Spartak Hradec Králové
1992: SKP Fomei Hradec Králové
1994: SK Hradec Králové
2005: FC Hradec Králové

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 20 July 2021.^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CZE	Patrik Vízek
2	DF	CZE	Jan Král
3	FW	CZE	Filip Kubala
4	DF	CZE	Otto Urma
5	MF	CZE	Dominik Soukeník
6	MF	CZE	Jiří Kateřiňák
8	MF	CZE	Adam Vlkanova
10	MF	CZE	Marek Kejř
11	FW	SVK	Erik Prekop
12	GK	CZE	Vilém Fendrich
13	DF	CZE	Denis Donát
14	DF	CZE	Jakub Klíma (on loan from Mladá Boleslav)
15	FW	CZE	Daniel Vašulín


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	CZE	Filip Novotný
17	FW	CZE	Pavel Dvořák
18	DF	CZE	Michal Leibl
19	DF	CZE	Jan Mejdr
20	GK	CZE	Michal Reichl
21	DF	CZE	Štěpán Harazim
22	MF	CZE	Petr Kodeš
23	MF	CZE	Jakub Rada
24	MF	CZE	Jan Záviška
25	DF	CZE	František Čech
26	MF	CZE	Jakub Rezek
28	MF	CZE	David Doležal
30	GK	CZE	Jakub Brát

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CZE	Filip Firbacher (at Vlašim)
—	FW	CZE	Jakub Šípek (at MFK Chrudim)

Notable former players[]

Player records[]

Most appearances in Czech First League[]

As of 24 May 2019.^[5]

#	Name	Matches
1	Pavel Černý sr.	162
2	Karel Podhajský	136
3		117
3	David Zoubek	117
5	David Kalousek	112
6		111
7	Karel Urbánek	106
7	David Homoláč	106
9	Pavel Černý jr.	98
10	Michal Šmarda	97
10	Pavel Dvořák	97

Most goals in Czech First League[]

As of 24 May 2019.^[5]

#	Name	Goals
1	Pavel Černý	29
2	Pavel Dvořák	24
3		22
4	František Koubek	16
5	David Breda	12

Most clean sheets in Czech First League[]

As of 24 May 2019.^[5]

#	Name	Clean sheets
1	Karel Podhajský	44
2	Jiří Lindr	18
3	Tomáš Poštulka	16
4	Tomáš Koubek	16

Managers[]

Jiří Zástěra (1959–60)
(1961–64)
Josef "Pepi" Bican (1964)
František Havránek (1964–66)
Otto Hemele (1968–69)
(1971–73)
(1977–78)
Dušan Uhrin (1980–81)
(1985–86)
Karol Dobiaš (1988)
Ladislav Škorpil (1991–93)

(1993–94)
(1994–95)
(1995–96)
Dušan Radolský (1996)
Vladimír Táborský (1996–97)
Jaroslav Hřebík (1997–98)
Ladislav Škorpil (1998)
(1999)
(1999)
Petr Uličný (2000–03)

Leoš Kalvoda (2003)
Martin Pulpit (2004)
(2004–05)
Oldřich Machala (July 2008 – March 9)
Václav Kotal (March 2009 – June 12)
Jiří Plíšek (July 2012 – April 13)
(April 2013 – Oct 14)
Bohuslav Pilný (Oct 2014 – May 2017)
(Jun 2017 – May 2018)
Zdenko Frťala (Jun 2018 – Jun 2021)
Miroslav Koubek (Jun 2021 – present)

History in domestic competitions[]

1984–87: 1. ČNL 1987–89: Czechoslovak First League 1989–90: 1. ČNL 1990–93: Czechoslovak First League 1993–00: Czech First League 2000–01: Czech 2. Liga 2001–03: Czech First League 2003–10: Czech 2. Liga 2010–13: Czech First League 2013–14: Czech 2. Liga 2014–15: Czech First League 2015–16: Czech 2. Liga 2016–17: Czech First League 2017–

Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 19
Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 16
Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0
Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czechoslovakia[]

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1990–91	1. Liga	14th	30	10	7	13	33	52	–19	27	Round of 16
1991–92	1. Liga	12th	30	7	8	15	22	39	–17	22	Round of 16
1992–93	1. Liga	9th	30	10	7	13	32	36	–4	27	Round of 32

Czech Republic[]

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1993–94	1. Liga	13th	30	9	6	15	29	40	–11	33	Round of 16
1994–95	1. Liga	12th	30	10	6	14	35	45	–10	36	Winners
1995–96	1. Liga	14th	30	8	5	17	28	46	–18	29	Round of 32
1996–97	1. Liga	14th	30	5	13	12	22	39	–17	28	Round of 64
1997–98	1. Liga	11th	30	8	10	12	25	36	–11	34	Round of 64
1998–99	1. Liga	8th	30	11	6	13	33	40	–7	39	Round of 64
1999–00	1. Liga	16th	30	4	11	15	21	38	–17	23	Round of 16
2000–01	2. Liga	1st	30	19	9	2	55	28	+27	66	Round of 64
2001–02	1. Liga	12th	30	9	8	13	28	42	–14	35	Round of 16
2002–03	1. Liga	16th	30	3	13	14	23	54	–21	22	Round of 32
2003–04	2. Liga	7th	30	9	12	9	27	30	–3	39	Round of 32
2004–05	2. Liga	7th	28	9	7	12	37	38	–1	34	Round of 32
2005–06	2. Liga	4th	30	13	10	7	31	28	+3	49	Semi-finals
2006–07	2. Liga	7th	30	11	10	9	41	34	+7	43	Round of 16
2007–08	2. Liga	4th	30	13	11	6	34	24	+10	50	Round of 32
2008–09	2. Liga	13th	30	7	14	9	36	32	+4	35	Round of 16
2009–10	2. Liga	1st	30	20	8	2	47	18	+29	68	Round of 16
2010–11	1. Liga	8th	30	11	8	11	26	36	–10	41	Round of 64
2011–12	1. Liga	13th	30	8	7	15	22	38	–16	31	Round of 32
2012–13	1. Liga	16th	30	5	10	15	27	44	–17	25	Round of 16
2013–14	2. Liga	2nd	30	18	7	5	54	27	+27	61	Round of 32
2014–15	1. Liga	15th	30	6	7	17	26	52	–26	25	Round of 16
2015–16	2. Liga	2nd	28	17	8	3	45	16	+29	59	Quarterfinals
2016–17	1. Liga	15th	30	8	3	19	29	51	–22	27	Round of 16
2017–18	2. Liga	4th	30	14	8	8	50	36	+14	50	Quarter-Finals
2018–19	2. Liga	4th	30	15	8	7	36	18	+18	53	Round of 64

History in European competitions[]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
1960–61	European Cup	Q	Steaua Bucharest	walkover
		1/8	Panathinaikos	1–0, 0–0
		1/4	Barcelona	0–4, 1–1
1995–96	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Q	Vaduz	5–0, 9–1
		1/8	Copenhagen	5–0, 2–2
		1/4	Dynamo Moscow	0–1, 1–0

Honours[]

Czechoslovak First League (first tier)
- Champions 1959–60
Czech Cup
- Champions 1994–95
Czech 2. Liga (second tier)
- Champions 2000–01, 2009–10

Club records[]

Czech First League records[]

Best position: 8th (1998–99, 2010–11)
Worst position: 16th (1999–2000, 2002–03)
Biggest home win: Hradec Králové 5–0 Benešov (1994–95)
Biggest away win: České Budějovice 0–3 Hradec Králové (1995–96), Plzeň 0–3 Hradec Králové (1998–99), Teplice 0–3 Hradec Králové (2011–12), Slovácko 0–3 Hradec Králové (2011–12), Bohemians 1905 0–3 Hradec Králové (2016–17)
Biggest home defeat: Hradec Králové 0–5 Sparta Prague (2001–02)
Biggest away defeat: Jablonec 7–0 Hradec Králové (2010–11)

References[]

^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
^ "Fotbalisté Hradce Králové jsou prvoligoví". idnes.cz (in Czech). 13 May 2001. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
^ "Hradec se po sedmi letech vrací mezi elitu, Ústí na postup musí ještě počkat". idnes.cz (in Czech). 21 May 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
^ "Soupiska – A tým 2019/20".
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Detailed stats". Fortuna liga.

External links[]

(in Czech) Official website

[1] Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

[2] "Fotbalisté Hradce Králové jsou prvoligoví". idnes.cz (in Czech). 13 May 2001. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

[3] "Hradec se po sedmi letech vrací mezi elitu, Ústí na postup musí ještě počkat". idnes.cz (in Czech). 21 May 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

[4] "Soupiska – A tým 2019/20".

[stats-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Detailed stats". Fortuna liga.

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