1. SC Znojmo FK is a football club from the

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n town of

Znojmo Znojmo (; german: Znaim) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. Znojmo is the historical and cultural centre of southwestern Moravia and the second most populated town in the South Moravian ...

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. After the 2018–19 season, the club was relegated into the

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(third level league).

History

Znojmo won promotion from the

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in 2002, finishing first in Division D in the 2001–02 season. The club followed this with eight seasons in the

, before winning another promotion in 2010 under manager Michal Sobota. The club secured promotion to the Czech 2. Liga two matches before the end of 2009–10 season. Znojmo replaced Sobota in the summer of 2010, partly due to him not having a coaching license for professional football. His replacement was Bohumil Smrček. Two relatively unsuccessful seasons followed under Smrček, with the club finishing 14th and 13th respectively. This prompted the club to replace Smrček with new manager

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. Kalvoda went on to lead the club to a first-place finish in the 2012–13 Czech 2. Liga and Znojmo celebrated promotion from the Czech 2. Liga, winning the right to play in the top flight for the first time in their history. They finished bottom of the

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, and played all of their matches in Brno (aside from one which was played in

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) due to their own stadium not meeting league requirements.

Historical names

* 1953 – DSO Rudá Hvězda Znojmo * 1969 – TJ Rudá Hvězda Znojmo * 1990 – SKP Znojmo-Práče (after incorporation of TJ Sokol Práče) * 1992 – SKPP Znojmo * 1993 – VTJ SKP Znojmo * 1994 – VTJ Znojmo-Rapotice (after incorporation of TJ Sokol Rapotice, 1997 Sokol Rapotice split again) * 1995 – VTJ Znojmo * 1999 – Fotbal Znojmo * 2001 – 1. SC Znojmo (after incorporation of FC Znojmo)

Stadium

Znojmo's home stadium is

Městský stadion (Znojmo) Městský stadion, also known as Městský stadion v Horním parku (formerly known as Stadion v Husových sadech), is a multi-purpose stadium in Znojmo, Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in ...

. Due to the stadium not meeting required

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standards, upon the club's promotion to the league in 2013, it was announced that Znojmo would play league matches at Brno's Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská until their own stadium was of a sufficient standard.

Players

Current squad

Notable former players

* Robert Caha * Patrik Siegl * Libor Sionko * Michal Špit * Cedrick Mugisha

Managers

* Jiří Fryš (1988–92) * Josef Čech (1993) * Jiří Fryš (1993–98) * Michal Sobota (2006–10) * Bohumil Smrček (2010–12) *

(2012–14) * Oldřich Machala (2014) * Ludevít Grmela (2014–15) * Radim Kučera (2015–17) * Jiří Balcárek (2017–2018) *

(2018) * František Šturma (2019) *

(2019) * Milan Volf (2019–)

History in domestic competitions

* Seasons spent at Level 1 of the

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: 1 * Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 8 * Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 8 * Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 1

Czech Republic

Honours

* Czech 2. Liga (second tier) ** Champions

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(third tier) ** Champions 2009–10 *

(fourth tier) ** Champions 2001–02

References

External links

* {{Czech First League

Association football clubs established in 2001