The 2016–17 season was Dukla Prague's sixth consecutive season in the

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Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

In the summer of 2016, striker Peter Olayinka arrived on a year-long loan from Belgian side

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. Defenders

Ondřej Kušnír Ondřej Kušnír (born 5 April 1984) is a Czech former professional footballer who played for various clubs in the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and Romania. He won the Czech title with Sparta Prague in 2009–10. Kušnír also played internationa ...

, Jakub Podaný and

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joined as free agents. Other players to arrive were Štěpán Koreš, Ondřej Brejcha and Ladislav Vopat. Midfielder

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returned to the club after a loan period at Táborsko. In January 2017

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midfielder Patrik Brandner joined the club, signing a contract until the end of the 2018–19 season. Striker Jan Holenda signed a contract with Dukla until the summer of 2019. Two players arrived from Slovak side

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: goalkeeper Matúš Hruška and midfielder Frederik Bilovský. Bosnian midfielder Zinedin Mustedanagić joined on loan from Sparta.

Out

Long-serving midfielder

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left the club to join local rivals

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. Goalkeeper David Tetour, forward

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, defenders Josip Jurendić and

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, as well as midfielder

Marek Hlinka Marek Hlinka (born 4 October 1990) is a Slovak footballer who currently plays in Czech Republic for Trinity Zlín as a midfielder. Hlinka started his club career at Banská Bystrica, where he made 90 league appearances. He joined Dukla Prague ...

also left the club in the summer. Three strikers left Dukla in the middle of the season: Spanish striker Néstor Albiach left to join

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having scored five league goals in the season so far, French forward

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joined league rivals

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, while Congolese Budge Manzia joined second-tier side

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. Bosnian midfielder

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departed for Turkish side

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. Slovak midfielder

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transferred to Jablonec. Slovak goalkeeper Lukáš Hroššo left for Slovak side

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, having kept two

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s in nine league matches. Ondřej Vrzal joined Bohemians 1905 on loan, while Ladislav Vopat was loaned to

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Management and coaching staff

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

Home attendance

The club had the lowest average attendance in the league.

Czech First League

Results by round

Results summary

League table

Matches

July

August

September

October

November

December

February

March

April

May

Cup

As a First League team, Dukla entered the Cup at the second round stage. In the second round, Dukla faced

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side Převýšov, winning 3–0 away from home. The third round match against third-tier side FC Velké Meziříčí resulted in a 2–1 win for Dukla as the visiting team. In the fourth round, Dukla faced fellow First League team

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, again away from home. 1–1 at full time, the game entered extra time, where each team scored once more. Karviná prevailed 4–2 in the ensuing

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to end Dukla's cup run for another season.

References

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Dukla Prague Dukla Prague ( cz, Dukla Praha) was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi ...

FK Dukla Prague seasons