FK Hvězda Cheb is a

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football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club, playing in the town of

Cheb Cheb (; german: Eger) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Ohře. Before the 1945 Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of the German-speaking population ...

. The club was founded in 1951 and refounded in 2001 after a bankruptcy in 1996. The club played for 13 consecutive seasons in the

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League ( cs, 1. fotbalová liga, sk, 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed ...

between 1979 and 1992, and played three seasons in the

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, finishing fourth in the 1993–94 season. The club played in the third-tier

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between 2006 and 2008. It currently plays in the

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. The club also had appearances in Europe playing the

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in 1980 and in Intertoto Cup 1981, in which it won its group. The club announced a change in its name from Union Cheb to Hvězda Cheb in 2011.

Club's name

* 1951 : ''VSJ Sokolovo Cheb'' * 1952 : ''DSO Rudá Hvězda Cheb'' * 1966 : ''VTJ Dukla Hraničář Cheb'' * 1972 : ''TJ Rudá Hvězda Cheb'' (RH Cheb) * 1990 : ''SKP Union Cheb'' * 1994 : ''FC Union Cheb'' * 1996 : defunct * 2001 : founded a phoenix club * 2011 : ''FK Hvězda Cheb''

Famous players

''Czechoslovak and Czech international players'' *

Jozef Chovanec Jozef Chovanec (born 7 March 1960) is a Czech former professional football player and manager. Playing career As a player, Chovanec spent almost his whole career at Sparta Prague. In 1988, he moved to the Netherlands, to play briefly for PSV Ei ...

, 1979–1981, 52 caps, 4 goals * Vladimír Hruška, 1979–1981, 3 caps, 1 goal *

Zdeněk Koubek Zdeněk Koubek (born Zdena "Zdeňka" Koubková, 8 December 1913 – 12 June 1986) was a track athlete from Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the 1934 Women's World Games and several national titles in the 100–800 m running, long jump and hi ...

, 1979–1983, 5 caps *

Pavel Kuka Pavel Kuka (born 19 July 1968) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in Prague, Kuka started and finished his career at Slavia Prague, playing with the club from 1989–93 and then from 2000–05. He has als ...

, 1987–1989, 89 caps *

Radim Nečas Radim Nečas (born 26 August 1969) is a Czech football manager and former player. He played for the Czech Republic four times between 1995 and 2000. Nečas made more than 300 top-flight appearances spanning the existence of the Czechoslovak Firs ...

, 1995–2000, 4 caps * Lubomír Pokluda 1979 – 1984, 4 caps,

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

olympic gold medalist *

Petr Samec Petr Samec (born 14 February 1964) is a Czech former footballer who played as a striker for several Czech clubs. He was a prolific goalscorer and with nine goals was the best goalscorer of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The 1995–96 sea ...

, 1992–1995, 9 Caps, 2 goals *

Horst Siegl Horst Siegl (born 15 February 1969) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for Czechoslovakia and later Czech Republic, for both he played total 23 matches and scored 7 goals. He played two matches for th ...

, 1989–1990, 23 caps, 7 goals *

Jaroslav Šilhavý Jaroslav Šilhavý (; born 3 November 1961) is a Czech football manager and former player. He is the coach of Czech Republic. As a player, Šilhavý made a total of 464 top flight appearances spanning the end of the Czechoslovak First League an ...

, 1990–1991, 4 caps

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hvezda Cheb Football clubs in the Czech Republic Association football clubs established in 1951 Association football clubs established in 2001 Czechoslovak First League clubs Czech First League clubs Cheb 1951 establishments in Czechoslovakia Association football clubs disestablished in 1996