FK Jablonec () is a

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professional

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club based in

Jablonec nad Nisou Jablonec nad Nisou (; german: Gablonz an der Neiße) is a city in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 45,000 inhabitants. It is the second-largest city in the region. It is a local centre for education, and is known for its glass ...

. The club has played in the top league of Czech football,

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, since 1994.

History

Jablonec played its first season of top league football in the 1974–75 Czechoslovak First League, remaining in the top league for two seasons before relegation in 1976. The club won the

1993–94 Czech 2. Liga The 1993–94 Czech 2. Liga was the inaugural season of the Czech 2. Liga, 2. česká fotbalová liga, the second tier of the Czech Republic football league system, Czech football league following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The league was p ...

and returned to the top league, now of the Czech Republic, in 1994. Jablonec finished third in the 1996–97 Czech First League, at the time its best-ever finish. As a result the club qualified for European competition in the form of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup, winning two and drawing two matches. The same season, the club won the

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, thus ensuring another season of European football, this time in the

1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The 1998–99 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club tournament was the last season of the competition before it was abolished. Lazio won the final against Mallorca to earn their only title in the competition. Chelsea were the defending champio ...

. The club reached the final of the

2006–07 Czech Cup The 2006–07 Czech Cup was the fourteenth season of the annual football knock-out tournament of the Czech Republic. It began on 22 July 2006 with the preliminary round and concluded with the final on 24 May 2007. The competition offered a place i ...

, winning the right to play in European competition once more as opponents in the final and winners

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

qualified for the Champions League that season. As a result the club played in the second qualifying round of the

2007–08 UEFA Cup The 2007–08 UEFA Cup was the 37th edition of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. The final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England on 14 May 2008 between Rangers of Scotland and Zenit Saint Pet ...

. The club finished a best-ever second place in the 2009–10 Czech First League, just a point behind league champions Sparta Prague and qualified for the

2010–11 UEFA Europa League The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 40th edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began on 1 July 2010, with ...

. 2010–11 saw Jablonec striker

David Lafata David Lafata (born 18 September 1981) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career From 1992 until 2005 Lafata played for Czech team SK České Budějovice, with a brief spell at FC Vysočina Jihlava in 2002. ...

finish as the league's top scorer with 19 goals, helping the team to a third-place finish and qualification for another season of European football. In 2011–12, Lafata set a new scoring record in the Czech First League as he scored an unprecedented 25 goals in a single season again being the league's top scorer, although the club finished eighth. Lafata would go on to score 13 goals in 16 league appearances for Jablonec in the first half of the 2012–13 season before signing for Sparta Prague.

Historical names

*1945 — ČSK Jablonec nad Nisou (Český sportovní klub Jablonec nad Nisou) *1948 — SK Jablonec nad Nisou (Sportovní klub Jablonec nad Nisou) *1955 — Sokol Preciosa Jablonec nad Nisou *1960 — TJ Jiskra Jablonec nad Nisou (Tělovýchovná jednota Jiskra Jablonec nad Nisou) *1963 — TJ LIAZ Jablonec nad Nisou (Tělovýchovná jednota Liberecké automobilové závody Jablonec nad Nisou) *1993 — TJ Sklobižu Jablonec nad Nisou (Tělovýchovná jednota Sklobižu Jablonec nad Nisou) *1994 — FK Jablonec nad Nisou (Fotbalový klub Jablonec nad Nisou, a.s.) *1998 — FK Jablonec 97 (Fotbalový klub Jablonec 97, a.s.) *2008 — FK Baumit Jablonec (Fotbalový klub BAUMIT Jablonec, a.s.) *2015 — FK Jablonec (Fotbalový Klub Jablonec, a.s.)

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Notable former players

Player records in the Czech First League

. Highlighted players are in the current squad.

Most appearances

Most goals

Most clean sheets

Managers

* Jiří Kotrba (1993) *

Josef Pešice Josef Pešice (12 February 1950 – 18 December 2017) was a Czech football player and manager.

(1993–95) * Jiří Kotrba (1995–98) * Jaroslav Dočkal (1998) *

Július Bielik Július Bielik (born 8 March 1962) is a former Slovak football player. He played for Sparta Prague in Czechoslovakia and Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Japan. He played for the Czechoslovakia national team 18 times and was a participant at the 1990 F ...

(1999) *

Zdeněk Klucký Zdeněk Klucký (born 5 November 1960) is a Czech football manager and former player. He managed FK Jablonec in the 1999–2000 Gambrinus liga. Playing career During his days as a player, Klucký played for clubs including RH Cheb in the Czec ...

(1999–2000) *

Jindřich Dejmal Jindřich Dejmal (born 4 July 1948) is a Czech football manager who is the current sports director of FC Písek. In the past he managed a number of Gambrinus liga teams including FK Drnovice, FK Baumit Jablonec, SK Slavia Prague and Slovak club ...

(2000) *

Jaroslav Hřebík Jaroslav Hřebík (born 16 December 1948 in Benešov, Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945� ...

(2000–01) *

Vlastimil Palička Vlastimil Palička (born 23 July 1954) is a Czech football manager and former player. He managed FK Jablonec in the Czech First League between 2001 and 2003. He has also managed three other top-flight clubs in the Czech Republic and one in Slovak ...

(2001–03) *

Petr Rada Petr Rada (born 21 August 1958) is a Czech football coach and former player. He represented Czechoslovakia internationally in the 1980s and managed the Czech Republic national football team between 2008 and 2009. He is well known for his argume ...

(Oct 2003 – June 2007) *

Luboš Kozel Luboš Kozel (born 16 March 1971) is a Czech football manager and former player. Following a playing career where he was associated with Slavia Prague, he spent seven years as manager of FK Dukla Prague, overseeing their transition from the Secon ...

(2007) *

František Komňacký František Komňacký (born 15 November 1951) is a Czech football manager and former player. Career As a player, Komňacký played for regional clubs from South Moravia, his native region. In 1970, he went to Russia to study pedagogy and played ...

(Oct 2007 – June 2012) * Václav Kotal (July 2012 – May 2013) * Roman Skuhravý (May 2013 – May 2014) *

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 ...

(June 2014 – Dec 2015) * Zdenko Frťala (Dec 2015 – Oct 2016) *

(Oct 2016 – Dec 2017) *

(Dec 2017 – April 2022) * Jiří Vágner (April 2022 – May 2022) * David Horejš (May 2022 – )

History in domestic competitions

* Seasons spent at Level 1 of the

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: 27 * Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 1 * Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0 * Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czech Republic

History in European competitions

Honours

**Winners: 1997–98, 2012–13 **Runners-up (6): 2002–03, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 *

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**Winners: 2013 * Czech 2. Liga (second tier) **Champions: 1993–94

Club records

Czech First League records

*Best position: 2nd ( 2009–10) *Worst position: 14th ( 1999–2000) *Biggest home win: Jablonec 8–0

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; german: Budweis ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is t ...

( 1997–98) *Biggest away win:

Příbram Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', in 1939–1945 ''Pibrans'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. It is well known for its mining history, and more ...

0–6 Jablonec ( 2018–19) *Biggest home defeat: Jablonec 0–3

( 1998–99, 2000–01, 2017–18), Jablonec 0–3

Liberec Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...

( 2001–02), Jablonec 0–3

Zlín Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov; ; german: Zlin) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 73,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Zlín Region and it lies on the Dřevnice river. It is known as an industrial centre. The development of the ...

( 2007–08), Jablonec 1–4

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 ...

( 2013–14), Jablonec 0–3

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; german: Jungbunzlau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 42,000 inhabitants. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region and a major centre of the Czech automotive ind ...

( 2018–19) *Biggest away defeat:

6–0 Jablonec ( 1996–97)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jablonec Football clubs in the Czech Republic Association football clubs established in 1945 Czechoslovak First League clubs Czech First League clubs 1945 establishments in Czechoslovakia