HC Vítkovice Ridera is an

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club based in Vítkovice, the Moravian-part of

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, in the

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, competing in the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The le ...

. It plays at

Ostravar Aréna OSTRAVAR Aréna (previously ČEZ Aréna, due to sponsorship reasons) is an indoor arena used mainly for ice hockey matches, in Vítkovice (Ostrava), Vítkovice, Ostrava, Czech Republic. It opened in 1986, and underwent a Euro, € 23.3 million re ...

(formerly ''Palác kultury a sportu Ostrava-Vítkovice''). The club was founded in 1928 after the merger of SK Moravská Slavia and SK Slovan Ostrava. Vítkovice were the champions of the

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in the 1951–52 and 1980–81 seasons.

Honours

Domestic

* Runners-up (4): 1996–97, 2001–02, 2009–10,

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* 3rd place (2): 1997–98, 2000–01

Czechoslovak Extraliga The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1936 until 1993, when the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split. History ...

* Winners (2): 1951–52, 1980–81 * Runners-up (5): 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1982–83,

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* 3rd place (2): 1957–58, 1978–79

International

IIHF European Cup The IIHF European Cup, also known as the Europa Cup, was a European ice hockey club competition for champions of national leagues which was contested between 1965 and 1997, governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). History The co ...

* Runners-up (1): 1981–82

Pre-season

Spengler Cup The Spengler Cup is an annual invitational ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss tea ...

* Runners-up (1): 1980

Tatra Cup The Tatra Cup ( sk, Tatranský pohár) is an annual ice hockey tournament held in Poprad, Slovakia. It is the second oldest club tournament in Europe, after the Spengler Cup. The first installment of the Tatra Cup took place in 1929 in Starý S ...

* Winners (5): 1968/1969, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009

Players

Current roster

Franchise history

1928–1936: SSK (Sportovně Společenský Klub)
1936–1945: ČSK (Český Sportovní Klub)
1945–1948: SK Vítkovické Železárny
1948–1952: Sokol Vítkovické Železárny
1952–1957: Baník Vítkovice
1957–1976: VŽKG Ostrava
1976–1993: TJ Vítkovice
1993–2005: HC Vítkovice
2005–2016: HC Vítkovice Steel
2016–present: HC Vítkovice Ridera

References

External links

Official website
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