SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech

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club from the city of Olomouc. The club currently plays in the Czech First League, the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2014, winning the Czech Cup and Czech Supercup in 2012. Being relegated to Czech National Football League in 2014, the club won the league the subsequent season and got a promotion back to First League in 2015, but failed to stay in the top division and were relegated after only one season.

History

The club was founded as FK Hejčín Olomouc in 1919, playing in the national top league for the first time in the 1982–83 season as Sigma ZTS Olomouc. The club next played in the Czechoslovak First League in the 1984–85 season, remaining in the top level of football for the rest of the Czechoslovak era. Olomouc reached the quarterfinals of the

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, their best result in the competition. In the following season's competition, the club beat Turkish side Fenerbahçe 7–1 in the second leg of their second round tie and 7–2 on aggregate, before going out of the competition at the hands of Italian team

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. The club qualified to play European football in 1996 after finishing as runners-up in the

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. Olomouc finished fourth in the 1998–99 Czech First League, again qualifying for European competition. The club was fined 5,000

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s in October 1999 for racist chanting in a UEFA Cup match against Real Mallorca's black players. In August 2011, the club was fined 4 million Czech koruna and deducted nine points as a result of a corruption enquiry by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. Olomouc won the Czech Cup that season, but were banned by UEFA from competing in the subsequent UEFA Europa League due to the corruption sanctions. In 2014 the club finished 15th in the league, resulting in their relegation after 30 years in the top level of competition.

Historical names

* 1919 – FK Hejčín Olomouc (Fotbalový klub Hejčín Olomouc) * 1949 – Sokol MŽ Olomouc (Sokol Moravské železárny Olomouc) * 1953 – DSO Baník MŹ Olomouc (Dobrovolná sportovní organizace Baník Moravské železárny Olomouc) * 1960 – TJ MŽ Olomouc (Tělovýchovná jednota Moravské železárny Olomouc) * 1966 – TJ Sigma MŽ Olomouc (Tělovýchovná jednota Sigma Moravské železárny Olomouc) * 1979 – TJ Sigma ZTS Olomouc (Tělovýchovná jednota Sigma ZTS Olomouc) * 1990 – SK Sigma MŽ Olomouc (Sportovní klub Sigma Moravské železárny Olomouc, a.s.) * 1996 – SK Sigma Olomouc (Sportovní klub Sigma Olomouc, 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

Karel Brückner Karel Brückner (; born 13 November 1939, Olomouc) is a Czech retired football coach. Playing career Brückner played as a forward in the lower leagues for MŽ Olomouc, at levels between the Regional Championship and the Second League. He ma ...

(1973–79) *

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(1980–81) *

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(1982–83) *

(1983–87) *

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(1987–89) *

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(1989–90) *

(1990–93) * Vlastimil Palička (1993–94) *

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(1994–95) *

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(1995) *

(1995–97) *

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(1997–99) * Leoš Kalvoda ''(caretaker)'' (1999) *

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(1999) *

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(1999–00) * Leoš Kalvoda (2000–01) * Jiří Vaďura (2001–02) *

Bohumil Páník Bohumil Páník (born 31 December 1956) is a Czech football manager. Páník graduated from pedagogy at Palacký University in Olomouc. As a football player, he played for several lower tier clubs. He began coaching in 2000 taking over FC Tescom ...

(2002) *

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(Nov 2002) *

Petr Uličný Petr Uličný (born 11 February 1950 in Uničov) is a former Czech football player and manager. Having previously managed Sigma Olomouc until 2006, guiding the club to finishes of third, fourth and ninth, Uličný returned in December 2011. ...

(July 2004 – 2006) * Vlastimil Palička (June 2006 – Aug 2006) * Vlastimil Petržela (Aug 2006 – June 2007) *

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(2007–08) *

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(2008) *

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(July 2008 – Dec 2011) *

(2011–12) * Roman Pivarník (July 2012 – May 2013) *

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(May 2013) *

(2013–14) * Ladislav Minář (2014) * Leoš Kalvoda (2014–15) *

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(2015–19) * Radoslav Látal (2019–21) *

(2021–present)

History in domestic competitions

* Seasons spent at Level 1 of the

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: 26 * Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 2

Czech Republic

;Notes

European Record

Overall record

:''Accurate as of 23 August 2018'' Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Honours

* Czech Cup **Winners: 2011–12 **Runners-up:

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* Czech Supercup **Winners: 2012 * 2. Liga **Winners: 2014–15 Czech National Football League, 2014–15, 2016–17 Czech National Football League, 2016–17

Club records

Czech First League records

*Best position: 2nd (1995–96 Czech First League, 1995–96) *Worst position: 15th (2013–14 Czech First League, 2013–14, 2015–16 Czech First League, 2015–16) *Biggest home win: Olomouc 6–0 FK Teplice, Teplice (2014–15 Czech First League, 2014–15) *Biggest away win: FC Slovan Liberec, Liberec 0–4 Olomouc (2009–10 Czech First League, 2009–10), FC Viktoria Plzeň, Plzeň 0–4 Olomouc (2011–12 Czech First League, 2011–12), FK Mladá Boleslav, Mladá Boleslav 0–4 Olomouc (2018–19 Czech First League, 2018–19), FK Dukla Prague, Dukla Prague 0–4 Olomouc (2018–19 Czech First League, 2018–19) *Biggest home defeat: Olomouc 1–5 SK Slavia Prague, Slavia Prague (2000–01 Czech First League, 2000–01), Olomouc 0–4 FK Mladá Boleslav, Mladá Boleslav (2018–19 Czech First League, 2018–19) *Biggest away defeat: AC Sparta Prague, Sparta Prague 6–0 Olomouc (1999–2000 Czech First League, 1999–2000)

References

External links

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SK Sigma Olomouc on SoccerwayClub profile on official Czech First League website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc, Football clubs in the Czech Republic Association football clubs established in 1919 Czechoslovak First League clubs Czech First League clubs