SK Dynamo České Budějovice is a

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club from České Budějovice,

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. They currently play in the Czech First League, the first tier of football in the Czech Republic.

History

The club was founded in 1899 as Sportovní kroužek České Budějovice and in 1905 as Sportovní klub České Budějovice. Since 1993, the club has played in the top-level Czech First League almost exclusively. Despite suffering relegation three times, most recently in 2005, the club has won promotion back to the top-flight immediately on each occasion. In 2002 České Budějovice celebrated promotion to the Czech First League, announcing a project to reconstruct their stadium in line with league requirements. The club celebrated its centenary in 2005 but were relegated from the top flight, vowing to return to the Czech First League a year later. In the

2005–06 Czech 2. Liga The 2005–06 Czech 2. Liga was the 13th season of the 2. česká fotbalová liga, the second tier of the Czech football league. Team changes From 2. Liga Promoted to Czech First League * FK SIAD Most * FC Vysočina Jihlava * FC Viktoria Pl ...

, the club started poorly, lying in 13th place in late September. A change in fortunes came about with the club signing former player and all-time leader in national team appearances

Karel Poborský Karel Poborský (; born 30 March 1972) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a right winger. He was most noted for his technical ability and pace. He began and finished his club career at Dynamo České Budějovice, where his k ...

on loan from Sparta Prague. The club improved significantly and went on to win promotion back to the Czech First League at the end of the season. Since 2011, České Budějovice have had an agreement where

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operates as its farm team.

Historical names

* 1899 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní kroužek České Budějovice) * 1903 – SK Slavia České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Slavia České Budějovice) * 1905 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní klub České Budějovice) * 1949 – TJ Sokol JČE České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Sokol Jihočeské elektrárny České Budějovice) * 1951 – TJ Slavia České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Slavia České Budějovice) * 1953 – DSO Dynamo České Budějovice (Dobrovolná sportovní organizace Dynamo České Budějovice) * 1958 – TJ Dynamo České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Dynamo České Budějovice) * 1991 – SK Dynamo České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Dynamo České Budějovice) * 1992 – SK České Budějovice JČE (Sportovní klub České Budějovice Jihočeská energetická, a.s.) * 1999 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní klub České Budějovice, a.s.) * 2004 – SK Dynamo České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Dynamo České Budějovice, a.s.)

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Retired numbers

8 –

, Second striker (1991–94), (2005–07)

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 Jiří Kotrba (born 28 February 1958) is a Czech football manager and former player. As a manager Kotrba led several Czech clubs, gaining success with some of them. In the 2002/2003 season he won the Czech First League with Sparta Prague. In 1 ...

(1989–91) *

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 ...

(1992–93) *

Pavel Tobiáš Pavel Tobiáš (born 10 January 1955) is a Czech football manager and former player. Tobiáš coached several Czech football clubs, including Slavia Prague. Most often however, he led Dynamo České Budějovice "Dynamo Electric Machine" ...

(Aug 1993 – Sept 97) * Zdeněk Procházka (1997–98) *František Cerman (1998) *

(Aug 1998 – May 00) *

(2000 – March 01) *

Milan Bokša Milan Bokša (born 3 May 1951) is a Czech football manager. Bokša coached numerous clubs in the Czech First League, including Union Cheb, Petra Drnovice, Sigma Olomouc, Baník Ostrava, SK České Budějovice, 1. FC Synot, FK Mladá Bolesla ...

(March 2001–02) *

(March 2002 – Oct 04) *

Robert Žák Robert Žák (born 6 May 1966) is a Czech football manager and former player. As a player, he played in the Czechoslovak First League until its conclusion in 1993, after which he continued in the Gambrinus liga for one season before finishing h ...

(Oct 2004 – March 05) *

František Cipro František Cipro (born 13 April 1947 in Jihlava) is a retired Czech football manager, known mostly for his work in SK Slavia Prague and SK Dynamo České Budějovice. He was an active player in the past. Playing career Cipro played for Slavia P ...

(April 2005 – Aug 07) *

František Straka František "Franz" Straka (born 28 May 1958) is a Czech former football player and manager of Fotbal Třinec. Biography Playing career Straka played most notably for Sparta Prague. In 1988, he moved to Germany and spent the rest of his playin ...

(July 2007 – June 08) *Jan Kmoch (June 2008 – Aug 08) *

(July 2008 – Aug 10) *

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 and ...

(Sept 2010 – June 11) *

(July 2011 – Sept 11) *

(Sep 2011 – Sept 12) * Miroslav Soukup (Sep 2012 – Feb 13) *Pavol Švantner (Feb 2013–13) * Pavel Hoftych (2013) *

Luboš Urban Luboš Urban (born 19 November 1957 in Jihlava) is a Czech football manager and former player. Playing career Urban played football for Dukla Prague and Plzeň. Early managerial career Urban was sacked as the manager of FC Viktoria Plzeň i ...

(2014–15) *

(2015) * David Horejš (2015–2022) * Jozef Weber (June 2022 – Oct 22) * Jiří Lerch (Oct 2022 – Nov 2022) *

Marek Nikl Marek Nikl (born 20 February 1976) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a centre back, most notably for 1. FC Nürnberg. He made five appearances for the Czech Republic national team. Career Nikl spent most of his early foo ...

(Nov 2022 –)

History in domestic competitions

* Seasons spent at Level 1 of the

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: 20 * Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 8 * Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0 * Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czechoslovakia

Czech Republic

Honours

Czech 2. Liga The Czech National Football League ( cs, Fotbalová národní liga, ''FNL''), currently known as Fortuna národní liga due to sponsorship reasons, is the second level professional association football league in the Czech Republic. Before 2013 it ...

(second tier) ::Champions: 2001–02, 2013–14, 2018–19 ::Runners-up: 1998–99, 2005–06

Club records

Czech First League records

*Best position: 6th ( 1993–94, 1996–97) *Worst position: 16th ( 2014–15) *Biggest home win: České Budějovice 5–0

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 ...

( 1999–2000) *Biggest away win: Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště 0–4 České Budějovice ( 1995–96) *Biggest home defeat: České Budějovice 0–6 Slavia Prague (

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) *Biggest away defeat: Jablonec 8–0 České Budějovice ( 1997–98)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dynamo Ceske Budejovice Football clubs in the Czech Republic Association football clubs established in 1905 Czechoslovak First League clubs Czech First League clubs 1905 establishments in Austria-Hungary