Teplitzer FK was a

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football club from the town of

Teplice Teplice () (until 1948 Teplice-Šanov; german: Teplitz-Schönau or ''Teplitz'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest Czech spa town, after Karlovy Vary. The hi ...

, which played seven seasons in the

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. It was founded in 1903 as a football club associating local German population. The club was the first from Czechoslovakia to travel to the

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, making a 1922 trip to Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, where the team played six matches, including one against

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and other against Santos. The club's best result was finishing fourth in the 1933–34 Czechoslovak First League. Teplitzer also took part in the

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, losing both of their matches against Juventus. Rudolf Zosel was the club's top league scorer, amassing 26 goals. The club later played under the German association, as Teplice became a part of

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in accordance with the

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. The club ceased to exist in 1940.

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