AFK Atlantic Lázně Bohdaneč was a

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football club from the town of Lázně Bohdaneč, which played one season in the

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. It was founded in 1918. Bohdaneč won promotion to the country's top flight, the

, after finishing second in the 1996–97 Czech 2. Liga. The club subsequently featured in the

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, finishing bottom of the league and winning only two of their thirty matches. During a 1999 Czech 2. Liga away match against

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, club owner Jiří Novák ordered his players to walk off the pitch, with 43 minutes played and the score 2–1 to the hosts, citing the poor performance of

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Michal Paták as the reason. According to a spokesman from the

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, this was the first time a professional team had abandoned a game in the league. The club was subsequently fined 300,000

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by the

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and the match was awarded 3–0 to Prostějov. The club ceased to exist in 2000, following a merger with Slovan Pardubice.

Historical names

* 1918 – AFK Lázně Bohdaneč * 1948 – Sokol Lázně Bohdaneč * 1994 – AFK Atlantic Lázně Bohdaneč * 2000 – merged with Slovan Pardubice

History in domestic competitions

* Seasons spent at Level 1 of the

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

Czech Republic

Notable former players

Honours

* Czech 2. Liga (second tier) ** Runners-up 1996–97 *

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(third tier) ** Champions 1995–96

References

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