FK Chmel Blšany is a

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in Blšany,

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and is the home ground of

FK Chmel Blšany FK Chmel Blšany was a Czech football club based in the village of Blšany. The club played in the Czech First League between 1998 and 2006 and was the first professional club of goalkeeper Petr Čech. The club disbanded in 2016 after resigning f ...

. The stadium holds 2,300 seated spectators. In 1998–2006, the

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was played there, as FK Chmel Blšany appeared in the top flight of Czech football. Currently the

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is played there.

History

Before the reconstruction in 2003, the stadium was able to hold 4,500 people. The club was forced to play home matches at Stadion Na Litavce in

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during the

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due to the width of the pitch being smaller than the required 68 metres. The club returned to their home stadium in February 2004 following reconstruction. Later in 2004,

matches were again moved from Blšany, this time due to Blšany's stadium not having sufficient

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. During this time the team played home matches in

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References

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