FK Hvězda Cheb is a Czech

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club, playing in the town of

Cheb Cheb (; ) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Before the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of Germans in 1945, the town was the centre of the G ...

. The club was founded in 1951 and refounded in 2001 after a bankruptcy in 1996. The club played for 13 consecutive seasons in the

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League (, ) was the premier football (soccer), football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Ga ...

between 1979 and 1992, and played three seasons in the

Czech First League The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from A ...

, finishing fourth in the 1993–94 season. The club played in the third-tier

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between 2006 and 2008. After the 2007–08 season the club announced it would not take part in the following season's competition due to financial difficulties. It currently plays in the

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. The club also had appearances in Europe playing the

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in 1980 and in Intertoto Cup 1981, in which it won its group. The club announced a change in its name from Union Cheb to Hvězda Cheb in 2011.

Club's name

* 1951: ''VSJ Sokolovo Cheb'' * 1952: ''DSO Rudá Hvězda Cheb'' * 1966: ''VTJ Dukla Hraničář Cheb'' * 1972: ''TJ Rudá Hvězda Cheb'' (RH Cheb) * 1990: ''SKP Union Cheb'' * 1994: ''FC Union Cheb'' * 1996: defunct * 2001: founded a phoenix club * 2011: ''FK Hvězda Cheb''

Famous players

''Czechoslovak and Czech international players'' *

Jozef Chovanec Jozef Chovanec (born 7 March 1960) is a former professional footballer and manager. He took part in two major tournaments: the 1990 FIFA World Cup as a player for Czechoslovakia and UEFA Euro 2000 as manager of the Czech Republic. Career As a fo ...

, 1979–1981, 52 caps, 4 goals * Milan Frýda * Vladimír Hruška, 1979–1981, 3 caps, 1 goal *

Zdeněk Koubek Zdeněk Koubek (born Zdena "Zdeňka" Koubková, 8 December 1913 – 12 June 1986) was a Track and field, track athlete from Czechoslovakia. He won two medals at the 1934 Women's World Games and several national titles in the 100–800 m running, ...

, 1979–1983, 5 caps * Pavel Kuka, 1987–1989, 89 caps * Radim Nečas, 1995–2000, 4 caps * Lubomír Pokluda 1979 – 1984, 4 caps,

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

olympic gold medalist * Petr Samec, 1992–1995, 9 Caps, 2 goals * Horst Siegl, 1989–1990, 23 caps, 7 goals *

Jaroslav Šilhavý Jaroslav Šilhavý (; born 3 November 1961) is a Czech professional football manager and former player. As a player, Šilhavý made a total of 464 top flight appearances spanning the end of the Czechoslovak First League and the beginning of th ...

, 1990–1991, 4 caps

References

External links

Official website
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