Bílí Tygři Liberec (English: ''Liberec White Tigers'') are a professional

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club based in

Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...

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. The team competes in the Czech Extraliga, the highest level of play in professional Czech ice hockey.

History

The first hockey club in Liberec was founded in 1934 under the name ''SK Rapid Horní Růžodol''. After the

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, there have been two sections: ''Jiskra Kolora'' and ''Tatran''. In 1956, a new ice rink was built in Liberec and the clubs agreed to merge, under the name TJ Lokomotiva Liberec. In 1961 the club was renamed to TJ Stadion Liberec. Since 1985, the level of Liberec hockey began to decline and the team played in the third highest competition. It has been given its current name since 2000 and the team returned to the Czech Extraliga in 2002. On 5 October 2010, as the first Czech ice hockey club played on their home ice with an

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team, specifically in the preparatory match with the

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. In the 2015/16 season, Liberec won its first ever Czech Champion title.

Honours

Domestic

Czech Extraliga * Winners: 2015–16 * Runners-up: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21 * 3rd place: 2004–05, 2006–07 Czech 1. Liga * Winners: 2001–02 * Runners-up: 1997–98, 2000–01

Players

Current roster

Source: hcbilitygri.czSource: eliteprospects.comAs of October 16, 2021.

References

External links

Official website

Official Bílí Tygři Liberec website
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