MFK Karviná is a professional

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club located in

Karviná Karviná (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Olza (river), Olza River in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Karviná is known as an industrial city with t ...

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. It plays in the

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. The team's colours are green and white.

History

Karviná as a multi-ethnic city of

Cieszyn Silesia Cieszyn Silesia, Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia ( ; or ; or ) is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered on the towns of Cieszyn and Český Těšín and bisected by the Olza River. Since 1920 it has been divided betwe ...

was a home to many football clubs, which were established by particular ethnic groups after

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. At that time many football clubs of Polish, German, Czech and Jewish communities were founded. Most known and strongest Polish club was Polonia Karwina founded in 1919. After

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German and Jewish clubs were not re-established. Czech and Polish clubs still existed until the 1950s, when as a part of communist unification of sport life in Czechoslovakia Czech clubs were joined to ZSJ OKD Mír Karviná and Polish Polonia Karwina incorporated into that club. The club played at the top national level of competition in the

1996–97 Czech First League The 1996–97 Czech First League was the fourth season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic. The season saw a Czech league attendance record for a single match, as 44,120 watched the game between Boby Brno and Slavia Prague. League changes ...

and

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, being relegated on each occasion. In the 2000–01 Czech 2. Liga, Karviná were relegated to the

Moravian–Silesian Football League The Moravian-Silesian Football League (MSFL) () is one of the third level football leagues in the Czech Republic (the other is the Bohemian Football League) headquartered in Olomouc. The league comprises teams from the historic regions of Moravia ...

(MSFL) after finishing 15th of 16 teams. They subsequently finished last in the MSFL in the 2001–02 season, signalling a second relegation in as many seasons. The club, playing in the

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in the 2002–03 season, finished dead last and was thus relegated for a third time in succession. The club merged with Jäkl Karviná in 2003, taking the name ''MFK Karviná''. The 2003–04 season saw the club play in the Regional Championship, finishing fourth but being promoted to the

due to higher-finishing teams declining the opportunity to promote. The club subsequently spent two seasons in the Czech Fourth Division, finishing fifth in their first season and third in the 2005–06 season, winning promotion to the MSFL. The club finished 8th in their first season back in the MSFL in 2006–07 and went on to finish fourth in the 2007–08 season. They then bought the license for the second division from league champions Sigma Olomouc B, and thus qualified to play in the Czech 2. Liga. Having played in the Second League since 2008, the club celebrated promotion to the First League after the 29th round of the 2015–16 Czech National Football League.

Historical names

* 1919–38: PKS Polonia Karwina * 1945–48: SK Polonia Karwina * 1948–51: Sokol Polonia Karviná * 1951–53: Sokol OKD Mír Karviná * 1953–61: Baník Karviná Mír * 1961–94: Baník 1. máj Karviná * 1994–95: FC Karviná–Vítkovice (after merger with FC Vítkovice Kovkor) * 1995–03: FC Karviná * 2003–08: MFK Karviná (after merger with Jäkl Karviná) * 2008–present: MFK OKD Karviná

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Notable former players

History in domestic competitions

* Seasons spent at Level 1 of the

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: 8 * Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 9 * Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 2 * Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 2 * Seasons spent at Level 5 of the football league system: 1

Czech Republic

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karvina Football clubs in the Czech Republic Association football clubs established in 2003 Czech First League clubs 2003 establishments in the Czech Republic Czech National Football League clubs