SK Benešov is a

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club located in

Benešov Benešov (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 17,000 inhabitants. The town is known for the Konopiště Castle. Administrative division Benešov consists of 15 municipal parts (in brackets population ...

. The team currently plays in the

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, the fourth tier of the Czech football system.

History

In the 1994–95 season the club played 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 ...

, the top flight of Czech football. The club started with three wins and a draw from the first six matches, but was beset by financial problems. The owner and only sponsor of the club, Miroslav Švarc, was taken into police custody on charges of financial criminality, team coach Jaroslav Hřebík left after the first half of the season, and the players were not paid between October and February. Benešov's results did not improve and club captain Tibor Mičinec cited the club's financial situation as the reason for a run of 24 games without a win. As a result, the team were relegated to the Czech 2. Liga for the 1995–96 season, but fell further, spending the 2000s in the

. In June 2014 the club was promoted to the

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under the coach Luboš Zákostelský.

Historical names

* 1913: AFK Benešov * 1929: Benešovský SK * ca. 1940: Slavoj Benešov * 1948: Sokol Benešov * 1949: Sokol ČSD Benešov * 1953: TJ Lokomotíva Benešov * 1971: TJ ČSAD Benešov * 1990: FK Švarc Benešov * 1996: FK Benešov * 1999: SK Benešov

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: 4 * Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 5 * Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 12

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benesov Football clubs in the Czech Republic Association football clubs established in 1913 Czech First League clubs Benešov 1913 establishments in Austria-Hungary 20th-century establishments in Bohemia Czech National Football League clubs