SK Rakovník is a
Czech
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football club from the town of
Rakovník
Rakovník (, ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
Administrative division
Rakovník consists o ...
in the
Central Bohemian Region
The Central Bohemian Region ( ; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in the Czech capital Prague, which lies in the centre of the regio ...
. The club currently plays in the I.A třída skupina A Středočeský kraj, which is the sixth tier of the Czech football system. The club played two 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 ...
.
History
The club was founded in 1903 as Sportovní kroužek Rakovník, before changing to simply SK Rakovník the following year, following which they competed under the name until 1948. Rakovník took part in the top level of Czech football for the first time in the 1942–43 season. Their second and final season in the Czechoslovak First League was in 1945–46.
Historical names
* 1903 – Sportovní kroužek Rakovník
* 1904 – SK Rakovník
* 1949 – Sokol Rakovník KZ
* 1951 – Sokol TOS Rakovník
* 1953 – Spartak Rakovník
* 1958 – Lokomotiva Rakovník
* 1967 – ČKZ Rakovník
* 1968 – SK Rakovník
* 1973 – ČKZ Rakovník
* 1991 – SK Rakovník
References
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Football clubs in the Czech Republic
Czechoslovak First League clubs
Association football clubs established in 1903
Rakovník District
1903 establishments in Austria-Hungary
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