Dukla Pardubice was a

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football club. Founded in 1953 as Tankista Praha in the capital city of

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, the club moved to the city of

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

in 1956 and subsequently became Dukla Pardubice. In its eight-year existence, the club spent six seasons in the

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League history

The club played as Tankista Praha in the 1953–1955 seasons of the

. In 1956 they moved to Pardubice and competed as Tankista in 1956's II. Liga, group A, in which they finished first. In the 1957–58 season, under the revised name of Dukla Pardubice, the club again contested the Czechoslovak First League, where they played until 1960. In 1960–61 Dukla again played in the II. Liga, this time in group B, and finished in second place behind Spartak Královo Pole Brno. Later in 1961 the club merged with VCHZ Pardubice and ceased to exist in its own right.

Stadia

Upon moving to Pardubice, the club played at a speedway stadium, the Svítkov Stadium in Pardubice's Svítkov area, due to ongoing renovation at the city's football stadium, '' Letní stadion''. During the season they moved into Letní stadion.

Players

The club's leading scorer in the Czechoslovak First League was , who scored 25 goals. The player with the most appearances is . Four of their players were included in the Czechoslovakia squad for the

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: Jan Lála,

Andrej Kvašňák Andrej Kvašňák (19 May 1936 – 18 April 2007) was a Slovaks, Slovak association football, football player. Born in Košice, he played for Czechoslovakia national football team, Czechoslovakia, for which he played 47 matches and scored 13 goa ...

, Vladimír Kos and Tomáš Pospíchal. Other notable players included

Zdeněk Zikán Zdeněk Zikán (10 November 1937 – 14 February 2013) was a Czech footballer who played as a forward. During his club career he played for several clubs, including Dukla Pardubice and Dukla Prague. During his time with Spartak Hradec Králo ...

, Karel Nepomucký, Vojtech Masný and Jozef Vengloš.

Historical names

*1953 Tankista Praha *1956 Tankista Pardubice *1957 Dukla Pardubice

References

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