1. SC Znojmo FK is a

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club from

Znojmo Znojmo (; ) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants. Znojmo is the historical and cultural centre of southwestern Moravia and the second most populated town in the South Moravian Region. The hi ...

in the

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. After the 2018–19 season, the club was relegated into 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 ...

(third-level league).

History

Znojmo won promotion from the

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in 2002, finishing first in Division D in the 2001–02 season. The club followed this with eight seasons in 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 ...

, before winning another promotion in 2010 under manager Michal Sobota. The club secured promotion to the

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two matches before the end of 2009–10 season. Znojmo replaced Sobota in the summer of 2010, partly due to him not having a coaching license for professional football. His replacement was

Bohumil Smrček Bohumil Smrček (born 3 July 1961) is a Czechs, Czech football manager. References External links

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. Two relatively unsuccessful seasons followed under Smrček, with the club finishing 14th and 13th respectively. This prompted the club to replace Smrček with new manager

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. Kalvoda went on to lead the club to a first-place finish in the

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and Znojmo celebrated promotion from the

, winning the right to play in the top flight for the first time in their history. They finished bottom of the

2013–14 Czech First League The 2013–14 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 21st season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The season began on 19 July 2013 and ended on 31 May 2014. Sparta Prague won their 36th ti ...

, and played all of their matches in

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(aside from one which was played in

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) due to their own stadium not meeting league requirements. Znjomo were scheduled to participate in the preliminary round of the

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but withdrew before their match with

TJ Sokol Tasovice TJ Sokol Tasovice is a Czech football club located in the village of Tasovice (Znojmo District) in the South Moravian Region. It currently plays in Divize D, which is in the Czech Fourth Division. In 2011, Tasovice reached the third round of the ...

Historical names

* 1953 – DSO Rudá Hvězda Znojmo * 1969 – TJ Rudá Hvězda Znojmo * 1990 – SKP Znojmo-Práče (after incorporation of TJ Sokol Práče) * 1992 – SKPP Znojmo * 1993 – VTJ SKP Znojmo * 1994 – VTJ Znojmo-Rapotice (after incorporation of TJ Sokol Rapotice, 1997 Sokol Rapotice split again) * 1995 – VTJ Znojmo * 1999 – Fotbal Znojmo * 2001 – 1. SC Znojmo FK (after incorporation of FC Znojmo)

Stadium

Znojmo's home stadium is Městský stadion. In the 2013–14 season, when Znojmo 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 team played league matches at Brno's

Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská, currently known as the ADAX Invest Arena for sponsorship purposesis, a multi-purpose stadium in Brno, Czech Republic. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches and is the home gr ...

, because the Znojmo's stadium did not meet the standards required for the Czech First League.

Players

Current squad

Notable former players

Robert Caha Robert Caha (born 11 March 1976) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Caha started his career at Czech club Baník Ostrava. In 2001, he moved to Chinese Super League team Shenyang Ginde. After one seaso ...

Patrik Siegl Patrik Siegl (born 26 February 1976, in Šternberk) is a former Czech football player who lastly played for FK Fotbal Třinec. He played predominantly as a midfielder. Career His career started in Unex Uničov where he played as a youngster. A ...

Libor Sionko Libor Sionko (born 1 February 1977) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. At club level he started in his home town of Ostrava, playing for the youth teams of TJ Vítkovice and Baník Ostrava. Professionally, he ...

Michal Špit Michal Špit (born 9 April 1975) is a retired footballer from the Czech Republic. In his playing career, he played for teams including Jablonec and Sparta Prague Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Pr ...

Managers

Jiří Fryš Jiří Fryš (born 11 March 1950) is a football manager. He led RH Znojmo for four years, seeing them advance from the Moravian–Silesian Football League (MSFL) to the Second League. He led Dukla Prague during the 1992–93 Czechoslovak First L ...

(1988–92) *

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(1993) *

(1993–98) * Michal Sobota (2006–10) *

Bohumil Smrček Bohumil Smrček (born 3 July 1961) is a Czechs, Czech football manager. References External links

* 1961 births Living people Czech football managers SV Horn managers SK Líšeň managers 1. SC Znojmo FK managers FC Zbrojovka Brno ma ...

(2010–12) *

(2012–14) *

Oldřich Machala Oldřich Machala (born 4 August 1963) is a Czech football coach and a former player. Career Machala was born in Bruntál. He played most of his Gambrinus liga career for SK Sigma Olomouc, for which he earned 414 league caps, most in the club's ...

(2014) *

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(2014–15) *

Radim Kučera Radim Kučera (born 1 March 1974) is a Czech football coach and former player who played most of his career for Sigma Olomouc. Playing career Kučera began his playing career in the Czech league, playing for FK Dukla Hranice, VP Frýdek-Míste ...

(2015–17) *

Jiří Balcárek Jiří Balcárek (born 29 April 1973) is a Czech football manager and former player. He played club football domestically for Olomouc and RH Cheb, as well as German side Union Berlin at club level and made two appearances for the Czech Republic ...

(2017–2018) *

(2018) *

František Šturma František Šturma (born 7 August 1972) is a Czech football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (wor ...

(2019) *

(2019) * Milan Volf (2019–2020) * David Langer (2020–2021) * Alois Skácel (2021–2022) * Michal Pacholík (2022) *

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(2023) *

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(2023) * Luís Filipe Silva (2023) * Ridi Dauti (2023) * Rui Amorim (2023–)

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: 8 * Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 13 * Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 1

Czech Republic

Honours

(second tier) ** Champions:

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(third tier) ** Champions: 2009–10 *

(fourth tier) ** Champions: 2001–02

References

External links

* {{Czech First League

Association football clubs established in 1953 1953 establishments in Czechoslovakia Czech National Football League clubs