FK Jablonec () is a

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professional

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club based in

Jablonec nad Nisou Jablonec nad Nisou (; ) is a city in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It is the second-largest city in the region. It is a local centre for education, and is known for its glass and jewelry production, espe ...

. The club has played in the top league of Czech football,

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, since 1994.

History

Jablonec played its first season of top league football in the

1974–75 Czechoslovak First League Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1974–1975 season. Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and ŠK Slovan Bratislava won the championship. Ladislav Petráš was the league's top scorer with 20 goals. Stadia and locations League ...

, remaining in the top league for two seasons before relegation in 1976. The club won the

1993–94 Czech 2. Liga The 1993–94 Czech 2. Liga was the inaugural season of the Czech 2. Liga, 2. česká fotbalová liga, the second tier of the Czech Republic football league system, Czech football league following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The league was p ...

and returned to the top league, now of the Czech Republic, in 1994. Jablonec finished third 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 ...

, at the time its best-ever finish. As a result, the club qualified for European competition in the form of the

1997–98 UEFA Cup The 1997–98 UEFA Cup was won by Internazionale in an all-Italian final against Lazio. It was their third title in eight years in the competition. It was the first instance of the UEFA Cup final being a one-game contest at a neutral stadium, h ...

, winning two and drawing two matches. The same season, the club won the

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, thus ensuring another season of European football, this time in the

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. The club reached the final of the

2006–07 Czech Cup The 2006–07 Czech Cup was the 14th edition of the annual football knockout tournament organized by the Czech Football Association of the Czech Republic. It began on 22 July 2006 with the preliminary round and ended with the final on 24 May 2007 ...

, winning the right to play in European competition once more as opponents in the final and winners

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qualified for the Champions League that season. As a result, the club played in the second qualifying round of the

2007–08 UEFA Cup The 2007–08 UEFA Cup was the 37th edition of the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup, UEFA's former second-tier club association football, football tournament. The 2008 UEFA Cup Final, final was played at the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, E ...

. The club finished a best-ever second place in the

2009–10 Czech First League The 2009–10 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the seventeenth season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football. It started on 24 July 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010. Defending champions Slavia Prague co ...

, just a point behind league champions Sparta Prague and qualified for the

2010–11 UEFA Europa League The 2010–11 UEFA Europa League was the second season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 40th edition overall including its predecessor, the UEFA Cup. It began on 1 July 2010, with ...

. 2010–11 saw Jablonec striker

David Lafata David Lafata (born 18 September 1981) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was the Czech First League's top scorer in six seasons and with 198 league goals, he is by far the top scorer of the Czech First League ...

finish as the league's top scorer with 19 goals, helping the team to a third-place finish and qualification for another season of European football. In 2011–12, Lafata set a new scoring record in the Czech First League as he scored an unprecedented 25 goals in a single season again being the league's top scorer, although the club finished eighth. Lafata would go on to score 13 goals in 16 league appearances for Jablonec in the first half of the 2012–13 season before signing for Sparta Prague.

Historical names

*1945 — ČSK Jablonec nad Nisou (Český sportovní klub Jablonec nad Nisou) *1948 — SK Jablonec nad Nisou (Sportovní klub Jablonec nad Nisou) *1955 — Sokol Preciosa Jablonec nad Nisou *1960 — TJ Jiskra Jablonec nad Nisou (Tělovýchovná jednota Jiskra Jablonec nad Nisou) *1963 — TJ LIAZ Jablonec nad Nisou (Tělovýchovná jednota Liberecké automobilové závody Jablonec nad Nisou) *1993 — TJ Sklobižu Jablonec nad Nisou (Tělovýchovná jednota Sklobižu Jablonec nad Nisou) *1994 — FK Jablonec nad Nisou (Fotbalový klub Jablonec nad Nisou, a.s.) *1998 — FK Jablonec 97 (Fotbalový klub Jablonec 97, a.s.) *2008 — FK Baumit Jablonec (Fotbalový klub BAUMIT Jablonec, a.s.) *2015 — FK Jablonec (Fotbalový klub Jablonec, a.s.)

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Notable former players

Player records in the Czech First League

. Highlighted players are in the current squad.

Most appearances

Most goals

Most clean sheets

Managers

* Jiří Kotrba (1993) * Josef Pešice (1993–95) * Jiří Kotrba (1995–98) * Jaroslav Dočkal (1998) *

Július Bielik Július Bielik (born 8 March 1962) is a Slovak former football player. He played for Sparta Prague in Czechoslovakia and Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Japan. He played for the Czechoslovakia national team 18 times and was a participant at the 1990 FIF ...

(1999) * Zdeněk Klucký (1999–2000) *

Jindřich Dejmal Jindřich Dejmal (born 4 July 1948) is a Czech football manager who is the current sports director of FC Písek. In the past he managed a number of Gambrinus liga teams including FK Drnovice, FK Baumit Jablonec, SK Slavia Prague and Slovak club ...

(2000) *

Jaroslav Hřebík Jaroslav Hřebík (born 16 December 1948 in Benešov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional football coach and a former player. Hřebík played a total of 22 matches, scoring 4 times, in the Czechoslovak First League. Between 1973 and 1977 he ...

(2000–01) *

Vlastimil Palička Vlastimil Palička (born 23 July 1954) is a Czech football manager and former player. He managed FK Jablonec in the Czech First League between 2001 and 2003. He has also managed three other top-flight clubs in the Czech Republic and one in Slovaki ...

(2001–03) *

Petr Rada Petr Rada (born 21 August 1958) is a Czech football coach and former player. He represented Czechoslovakia internationally in the 1980s and managed the Czech Republic national football team between 2008 and 2009. He is well known for his argumen ...

(Oct 2003 – June 2007) *

Luboš Kozel Luboš Kozel (born 16 March 1971) is a Czech professional football manager and former player who is currently in charge of Jablonec. Following a playing career where he was mostly associated with Slavia Prague, he spent seven years as manager o ...

(2007) *

František Komňacký František Komňacký (born 15 November 1951) is a Czech former football manager and player. Career As a player, Komňacký played for regional clubs from South Moravia, his native region. In 1970, he went to Russia to study pedagogy and played ...

(Oct 2007 – June 2012) *

Václav Kotal Václav Kotal (born 2 October 1952) is a Czech former football player and current manager. As a player, he spent ten seasons at Sparta Prague, playing 168 matches in the Czechoslovak First League and winning two Czechoslovak Cups. He was announ ...

(July 2012 – May 2013) * Roman Skuhravý (May 2013 – May 2014) *

Jaroslav Šilhavý Jaroslav Šilhavý (; born 3 November 1961) is a Czech professional football manager and former player. As a player, Šilhavý made a total of 464 top flight appearances spanning the end of the Czechoslovak First League and the beginning of th ...

(June 2014 – Dec 2015) *

Zdenko Frťala Zdenko Frťala (born 3 August 1970) is a Slovak football manager and former player. As a player, Frťala played in the Czechoslovak First League for Trnava and in the Czech First League for Teplice. He made a total of 192 top-flight appearances ...

(Dec 2015 – Oct 2016) * Zdeněk Klucký (Oct 2016 – Dec 2017) *

(Dec 2017 – April 2022) * Jiří Vágner (April 2022 – May 2022) *

David Horejš David Horejš (born 19 May 1977) is a Czech football manager and former player. He was the club captain. On 28 February 2024, Horejš was appointed as the manager of Hradec Králové. References Honours Managerial ; SK Dynamo České Bu ...

(May 2022 – May 2023) * Radoslav Látal (June 2023 – June 2024) *

(June 2024 –present)

History in domestic competitions

* Seasons spent at Level 1 of the

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: 31 * Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 1 * Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0 * Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czech Republic

History in European competitions

Honours

**Winners: 1997–98,

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**Runners-up (6): 2002–03, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 *

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**Winners: 2013 *

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(second tier) **Champions: 1993–94

Club records

Czech First League records

*Best position: 2nd ( 2009–10) *Worst position: 14th ( 1999–2000) *Biggest home win: Jablonec 8–0

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is the largest ...

( 1997–98) *Biggest away win:

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0–6 Jablonec ( 2018–19) *Biggest home defeat: Jablonec 1–5

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( 2023–24) *Biggest away defeat:

6–0 Jablonec ( 1996–97)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jablonec Football clubs in the Czech Republic Association football clubs established in 1945 Czechoslovak First League clubs Czech First League clubs 1945 establishments in Czechoslovakia Czech National Football League clubs