FK Pardubice 1899 was a

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football club from 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 ...

, which played one season in the

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, under the name of VCHZ Pardubice. It was founded as Explosia Semtín in 1925. In 1961, then called "VCHZ Pardubice", the club merged with

Dukla Pardubice Dukla Pardubice was a Czechoslovak football club. Founded in 1953 as Tankista Praha in the capital city of Prague, the club moved to the city of Pardubice in 1956 and subsequently became Dukla Pardubice. In its eight-year existence, the club spent ...

(founded as "Tankista Praha", where International goalkeeper Imrich Stacho did his

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). The club played in the 1968–69 Czechoslovak First League, reaching the final of the

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in the same season. The club played in the Czech 2. Liga between 1993 and 1997.

Historical names

* 1925 – Explosia Semtín * 1947 – Synthesia Semtín * 1948 – Sokol Synthesia Semtín * 1952 – Sokol Chemik Semtín * 1953 – Jiskra Semtín * 1958 – VCHZ Pardubice (1961 – merged with

(''former "Tankista Praha"'') * 1990 – Synthesia Pardubice * 1993 – SK Pardubice * 1997 – FK Dropa Pardubice 1899 * 1999 – FK Pardubice 1899

References

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