FK Třinec is a

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club based in

Třinec Třinec (; ; ) is a city in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants, making it the least populated Statutory city (Czech Republic), statutory city in the country. The city ...

, Czech Republic. It plays in the

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. It is sponsored by the

Třinec Iron and Steel Works Třinec Iron and Steel Works (TŽ) (, ) is a producer of long rolled steel products in Třinec, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. TŽ produces over a third of all steel produced in the Czech Republic (roughly 2.5 million tons annually). ...

; in the past the club bore the name of the company. The club's highest achievement was the presence 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 ...

, where the club was present for six seasons in the 1960s and 1970s.

History

Czechoslovak era

In 1921 Polish population of Třinec (Polish: Trzyniec) founded ''KS Siła Trzyniec'', ethnically Polish sport club. In the same year local

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population founded ''DSV Trzynietz''. Two years later Czechs founded their own club ''SK Třinec''. After the communist coup d'état of 1948, communists began to curb the number of organizations in Czechoslovakia and the Polish club was fused to the Czech one in 1952. The club won promotion to the

after finishing behind Spartak Brno B, who were ineligible for promotion, in Group B of the Czechoslovak Second League in the 1962–63 season. Třinec played in the First League for the first time in the 1963–64 season, before returning to play three consecutive seasons there between 1970–71 and 1972–73. Two more seasons in the top flight followed in 1974–75 and 1975–76 before the club was relegated from the top flight.

Czech era

After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the club regularly took part in the

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. An eight year spell there was followed by five years in the third-tier

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 a return to the Second Division came in 2006. Another stint in the Second Division followed, this time lasting for six years until relegation in 2012. The club won the

in the 2012–13 season.

Historic names

* ''KS Siła Trzyniec'' (1921–1923) * ''SK Třinec'' (1923–1937) * ''SK TŽ Třinec'' (1937–1950) * ''Sokol Železárny Třinec'' (1950–1952) * ''TŽ Třinec'' (1952–1953) (merged with KS Siła Trzyniec) * ''DSO Baník Třinec'' (1953–1958) * '' TJ TŽ Třinec'' (1958–1993) * ''SK Železárny Třinec'' (1993–2000) * ''FK Fotbal Třinec'' (2000–2022) * ''FK Třinec'' (2022–)

Stadium

Their current home ground is Stadion Rudolfa Labaje, named after former local Polish footballer, Rudolf Łabaj. The stadium has a capacity of just over 2,000. The club previously played at Lesní stadion, which is now mainly used for

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Players

Current squad

Notable former players

Managers

Miroslav Kouřil Miroslav Kouřil (born 16 January 1960) is a Czech Republic, Czech association football, football manager and former player. His playing position was forward (association football), forward. Kouřil played in the Czechoslovak First League and Gamb ...

(2007–08) *

Erich Cviertna Erich Cviertna (16 March 1951 – 5 October 2013) was a Czech football player and manager. As a footballer, Cviertna played for several lower league clubs. As a manager, Cviertna coached several Czech clubs, most notable of them being Gambrinus ...

(2008–09) * Jiří Neček (2009–10) * Zdeněk Dembinný (2010) *

Patrik Krabec Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or ...

(2010) *

Ľubomír Luhový Ľubomír Luhový (born 31 March 1967) is a Slovak former footballer and manager. He served as sporting director of Třinec. At club level, Luhový spent most of his career for FK Inter Bratislava. Biography Luhový played for FC Martigues in ...

(2010–12) *

(2012–13) *

Karel Kula Karel Kula (born 10 August 1963) is a Czech local politician and former football player and manager. He played as a midfielder and was a general manager of MFK Karviná and FK Fotbal Třinec. In 2023, he became the mayor of Český Těšín. P ...

(2013–14) *

Marek Kalivoda Marek Kalivoda (born 2 August 1974) is a Czech former football player who has also worked as a football manager. He is currently the manager of FK Fotbal Třinec in the Czech National Football League. Having previously served as the team's coac ...

(2014–15) *

Radim Nečas Radim Nečas (born 26 August 1969) is a Czech football manager and former player. He played for the Czech Republic four times between 1995 and 2000. Nečas made more than 300 top-flight appearances spanning the existence of the Czechoslovak First ...

(2015) *

(2015–16) * Lubomír Vašek (2016) * Jiří Neček (2016–19) *

Tomáš Jakus Tomáš () is a Czech and Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas. Tomáš is also a surname (feminine: Tomášová). Notable people with the name include: Given name Sport *Tomáš Berdych (born 1985), Czech tennis player * Tomáš Chor� ...

(2019) *

Svatopluk Habanec Svatopluk Habanec (born 22 September 1969) is a Czech former football player and manager of Ústí nad Labem. His playing position was defender. Habanec scored 11 goals in 28 games in the 2000–01 Czech 2. Liga, finishing among the leading sc ...

(2019–20) *

František Straka František Straka (born 28 May 1958) is a Czech former football player and current manager of Dukla Banská Bystrica. Playing career Straka played most notably for Sparta Prague. In 1988, he moved to Germany and spent the rest of his playing c ...

(2020–21) *

Martin Zbončák Martin Zbončák (born 21 July 1975) is a Czech football coach and a former player. Club career Zbončák previously had spells in the Russian Premier League with FC Dynamo Moscow and in the Greek Super League The Super League Greece 1 (), ...

(2021–23) * Roman West (2023) *

Martin Pulpit Martin Pulpit (born 29 January 1967) is a Czech football manager and former player. He was announced as the new manager of Viktoria Žižkov in June 2010, replacing Vlastimil Petržela. Pulpit guided Žižkov to the Czech First League via a sec ...

(2023) * Tomáš Hejdušek (2024–)

History in domestic competitions

* Seasons spent at Level 1 of the

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: 0 * Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 32 * Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 11 * Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czech Republic

Honours

(third tier) ** Champions: 2012–13

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trinec, FK Association football clubs established in 1921 Trinec Trinec Sport in Třinec 1921 establishments in Czechoslovakia Czech National Football League clubs