VK Dukla Liberec () is a Czech volleyball club based in

Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...

. The club was born in 1948 in

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, and in its history changed its headquarters several times: in 1957 it moved from the Czechoslovak capital to the town of

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, in 1966 to

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, and finally in 1969 settled permanently in Liberec. The words ''Dukla'' is the amount of Czech ''CSKA'', in fact represented the formation, in the years of Soviet control, the army of Czechoslovakia. Several athletes formed in the club became professional soldiers. Currently, after the reform of the army of the Czech Republic, the team is no longer made up of soldiers. Dukla boasts the victory of 17 championships and nine national Cups, but the most important result is the CEV European Champions Cup won in 1976. The final result of continental importance is the third place in the 2005 edition of the

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Honours

Domestic

* Czech Championship :Winners (4): 2000–01, 2002–03, 2014–15, 2015–16 * Czech Cup :Winners (10): 1994–95, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2020–21 * Czechoslovak Championship :Winners (14): 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1982–83 * Czechoslovak Cup :Winners (2): 1974–75, 1991–92

International

* CEV European Champions Cup :Winners (1): 1975–76

Former names

References

External links

Official website

Team profile
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