football club
FC Slovan Liberec [ citation needed ] ( Czech pronunciation : [ ˈslovan ˈlɪbɛrɛts ] ), normally referred to as Slovan Liberec or plainly Slovan, is a czech football club based in the city of Liberec. The club is one of the most successful in the Czech Republic, having won three league titles and the domestic cup since 1993. Glass-making company Preciosa a.s. is the current chief patronize of the club .

history [edit ]

The early Years [edit ]

The first harbinger of the Liberec football club was the Reichenberger Fussballklub ( RFK ) which was founded in 1899 ( renamed to Reichenberger Sportklub [ RSK ] in 1904 ). [ 1 ] Because Liberec was a city where the majority of inhabitants were of german nationality, until 1945, it was Germans who first gear established clubs and played their own league. The first Czech football club, SK Liberec, was established after World War I on 11 May 1919. In 1922, the original german club FK Rapid Ober Rosenthal became the Czech club SK Rapid Horní Růžodol. In the like year, another Liberec-based club – SK Doubí – was established, followed by AFK Stráž bezpečnosti in 1931. On 27 February 1934, SK Liberec took on the modern name of Slavia Liberec so that the Czech footballers could affirm their baseball club ‘s Slavic character at a clock time when the Nazi government in neighbouring Germany already represented a serious menace to the former Czechoslovakia arsenic well as all of Europe.

The competition that once existed in Liberec between Rapid and Slavia can be compared to a smaller version of the competition between Prague ‘s two most celebrated clubs, Sparta and Slavia. In 1938, the Munich Agreement was signed, in which representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany forced Czechoslovakia to withdraw from their border area and surrender it to Germany. After the city of Liberec was incorporated into the Third Reich, Czech football in the city came to a stop for a full seven years .

Post-War era [edit ]

At the end of World War II and with the liberation of Czechoslovakia in 1945, Liberec took on the character of a Czech city. The first post-war game was played in Turnov on 10 June 1945 by Liberec ‘s football club Slavia. On 15 July 1945, representatives of Czech football clubs from the border areas that had started up again met at the Radnice hotel. The result of the meet was the verdict that each border-area club proceed in the same league that it had played in up until 1938. After seven years of coerce inaction, Slavia Liberec was again included in Class I A and Rapid Horní Růžodol in Class II. In February 1948, the Communists seized baron in Czechoslovakia. Under the new name of Kolora, Rapid Liberec, former Horní Růžodol, fought its way to be promoted to the premier league. Due to the ill thought-out restructure of Czechoslovak physical education and sports, Kolora remained in the second league – yet an administrative decisiveness placed Slavoj Liberec, in the first place established as Čechie, in the premier league. At the time, Slavoj had lone played in the regional league. This reorganization created a batch of bad blood in Liberec. After one season, Slavoj was relegated to the second league. Three years later, Kolora once again battled its way up to be promoted to the premier league, but the team could not manage to save themselves from delegating the take after temper. Whenever Kolora, which late played under the list of Jiskra, met up with Slavoj Liberec, the match was always authoritative and a rough in conflict to the end .

administration of Slovan [edit ]

In 1958, the decision was taken to close the Jiskra and Slavoj clubs and merge the two into a single team that would have the electric potential to win a touch in the premier league. [ 2 ] Although this plan stirred up identical negative reactions among footballers and fans alike and despite the fact that members of Slavoj primitively declared that they reject the plan, in the end they changed their minds. As a result, TJ Slovan Liberec was formed on 12 July 1958. With this list, the football club affirmed the Czech character of the club angstrom well as the region where it played. The very first rival the newly created team faced was Spartak Praha Sokolovo, as the celebrated team Sparta Prague was called at the time. Slovan lost 0–3. Despite all its efforts, for a long time Slovan Liberec was unsuccessful in its contend for a seat in the chancellor league. At certain stages of its history, it was even relegated to the regional class or third league. In the 1970s, Slovan managed to be promoted back to the second league, which at the time included five Bohemian, one moravian and ten Slovak teams. Due to the huge distances, the footballers from Liberec even had to board planes to play against teams in Bardejov or Michalovce, located in the easterly parts of the state. In 1971, Slovan again failed in its try to be promoted to the premier league. Following this were two relegations and promotions back to the second league .

Modern times [edit ]

After overcoming the fiscal crisis the club found itself in following the 1989 Velvet Revolution, Slovan Liberec ultimately had the opportunity to gain forwarding to the top league. Following the dissolving of Czechoslovakia, the six best teams in the second base league were elevated to the newly created Czech premier league. Slovan ascended to the first league with the formation of the Czech First League in 1993, and has maintained this position ever since. In the 1990s, the club achieved a series of mid-table finishes. In 2002, under the management of Ladislav Škorpil, Slovan Liberec became the first champions of the Czech Republic outside Prague. As czech champions, the club entered the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, but lost their first gear tie to that season ‘s eventual tournament winners Milan ( 0–1, 2–1 ). subsequently, the team finished fourth in the league in 2002–03. Due to a league-wide putrescence scandal in the 2004–05 season, the club was penalised with a six-point subtraction and finished in fifth position with 46 points. In the 2005–06 season, Slovan recovered to achieve their second league title, confirmed their status as the leading Czech club outside Prague and broke the dominance of Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague. In June 2007, democratic coach Vítězslav Lavička resigned amidst problems with golf club management and disappointment with the team ‘s Champions League qualification loss to Spartak Moscow. Liberec entered the UEFA Cup first attack, where they defeated serbian champions Red Star Belgrade before being eliminated in the group stagecoach. Performances next season under coach Michal Zach would not meet the expectations of the baseball club owners, and Slovan experienced one of the worst seasons in its modern history. Zach ‘s substitute by former bus Ladislav Škorpil failed to remedy the situation, as the clubhouse finished one-sixth in the league. In the same season, the team reached the final of the Czech Cup, but lost in a penalty gunfight against Sparta Prague. The 2008–09 season began with acrimonious european kill in the UEFA Cup, as Slovan lost their second qualify round tie to Slovak club MŠK Žilina. By contrast, the cabaret began their domestic league season with positive results against both of the prevailing Prague sides, beating champions Slavia Prague 2–1 and Sparta Prague 3–0. however, a series of hapless results against average resistance left the clubhouse down in one-fifth position by the fall. The jump saw Slovan choose for a more dysphemistic approach path and brought an improvement in results, with the cabaret winning a bowler hat against local rival Baumit Jablonec and beating an ambitious Mladá Boleslav side by three goals. croatian striker Andrej Kerić scored 15 goals and became the league ‘s top scorer as the baseball club finished third gear, qualifying for the newly rebranded UEFA Europa League for the 2009–10 season. In the 2011–12 season, Slovan became league champions for the third time in club history .

Names and peak [edit ]

New peak for the fiftieth club anniversary TJ (Tělovýchovná Jednota) Slovan Liberec was created in 1958. Since then the club ‘s name has been changed on numerous occasions, reflecting changes in sponsorship. In the 1980s the club used the name TJ Slovan Elitex (a textile company) Liberec. In 1993 the mention FC (Football Club) Slovan Liberec was announced, to be replaced belated the like class with FC Slovan WSK Liberec (WSK was an abbreviation for Wimpey Severokámen). only one year late in 1994, it became FC Slovan WSK Vratislav ( Vratislav – a beer brand) Liberec. In 1995 Slovan returned to its former diagnose, FC Slovan Liberec.

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The crown represents the color of Liberec ( blue & white ) and the batch Ještěd near Liberec with its celebrated television receiver tower on top .

Players [edit ]

stream team [edit ]

As of 23 September 2021[3]

note : Flags indicate home team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

Out on loan [edit ]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

luminary former players [edit ]

player records in the Czech First League [edit ]

As of 30 May 2021.[4]

Highlighted players are in the current squad .

Most clean sheets [edit ]

Managers [edit ]

history in domestic competitions [edit ]

  • Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 28
  • Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 0
  • Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0
  • Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czech Republic [edit ]

Notes: † six points deducted

history in european competitions [edit ]

UEFA club coefficient ranking [edit ]

After 2018/19 season, Source: [1]

Honours [edit ]

club records [edit ]

Czech First League records [edit ]

  • Best position: 1st (2001–02, 2005–06, 2011–12)
  • Worst position: 12th (2014–15)
  • Biggest home win: Liberec 6–0 Ostrava (2014–15)
  • Biggest away win: Benešov 0–5 Liberec (1994–95)
  • Biggest home defeat: Liberec 0–4 Olomouc (2009–10)
  • Biggest away defeat: Sparta Prague 7–1 Liberec (1994–95), Plzeň 6–0 Liberec (2013–14)

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