SK Dynamo České Budějovice

Dynamo České Budějovice
Full name	Sportovní klub Dynamo České Budějovice a.s.
Nickname(s)	Černý
Founded	1900; 124 years ago
Ground	Stadion Střelecký ostrov,; České Budějovice
Capacity	6,681
Chairman	Dalibor Jirka
Manager	František Straka
League	Czech First League
2023–24	15th of 16
Website	https://www.dynamocb.cz/
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

SK Dynamo České Budějovice is a professional football club from České Budějovice, Czech Republic. They currently play in the Czech First League, the first tier of football in the Czech Republic.

History

The club was founded in 1899 as Sportovní kroužek České Budějovice and in 1900 as Sportovní klub České Budějovice.^[1] Since 1993, the club has played in the top-level Czech First League almost exclusively. Despite suffering relegation three times, most recently in 2005, the club has won promotion back to the top-flight immediately on each occasion.

In 2002 České Budějovice celebrated promotion to the Czech First League, announcing a project to reconstruct their stadium in line with league requirements.^[2] The club celebrated its centenary in 2005 but were relegated from the top flight, vowing to return to the Czech First League a year later.^[3] In the 2005–06 Czech 2. Liga, the club started poorly, lying in 13th place in late September.^[4] A change in fortunes came about with the club signing former player and all-time leader in national team appearances Karel Poborský on loan from Sparta Prague.^[4] The club improved significantly and went on to win promotion back to the Czech First League at the end of the season.^[5]

Since 2011, České Budějovice have had an agreement where SK Strakonice 1908 operates as its farm team.^[6]

In 2023, sports researchers Michal Průcha and Zdeněk Zuntych found out from an edition of the then České Budějovice local newspaper "Budivoj" that the football club was founded in 1900. In response, the team changed the year in its logo.^[7]

Historical names

1899 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní kroužek České Budějovice)
1903 – SK Slavia České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Slavia České Budějovice)
1905 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní klub České Budějovice)
1949 – TJ Sokol JČE České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Sokol Jihočeské elektrárny České Budějovice)
1951 – TJ Slavia České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Slavia České Budějovice)
1953 – DSO Dynamo České Budějovice (Dobrovolná sportovní organizace Dynamo České Budějovice)
1958 – TJ Dynamo České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Dynamo České Budějovice)
1991 – SK Dynamo České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Dynamo České Budějovice)
1992 – SK České Budějovice JČE (Sportovní klub České Budějovice Jihočeská energetická, a.s.)
1999 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní klub České Budějovice, a.s.)
2004 – SK Dynamo České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Dynamo České Budějovice, a.s.)

Players

Current squad

As of 23 September 2024^[8]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	SVK	Richard Križan
6	FW	NGA	Quadri Adediran
7	MF	CZE	Samuel Šigut
11	FW	CZE	Vojtěch Hora
12	MF	CZE	Pavel Osmančík
13	FW	CZE	Zdeněk Ondrášek
14	MF	CZE	Emil Tischler
15	DF	CZE	Ondřej Čoudek
16	MF	CZE	Marcel Čermák
17	DF	AUT	Vincent Trummer
18	MF	NGA	Marvis Ogiomade (on loan from Vysočina Jihlava)
19	MF	CZE	Petr Zíka


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	CZE	Michal Hubínek
21	FW	GER	Jakob Tranziska
24	DF	CZE	Ondřej Novák
25	DF	CZE	Matouš Nikl
28	DF	SVK	Juraj Kotula
29	GK	CZE	Colin Andrew
30	GK	CZE	Martin Janáček
33	GK	CZE	Vilém Fendrich (on loan from Jablonec)
45	MF	NGA	Ubong Ekpai
—	FW	MNG	Tuguldur Gantogtokh
—	DF	CZE	Václav Míka (on loan from Viktoria Plzeň)

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	CZE	Tomáš Zajíc (at Vyškov)

Retired numbers

8 – Karel Poborský, Second striker (1991–1994, 2005–2007)

Notable former players

Player records in the Czech First League

As of 5 September 2024.^[9]

Highlighted players are in the current squad.

Most appearances

#	Name	Matches
1	David Horejš	187
2	Martin Vozábal	175
3	Roman Lengyel	162
4	Ladislav Fujdiar	140
5	Jaromír Plocek	136
6	Pavel Novák	131
6	Lukáš Havel	131
8	Karel Vácha	129
9	Martin Králik	125
10	Martin Leština	124

Most goals

#	Name	Goals
1	Karel Vácha	38
2	Ladislav Fujdiar	31
3	Zdeněk Ondrášek	28
4	David Lafata	27
5	Jan Saidl	24
6	Tomáš Janda	17
6	Marek Kulič	17
8	Martin Vozábal	15
9	Benjamin Čolić	14
	Lukáš Havel
	Jakub Hora

Most clean sheets

#	Name	Clean sheets
1	Pavel Kučera	39
2	Peter Holec	31
3	Jaroslav Drobný	22

Managers

Jiří Kotrba (1989–1991)
Jindřich Dejmal (1992–1993)
Pavel Tobiáš (Aug 1993 – Sept 1997)
Zdeněk Procházka (1997–1998)
František Cerman (1998)
Pavel Tobiáš (Aug 1998 – May 2000)
Jindřich Dejmal (2000 – March 2001)
Milan Bokša (March 2001 – March 2002)
Pavel Tobiáš (March 2002 – Oct 2004)
Robert Žák (Oct 2004 – March 2005)
František Cipro (April 2005 – Aug 2007)
František Straka (July 2007 – June 2008)
Jan Kmoch (June 2008 – Aug 2008)
Pavel Tobiáš (July 2008 – Aug 2010)
Jaroslav Šilhavý (Sept 2010 – June 2011)
Jiří Kotrba (July 2011 – Sept 2011)
František Cipro (Sep 2011 – Sept 2012)
Miroslav Soukup (Sep 2012 – Feb 2013)
Pavol Švantner (Feb 2013–13)
Pavel Hoftych (2013)
Luboš Urban (2014–15)
František Cipro (2015)
David Horejš (2015–2022)
Jozef Weber (June 2022 – Oct 2022)
Jiří Lerch (Oct 2022 – Nov 2022)
Marek Nikl & Tomáš Zápotočný (Nov 2022 – Nov 2023)
Tomáš Zápotočný (Nov 2023 – Dec 2023)
Jiří Lerch (Dec 2023 – July 2024)
František Straka (July 2024 – present)

History in domestic competitions

1985–1987: Czechoslovak First League 1987–1991: 1. ČNL 1991–1993: Czechoslovak First League 1993–1998: Czech First League 1998–1999: Czech 2. Liga 1999–2001: Czech First League 2001–2002: Czech 2. Liga 2002–2005: Czech First League 2005–2006: Czech 2. Liga 2006–2013: Czech First League 2013–2014: Czech 2. Liga 2014–2015: Czech First League 2015–2019: Czech 2. Liga 2019– : Czech First League

Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 25
Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 8
Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0
Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czechoslovakia

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1991–92	1. Liga	13th	30	7	8	15	34	59	–25	22	Quarter-finals
1992–93	1. Liga	13th	30	9	5	16	36	39	–3	23	Quarter-finals

Czech Republic

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1993–94	1. Liga	6th	30	11	13	6	33	31	+2	35	Round of 32
1994–95	1. Liga	7th	30	12	10	8	29	28	+1	46	Round of 32
1995–96	1. Liga	11th	30	10	7	13	35	47	–12	37	Round of 32
1996–97	1. Liga	6th	30	11	11	8	38	40	–2	44	Round of 32
1997–98	1. Liga	15th	30	8	7	15	26	43	–17	31	Round of 32
1998–99	2. Liga	2nd	30	22	6	2	65	18	+47	72	Round of 16
1999–00	1. Liga	13th	30	9	5	16	34	49	–15	32	Second round
2000–01	1. Liga	15th	30	6	8	16	32	56	–24	25	Quarter-finals
2001–02	2. Liga	1st	30	20	6	4	58	20	+38	66	Second round
2002–03	1. Liga	13th	30	8	6	16	36	54	–18	30	Semi-finals
2003–04	1. Liga	8th	30	11	7	12	38	38	0	40	Second round
2004–05	1. Liga	15th	30	6	7	17	28	39	–11	25	Round of 16
2005–06	2. Liga	2nd	30	17	4	9	55	26	+29	55	Round of 16
2006–07	1. Liga	10th	30	9	11	10	31	32	–1	34	Semi-finals
2007–08	1. Liga	13th	30	8	8	14	27	35	–8	32	Round of 16
2008–09	1. Liga	10th	30	7	15	8	30	37	–7	36	Round of 32
2009–10	1. Liga	13th	30	7	10	13	24	35	–11	31	Round of 16
2010–11	1. Liga	11th	30	7	12	11	30	48	–18	33	Round of 16
2011–12	1. Liga	10th	30	9	8	13	30	51	–21	35	Quarter-finals
2012–13	1. Liga	15th	30	7	5	18	24	49	–25	26	Second round
2013–14	2. Liga	1st	30	19	5	6	57	20	+37	62	Round of 32
2014–15	1. Liga	16th	30	5	7	18	29	72	–43	22	Round of 32
2015–16	2. Liga	12th	28	6	14	8	41	48	–7	32	Round of 32
2016–17	2. Liga	5th	30	12	10	8	39	31	+8	46	Round of 32
2017–18	2. Liga	6th	30	11	11	8	44	33	+11	44	First round
2018–19	2. Liga	1st	30	23	3	4	60	24	+36	72	Round of 32
2019–20	1. Liga	7th	32	13	4	15	47	49	–2	43	Round of 16
2020–21	1. Liga	13th	34	9	11	14	33	47	–14	38	Round of 16
2021–22	1. Liga	10th	32	9	9	14	42	50	–8	36	Round of 16
2022–23	1. Liga	10th	32	11	5	16	38	60	–22	38	Semi-finals
2023–24	1. Liga	15th	35	7	8	20	41	70	–9	29	Round of 16

Honours

Czech 2. Liga (second tier)
- Champions: 2001–02, 2013–14, 2018–19
- Runners-up: 1998–99, 2005–06

Club records

Czech First League records

Best position: 6th (1993–94, 1996–97)
Worst position: 16th (2014–15)
Biggest home win: České Budějovice 5–0 Příbram (1999–2000)
Biggest away win: Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště 0–4 České Budějovice (1995–96)
Biggest home defeat: České Budějovice 0–6 Slavia Prague (2020–21)
Biggest away defeat: Jablonec 8–0 České Budějovice (1997–98)

References

^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
^ Hrdina, Karel (21 May 2002). "Postupem do ligy všechno začíná" (in Czech). idnes.cz. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "Vrátíme se za rok, plánují na jihu Čech po pádu" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 27 May 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Poborský bude hrát za své Budějovice" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 23 September 2005. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ Cirmaciu, Michal (1 June 2006). "Cipro věděl, že se Budějovice do ligy vrátí" (in Czech). idnes.cz. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ "Propojení s Budějovicemi přiláká víc fanoušků, věří majitel Strakonic" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
^ "SK Dynamo České Budějovice je o 5 let starší" (in Czech). SK Dynamo České Budějovice. 2023-03-22. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
^ "Soupiska muži 2024/2025". SK Dynamo České Budějovice.
^ "Detailed stats". Fortuna liga.

External links

Official website (in Czech)

[1] Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

[2] Hrdina, Karel (21 May 2002). "Postupem do ligy všechno začíná" (in Czech). idnes.cz. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[3] "Vrátíme se za rok, plánují na jihu Čech po pádu" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 27 May 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[sign-poborsky-2005-4] "Poborský bude hrát za své Budějovice" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 23 September 2005. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[5] Cirmaciu, Michal (1 June 2006). "Cipro věděl, že se Budějovice do ligy vrátí" (in Czech). idnes.cz. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

[6] "Propojení s Budějovicemi přiláká víc fanoušků, věří majitel Strakonic" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2011.

[7] "SK Dynamo České Budějovice je o 5 let starší" (in Czech). SK Dynamo České Budějovice. 2023-03-22. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-07-08.

[8] "Soupiska muži 2024/2025". SK Dynamo České Budějovice.

[9] "Detailed stats". Fortuna liga.

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