SK Kladno

"SK Kladno" redirects here. For the ice hockey team, see Rytíři Kladno (Kladno Knights).

SK Kladno

Full name	Sportovní klub Kladno (Sports Club Kladno)
Nickname(s)	Oceláři (Steelers) Středočeši (Central Bohemians) Modrobílí (Bluewhites) Kladýnko, Poldi, Eská, Eskáčko
Founded	February 15, 1903 (1903-02-15) (108 years ago) as Sportovní kroužek Kladno (Sports Circle Kladno)
Ground	František Kloz Stadium, Kladno (Capacity: 4,000 all seated)
Owner	SK Kladno o.s.
Chairman	Josef Drahota
Manager	Martin Čurda
League	ČFL (III)
2010-11	15th, 2nd League (relegated)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Sportovní klub Kladno, commonly known as SK Kladno or Kladno, is a traditional football club from Kladno, Czech Republic. It was founded in February 15th 1903. The team plays at the František Kloz Stadium, named after legendary player of this club František Kloz. Most of the history spends in the top division, now because of financial troubles competes in the amateur 3rd tier of Czech football.

History

For more details on this topic, see History of SK Kladno.

On February 15th 1903, more than one hundred years ago, a group of young men sitting in the former "U Českého dvora" Hotel in Kladno decided to establish their own sports club, at which they "cultivated" the new game of the time - football. On that day, the chapters of the rich history of Kladno football began to be written. The first team played under the name of the Kladno Sports Club (Sportovní klub Kladno) in 1905. It soon achieved a strong position among the Czech rural teams and also achieved good results in matches with the high quality Prague clubs. The first championship encounter took place in Kladno as early as 1908 when AFK Kolín was defeated to the tune of 5:1. The Kladno team played continually in the highest football competition from 1925-46 and in later returned to the top flight several times, specifically in 1948-49, 1952-58 and 1960-65. The club's last premier league season for almost four decades was in 1969-70. The waiting for promotion to the top flight was until 2006. In the statistics for the highest Czechoslovak club competition (1925-1993) the SK Kladno ranks 8th among the Czech clubs. If played a total of 618 matches, acquired 558 points and had a goal difference of 1189:1398 in the highest league competition. Ever since 1907 when Slovan Wien left Kladno with a 1:8 defeat, Kladno has maintained international sports relations. As early as 1908, the well known English team Crystal Palace F.C. played in Kladno and over the years the SK Kladno has encountered teams from 34 countries in four continents (Europe, Asia, Africa and America). The most frequent international opponents have been European teams, in particular those from Norway, France, Germany and Austria. Throughout the period of its existence, the SK Kladno, has also participated in a number of significant football tournaments. These have included the popular Central European Cup (1934, 1938, 1961), the Rappan Cup 1964 and the city competition in Belgium (Brussels 1931 and Liege 1932 and 1938). In 1934, the Kladno team undertook its longest ever international trip to the USA, which proved to be good promotion not only for Czechoslovakia, but also European football. A number of important footballers began their football in the blue and white of Kladno or whore it at some time during their careers. Among them were Otakar Škvain-Mazal (1894-1941), a pupil of the SK Kladno and the author of three goals at the Antwerp Olympics in 1920 where the Czechoslovak national team made it to the final. František Kloz (1905-1945), Kladno's most popular player and most active goal scorer (592 goals in Kladno colours) and a Czechoslovak international player who, like his teammate, Josef Kusala, laid down his life with a gun in his hand during the liberation of his homeland in 1945. Karel Kolský (1914-1984), a player and coach of Czechoslovak national team. Jan Fábera (1928-1984), a player SK Kladno, who successfully trained the national team of Sudan and was active as a coach in Algeria and Iceland. From 1971-72, he and Jozef Vengloš trained the Czechoslovak under-23 team, which won the European Championship. Josef Kadraba (born 1933), a Kladno striker and a player and coach for Slovan Wien, but mostly a member of the Czechoslovak national team, which surprised many by achieving the silver medal at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. Jan Suchopárek (born 1969), a Kladno pupil, a player with 61 caps in the national team. In 1996, he brought back "silver" for the second place at the Euro held in England. It should also be recalled that the legendary Czech striker and long-time player at Slavia Praha, Josef Bican (1913-2001), trained the Kladno first team in the 1962-63 season.

Seasons

• 39 seasons in First League
• 29 seasons in Second League
• 15 seasons in Third League
• 4 seasons in Fourth League

Honours

• First League
  • 3rd Place 1933-34, 1946-47
  • 4th Place 1927, 1937-38, 1952
  • 5th Place 1927-28, 1928-29, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1953
• Second League
  • champions 1925, 1947-48, 1951, 1959-60, 2005-06
  • runners-up (promotion) 1968-69
• Czech Cup
  • runners-up 1975-76

European competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
1934	Mitropa Cup	1st Round		Inter Milano	1-1	3-2
		Quarterfinals		Ferencvárosi TC	4-1	0-6
1938	Mitropa Cup	1st Round		HAŠK Zagreb	3-1	1-2
		Quarterfinals		Juventus FC	1-2	2-4
1961	Mitropa Cup	1st Round		Udinese Calcio		2-3 a.e.t.
				1. Wiener Neustädter SC		5-0
				Linzer ASK	1-1
		Semifinals		Bologna FC	1-2	0-1
1963-64	Rappan Cup	1st Round		Odra Opole	1-1	0-4
				Hajduk Split	2-0	2-1
				Motor Zwickau	2-1	0-1

Historical names

• 1903 — SK Kladno (full name: Sportovní kroužek Kladno)
• 1904 — SK Kladno (full name: Sportovní klub Kladno)
• 1948 — ZSJ SONP Kladno (full name: Základní sportovní jednota Spojené ocelárny národní podnik Kladno) - merged with STAK Letná
• 1949 — TJ Sokol SONP Kladno (full name: Tělovýchovná jednota Sokol Spojené ocelárny národní podnik Kladno)
• 1953 — DSO Baník Kladno (full name: Dobrovolná sportovní organizace Baník Kladno)
• 1958 — TJ SONP Kladno (full name: Tělovýchovná jednota Spojené ocelárny národní podnik Kladno)
• 1960 — TJ Baník Kladno (full name: Tělovýchovná jednota Baník Kladno)
• 1961 — TJ SONP Kladno (full name: Tělovýchovná jednota Spojené ocelárny národní podnik Kladno)
• 1977 — TJ Poldi SONP Kladno (full name: Tělovýchovná jednota Poldi Spojené ocelárny národní podnik Kladno)
• 1989 — TJ Poldi Kladno (full name: Tělovýchovná jednota Poldi Kladno)
• 1993 — FC Terrex Kladno (full name: Football Club Terrex Kladno, a.s.)
• 1994 — FC Agrox Kladno (full name: Football Club Agrox Kladno, a.s.)
• 1995 — SK Kladno (full name: Sportovní klub Kladno, a.s.) - in 2003 merged with SK Spolana Neratovice

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 October 2011.

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

No. Position Player 22 GK Jaroslav Tesař 1 GK Jakub Rouček 3 DF Pavel Bartoš 4 DF Lukáš Hajník (captain) 13 DF Michal Rendla 5 DF Martin Samek 17 DF Jakub Roubal DF Adam Hofman 15 MF Zdeněk Rada

No. Position Player 7 MF Jan Čurda 18 MF David Čížek 8 MF Antonín Holub MF Marek Vašák 21 MF Tomáš Rouček 20 FW Marek Tóth 9 FW Jan Švambera 10 FW Martin Vodička 23 FW Stanislav Skořepa

Notable former players

1910s: Otakar Škvain-Mazal Jan Novák Josef Novák 1920s: Josef Čapek Josef Čtyřoký 1930s: Václav Bouška František Junek František Kloz Karel Kolský Josef Kratochvíl Josef Kusala Josef Pleticha Jan Seidl

1940s: Jan Biskup Antonín Rýgr 1950s: Jan Fábera Václav Kokštein Josef Majer Miroslav Linhart Miroslav Rys 1960s: Bohuslav Kouba Josef Kadraba Václav Šreier

1970s: Jozef Jarabinský Miroslav Koubek 1990s: Tomáš Hunal Martin Hřídel Josef Obajdin

Notable players from 2000s era

2000s: David Bartek Pavel Bartoš Vít Beneš David Bičík David Brunclík Tomáš Cigánek Tomáš Čáp Martin Černoch Milan Černý Michal Daněk Bořek Dočkal Peter Drozd Pavel Drsek Marcel Gecov Patrik Gross

Lukáš Hajník Josef Hamouz Ondřej Herzán Radek Hochmeister Josef Hoffmann Antonín Holub Radim Holub Tomáš Jablonský Jiří Jeslínek Lukáš Killar Tomáš Klinka Miloslav Kousal Karel Kratochvíl Jan Krob Karel Kroupa Ondřej Kúdela

Lukáš Magera Tomáš Marek Jan Moravec Aleš Neuwirth Roman Pavlík Jan Procházka Tomáš Procházka Filip Racko Jakub Rada Tomáš Rada Roman Smutný Tomáš Strnad Jan Suchopárek Ondřej Szabo Jan Šimůnek Jan Trousil

Petr Vašek Pavel Veleba Michal Zachariáš David Zoubek Lukáš Zoubele 2010s: Martin Hyský Jakub Jakubov Jiří Kabele Martin Macháček Jan Novotný Jakub Sklenář Patrik Svoboda Petr Wojnar

Former foreign players

Anderson Lago Zeze Stefan Bozhkov Dejan Jurkič Dimitri Tatanashvilli Avdija Vršajević Milan Vuković Dave Simpson Chris Williams Tomas Radzinevičius Zoltán Miski

Vladimír Pončák Miloš Brezinský Marian Farbák Peter Mráz Peter Kostolanský Vladislav Palša

Former managers

• Miroslav Koubek
• Jaroslav Šilhavý
• Martin Hřídel
• Stanislav Procházka
• Stanislav Hejkal
• Miroslav Beránek
• Jaroslav Peřina
• Eduard Novák (July 2011-October 2011)
• Zbyněk Busta (October 2011-November 2011)

External links

• (Czech) Official website