FK Jablonec
FK Jablonec is a Czech professional football club based in Jablonec nad Nisou. The club has played in the top league of Czech football, Czech First League, since 1994.
History
Jablonec played its first season of top league football in the 1974–75 Czechoslovak First League, remaining in the top league for two seasons before relegation in 1976. The club won the 1993–94 Czech 2. Liga and returned to the top league, now of the Czech Republic, in 1994. Jablonec finished third in the 1996–97 Czech First League, at the time its best-ever finish. As a result, the club qualified for European competition in the form of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup, winning two and drawing two matches. The same season, the club won the Czech Cup, thus ensuring another season of European football, this time in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The club reached the final of the 2006–07 Czech Cup, winning the right to play in European competition once more as opponents in the final and winners Sparta Prague qualified for the Champions League that season. As a result, the club played in the second qualifying round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.The club finished a best-ever second place in the 2009–10 Czech First League, just a point behind league champions Sparta Prague and qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. 2010–11 saw Jablonec striker David Lafata finish as the league's top scorer with 19 goals, helping the team to a third-place finish and qualification for another season of European football. In 2011–12, Lafata set a new scoring record in the Czech First League as he scored an unprecedented 25 goals in a single season again being the league's top scorer, although the club finished eighth. Lafata would go on to score 13 goals in 16 league appearances for Jablonec in the first half of the 2012–13 season before signing for Sparta Prague.
Historical names
- 1945 — ČSK Jablonec nad Nisou
- 1948 — SK Jablonec nad Nisou
- 1955 — Sokol Preciosa Jablonec nad Nisou
- 1960 — TJ Jiskra Jablonec nad Nisou
- 1963 — TJ LIAZ Jablonec nad Nisou
- 1993 — TJ Sklobižu Jablonec nad Nisou
- 1994 — FK Jablonec nad Nisou
- 1998 — FK Jablonec 97
- 2008 — FK Baumit Jablonec
- 2015 — '''FK Jablonec'''
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Notable former players
Player records in the Czech First League
Highlighted players are in the current squad.Most appearances
Most goals
Most clean sheets
Managers
- Jiří Kotrba
- Josef Pešice
- Jiří Kotrba
- Jaroslav Dočkal
- Július Bielik
- Zdeněk Klucký
- Jindřich Dejmal
- Jaroslav Hřebík
- Vlastimil Palička
- Petr Rada
- Luboš Kozel
- František Komňacký
- Václav Kotal
- Roman Skuhravý
- Jaroslav Šilhavý
- Zdenko Frťala
- Zdeněk Klucký
- Petr Rada
- Jiří Vágner
- David Horejš
- Radoslav Látal
- Luboš Kozel
History in domestic competitions
- Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 31
- Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 1
- Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0
- Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0
Czech Republic
History in European competitions
Honours
- Czech Cup
- *Winners: 1997–98, 2012–13
- *Runners-up : 2002–03, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
- Czech Supercup
- *Winners: 2013
- Czech 2. Liga
- *Champions: 1993–94
Club records
Czech First League records
- Best position: 2nd
- Worst position: 14th
- Biggest home win: Jablonec 8–0 České Budějovice
- Biggest away win: Příbram 0–6 Jablonec
- Biggest home defeat: Jablonec 1–5 Sparta
- Biggest away defeat: Sparta 6–0 Jablonec