1. FC Slovácko

1. FC Slovácko is a Czech football club based in Uherské Hradiště. The team was established in 1927 as SK Staré Město and on 1 July 2000 as 1. FC Synot, which was a merger of the original club with FC Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště.^[1] Since 2009 the club has played in the Czech First League. Slovácko have won one Czech Cup, and reached the cup final a further two times.

1. FC Slovácko

Full name	1. FC Slovácko, a.s.
Founded	1927; 97 years ago (1927), as SK Staré Město
Ground	Městský fotbalový stadion, Uherské Hradiště
Capacity	8,121
Chairman	Petr Pojezný
Manager	Ondřej Smetana
League	Czech First League
2023–24	6th of 16
Website	https://www.fcslovacko.cz/en
Home colours Away colours

History

Established in 1927 as SK Staré Město in Staré Město, the club played exclusively in the lower levels of Czechoslovak and later Czech football.

Staré Město won the Moravian–Silesian Football League in the 1996–97 season and were promoted to the Czech 2. Liga in 1997.^[2] The club won promotion from the Czech 2. Liga in 2000, clinching promotion five matches before the end of the season.^[3] This marked the start of the club's first-ever spell in the country's top flight.^[1] The club merged with Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště in 2000, the resultant club becoming 1. FC Synot.^[1] During the club's first seasons in the Czech First League, they took part in European competition a number of times, playing in the UEFA Intertoto Cup on three occasions. In the summer of 2004, the club officially changed its name to 1. FC Slovácko.^[4] Slovácko reached the final of the 2004–05 Czech Cup, losing 2–1 to winners Baník Ostrava.

The club played for seven years in the Czech First League before being relegated in 2007.^[5] The club went on to play two years in the second division, being promoted despite finishing 10th in the 2008–09 Czech 2. Liga, as second-placed side that season, Čáslav, sold Slovácko their license for the top flight.^[6] The same season, the club again reached the final of the Czech Cup, losing the final of the 2008–09 Czech Cup to Teplice.

In the 2021/22 season, the club finished in 4th place on 68 points ahead of FC Banik Ostrava in 5th. They also won the Czech Cup for the first time in the club's history after defeating Sparta Prague 3–1 with goals from Václav Jurečka and Petr Reinberk who scored twice, and qualified for the UEFA Europa League.^[7]

Historical names

• 1927–1948: SK Staré Město
• 1948–1953: Sokol Staré Město
• 1953–1993: Jiskra Staré Město
• 1993: SFK Staré Město
• 1994–1999: FC Synot Staré Město
• 1999–2000: FC Synot
• 2000–2004: 1. FC Synot (after merger with Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště)
• 2004–present: 1. FC Slovácko

Players

Current squad

As of 6 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 2 DF  ANG Gigli Ndefe 4 DF  CZE Tomáš Břečka 5 DF  SVK Filip Vaško 6 DF  CZE Stanislav Hofmann 7 MF  BRA Dyjan 8 MF  CZE Martin Kudela 10 MF  CZE Michal Trávník 11 MF  CZE Milan Petržela 13 MF  CZE Michal Kohút 14 DF  IRQ Merchas Doski 15 MF  SVK Patrik Blahút 16 MF  CZE Lukáš Novotný 17 FW  CZE Matyáš Kozák (on loan from Sparta Prague) 18 MF  KOR Seung-bin Kim

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  CZE Jakub Křišťan 20 MF  CZE Marek Havlík 21 FW  CZE Michael Krmenčík 22 FW  CUW Rigino Cicilia 23 DF  CZE Petr Reinberk 24 MF  CZE Pavel Juroška 26 DF  CZE Filip Souček (on loan from Sparta Prague) 27 FW  AUT Marko Kvasina 28 DF  CZE Vlastimil Daníček 29 GK  CZE Milan Heča 30 GK  CZE Tomáš Fryšták 33 GK  CZE Alexandr Urban 99 MF  EST Vlasiy Sinyavskiy — DF  CZE Ondřej Kukučka (on loan from Sparta Prague)

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 — GK  CZE Jiří Borek (at Vyškov) — DF  CZE Vojtěch Bartoš (at Prostějov)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CZE Daniel Holásek (at Petržalka)

Notable former players

For a more comprehensive list, see Category:1. FC Slovácko players.

Reserves

As of 2023–24, the club's reserve team 1. FC Slovácko B plays in the Moravian-Silesian Football League (3rd tier of Czech football system).

Player records in the Czech First League

As of 14 November 2024.^[9]

Highlighted players are in the current squad.

Most appearances # Name Matches 1 Petr Reinberk 343 2 Marek Havlík 335 3 Vlastimil Daníček 324 4 Stanislav Hofmann 258 5 Milan Petržela 226 6 Michal Kadlec 190 7 Petr Drobisz 186 8 Pavel Němčický 182 9 Jan Kalabiška 174 10 Milan Heča 170

Most goals # Name Goals 1 Libor Došek 52 2 Marek Havlík 39 3 Vlastimil Daníček 38 4 Jiří Kowalík 34 5 Tomáš Zajíc 26 6 Václav Jurečka 25 7 Milan Ivana 22 Stanislav Hofmann 9 Jan Kalabiška 21 10 Jiří Valenta 20 Milan Petržela

Most clean sheets

#	Name	Clean sheets
1	Petr Drobisz	56
2	Milan Heča	47
3	Matouš Trmal	22

Managers

• František Komňacký (1997–2001)
• Dušan Radolský (2001–2002)
• Milan Bokša (2002)
• Radek Rabušic (2002–2003)
• Karel Jarolím (July 2003 – June 2005)
• Ladislav Molnár (Dec 2004 – Nov 2005)
• Stanislav Levý (Nov 2005 – June 2006)
• Jiří Plíšek (June – Nov 2006)
• Pavel Malura (Nov 2006 – Jan 2008)
• Leoš Kalvoda (Jan – July 2008)
• Ladislav Jurkemik (July – Dec 2008)
• Josef Mazura (Dec 2008 – Dec 2009)
• Miroslav Soukup (Jan 2010 – Aug 2012)
• Svatopluk Habanec (Aug 2012 – May 2016)
• Stanislav Levý (June 2016 – Sep 2017)
• Michal Kordula (Sep 2017 – Nov 2018)
• Martin Svědík (Nov 2018 – June 2024)
• Roman West (June 2024 – Oct 2024)
• Ondřej Smetana (Nov 2024 – present)

History in domestic competitions

1993–97 Moravian–Silesian Football League 1997–00 Czech 2. Liga 2000–07 Czech First League 2007–09 Czech 2. Liga 2009– Czech First League

• Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 22
• Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 5
• Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 4

Czech Republic

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1993–94	3. liga	6th	30	14	5	11	44	38	+6	33
1994–95	3. liga	4th	30	14	8	8	44	33	+11	50
1995–96	3. liga	4th	28	13	7	8	52	40	+12	46
1996–97	3. liga	1st	28	20	6	2	61	22	+39	66
1997–98	2. liga	4th	30	14	4	10	42	34	+8	46	Round of 32
1998–99	2. liga	3rd	30	20	7	3	64	26	+38	67	Round of 64
1999–00	2. liga	1st	30	24	4	2	76	29	+47	76	Round of 64
2000–01	1. liga	11th	30	9	10	11	37	35	+2	37	Round of 16
2001–02	1. liga	11th	30	10	6	14	31	38	–7	36	Round of 32
2002–03	1. liga	8th	30	11	7	12	39	40	–1	40	Round of 32
2003–04	1. liga	5th	30	14	6	10	43	37	+6	48	Round of 32
2004–05	1. liga	13th	30	10	14	6	30	22	+8	32†	Runners-up
2005–06	1. liga	7th	30	9	11	10	29	28	+1	38	Quarter-finals
2006–07	1. liga	16th	30	3	10	17	20	39	–19	19	Quarter-finals
2007–08	2. liga	5th	30	13	9	8	40	27	+13	48	Round of 32
2008–09	2. liga	10th	30	9	12	9	25	29	–4	39	Runners-up
2009–10	1. liga	14th	30	8	6	16	28	42	–14	30	Round of 64
2010–11	1. liga	12th	30	8	7	15	27	43	–16	31	Round of 64
2011–12	1. liga	7th	30	12	5	13	29	32	–3	41	Round of 16
2012–13	1. liga	9th	30	10	7	13	37	41	–4	37	Quarter-finals
2013–14	1. liga	6th	30	11	7	12	43	40	+3	40	Round of 16
2014–15	1. liga	9th	30	10	7	13	43	46	-3	37	Quarter-finals
2015–16	1. liga	8th	30	12	4	14	37	51	-14	40	Round of 64
2016–17	1. liga	12th	30	6	14	10	29	38	-9	32	Round of 32
2017–18	1. liga	12th	30	6	13	11	23	32	-9	31	Quarter-finals
2018–19	1. liga	11th	35	13	6	16	43	47	-4	45	Round of 16
2019–20	1. liga	10th	32	11	9	12	37	39	-2	42	Quarter-finals
2020–21	1. liga	4th	34	19	6	9	58	33	+25	63	Round of 16
2021–22	1. liga	4th	34	21	5	9	57	37	+20	63	Winners
2022–23	1. liga	5th	35	13	11	11	40	46	-6	50	Quarter-finals
2023–24	1. liga	6th	35	12	8	15	45	56	-11	44	Round of 32

Notes: † Twelve points were taken off from Slovácko as a result of proven corruption.

Honours

• Czech Cup
  • Winners: 2021–22
  • Runners-up: 2004–05, 2008–09
• Czech 2. Liga
  • Winners: 1999–2000
• Moravian–Silesian Football League
  • Winners: 1996–97

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second round	Universitatea Craiova	3–2	2–2	5–4
		Third round	Rennes	4–2	0–5	4–7
2002	UEFA Intertoto Cup	First round	Tiraspol	4–0	0–0	4–0
		Second round	Helsingborg	4–0	0–2	4–2
		Third round	Sochaux	0–3	0–0	0–3
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Second round	OFK Beograd	1–0	3–3	4–3
		Third round	Wolfsburg	0–1	0–2	0–3
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	Second qualifying round	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	1–0	0–1	1–1 (2–3 p)
2022–23	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	Fenerbahçe	1–1	0–3	1–4
	UEFA Europa Conference League	Play-off round	AIK	3–0	1–0	4–0
		Group stage	Partizan	3–3	1–1	4th
			1. FC Köln	0–1	2–4
			Nice	0–1	2–1

Club records

Czech First League records

• Best position: 4th (2020–21, 2021–22)
• Worst position: 16th (2006–07)
• Biggest home win: Slovácko 5–0 Plzeň (2000–01), Slovácko 5–0 Hradec Králové (2002–03), Slovácko 5–0 Brno (2013–14)
• Biggest away win: Příbram 0–4 Slovácko (2011–12), Teplice 0–4 Slovácko (2012–13)
• Biggest home defeat: Slovácko 0–4 Ostrava (2001–02), Slovácko 0–4 Zlín (2018–19)
• Biggest away defeat: Brno 7–0 Slovácko (2010–11)

References

1. Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 184. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
2. "Czech Republic 1996/97". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
3. "Fotbalisté Synotu postupují do první ligy". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 6 May 2000. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
4. "Vazba Synot – Slovácko zůstává pevná". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 9 July 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
5. "Slovácko padá. Kam, to samo neví". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 14 May 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
6. "Slovácko se vrací do ligy, koupilo postup od Čáslavi". Deník (in Czech). 10 June 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
7. Nekvinda, David (19 May 2022). "'Nadšení, emoce, slzy, radost.' Slovácko slaví po triumfu v poháru největší úspěch v klubové historii". iRozhlas.cz (in Czech). Czech Radio. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
8. "A-tým – soupiska" (in Czech). 1.FC Slovácko.
9. "Detailed stats". Fortuna liga.

External links

• Official website