FK Jablonec

FK Jablonec ([ˈjablonɛts]) 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.^[1]

Jablonec

Full name	Fotbalový Klub Jablonec, a.s.
Founded	1945; 79 years ago (1945)
Ground	Stadion Střelnice
Capacity	6,108
Chairman	Petr Flodrman
Manager	Luboš Kozel
League	Czech First League
2023–24	11th of 16
Website	www.fkjablonec.cz
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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.^[1] Jablonec finished third in the 1996–97 Czech First League, at the time its best-ever finish.^[2] 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 (Český sportovní klub Jablonec nad Nisou)
• 1948 — SK Jablonec nad Nisou (Sportovní klub Jablonec nad Nisou)
• 1955 — Sokol Preciosa Jablonec nad Nisou
• 1960 — TJ Jiskra Jablonec nad Nisou (Tělovýchovná jednota Jiskra Jablonec nad Nisou)
• 1963 — TJ LIAZ Jablonec nad Nisou (Tělovýchovná jednota Liberecké automobilové závody Jablonec nad Nisou)
• 1993 — TJ Sklobižu Jablonec nad Nisou (Tělovýchovná jednota Sklobižu Jablonec nad Nisou)
• 1994 — FK Jablonec nad Nisou (Fotbalový klub Jablonec nad Nisou, a.s.)
• 1998 — FK Jablonec 97 (Fotbalový klub Jablonec 97, a.s.)
• 2008 — FK Baumit Jablonec (Fotbalový klub BAUMIT Jablonec, a.s.)
• 2015 — FK Jablonec (Fotbalový klub Jablonec, a.s.)

Players

Current squad

As of 17 August 2024.^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CZE Jan Hanuš 2 DF  COL Haiderson Hurtado 4 DF  SRB Nemanja Tekijaški (captain) 5 DF  CZE David Štěpánek 6 MF  CZE Michal Beran 7 MF  GEO Vakhtang Chanturishvili 8 MF  BRA Dudu Nardini 10 MF  CZE Jan Suchan 11 MF  CZE Jan Fortelný 14 DF  CZE Daniel Souček 18 DF  CZE Martin Cedidla 19 FW  CZE Jan Chramosta 20 FW  BDI Bienvenue Kanakimana

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  CZE Matěj Polidar (on loan from Sparta Prague) 22 DF  CZE Jakub Martinec 24 FW  CZE David Puškáč 25 MF  SVK Sebastian Nebyla 26 MF  SVK Dominik Hollý 32 FW  CZE Oliver Velich 33 GK  CZE Albert Kotlín 36 FW  CZE Tomáš Schánělec (on loan from Sparta Prague) 37 FW  CZE Matouš Krulich 77 FW  CMR Alexis Alégué 95 MF  CZE Michal Černák 99 GK  SVN Klemen Mihelak

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 — DF  CZE David Nykrín (at Varnsdorf) — MF  CZE Tomáš Kubín (at Varnsdorf)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  CZE Ondřej Podzimek (at Varnsdorf) — GK  CZE Vilém Fendrich (at České Budějovice)

Notable former players

For a more comprehensive list, see Category:FK Jablonec players.

Player records in the Czech First League

As of 26 May 2024.^[4]

Highlighted players are in the current squad.

Most appearances # Name Matches 1 Tomáš Hübschman 285 2 Michal Špit 262 3 Luboš Loučka 239 4 Martin Doležal 225 5 Jozef Weber 208 6 Jakub Považanec 200 7 Tomáš Michálek 182 8 Vojtěch Kubista 181 9 Vlastimil Hrubý 172 10 Tomáš Čížek 163

Most goals # Name Goals 1 David Lafata 88 2 Martin Doležal 69 3 Jan Chramosta 37 4 Tomáš Michálek 34 5 Radim Holub 30 6 Radovan Hromádko 27 7 Jan Kopic 23 8 Karel Piták 22 9 Jaromír Navrátil 21 10 Tomáš Čížek 20

Most clean sheets

#	Name	Clean sheets
1	Michal Špit	84
2	Vlastimil Hrubý	57
3	Zdeněk Jánoš	53

Managers

• Jiří Kotrba (1993)
• Josef Pešice (1993–95)
• Jiří Kotrba (1995–98)
• Jaroslav Dočkal (1998)
• Július Bielik (1999)
• Zdeněk Klucký (1999–2000)
• Jindřich Dejmal (2000)
• Jaroslav Hřebík (2000–01)
• Vlastimil Palička (2001–03)
• Petr Rada (Oct 2003 – June 2007)
• Luboš Kozel (2007)
• František Komňacký (Oct 2007 – June 2012)
• Václav Kotal (July 2012 – May 2013)
• Roman Skuhravý (May 2013 – May 2014)
• Jaroslav Šilhavý (June 2014 – Dec 2015)
• Zdenko Frťala (Dec 2015 – Oct 2016)
• Zdeněk Klucký (Oct 2016 – Dec 2017)
• Petr Rada (Dec 2017 – April 2022)
• Jiří Vágner (April 2022 – May 2022)
• David Horejš (May 2022 – May 2023)
• Radoslav Látal (June 2023 – June 2024)
• Luboš Kozel (June 2024 –present)

History in domestic competitions

1993–1994 Czech 2. Liga 1994– Czech First League

• Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 30
• 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

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1993–94	2. liga	1st	30	22	7	1	62	17	+45	51	Round of 32
1994–95	1. liga	10th	30	11	6	13	37	33	+4	39	Round of 64
1995–96	1. liga	3rd	30	16	5	9	45	26	+19	53	Semi-finals
1996–97	1. liga	3rd	30	17	5	8	40	29	+11	56	Quarter-finals
1997–98	1. liga	6th	30	12	10	8	47	33	+14	46	Winners
1998–99	1. liga	12th	30	9	8	13	37	46	–9	35	Round of 16
1999–00	1. liga	14th	30	7	11	12	24	36	–12	32	Quarter-finals
2000–01	1. liga	12th	30	8	8	14	26	40	–14	32	Quarter-finals
2001–02	1. liga	9th	30	10	10	10	35	33	+2	40	Round of 32
2002–03	1. liga	12th	30	7	13	10	29	39	–10	34	Runners-up
2003–04	1. liga	10th	30	8	14	8	27	32	–5	38	Round of 16
2004–05	1. liga	6th	30	12	9	9	33	27	+6	45	Quarter-finals
2005–06	1. liga	8th	30	10	7	13	35	39	–4	37	Round of 64
2006–07	1. liga	9th	30	9	11	10	31	32	–1	38	Runners-up
2007–08	1. liga	12th	30	8	9	13	24	32	–8	33	Quarter-finals
2008–09	1. liga	5th	30	14	4	12	43	37	+6	46	Round of 16
2009–10	1. liga	2nd	30	18	7	5	42	24	+18	61	Runners-up
2010–11	1. liga	3rd	30	17	7	6	65	34	+31	58	Quarter-finals
2011–12	1. liga	8th	30	11	7	12	54	43	+11	40	Semi-finals
2012–13	1. liga	4th	30	13	10	7	49	41	+8	49	Winners
2013–14	1. liga	11th	30	9	7	14	43	53	–10	34	Semi-finals
2014–15	1. liga	3rd	30	19	7	4	58	22	+36	64	Runners-up
2015–16	1. liga	7th	30	10	11	9	46	39	+7	41	Runners-up
2016–17	1. liga	8th	30	9	12	9	43	38	+5	39	Round of 32
2017–18	1. liga	3rd	30	16	8	6	49	27	+22	56	Runners-up
2018–19	1. liga	4th	35	17	6	12	58	32	+26	57	Round of 16
2019–20	1. liga	4th	35	14	9	12	48	52	–4	51	Quarter-finals
2020–21	1. liga	3rd	34	21	6	7	59	33	+26	69	Quarter-finals
2021–22	1. liga	13th	35	6	16	13	27	48	–21	34	Semi-finals
2022–23	1. liga	13th	35	10	10	15	49	63	–14	40	Round of 32
2023–24	1. liga	11th	35	9	14	12	45	50	–5	41	Quarter-finals

History in European competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1Q	Qarabağ FK	5–0	3–0	8–0
		2Q	Örebro SK	1–1	0–0	1–1
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Apollon Limassol	2–1	1–2	3–3 (3–4 p)
2007–08	UEFA Cup	2Q	Austria Wien	1–1	3–4	4–5
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	3Q	APOEL	1–3	0–1	1–4
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Flamurtari	5–1	2–0	7–1
		3Q	AZ	1–1	0–2	1–3
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Strømsgodset	2–1	3–1	5–2
		PO	Real Betis	1–2	0–6	1–8
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Copenhagen	0–1	3–2	3–3
		PO	Ajax	0–0	0–1	0–1
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	GS	Rennes	0–1	1–2	4th place
			Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	1–0
			Astana	1–1	1–2
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Pyunik	0–0	1–2	1–2
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	2Q	DAC Dunajská Streda	—	3–5 (aet)	—
2021–22	UEFA Europa League	3Q	Celtic	2–4	0–3	2–7
	UEFA Europa Conference League	PO	Žilina	5–1	3–0	8–1
		GS	AZ	1–1	0–1	3rd place
			CFR Cluj	1–0	0–2
			Randers	2–2	2–2

Honours

• Czech Cup
  • Winners: 1997–98, 2012–13
  • Runners-up (6): 2002–03, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
• Czech Supercup
  • Winners: 2013
• Czech 2. Liga (second tier)
  • Champions: 1993–94

Club records

Czech First League records

• Best position: 2nd (2009–10)
• Worst position: 14th (1999–2000)
• Biggest home win: Jablonec 8–0 České Budějovice (1997–98)
• Biggest away win: Příbram 0–6 Jablonec (2018–19)
• Biggest home defeat: Jablonec 1–5 Sparta (2023–24)
• Biggest away defeat: Sparta 6–0 Jablonec (1996–97)

References

1. Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
2. Bouc, Frantisek (30 July 1997). "First division soccer kicks off". Prague Post. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
3. "A-tým". FK Jablonec.
4. "Detailed stats". Fortuna liga.

External links

• Official website (in Czech)