FK Chmel Blšany

FK Chmel Blšany was a Czech football club based in the village of Blšany. The club played in the Czech First League between 1998 and 2006 and was the first professional club of goalkeeper Petr Čech. The club disbanded in 2016 after resigning from the 2016-17 regional championship (5th tier of the Czech Republic football league system).[1]

Blšany
Full nameFK Chmel Blšany
Nickname(s)Chmelaři
Founded1946 (as Sokol Blšany)
Dissolved2016
GroundMěstský Stadium,
Blšany
Capacity2,300
WebsiteClub website

The club was established as Sokol Blšany in 1946. The club played at the Městský Stadion with capacity of 2,300 seats. That meant that even with every citizen of Blšany village in the stand, there would be still about 1,500 free seats.

History

FK Chmel Blšany was founded in 1946 as Sokol Blšany.[2] Only amateur football was played in Blšany for a long time. In 1988, the team managed to reach the division and three years later the third Czechoslovakian league. In 1993, FK Chmel Blšany (or Chmelaři as called by their fans) reached the second league and in 1998 the first.[3] In the 1998–99 season, FK Blšany astonished the Czech Republic and achieved 6th place.[4] In 2005–06, the team ended up last and were relegated to the second league. In 2006–07, their first season back in the 2. Liga, they finished eighth but were relegated to the third-tier ČFL due to not receiving a license from the league due to financial reasons.[5] They finished last in the ČFL with just four wins in the 2007–08 season and were subsequently relegated for the third time in as many seasons. It did not get better in 2008–09 when, upon finishing 14th of 16 teams in Divize B of the Czech Fourth Division, they were relegated for the fourth time in a row, partially due to a three-point deduction due to financial concerns.[6] In 2009–10 they finished third in the fifth-tier Ústí Region championship and avoided relegation for the first time since the 2004–05 season. At the end of the 2010–11 season, Blšany gained promotion back to the Czech Fourth Division.[7]

Notable past players include Petr Čech (1999–2001), Jan Šimák (1996–2000), Jan Velkoborský (1999-2003), Jiří Němec (2002–2003), Daniel Kolář (2005), Patrik Gedeon (1995–2001 & 2007) and Štěpán Vachoušek (2001).

Historical names
  • 1946 – Sokol Blšany
  • 1985 – JZD Blšany
  • 1991 – SK Chmel Blšany
  • 1992 – FK Chmel Blšany

Managers

History in domestic competitions
  • Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 8
  • Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 6
  • Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 1
  • Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 1

Czech Republic
Season League Placed Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cup
1993–1994 2. liga 7th 30 12 7 11 42 38 +4 31
1994–1995 2. liga 10th 34 13 9 12 49 45 +4 48 Round of 16
1995–1996 2. liga 11th 30 8 13 9 28 31 –3 37
1996–1997 2. liga 5th 30 11 10 9 38 29 +9 43
1997–1998 2. liga 1st 30 21 3 4 64 17 +47 66 Round of 16
1998–1999 1. liga 6th 30 12 6 12 48 44 +4 42 Round of 32
1999–2000 1. liga 10th 30 10 7 13 28 45 –17 37 Round of 16
2000–2001 1. liga 10th 30 10 10 10 35 35 0 40 Semi-finals
2001–2002 1. liga 14th 30 8 5 17 35 51 –16 29 Round of 32
2002–2003 1. liga 14th 30 7 7 16 28 39 –11 28 Round of 64
2003–2004 1. liga 13th 30 8 6 16 34 54 –20 30 Quarter-finals
2004–2005 1. liga 12th 30 7 11 12 25 38 –13 32 Round of 64
2005–2006 1. liga 16th 30 5 11 14 22 44 –22 26 Round of 16
2006–2007 2. liga 8th 30 11 5 14 27 33 –6 38 First round
2007–2008 3. liga[8] 18th 34 4 4 26 25 95 –70 16 First round
2008–2009 4. liga 14th –

European record
Season Tournament Round Country Club Result
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2R Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 6–2, 2–0
3R Greece Kalamata 5–0, 3–0
Semi-final Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc 1–3, 0–0
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 3R North Macedonia Pobeda 0–0, 1–0
Semi-final Italy Brescia 1–2, 2–2

Honours

References
  1. Hykl, Jaromír. "Nashledanou v lepších časech". FK Chmel Blšany. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubu; by Luboš Jeřábek; Grada Publishing; Prague; 2007; ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5; via Google Books
  3. "Opening a porthole to the world". The Prague Post. 17 November 1999. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  4. Czech First League Standings 1998/1999 ScoresPro.com
  5. "Další pád. Chmel Blšany míří do divize" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  6. "Blšany spadly z první ligy až do krajského přeboru, projekt však běží dál" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  7. "Blšany se dočkaly, povýšily do divize. A s nimi i Žatec" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  8. "Czech Republic 2008/09". RSSSF. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
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