Bílí Tygři Liberec

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Bílí Tygři Liberec
Greatest successes
Club information
history Lokomotiva Liberec (1956 - 1961)
HC Stadion Liberec (1961 - 1994)
HC Liberec (1994 - 2000)
HC Bílí Tygři Liberec (since 2000)
Nickname The white tigers
Club colors dark blue and white
league Tipsport Extraliga
Venue Home Credit Arena
capacity 7,500 seats
executive Director Ctibor Jech
Head coach Patrik Augusta
captain Petr Jelínek
Season 2018/19 1st place (main round)
2nd place (final)

The Bílí Tygři Liberec are a Czech ice hockey club from Liberec that has played in the Czech Extra League since the 2002/03 season and plays its home games in the Home Credit Arena .

Club history

After the Second World War, there were three associations in Liberec, two of which merged in 1956 to form "Lokomotiva Liberec". In 1961 the club name was changed to "Stadion Liberec". The club's first team played in the second and third Czechoslovak leagues between 1961 and the early 1990s.

Player of the Bílí Tygři Liberec

The local construction company Syner has been actively involved as a sponsor and in the management of the association since 1994 . In the 1994/95 season the promotion to the first division (second class) could be celebrated. In the new millennium, the association was given a new image by signing a cooperation agreement with the Liberec Zoo and henceforth called Bílí Tygři after the white tigers . Two years later, in the play-offs against HC Vagnerplast Kladno, promotion to the extra league was achieved. The club was able to establish itself in the top Czech league and has reached the play-offs every year since 2004.

In the 2004/05 play-offs , Liberec won the series against Slavia Prague 4-3 and lost 1-4 in the semi-finals against the future champions from Pardubice . Thanks to the good starting position, third place in the overall ranking was achieved. The club finished the main round of the 2005/06 and 2006/07 seasons in first place on the table.

Since the beginning of the 2005/06 season , coach Josef Paleček's team in the Tipsport Arena has been almost undefeated. After the 2006/07 season , coach Josef Paleček resigned to work as assistant coach for the Czech national team . His successor at the club was the Slovak Dušan Gregor .

In the 2015/16 season , the team under the coach Filip Pešán was first placed in the main round and also Czech champions with a 4-2 in the final of the play-offs against HC Sparta Prague . Also in the following season 2016/17 the main round could be finished in first place in the table, but the final was lost 4-0 against HC Kometa Brno . In the 2018/19 season , the main round was won again, which was the fifth time since promotion to the Extraliga in 2002. In the final, however, the Bílí Tygři Liberec lost 2: 4 against HC Oceláři Třinec . In the following season , four games before the end of the main round, the winner of the main round was again certain. For the first time since the founding of the Extraliga, a team managed to win the President's Cup six times.

Since the 2014/15 season , the club has participated in the Champions Hockey League four times and reached the round of 16 in 2015/16 and 2016/17 . In the 2017/18 season , the team made it to the semi-finals, but lost to the Växjö Lakers .

Home ground

Home Credit Arena

The Home Credit Arena was built in 2005 based on the American model. The arena equipment meets the highest requirements. The arena was inaugurated on the occasion of the Euro Hockey Tour in August 2005. The capacity for ice hockey games is 7500 spectators.

Season statistics 1993 to 2002

season league Main round Points placement comment
1993/1994 2nd league 4th Place 35 4th Place previously 2nd division since 1986/1987
1994/1995 2nd league 2nd place 48 2nd place 3rd place in the promotion
relegation promotion to the 1st division
1995/1996 1st League 13th place 27 13th place
1996/1997 1st League 9th place 51 9th place
1997/1998 1st League 2nd place 66 2nd place
1998/1999 1st League 11th place 43 11th place
1999/2000 1st League 11th place 36 9th place
2000/2001 1st League 2nd place 53 2nd place
2001/2002 1st League 1st place 93 1st place Final 3: 1 win against HC Dukla Jihlava
relegation 4: 1 win against HC Vagnerplast Kladno
Promotion to the extra league

Seasonal statistics since 2002

season Main round Points placement captain Head coach
2002/2003 12th place 63 12th place Michal Straka Josef Jandač , Jaroslav Nedvěd senior and Karel Dvořák
2003/2004 11th place 63 11th place Michal Straka Josef Jandač, later Josef Paleček , Karel Dvořák and Jaroslav Nedvěd senior
2004/2005 5th place 93 3rd place Václav Novák Josef Paleček , Karel Dvořák and Miroslav Kapoun
2005/2006 1st place 106 5th place Václav Novák, later Stanislav Procházka Josef Paleček, Karel Dvořák
2006/2007 1st place 100 3rd place Stanislav Procházka Josef Paleček, Vladimír Čermák and Miroslav Kapoun
2007/2008 3rd place 91 4th Place Stanislav Procházka Dušan Gregor , Vladimír Čermák and Miroslav Kapoun
2008/2009 9th place 74 9th place Jaroslav Modrý ,
Petr Nedvěd (A)		 Dušan Gregor, from October 23, 2008 Filip Pešán , Vladimír Čermák and Miroslav Kapoun
2009/2010 8th place 72 4th Place Petr Nedvěd Jiří Kalous , Filip Pešán and Miroslav Kapoun
2010/2011 2nd place 94 5th place Petr Nedvěd Jiří Kalous, Filip Pešán and Miroslav Kapoun
2011/2012 4th Place 84 4th Place Petr Nedvěd Jiří Kalous, Filip Pešán and Miroslav Kapoun
2012/2013 13th place 63 14th place Petr Nedvěd Marian Jelínek , Filip Pešán and Miroslav Kapoun; from November 12, 2012 Filip Pešán , Milan Černý and Miroslav Kapoun; from January 21, 2013 Pavel Hynek , Milan Černý and Miroslav Kapoun
2013/2014 9th place 78 9th place Petr Nedvěd Pavel Hynek , Milan Černý and Miroslav Kapoun
2014/2015 11th place 69 12th place Jan Výtisk ,
Martin Bartek 		Pavel Hynek , Milan Černý and Martin Láska; from October 10, 2014 Rostislav Čada , Milan Černý and Martin Láska
2015/2016 1st place 118 1st place Jan Výtisk Filip Pešán
2016/2017 1st place 103 2nd place Branko Radivojevič Filip Pešán
2017/2018 7th place 76 7th place Martin Ševc Filip Pešán
2018/2019 1st place 101 2nd place Petr Jelínek Filip Pešán
2019/2020 1st place Petr Jelínek Patrik Augusta

player

Master squad 2015/16

Goalkeepers: Ján Lašák , Marek Schwarz

Defenders: Jan Výtisk , Lukáš Derner , Michal Plutnar , Ondřej Vitásek , Radim Šimek , Martin Ševc , David Kajínek , Tomáš Mojžíš

Forward: Petr Vampola , Michal Birner , Daniel Špaček , Vít Jonák , Petr Jelinek , Lukáš Krenzelok , Dominik Lakatoš , Jaroslav Vlach , Dominik Hrníčko , Michal Řepík , Jakub Valsky , Martin Bakoš , Michal Bulíř , January Stránský , Branko Radivojevič

Coaching staff: Filip Pešán , Vladimír Čermák

Well-known former players

Web links

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