1. FC Slovácko

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1. FC Slovácko
Logo of 1. FC Slovácko
Basic data
Surname 1. FC Slovácko as
Seat Uherské Hradiště
founding July 1, 2000
Colours blue White
president Vladimír Krejčí
Website fcslovacko.cz
First soccer team
Head coach Stanislav Levý
Venue Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty
Places 8,121 seats
(6,371 covered)
league Synot League
2019/20 9th place
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The 1. FC Slovácko is a Czech football club from the city of Uherské Hradiště , the center of the region Slovacko . The club plays in the Gambrinus League . 1. FC Slovácko was founded in 2000, when FC SYNOT from Staré Město and FC SYNOT Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště merged to form 1. FC SYNOT.

Club history

In 2000, two regional rivals merged, namely FC SYNOT from Staré Město and FC SYNOT Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště. The aim was the long-term establishment of first division football in Moravian Slovakia . In the 1999/2000 season, FC SYNOT had made it to the Gambrinus League , while Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště had won Group D of the 4th division ( Divize ).

FC SYNOT

In Staré Město, young men played football since the 1910s and formed teams like Meteor, Viktoria or SK. It was not until 1927 that the SK Staré Město became a registered club that played in the Hanácká župa . In 1942 Viktoria Staré Město joined the SK. When Staré Město was incorporated into Uherské Hradiště on January 9, 1944, the club changed its name to Staroměstský SK Uherské Hradiště.

After the Communist Party came to power in 1948, there were several reorganizations of Czechoslovak football in the 1950s . The club, renamed in 1952 in ZSJ Chemik Staré Město, played from 1951 to 1954 in the second highest Czechoslovak league, which, however, comprised more than 200 teams. On January 1, 1953, officials renamed the association again: Jiskra Staré Město. This name stayed with the club for the next 40 years.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Jiskra commuted between fifth and fourth league. The team made it to the third division in the 1981/82 season. After a close relegation Staré Město occupied mostly a midfield place in the following years. In the late 1980s, the club kept looking up. An indication of this was reaching the quarter-finals in the Czech cup competition in the season 1987/88. A year later, the team narrowly escaped promotion to the 2nd division.

The upheavals after the Velvet Revolution also affected the Staré Město club. The state enterprise Barvy a laky stopped supporting the association, whose management now had to look for a new financier. It was rather by chance that the club officials found a solvent partner in the SYNOT holding company. SYNOT is a joint stock company owned by the Valenta family from Uherské Hradiště. The name of the holding resulted from an acronym called SYNové a OTec , in German sons (Ivo and Miroslav Valenta) and father (Miroslav Valenta senior). SYNOT is primarily active in the gaming sector, but the holding group groups companies from many other industries.

With SYNOT behind them, the football department left the main club in 1993 and henceforth operated as FC SYNOT Staré Město. The promotion to the second division succeeded the reinforced team in the 1996/97 season. In the second highest Czech league, the team immediately finished fourth. In 1998 the club's management decided to erase the place name Staré Město from the club name. After a third place in 1998/99, FC SYNOT rose confidently into the Gambrinus League in the 1999/00 season. In the summer of 2000 there was a merger with the neighboring club from Uherské Hradiště.

Well-known former players

Club names

Logo of the FC SYNOT Staré Město
Period Surname annotation
1927-1944 SK Staré Město SK = Sportovní Club
1944-1952 Staroměstský SK Uherské Hradiště after incorporation of Staré Město to Uherské Hradiště
1952 ZSJ Chemik Staré Město The club was the chemical plant np Barvy a Laky assigned
1953-1957 DSO Jiskra Staré Město The name Jiskra was given to all associations that were assigned to a company in light industry
1957-1986 TJ Jiskra Staré Město TJ = Tělovýchovná jednota
1986-1993 TJ Jiskra Barvy a laky Staré Město Barvy a laky , local paint manufacturer
1993-1998 FC SYNOT Staré Město SYNOT Holding, SYNOT = acronym for SYNové a OTec, in German sons and father
1998-2000 FC SYNOT Removal of the place name from the club name

FC SYNOT Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště

The club was founded on May 15, 1919 as AC Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště and initially played in the II.třída of the Hanácká župa . In 1928 the team was promoted to the then third-class 1.A třída . In 1948 the club was renamed Spartak Let Uherské Hradiště, in 1956 the club merged with the neighboring club Spartak Hradišťan Mařatice to Spartak Hradišťan Uherské Hradiště.

In the 1960/61 season, the team rose to the 2nd division, in which it was able to hold until 1966. In 1967 the name of the club changed to TJ Uherské Hradiště, in 1969 to TJ Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště. After a reorganization of the Czechoslovak leagues, Slovácká Slavia was only fourth class from 1981/82. Already in this season the team barely escaped promotion back to the 3rd division, but a year later the promotion was perfect.

In the 1984/85 season was Uherské Hradiště before promotion to the 2nd division, but finally finished only second behind Ostroj Opava . In the 1989/90 season, the club celebrated the greatest success in its history by making it into the final of the Czech Cup. After a 3: 1 Uherské Hradiště lost against Dukla Prague 3: 5.

After the velvet revolution and the end of the previous system, the club ran into financial difficulties in 1993. The money worries solved the local company TIC (Trade Investment Consulting), which put around 25 million crowns into the association. As early as 1993/94, the reinforced team rose to the 2nd division and marched through to the 1st division in 1994/95. At the beginning of 1995 the financial worries began again. The previous sponsor TIC withdrew and left the field to the bicycle manufacturer JOKO of the entrepreneur Josef Kozumplík.

The first division was too much for the club, whose structures and ultimately also the team were not at the appropriate level. With only three wins, FC JOKO Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště was relegated. JOKO jumped out as a sponsor, in the 1996/97 season the team just managed to stay in the 2nd division.

In July 1997 the floods of the March flooded the city ​​of Uherské Hradiště. The water masses also completely destroyed the club's stadium. In the second division season 1997/98 the team therefore played all home games in Kunovice - the team was relegated with only two wins. Due to outstanding wages, the team went on strike in the last three games of the season. Uherské Hradiště clearly lost the games with 0: 7, 0: 7 and 1: 9 with A-youths and some players from the B-team. The team was unable to hold onto the 3rd division (MSFL) in 1998/99.

In preparation for the merger with FC SYNOT from Staré Město, SYNOT Holding entered the Uherské Hradiště club with an 80% stake, and both clubs merged on July 1, 2000 to form 1. FC SYNOT.

Well-known former players and officials

Club names

Period Surname annotation
1919-1948 AC Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště Slavia based on Slavia Prague, AC based on AC Sparta Prague
1948-1956 TJ Spartak Let Uherské Hradiště Spartak is the name of many sports clubs in the former communist countries.
The name comes from the Roman slave leader Spartacus, whose revolt was regarded by the communists as a shining example of the class struggle.
1956-1967 TJ Spartak Hradišťan Uherské Hradiště after merging with Spartak Hradišťan Mařatice
1967-1969 TJ Uherské Hradiště TJ = Tělovýchovná jednota
1969-1993 TJ Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště Return to the original name Slovácká Slavia
1993-1995 FC TIC Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště TIC = Trade Investment Consulting
1995-1996 FC JOKO Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště JOKO (bicycle manufacturer), JOKO = acronym for JOsef KOzumplík
1996-1999 FC Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště
1999-2000 FC SYNOT Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště SYNOT Holding, SYNOT = acronym for SYNové a OTec, in German sons and father

1.FC SYNOT

Logo of the FC Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště

In his first season the new club 1.FC SYNOT who fought out their home games at the stadium Širuch in Stare Mesto, 11 rank in the occupied Gambrinus League . This was enough to participate in the Intertoto Cup . In the first round the team defeated Universitatea Craiova , the second round opponent Stade Rennes proved to be too strong. Eighth place in the 2002/2003 game year allowed them to participate again in the Intertoto Cup. After OFK Belgrade had been eliminated 1: 0 and 3: 3 in the first round , they were eliminated against VfL Wolfsburg with 0: 1 and 0: 2. On October 12, 2003, the new stadium in Uherské Hradiště was inaugurated with a game against Borussia Mönchengladbach .

Bribery scandal and relegation from the 1st division

The 1st FC SYNOT achieved the best placement in the 2003/2004 season, but this success was overshadowed by a corruption affair. Sports director Jaroslav Hastík gave money to referees several times so that they could make decisions in favor of 1.FC SYNOT. The police exposed the illegal practices by tapping the phone calls. As a result of this bribery scandal, SYNOT Holding withdrew from the club, which was now called 1.FC Slovácko. For the 2004/05 season, 1.FC Slovácko were deducted 12 points, but it was still enough to keep the league.

After another change of ownership, the team rose from the Gambrinus League in the 2006/07 season.

Stages

Městský fotbalový stadium Uherské Hradiště

A soccer stadium was built in Uherské Hradiště in the 1920s. In the 1930s, the square got a wooden grandstand, which was expanded and covered in the 1950s. By 1960, the square also had a cinder track and additional concrete stands, a wall with a large clock and a display board.

The old wooden grandstand was demolished in 1978, and a new grandstand for around 1,000 spectators was built in its place. Two years later a Spartakiade was held in the square .

Fundamental changes were made to the stadium in the 1990s. In 1993 the speaker's booth was rebuilt, and in 1995 seats were installed on the main stand, which thanks to a steel structure now had 1,150 seats and some standing room in the top row.

The March floods in July 1997 destroyed the playing area and large parts of the stadium. From September to November 1997 the lawn was renewed and underfloor heating was installed. The rooms inside the grandstand were also rebuilt.

The first game on the restored course took place on August 22, 1998. In the MSFL, Uherské Hradiště drew 2-2 from Boby Brno B in front of 400 spectators. The last game before the complete renovation, which practically resembled the demolition of the old stadium, took place on May 13, 2000.

Between June 2000 and October 2003 a stadium was built that met the latest criteria of the Czech Football Association and can accommodate more than 8,000 people. The cost was 250 million crowns, of which 1. FC Synot paid 18 million, the Czech state 102 million and the rest of the city of Uherské Hradiště.

The opening of the Municipal Football Stadium ( Městský fotbalový stadion ) took place on October 12, 2003. 1. FC Synot received Borussia Mönchengladbach and won 3-2 in front of 6,500 spectators. The first league game was on the program exactly one week later. The hosts beat Sigma Olomouc 3-2.

On August 16, 2006, the Czech national team played their first international match in Uherské Hradiště. Karel Brückner's team lost 3-1 against Serbia in front of 8,121 spectators. It was also the last international match for Pavel Nedvěd , who was officially adopted.

Širůch Stadium

Since 1931 there has been a soccer field on the so-called Širůch, where there had been barns that burned down that year. At the beginning of the 1960s the square got a wooden grandstand, in 1969/70 the ashes became a grass pitch.

In 1977 the wooden grandstand was demolished and a new grandstand was built for around 500 spectators. During this time, the concrete stand behind the gate, called Hrázka , in English: small wall, was built.

In 1988 a new club building was built at the stadium, which was converted into the SYNOT hotel in 1996. After promotion to the Gambrinus League in 2000, the club built tubular steel stands to increase capacity. In mid-2006 the stadium was modernized over several months. The club had the grandstand rebuilt, installed a floodlight system, underfloor heating and laid a new lawn.

After the professionals moved to the Městský fotbalový stadium in Uherské Hradiště, which opened in 2003, the Širůch stadium is mainly used by the junior teams of 1. FC Slovácko.

European Cup balance sheet

season competition round opponent total To Back
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd round RomaniaRomania Universitatea Craiova 5: 4 3: 2 (H) 2: 2 (A)
3rd round FranceFrance Rennes stadium 4: 7 0: 5 (A) 4: 2 (H)
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1 round Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Constructorul Cioburcu 4-0 4: 0 (H) 0: 0 (A)
2nd round SwedenSweden Helsingborgs IF 4: 2 4: 0 (H) 0: 2 (A)
3rd round FranceFrance FC Sochaux 0: 3 0: 3 (H) 0: 0 (A)
2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd round Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro OFK Belgrade 4: 3 1: 0 (H) 3: 3 (A)
3rd round GermanyGermany VfL Wolfsburg 0: 3 0: 1 (H) 0: 2 (A)
Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 14 games, 5 wins, 4 draws, 5 defeats, 21:22 goals (goal difference −1)

Trainer

player

Women's soccer

Since 2006 the club has had a women's football team under the name 1.FC Slovácko Ženy . The club emerged from the women's football club DFC Compex Otrokovice , which was runner-up in 2001 and 2002 both times. Slovácko is currently the third player in the Czech Republic and was third in the table every time from 2006 to 2011. In 2009 they reached the cup final, but lost to Sparta Prague .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 1. FC Slovácko - History
  2. ↑ 2000-01 table in Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  3. ↑ Tables in Eurofotbal.cz
  4. ^ Report of the match ( Memento of September 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) in Sparta Prague's website