Meteor Prague

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Meteor Praha
Logo of FK Meteor Praha VIII
Basic data
Surname FK Meteor Praha VIII
Seat Prague , Czech Republic
founding 1896
Colours green white
Website fkmeteorpraha.cz
First soccer team
Venue Fotbalový areál Libeň
Places 3,500
league Pražský přebor (5th division)
2006/07 3rd place
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Meteor Praha (officially FK Meteor Praha VIII ) is a Czech football club from Prague . Founded in 1896 by football-loving boys, it is one of the oldest Czech football clubs still in existence. The team, which initially played in white shirts with a red collar and a red chest ring , was also known as meteorská chasa , a rabble . Meteor was first class for a total of four seasons, namely 1925, 1925/26, 1927 and 1930/31. The reorganization of sport in Czechoslovakia after the Second World War resulted in various renaming of the club and the incorporation of other sports into the club.
Today the club is mainly known for its good youth work, the B and A juniors play in the second highest Czech league.

Club history

The club was founded in 1896 as Sportovní kroužek Kotva in Libeň , which was incorporated into Prague in 1901 . Three years later he took on the name of a disbanded cycling club, Meteor. In 1901 Meteor was one of the founding members of the Czech Football Association ČSF. Meteor took part in the first championship organized by the ČSF without any notable success. The club also took part in the championships in 1912/13, 1915 and 1917. In 1906, 1911 to 1913, 1915 and 1916 the Green-Whites played in the so-called Charity Cup , the most important competition in Bohemia at the time . After the establishment of Czechoslovakia , Meteor belonged to the Central Bohemian League, which was considered the strongest in the country. The best placement was third place in the 1924 season, which, however, was not played to the end.

In 1925, professional football was introduced in Czechoslovakia . In the so-called Asociační league , in which only the first half of the season was played, Meteor finished tenth and last place. In the 1925/26 season, the league was renamed the Central Bohemian League (Czech: Středočeská I. Liga ), Meteor achieved the best result in its club history with seventh place. Already in the summer of 1926 there were again disputes about the organization of the league, so that a so-called qualification round for the 1st and 2nd league was not held until the spring of 1927. In the eight-team league Meteor managed only one draw in seven games, which resulted in relegation to the II. League. The return to the I. League, now again Asociační League , succeeded the Green-Whites in the game year 1930/31. The experience was short-lived. Again Meteor was bottom of the table with only one point. It should be the last first division season for the team from the north of Prague.

Until 1941/42 Meteor was second class, the seasons 1942/43 and 1943/44 the team spent in third class. After the war, Meteor was reintegrated into the second highest division, in which one could hold until 1949. A year earlier, due to an effort to organize Czechoslovak sport in the Sokol movement , the club was renamed Sokol České Loděnice . The České loděnice shipyard was the largest company in Libeň. In 1952, the team managed a year-long return to the second division.

Stadium of FK Meteor Praha VIII, covered main stand

Then the team fell into insignificance, due to the reorganization of the sport in Czechoslovakia there were further renaming, so in 1953 in DSO Spartak Loděnice , 1957 in TJ Libeň Loděnice and 1966 in TJ Meteor Praha . In 1965, the club's A youth attracted attention when they were promoted to the 1st Czechoslovak League. The men's team rose to the three-part third division in 1973/74, but was bottom of the table in the 1974/75 season with only twelve points from 30 games. Meteor succeeded in returning to the third division, which has now been divided into seven, and in the 1978/79 season only three points were missing for promotion to the second division. If you could still avoid relegation in 1980, you fell victim to a reorganization in 1981, which made only four out of seven groups in the 3rd division.

1986 followed the fall in the fifth division ( Pražský přebor ), the return to the 4th division came in 1991, from which you had to relegate in 1996. In 1994 the football department was spun off from the entire club and has since been an independent club as FK Meteor Praha VIII . In 2004 Meteor even rose to the 6th league ( 1.A třída ), but managed to return immediately and became runner- up with four points behind Admira / Slavoj . In the 2006/07 season, Meteor Praha sought promotion to the 4th division, but only finished third. Currently (as of October 2012) the club plays in the 4th Czech league.

Stages

When the SK Kotva was founded, the boys often played on a parade ground near the house of the invalids in Karlín . From 1906 to 1910 places on the so-called Maniny in the Holešovice district served as the venue for home games. From 1910 Meteor played on the U Perutzů square in Voctářova ulice . The team found a new home in 1929 on Na Stráži Square in Střížkov . The odyssey ended in 1934 when Meteor settled in a square in Libeň behind the Church of St. Vojtěch. The green-whites were able to use the space after an agreement with the parents' community of the nearby secondary school . Today this stadium is officially known as Fotbalový areál Libeň .

Club names

  • 1896 Sportovní kroužek Kotva Libeň
  • 1899 SK Meteor Libeň
  • 1901 SK Meteor Praha VIII
  • 1948 Sokol České Loděnice
  • 1953 DSO Spartak Loděnice
  • 1957 TJ Libeň Loděnice
  • 1966 TJ Meteor Praha
  • 1976 TJ Meteor Praha ŽSP
  • 19 ?? TJ Meteor Praha
  • 19 ?? SK Meteor Praha
  • 1994 FK Meteor Praha VIII

Other sports

badminton

The club was 1965-1967, 1970-1972 and 1990 and 1992 Czechoslovak team champions. After football was spun off, four more Czech titles were won in 1994 and 1996–1998.

Others

The club should not be confused with the less successful and now non-existent SK Meteor Praha VII .

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