FK Viktoria Žižkov

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Viktoria Žižkov
Club logo of FK Viktoria Žižkov
Basic data
Surname FK Viktoria Žižkov as
Seat Žižkov ( Prague ), Czech Republic
founding 1903
Colours Red White
president Luděk Vinš
Website fkvz.cz
First soccer team
Head coach Jindrich Trpisovsky
Venue eFotbal Aréna
Places 5,037 seats
league 2nd league
2019/20 5th place
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The FK Viktoria Žižkov is a Czech football club from the Prague district of Žižkov . The club, founded by students in 1903 , was one of the most popular and successful football clubs before the Second World War, behind city rivals Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague .

Club history

Foundation and years in Czechoslovakia

In 1903 a sports club called Viktoria was founded in the Žižkov district of Prague by students of the secondary school. The club introduced professionalism in 1925 and became a member of the Asociačni League . Three years later Viktoria Žižkov won the championship title for the first and, for the time being, last time. In 1934 Žižkov was relegated from the top division, only two years later the promotion succeeded. 1947 Žižkov was bottom of the table and said goodbye for a long time from the 1st division. Having arrived in the lowlands of football, Viktoria Žižkov disappeared from the football map in 1952 through the merger with Avia Čakovice , but at the same time a successor club called Slavoj was founded, which was renamed Viktoria Žižkov in 1965. Back in the second division, Žižkov narrowly escaped promotion in 1967, second place was not enough in the end. In 1979 Viktoria Žižkov was relegated to the Divize (4th division), the promotion to the ČFL (3rd division) only succeeded in 1989.

Champion team 1927/28

Cup successes and European Cup

V. Žižkov's entry ticket for the 2000/2001 season

In 1992, the club used the financial hardship of the second division JZD Slušovice and took over his place. Without having qualified for the second league, the team was first in the table. That means Viktoria Žižkov was first class again 45 years after relegation. The first division premiere on August 20, 1993 was unsuccessful, Žižkov defeated Union Cheb with 0: 1. In 1994 Viktoria Žižkov won the Czech cup competition. After defeating Slavia Prague in the semifinals , they did so in the final against Sparta Prague , but only on penalties . In qualifying for the European Cup Winners' Cup , Žižkov defeated the Swedish representative IFK Norrköping 1-0 at home and reached the first main round after a 3-3 away match. The home game against Chelsea FC was played in Jablonec nad Nisou , as the own stadium was not approved for European Cup matches. The following season Viktoria Žižkov reached the cup final again, but this time lost to SK Hradec Králové . Fifth place in the league was the greatest success in the independent Czech league to date. In 2001 the team defeated Sparta Prague in the final of the Czech Cup after extra time. The home game of the first UEFA Cup round against FC Tirol Innsbruck , which had to be played in the Evžena Rošického stadium, ended 0-0, in Innsbruck Žižkov lost 1-0 and was eliminated.

In 2002 Viktoria Žižkov almost escaped winning the championship. On the last day of the match, a draw in the derby against Slavia was enough for the team to triumph. Until the 86th minute of the game they were 0-0 before Pavel Kuka scored for Slavia, relegating Žižkov to third place and depriving them of qualifying for the Champions League . After the final whistle, various bribery speculations were loud. Defender Tomáš Hunal , in particular, had to be accused of having played badly on purpose. In 2003 the team was third again, but this time 15 points behind champions Sparta.

Bribery scandal

As it turned out two years after the narrowly missed championship title, Žižkov was actually involved in a bribery scandal - but in the opposite role. Viktoria manager Ivan Hornik had put the club in a position to play for the championship title through secret match-fixing and referee bribery. It was the biggest bribery scandal uncovered in Czech football to date. In a court case in 2006, Hornik was sentenced as the main defendant to a prison term of seven months on probation and a fine of 900,000 Czech crowns (at that time the equivalent of around 31,500 euros). Several officials and managers of other clubs as well as referees were also given minor probation or fines for their involvement in the scandal.

Elevator years

A year later Viktoria Žižkov rose as the penultimate from the Gambrinus League , despite renewed referee bribery. At the beginning of the second division season 2004/05 the club was punished with twelve points deduction. The return to the Gambrinus League succeeded in the 2006/07 season, in the 2008/09 season the team was relegated to the 2nd division . The renewed promotion to the first division succeeded in the 2010/11 season, when the club from the district of the same name reached second place behind Dukla Prague . Again it was only a short guest appearance in the top league: after a turbulent season and with only 19 points, Viktoria rose again as the bottom of the table in the 2011/12 season . In the following years Viktoria Žižkov always placed in the top third of the table and also played for promotion in the 2015/16 season. Instead of returning to the first division, however, at the end of the season there was a crash into the third division: Due to ongoing financial problems, the Czech association refused the club a license, and Viktoria Žižkov had to relegate to the Česká fotbalová liga . The return to the second division succeeded again a year later. There Viktoria was able to consolidate in the midfield of the league in the following seasons.

Club names

The club was founded in 1903 as Sportovni kroužek Viktoria Žižkov. From 1904 he called himself SK Viktoria Žižkov. In 1950 it was renamed Sokol Viktoria Žižkov, and in 1951 Sokol ČSAD Žižkov. In 1952 the club merged with Avia Čakovice, in the same year a successor club called TJ Slavoj Žižkov was founded, which from 1965 was called TJ Viktoria Žižkov. From 1973 to 1982 the association was called TJ Viktoria Žižkov Strojimport, from 1982 to 1992 TJ Viktoria Žižkov PSO. Since then the official name has been FK Viktoria Žižkov.

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Trainer

successes

International competitions

Mitropa Cup

Participation in the Mitropa Cup , one of the first international competitions in European football:

season competition round opponent total To Back
1928 Mitropa Cup Quarter finals Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Građanski Zagreb 8: 4 2: 3 (A) 6: 1 (H)
Semifinals AustriaAustria SK Rapid Vienna 7: 9 4: 3 (H) 2: 3 (A)
1: 3 in Vienna 1
1 Viktoria Žižkov had waived a neutral venue for financial compensation.

European Cup balance sheet

season competition round opponent total To Back
1994/95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Preliminary round SwedenSweden IFK Norrköping 4: 3 1: 0 (H) 3: 3 (A)
1 round EnglandEngland Chelsea FC 2: 4 2: 4 (A) 00: 0 (H) 1
2000/01 Uefa cup 1 round AustriaAustria FC Tirol Innsbruck 0: 1 0: 0 (H) 0: 1 (A)
2002/03 Uefa cup Preliminary round San MarinoSan Marino SP Domagnano 5-0 2: 0 (A) 03: 0 (H) 2
1 round ScotlandScotland Glasgow Rangers ( a ) 3: 3(a) 02: 0 (H) 2 1: 3 (A)
2nd round SpainSpain Betis Seville 0: 4 00: 1 (H) 2 0: 3 (A)
2003/04 Uefa cup Preliminary round KazakhstanKazakhstan Zhenis Astana 6: 1 03: 0 (H) 2 3: 1 (A)
1 round DenmarkDenmark Brøndby IF 0: 2 0: 1 (A) 00: 1 (H) 2
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: 16 games, 6 wins, 3 draws, 7 defeats, 20:18 goals (goal difference +2)

Venues

Viktoria Žižkov changed places several times in its history. Up until 1909 they played on “Na Baklovce”, from then on “Na Ohradě”. This ash place can still be visited today. In 1929 the club was terminated there, and a stadium with a capacity of 38,000 spectators was built not far in Staré Strašnice. The stadium served as a velodrome and is still used today by the TJ Kovo Praha cycling department, address: Na Třebešíně. The successor club Slavoj Žižkov used the stadium on Seifertova třída, which still exists today. The original capacity was 15,000 spectators.

Only in 1968 was a grandstand built for 2,000 people. In recent years, the standing bars have been equipped with seats, which has affected the original atmosphere. This measure reduced the capacity to just under 4,600 spectators. After the promotion to the Gambrinus League in June 2007, an additional back gate stand with 1,000 seats was built, so that the stadium now has 5,600 seats.

In 2012 the Viktoria stadium received the sponsor name eFotbal Aréna and currently offers 5,037 seats for visitors.

Web links

Individual evidence

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