FC Vysočina Jihlava

FC Vysočina Jihlava

Full name	Football Club Vysočina Jihlava a.s.
Founded	1948
Ground	Stadion v Jiráskově ulici
Capacity	4,082
Chairman	Zdeněk Tulis
Manager	Michal Hipp
League	Czech First League
2014–15	10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FC Vysočina Jihlava is a football club from Jihlava, Czech Republic, which currently plays in the Czech First League, the top football competition in the Czech Republic. Jihlava played in the top flight for the first time in its history in the 2005–06 season. The club has taken part in the Czech 2. Liga more than 10 times and has also played in the Czech First League.

History

The club was founded under the name PAL Jihlava in 1948.^[1] After the Czech Republic became independent in 1993, the club played in the third-tier Bohemian Football League until promotion in 2000 to the Czech 2. Liga. The club went on to take part in the second division for five years, reaching the semi-finals of the Czech Cup in 2003–04 and winning promotion to the top flight after finishing second in the 2004–05 Czech 2. Liga.^[2] Jihlava played in the top flight for the first time in their history in 2005–06,^[1] being relegated back to the second league on the last day of the season, after a loss at home against Slavia Prague.^[3] Following another spell in the second league, this time of six years, the club won back a place in the top flight having finished second in the 2011–12 Czech 2. Liga.^[4]

Historical names

• 1948–49 – PAL Jihlava
• 1949–53 – Sokol Motorpal Jihlava
• 1953–93 – Spartak Jihlava
• 1993–95 – Spartak PSJ Jihlava
• 1995–97 – PSJ Motorpal Jihlava (merger with SK Jihlava)
• 1997–00 – FC PSJ Jihlava
• Since 2000 – FC Vysočina Jihlava

Stadium

Jihlava play home matches at the Stadion v Jiráskově ulici, which boasts a 4,082 all-seater capacity. The club undertook major reconstruction each time the club was promoted to the Czech First League, in 2005 and 2012, in order for the stadium to meet league criteria. The stadium features two main stands for the crowd (sectors A and B), while the away fans are catered for with 229 seats behind one of the goals (sector D). The remaining side, sector C, is reserved for VIP guests.

Players

Current squad

As of 21 July, 2015.^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Jan Hanuš 5 DF Jiří Krejčí 6 DF Ondřej Šourek 7 MF Petr Hronek 8 MF Filip Novotný 9 FW Marek Jungr 10 MF Josef Bazal 11 MF Lukáš Vaculík 12 MF David Štěpánek 13 GK Jan Kotnour 14 DF Tomáš Marek 15 DF Lukáš Kryštůfek 16 MF Tomáš Kučera

No. Position Player 17 DF Petr Tlustý 18 DF Yani Urdinov 20 DF Peter Šulek 21 MF Patrik Demeter 22 MF Jakub Fulnek 23 DF Milan Mišůn 24 FW Radek Voltr 25 FW Jiří Klíma 26 MF Petr Nerad 27 FW Matúš Marcin 28 FW Pavel Dvořák 30 MF Vladimír Kukoľ 34 GK Matej Rakovan

Notable former players

For all players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FC Vysočina Jihlava players

Managers

• Tibor Duda (June 1999–June 2000)
• Miloslav Machálek (July 2000–Sept 2002)
• Roman Pivarník (Oct 2002–July 2003)
• Jaroslav Netolička (July 2003–June 2004)
• Karel Večeřa (July 2004–June 2006)
• Milan Bokša (June 2006–June 2007)
• Luboš Zákostelský (July 2007–Sept 2007)
• Karol Marko (Sept 2007–June 2009)
• Luboš Urban (July 2009–March 2011)
• Roman Pivarník (July 2011–June 2012)
• František Komňacký (May 2012–Dec 2013)
• Petr Rada (Dec 2013–Sept 2014)
• Roman Kučera (Sept 2014–Dec 2014)
• Luděk Klusáček (Dec 2014–Sept 2015)
• Milan Bokša (Sept 2015–Jan 2016)
• Michal Hipp (Jan 2016–)

History in domestic competitions

1993–00 Moravian–Silesian Football League 2000–05 Czech 2. Liga 2005–06 Czech First League 2006–12 Czech 2. Liga 2012– Czech First League

• Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 4
• Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 11
• Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 7
• Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czech Republic

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1993–94	3. liga	7th	30	12	8	10	49	41	+8	32	Round of 64
1994–95	3. liga	7th	30	12	6	12	43	36	+7	42	First Round
1995–96	3. liga	13th	28	8	5	15	42	60	–18	29	Quarter-finals
1996–97	3. liga	12th	28	9	5	14	29	50	–21	32	First Round
1997–98	3. liga	11th	30	10	8	12	38	44	–6	38	Round of 32
1998–99	3. liga	3rd	30	15	7	8	51	34	+17	52	Round of 64
1999–00	3. liga	2nd	28	16	7	5	48	23	+25	55	Round of 64
2000–01	2. liga	6th	30	13	8	9	38	31	+7	47	Round of 32
2001–02	2. liga	7th	30	12	6	12	47	46	+1	42	Round of 32
2002–03	2. liga	2nd	30	16	4	10	43	28	+15	52	Round of 64
2003–04	2. liga	5th	30	13	9	8	40	32	+8	48	Semi-finals
2004–05	2. liga	2nd	28	13	9	6	46	30	+16	48	Round of 32
2005–06	1. liga	15th	30	6	11	13	20	36	–16	29	Round of 32
2006–07	2. liga	5th	30	14	9	7	49	26	+23	51	Round of 64
2007–08	2. liga	7th	30	11	10	9	42	35	+7	43	Round of 32
2008–09	2. liga	3rd	30	15	6	9	36	27	+9	51	Round of 32
2009–10	2. liga	4th	30	15	7	8	57	37	+20	52	Round of 64
2010–11	2. liga	3rd	30	15	8	7	49	29	+20	53	First Round
2011–12	2. liga	2nd	30	16	7	7	45	29	+16	55	Round of 32
2012–13	1. liga	10th	30	7	15	8	36	42	–6	36	Round of 16
2013–14	1. liga	8th	30	10	7	13	45	50	–5	37	Quarter-finals
2014–15	1. liga	10th	30	10	6	14	33	38	–5	36	Second Round
2015–16	1. liga										Round of 16

References

1. Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů. Prague: Vydala Grada Publishing, a.s. p. 79. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
2. "Jihlava slaví postup do první ligy". idnes.cz (in Czech) (Mladá fronta DNES). 9 June 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
3. "Tři góly Slavii nepomohly a Jihlavu poslaly dolů". idnes.cz (in Czech) (Mladá fronta DNES). 12 May 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
4. "Jihlava po postupu do ligy začala s přípravou vyhřívaného trávníku". idnes.cz (in Czech) (Mladá fronta DNES). 24 May 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
5. "Soupiska muži 2014/2015" (in Czech). fcvysocina.cz (Vysočina Jihlava). Retrieved 11 September 2014.

External links

• Official website (Czech)