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

Ivan Kopecký

League

Czech First League

2015–16

11th

Website

Club website

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 9 August, 2017.^[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
4	DF	Michal Pecháček
5	DF	Jiří Krejčí
7	MF	Petr Hronek
8	MF	Filip Novotný
9	MF	Marin Popović
10	MF	Jan Záviška
11	MF	Lukáš Vaculík
12	MF	David Štěpánek
13	GK	Pavel Soukup
14	FW	Michael Rabušic
15	DF	Lukáš Kryštůfek

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Nikolas Daníček
17	DF	Petr Tlustý
19	MF	Lukáš Zoubele
20	FW	Jiří Klíma
22	MF	Jakub Fulnek
23	DF	Milan Mišůn
24	FW	Dāvis Ikaunieks
25	DF	Antonín Rosa
26	DF	Martin Nový
28	FW	Pavel Dvořák
30	MF	Jozef Urblík
34	GK	Matej Rakovan
	MF	Petr Nerad

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 – Sep 2016)
Michal Bílek (Sep 2016 – April 2017)
Josef Jinoch (April 2017 – June 2017)
Ivan Kopecký (June 2017 – )

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	11th	30	8	7	15	31	54	–23	31	Round of 16

References

1 2 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.
↑ "Jihlava slaví postup do první ligy". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
↑ "Tři góly Slavii nepomohly a Jihlavu poslaly dolů". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
↑ "Jihlava po postupu do ligy začala s přípravou vyhřívaného trávníku". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
↑ "Soupiska muži 2014/2015" (in Czech). fcvysocina.cz (Vysočina Jihlava). Retrieved 11 September 2014.

External links

Official website (in Czech)

Czech First League

Seasons

Clubs

2017–18	Baník Ostrava Bohemians 1905 FK Dukla Prague Jablonec Karviná Jihlava Mladá Boleslav Sigma Olomouc Slavia Prague Slovácko Slovan Liberec Sparta Prague Teplice Viktoria Plzeň Zbrojovka Brno Zlín
Former	Benešov Blšany Bohemians (Střížkov) Cheb Drnovice Dukla Prague Dynamo České Budějovice Hradec Králové Kladno Lázně Bohdaneč Most Opava Příbram Uherské Hradiště Ústí nad Labem Vítkovice Viktoria Žižkov Znojmo

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