SK Dynamo České Budějovice is a professional football club from České Budějovice, Czech Republic. The club played in the Czech First League for 24 seasons, but was relegated in 2025. From 2026, the club plays in the Bohemian Football League (the third tier of the Czech football system), after it failed to meet the conditions for obtaining a license for professional competition and was administratively relegated from the Czech National Football League.
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| Full name | Sportovní klub Dynamo České Budějovice a.s. | ||
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| Founded | 1900 | ||
| Ground | Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice | ||
| Capacity | 6,681 | ||
| Owner | Nneka Ede | ||
| Chairman | Miroslav Marković | ||
| Manager | Nikodimos Papavasiliou | ||
| League | Bohemian Football League | ||
| 2025–26 | 13th of 16 (relegated) | ||
| Website | www | ||
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History
editThe club was founded in 1899 as Sportovní kroužek České Budějovice and in 1900 as Sportovní klub České Budějovice.[1] Since 1993, the club has played in the top-level Czech First League almost exclusively. Despite suffering relegation three times, most recently in 2005, the club has won promotion back to the top-flight immediately on each occasion.
In 2002 České Budějovice celebrated promotion to the Czech First League, announcing a project to reconstruct their stadium in line with league requirements.[2] The club celebrated its centenary in 2005 but were relegated from the top flight, vowing to return to the Czech First League a year later.[3] In the 2005–06 Czech 2. Liga, the club started poorly, lying in 13th place in late September.[4] A change in fortunes came about with the club signing former player and all-time leader in national team appearances Karel Poborský on loan from Sparta Prague.[4] The club improved significantly and went on to win promotion back to the Czech First League at the end of the season.[5]
Since 2011, České Budějovice have had an agreement where SK Strakonice 1908 operates as its farm team.[6]
In 2023, sports researchers Michal Průcha and Zdeněk Zuntych found out from an edition of the former České Budějovice local newspaper "Budivoj" that the football club was founded in 1900. In response, the team changed the year in its logo.[7]
In the 2024–25 season, Dynamo České Budějovice became the first club in history of the Czech First League not to win a single game and was relegated to the Czech National Football League with just six points.[8] On 25 June 2025, an anonymous foreign investment company bought the club from lawyer Vladimír Koubek, with British-Nigerian businesswoman Nneka Ede acting as the transaction intermediary.[9] On 1 August 2025, club new owner representatives, representatives of the city of České Budějovice and South Bohemian Region met, Nneka Ede introduced herself as the only owner of the club.[10]
After the 2025–26 season, the club was administratively relegated to the Bohemian Football League, after it failed to meet the conditions for obtaining a license for professional competition.[11]
Historical names
edit- 1899 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní kroužek České Budějovice)
- 1903 – SK Slavia České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Slavia České Budějovice)
- 1905 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní klub České Budějovice)
- 1949 – TJ Sokol JČE České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Sokol Jihočeské elektrárny České Budějovice)
- 1951 – TJ Slavia České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Slavia České Budějovice)
- 1953 – DSO Dynamo České Budějovice (Dobrovolná sportovní organizace Dynamo České Budějovice)
- 1958 – TJ Dynamo České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Dynamo České Budějovice)
- 1991 – SK Dynamo České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Dynamo České Budějovice)
- 1992 – SK České Budějovice JČE (Sportovní klub České Budějovice Jihočeská energetická, a.s.)
- 1999 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní klub České Budějovice, a.s.)
- 2004 – SK Dynamo České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Dynamo České Budějovice, a.s.)
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- As of 9 May 2026[12]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired numbers
edit- 8 –
Karel Poborský
Notable former players
editPlayer records in the Czech First League
edit- As of 25 May 2025 (after the last club's season in the Czech First League)[13]
Most appearances
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Most goals
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Most clean sheets
edit| # | Name | Clean sheets |
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| 1 | Pavel Kučera | 39 |
| 2 |  Peter Holec | 31 |
| 3 | Jaroslav Drobný | 22 |
Managers
edit- Jiří Kotrba (1989–1991)
- Jindřich Dejmal (1992–1993)
- Pavel Tobiáš (Aug 1993 – Sept 1997)
- Zdeněk Procházka (1997–1998)
- František Cerman (1998)
- Pavel Tobiáš (Aug 1998 – May 2000)
- Jindřich Dejmal (2000 – March 2001)
- Milan Bokša (March 2001 – March 2002)
- Pavel Tobiáš (March 2002 – Oct 2004)
- Robert Žák (Oct 2004 – March 2005)
- František Cipro (April 2005 – Aug 2007)
- František Straka (July 2007 – June 2008)
- Jan Kmoch (June 2008 – Aug 2008)
- Pavel Tobiáš (July 2008 – Aug 2010)
- Jaroslav Šilhavý (Sept 2010 – June 2011)
- Jiří Kotrba (July 2011 – Sept 2011)
- František Cipro (Sep 2011 – Sept 2012)
- Miroslav Soukup (Sep 2012 – Feb 2013)
- Pavol Švantner (Feb 2013–13)
- Pavel Hoftych (2013)
- Luboš Urban (2014–15)
- František Cipro (2015)
- David Horejš (2015–2022)
- Jozef Weber (June 2022 – Oct 2022)
- Jiří Lerch (Oct 2022 – Nov 2022)
- Marek Nikl & Tomáš Zápotočný (Nov 2022 – Nov 2023)
- Tomáš Zápotočný (Nov 2023 – Dec 2023)
- Jiří Lerch (Dec 2023 – July 2024)
- František Straka (July 2024 – Jan 2025)
- Jiří Lerch (Jan 2025 – July 2025)
- Pedro Resende (July 2025 – March 2026)
- Nikodimos Papavasiliou (March 2026 – present)
History in domestic competitions
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- Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 26
- Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 8
- Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0
- Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0
Czechoslovakia
editCzech Republic
edit| Season | League | Placed | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Cup |
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| 1993–94 | 1. liga | 6th | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 35 | Round of 32 |
| 1994–95 | 1. liga | 7th | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 46 | Round of 32 |
| 1995–96 | 1. liga | 11th | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 47 | –12 | 37 | Round of 32 |
| 1996–97 | 1. liga | 6th | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 40 | –2 | 44 | Round of 32 |
| 1997–98 | 1. liga | 15th | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 43 | –17 | 31 | Round of 32 |
| 1998–99 | 2. liga | 2nd | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 18 | +47 | 72 | Round of 16 |
| 1999–00 | 1. liga | 13th | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 49 | –15 | 32 | Second round |
| 2000–01 | 1. liga | 15th | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 56 | –24 | 25 | Quarter-finals |
| 2001–02 | 2. liga | 1st | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 20 | +38 | 66 | Second round |
| 2002–03 | 1. liga | 13th | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 54 | –18 | 30 | Semi-finals |
| 2003–04 | 1. liga | 8th | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 40 | Second round |
| 2004–05 | 1. liga | 15th | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 39 | –11 | 25 | Round of 16 |
| 2005–06 | 2. liga | 2nd | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 55 | Round of 16 |
| 2006–07 | 1. liga | 10th | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 32 | –1 | 34 | Semi-finals |
| 2007–08 | 1. liga | 13th | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 35 | –8 | 32 | Round of 16 |
| 2008–09 | 1. liga | 10th | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 30 | 37 | –7 | 36 | Round of 32 |
| 2009–10 | 1. liga | 13th | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 35 | –11 | 31 | Round of 16 |
| 2010–11 | 1. liga | 11th | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 48 | –18 | 33 | Round of 16 |
| 2011–12 | 1. liga | 10th | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 51 | –21 | 35 | Quarter-finals |
| 2012–13 | 1. liga | 15th | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 49 | –25 | 26 | Second round |
| 2013–14 | 2. liga | 1st | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 20 | +37 | 62 | Round of 32 |
| 2014–15 | 1. liga | 16th | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 72 | –43 | 22 | Round of 32 |
| 2015–16 | 2. liga | 12th | 28 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 41 | 48 | –7 | 32 | Round of 32 |
| 2016–17 | 2. liga | 5th | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 46 | Round of 32 |
| 2017–18 | 2. liga | 6th | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 44 | First round |
| 2018–19 | 2. liga | 1st | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 72 | Round of 32 |
| 2019–20 | 1. liga | 7th | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 47 | 49 | –2 | 43 | Round of 16 |
| 2020–21 | 1. liga | 13th | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 47 | –14 | 38 | Round of 16 |
| 2021–22 | 1. liga | 10th | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 50 | –8 | 36 | Round of 16 |
| 2022–23 | 1. liga | 10th | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 60 | –22 | 38 | Semi-finals |
| 2023–24 | 1. liga | 15th | 35 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 70 | –9 | 29 | Round of 16 |
| 2024–25 | 1. liga | 16th | 35 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 86 | –70 | 6 | Round of 32 |
| 2025–26 | 2. liga | 13th | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 43 | –12 | 34 | Round of 32 |
Honours
editClub records
editCzech First League records
edit- Best position: 6th (1993–94, 1996–97)
- Worst position: 16th (2014–15, 2024–25)
- Biggest home win: České Budějovice 5–0 Příbram (1999–2000)
- Biggest away win: Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště 0–4 České Budějovice (1995–96)
- Biggest home defeat: České Budějovice 0–6 Slavia (2020–21)
- Biggest away defeat: Jablonec 8–0 České Budějovice (1997–98)
References
edit- ↑ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
- ↑ Hrdina, Karel (21 May 2002). "Postupem do ligy všechno začíná". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ "Vrátíme se za rok, plánují na jihu Čech po pádu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. 27 May 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- 1 2 "Poborský bude hrát za své Budějovice". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. 23 September 2005. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ Cirmaciu, Michal (1 June 2006). "Cipro věděl, že se Budějovice do ligy vrátí". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ↑ Cirmaciu, Michal (20 July 2011). "Propojení s Budějovicemi přiláká víc fanoušků, věří majitel Strakonic". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ↑ "SK Dynamo České Budějovice je o 5 let starší" (in Czech). SK Dynamo České Budějovice. 2023-03-22. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
- ↑ Kortus, Pavel (20 May 2025). "Úleva pro Dynamo. Budějovice získaly profesionální licenci pro příští sezonu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 5 June 2026.
- ↑ Zlomek, David (26 June 2025). "Narodila se v Nigérii a už dřív koupila jiný fotbalový klub. Prodej Dynama zařídila tajemná podnikatelka". CzechCrunch (in Czech). Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ Souček, Tomáš (1 August 2025). "Dynamo nemůže být přestupní stanicí zahraničních hráčů, zní z radnice po prvních jednáních". Budějcká drbna (in Czech). Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ Daněk, Jan (5 June 2026). "Hotovo. Budějovice a Chrudim mizí ze druhé ligy. Svaz potvrdil, kdo týmy bez licence nahradí". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Czech News Agency. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
- ↑ "Soupiska muži 2025/2026". SK Dynamo České Budějovice.
- ↑ "Detailed stats". Chance Liga.