1. FC Brno

Football club infobox
clubname = 1. FC Brno


fullname = 1. FC Brno
manager = flagicon|Czech Republic Petr Uličný
chairman = flagicon|Czech Republic Radek Bělák
founded = 1913
ground = Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská
capacity = 12500
league = Gambrinus liga
season = 2007-08
position = Gambrinus liga, 4th
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1. FC Brno is a Czech football club based in Brno. It is one of the most successful clubs in the country winning the Czechoslovak league in the 1977/78 season and finished as runners-up several times.

History

Historic names

* "SK Židenice" (1913-1947)
* "Zbrojovka Brno" (1951-1956)
* "Spartak ZJŠ Brno" (1956-1968)
* "Zbrojovka Brno" (1968-1992)
* "Boby Brno" (1992-2000)
* "Stavo Artikel Brno" (2000-2002)In 1961, there was an amalgamation between RH Brno and "Spartak ZJŠ Brno" (1953-1961).

Honours

=Czechoslovak league=

*Winners: 1977/78
*Runner-up: 1979/80
*3rd place: 1934/35, 1937/38, 1945/46, 1978/79

=Czech league=

*3rd place: 1994/95

Domestic achievements

* Czechoslovak amateur champion: 1926
* Czechoslovak cup - winner: 1960
* Czech cup - runner-up: 1992/93

European competitions

* Champions Cup - 2nd round: 1978/79
* Cup Winners' Cup - 2 participations, quarterfinals: 1960/61
* Fairs Cup - 5 participations, quarterfinals: 1963/64 (note: another team from Brno entered this competition in 1961/62 - "KPS Brno")
* UEFA Cup - 3 participations, quarterfinals: 1979/80
* Mitropa Cup (pre-World War II): 3 participations, quarterfinals: 1935

Current squad

Famous players

*Jan Novák
*Josef Novák
*Antonín Laštovička
*Antonín Carvan
*Oldřich Rulc
*Karel Pešek
*Karel Burkert
*Eduard Vaněk
*Karel Nepala
*Jan Šimek
*Karel Kopecký
*Karel Kohlík
*Vlastimil Bubník
*Karel Lichtnégl
*Ján Popluhár
*František Schmucker
*Jozef Bomba
*Ivo Viktor
*Karel Kroupa
*Karel Jarůšek
*Rostislav Václavíček
*Josef Hron
*Jindřich Svoboda
*Vítězslav Kotásek
*Josef Mazura
*Petr Janečka
*Karel Dvořák
*Roman Kukleta
*René Wagner
*Petr Křivánek
*Richard Dostálek
*Luboš Přibyl
*Milan Pacanda
*Marek Zúbek
*Jan Polák

Famous coaches

*Václav Vohralík
*Jenö Konrád
*Josef Eremiáš
*Josef Bican
*Karel Kolský
*František Havránek
*Josef Masopust
*František Cipro
*Petr Uličný
*Karel Večeřa

External links

* [http://www.1fcbrno.cz Official team website] cs icon
* [http://www.soccerassociation.com/cgi-bin/info.cgi?6/577 soccerassociation page for 1. FC Brno]
* [http://www.1fcbrno98.cz Website of the team 1.FC Brno - year-class '98]