SK Dynamo České Budějovice

SK Dynamo České Budějovice is a football club from České Budějovice, Czech Republic. They currently play in the Czech First League, the first tier of football in the Czech Republic.

History
The club was founded in 1899 as Sportovní kroužek České Budějovice and in 1900 as Sportovní klub České Budějovice. 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. 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. In the 2005–06 Czech 2. Liga, the club started poorly, lying in 13th place in late September. 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. The club improved significantly and went on to win promotion back to the Czech First League at the end of the season.

Since 2011, České Budějovice have had an agreement where SK Strakonice 1908 operates as its farm team.

In 2023, sports researchers Michal Průcha and Zdeněk Zuntych found out from an edition of the then České Budějovice local newspaper "Budivoj" that the football club was founded in 1900. In response, the team changed the year in its logo.

Historical names

 * 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.)

Retired numbers
8 – 🇨🇿 Karel Poborský, Second striker (1991–1994, 2005–2007)

Player records in the Czech First League
. Highlighted players are in the current squad.

Managers

 * 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 – present)

History in domestic competitions

 * Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 25
 * 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

Honours

 * Czech 2. Liga (second tier)
 * Champions: 2001–02, 2013–14, 2018–19
 * Runners-up: 1998–99, 2005–06

Czech First League records

 * Best position: 6th (1993–94, 1996–97)
 * Worst position: 16th (2014–15)
 * 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 Prague (2020–21)
 * Biggest away defeat: Jablonec 8–0 České Budějovice (1997–98)