Dukla Pardubice
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founded = 1953 |
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season = 1960–61|
position = II. Liga, group B, 2nd|
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Dukla Pardubice was a Czechoslovak football club. Founded in 1953 as Tankista Praha in the capital city of Prague, the club moved to the city of Pardubice in 1956 and subsequently became Dukla Pardubice. In its eight-year existence, the club spent six seasons in the Czechoslovak First League.
League history
The club played as Tankista Praha in the 1953–1955 seasons of the Czechoslovak First League. In 1956 they moved to Pardubice and competed as Tankista in 1956's II. Liga, group A, in which they finished first.{{Cite web|url=http://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1956/11/19/4.png|title=Nerozhodný výsledek Spartaku Sokolovo zachránil Dynamu Praha účast v I. lize|language=cs|work=Rudé právo|date=19 November 1956|access-date=20 March 2025}} In the 1957–58 season, under the revised name of Dukla Pardubice, the club again contested the Czechoslovak First League, where they played until 1960.{{cite book |last= Jeřábek|first=Luboš|title=Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubu|year=2007|publisher=Grada Publishing|location=Prague|language=Czech|isbn=978-80-247-1656-5|page=147}} In 1960–61 Dukla again played in the II. Liga, this time in group B, and finished in second place behind Spartak Královo Pole Brno.{{Cite web|url=http://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1961/6/18/6.png|title=II. LIGA kopané|language=cs|work=Rudé právo|date=18 June 1961|access-date=20 March 2025}} Later in 1961 the club merged with VCHZ Pardubice and ceased to exist in its own right.
Stadia
Upon moving to Pardubice, the club played at a speedway stadium, the Svítkov Stadium in Pardubice's Svítkov area, due to ongoing renovation at the city's football stadium, Letní stadion. During the season they moved into Letní stadion.{{Cite web|url=https://pardubicky.denik.cz/fotbal-prvni-liga/ligove-milniky-zacina-dalsi-pardubicka-etapa-20200822.html|title=Ligové milníky: Začíná další pardubická etapa|language=cs|first=Tomáš|last=Rais|work=Deník|date=22 August 2020|access-date=20 March 2025}}
Players
The club's leading scorer in the Czechoslovak First League was {{ill|Bedřich Šonka|cs}}, who scored 25 goals. The player with the most appearances is {{ill|Miroslav Ošťádal|cs}}. Four of their players were included in the Czechoslovakia squad for the 1962 FIFA World Cup: Jan Lála, Andrej Kvašňák, Vladimír Kos and Tomáš Pospíchal. Other notable players included Zdeněk Zikán, Karel Nepomucký, Vojtech Masný and Jozef Vengloš.{{Cite web|url=https://pardubicky.denik.cz/fotbal_region/fotbalu-v-pardubicich-hrozi-ze-zustane-popelkou.html|title=Fotbalu v Pardubicích hrozí, že zůstane Popelkou|language=cs|first=Miroslav|last=Motyčka|work=Deník|date=12 July 2009|access-date=20 March 2025}}
Historical names
- 1953 Tankista Praha
- 1956 Tankista Pardubice
- 1957 Dukla Pardubice
References
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Category:Football clubs in Czechoslovakia
Category:Czechoslovak First League clubs
Category:Association football clubs established in 1953
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 1961
Category:Defunct football clubs in the Czech Republic