Talent Plzeň

{{Short description|Czech handball club}}

{{Infobox handball club|

| clubname = Talent Plzeň

| image = Talent Plzen logo.png

| fullname = Házená Plzeň s.r.o.

| short name =

| nickname =

| founded = {{start date and age|1953}}

| ground = Městská hala Plzeň, Plzeň

| capacity = 1,350

| chairman = Pavel Drobil

| manager = Petr Štochl

| league = Chance Extraliga

| season =

| position =

| website = https://talentplzen.cz

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Talent Plzeň is a professional handball club from Plzeň, Czech Republic, that plays in the Chance Extraliga.

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History

The club was founded in 1953. Talent Plzeň win the first title in 1974 in Czechoslovak Handball League. The club was doing well in the 1998 and 1999, when won Czech Handball Extraleague.TJ Lokomotiva Plzeň and SSK Talent Plzeň affiliated in 2010. The club has been doing well in recent season, because the club won Czech Handball Extraliga 5 times and 2 times finished at 2nd place.

Crest, colours, supporters

=Club crest=

=Kits=

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!colspan=6 ! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"| HOME

{{Football kit

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| pattern_b = _navyshoulders

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| title = 28px
2015–16

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|{{Football kit

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| title = 28px
2016–17

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|{{Football kit

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| pattern_b = _orangecollar

| pattern_ra = _orange_border

| pattern_sh =

| pattern_so =

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| rightarm = 060660

| shorts = 060660

| socks =

| title = 28px
2017–18

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|{{Football kit

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| pattern_b = _blackcollar

| pattern_ra = _orange_border

| pattern_sh =

| pattern_so =

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| shorts = 000000

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| title = 28px
2022–23

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!colspan=6 ! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"| AWAY

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2014–15

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|{{Football kit

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| pattern_b = _kempa10

| pattern_ra =

| pattern_sh = _whiteline

| pattern_so =

| leftarm = 007FFF

| body = 007FFF

| rightarm = 007FFF

| shorts = 000000

| socks =

| title = 28px
2016–17

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|{{Football kit

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| pattern_b = _orangecollar

| pattern_ra = _orange_border

| pattern_sh =

| pattern_so =

| leftarm = 007FFF

| body = 007FFF

| rightarm = 007FFF

| shorts = 007FFF

| socks =

| title = 28px
2017–18

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|{{Football kit

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| pattern_b = _blackcollar

| pattern_ra = _skyblueborder

| pattern_sh =

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2022–23

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Management

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style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Position

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Name

Club Director:

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Pavel Drobil

Technical Director

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Josef Kadlec

Team

= Current squad =

:Squad for the 2022–23 season{{cite web | url=https://talentplzen.cz/a-tym#players | title=Talent Plzeň }}

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;Goalkeepers

;Left Wingers

;Right Wingers

;Line Players

{{Col-2}}

;Central Backs

;Left Backs

;Right Backs

{{Col-end}}

=Technical staff=

=Transfers=

:Transfers for the 2022–23 season

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{{Col-2}}

;Joining File:Arrow-up.png

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;Leaving File:Arrow-down.gif

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Previous squads

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! colspan=5 style="background-color:#FF8200;color:#0080FF;text-align:center;"| 2020–2021 Team

style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Shirt No

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Nationality

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Player

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Birth Date

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Position

align=center| 1{{CZE}}Richard Křesťan{{Birth date and age|2000|4|20|df=y}}Goalkeeper
align=center| 3{{CZE}}Jakub Douda{{Birth date and age|1994|3|7|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 5{{CZE}}Šimon Bešta{{Birth date and age|2000|2|9|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 9{{CZE}}Tomáš Nejdl{{Birth date and age|1997|6|21|df=y}}Left Back
align=center| 10{{CZE}}Petr Linhart{{Birth date and age|1990|5|29|df=y}}Right Winger
align=center| 11{{CZE}}Ondřej Šafránek{{Birth date and age|1996|6|7|df=y}}Left Winger
align=center| 13{{CZE}}Milan Škvařil{{Birth date and age|1992|8|21|df=y}}Left Back
align=center| 16{{CZE}}Filip Herajt{{Birth date and age|1996|3|22|df=y}}Goalkeeper
align=center| 18{{SLO}}Tim Jenko Bogdanić{{Birth date and age|1994|2|21|df=y}}Right Back
align=center| 21{{CZE}}Petr Vinkelhöfer{{Birth date and age|1990|2|14|df=y}}Left Winger
align=center| 22{{CZE}}Michal Tonar{{Birth date and age|1993|5|30|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 23{{CZE}}Jan Stehlík{{Birth date and age|1985|4|18|df=y}}Right Back
align=center| 24{{CZE}}Leonard Kaplan{{Birth date and age|2002|4|16|df=y}}Left Back
align=center| 25{{CZE}}Jan Kačin{{Birth date and age|1997|4|27|df=y}}Left Winger
align=center| 26{{CZE}}Martin Říha{{Birth date and age|2000|9|27|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 27{{CZE}}Jan Chmelík{{Birth date and age|1997|12|2|df=y}}Right Winger
align=center| 61{{CZE}}Karel Šmíd{{Birth date and age|1993|6|4|df=y}}Goalkeeper
align=center| 66{{CZE}}Jakub Šindelář{{Birth date and age|1986|11|20|df=y}}Line Player
align=center| 77{{CZE}}Daniel Režnický{{Birth date and age|1998|3|26|df=y}}Line Player
align=center| 95{{CZE}}Eduard Wildt{{Birth date and age|1995|1|11|df=y}}Right Winger

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! colspan=5 style="background-color:#FF8200;color:#0080FF;text-align:center;"| 2018–2019 Team

style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Shirt No

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Nationality

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Player

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Birth Date

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Position

align=center| 1{{CZE}}Filip Kaiser{{Birth date and age|1998|12|24|df=y}}Goalkeeper
align=center| 3{{CZE}}Jakub Douda{{Birth date and age|1994|3|7|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 4{{CZE}}David Bičiště{{Birth date and age|1996|5|27|df=y}}Right Back
align=center| 9{{CZE}}Tomáš Nejdl{{Birth date and age|1997|6|21|df=y}}Left Back
align=center| 10{{CZE}}Petr Sedlák{{Birth date and age|2000|1|11|df=y}}Left Winger
align=center| 11{{CZE}}Ondřej Šafránek{{Birth date and age|1996|6|7|df=y}}Left Winger
align=center| 15{{CRO}}Milan Ivančev{{Birth date and age|1986|3|15|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 16{{CZE}}Filip Herajt{{Birth date and age|1996|3|22|df=y}}Goalkeeper
align=center| 19{{CZE}}Jakub Tonar{{Birth date and age|1997|4|23|df=y}}Left Back
align=center| 21{{CZE}}Petr Vinkelhöfer{{Birth date and age|1990|2|14|df=y}}Left Winger
align=center| 22{{CZE}}Michal Tonar{{Birth date and age|1993|5|30|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 23{{CZE}}Jan Stehlík{{Birth date and age|1985|4|18|df=y}}Right Back
align=center| 25{{CZE}}Jan Kačin{{Birth date and age|1997|4|27|df=y}}Left Winger
align=center| 26{{CZE}}Martin Říha{{Birth date and age|2000|9|27|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 27{{CZE}}Jan Chmelík{{Birth date and age|1997|12|2|df=y}}Right Winger
align=center| 29{{CZE}}Martin Cvikl{{Birth date and age|2000|3|8|df=y}}Left Back
align=center| 61{{CZE}}Karel Šmíd{{Birth date and age|1993|6|4|df=y}}Goalkeeper
align=center| 66{{CZE}}Jakub Šindelář{{Birth date and age|1986|11|20|df=y}}Line Player
align=center| 75{{CZE}}Jakub Šíra{{Birth date and age|1988|12|8|df=y}}Line Player
align=center| 95{{CZE}}Eduard Wildt{{Birth date and age|1995|1|11|df=y}}Right Winger

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! colspan=5 style="background-color:#FF8200;color:#0080FF;text-align:center;"| 2014–2015 Team

style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Shirt No

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Nationality

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Player

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Birth Date

! style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Position

align=center| 1{{CZE}}Lukáš Hurt{{Birth date and age|1992|6|13|df=y}}Goalkeeper
align=center| 2{{CZE}}Leoš Petrovský{{Birth date and age|1993|1|5|df=y}}Line Player
align=center| 3{{CZE}}Jiří Fořt{{Birth date and age|1989|6|28|df=y}}Right Back
align=center| 4{{CZE}}David Bičiště{{Birth date and age|1996|5|27|df=y}}Right Back
align=center| 5{{CZE}}Martin Holík{{Birth date and age|1990|10|27|df=y}}Left Winger
align=center| 6{{CZE}}Jiří Sedláček{{Birth date and age|1989|1|31|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 7{{CZE}}Jiří Jedlička{{Birth date and age|1990|8|2|df=y}}Right Back
align=center| 8{{CZE}}Tomas Mattas{{Birth date and age|1995|6|13|df=y}}Right Winger
align=center| 9{{CZE}}Miroslav Skočil{{Birth date and age|1990|10|27|df=y}}Left Winger
align=center| 10{{CZE}}Petr Linhart{{Birth date and age|1990|5|29|df=y}}Right Back
align=center| 11{{CZE}}David Voves{{Birth date and age|1993|8|2|df=y}}Line Player
align=center| 12{{CZE}}Filip Herajt{{Birth date and age|1996|3|22|df=y}}Goalkeeper
align=center| 13{{CZE}}Milan Škvařil{{Birth date and age|1992|8|21|df=y}}Left Back
align=center| 14{{CZE}}Jan Blecha{{Birth date and age|1993|4|22|df=y}}Left Winger
align=center| 15{{CZE}}Adam Strýc{{Birth date and age|1992|9|26|df=y}}Left Back
align=center| 16{{CZE}}Jan Misař{{Birth date and age|1991|4|6|df=y}}Goalkeeper
align=center| 17{{CZE}}Jakub Strýc{{Birth date and age|1995|11|14|df=y}}Line Player
align=center| 18{{CZE}}Lukáš Lesák{{Birth date and age|1995|2|18|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 21{{CZE}}Petr Vinkelhöfer{{Birth date and age|1990|2|14|df=y}}Left Winger
align=center| 22{{CZE}}Michal Tonar{{Birth date and age|1993|5|30|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 24{{CZE}}Martin Loskot{{Birth date and age|1991|4|10|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 25{{CZE}}Jakub Škvařil{{Birth date and age|1986|9|10|df=y}}Right Winger
align=center| 42{{CZE}}Lukáš Horký{{Birth date and age|1991|5|16|df=y}}Left Back
align=center| 61{{CZE}}Karel Šmid{{Birth date and age|1993|6|4|df=y}}Goalkeeper
align=center| 66{{CZE}}Jakub Šindelář{{Birth date and age|1986|11|20|df=y}}Line Player
align=center| 67{{CZE}}Martin Kavka{{Birth date and age|1989|12|28|df=y}}Central Back
align=center| 70{{CZE}}Radek Motlik{{Birth date and age|1970|10|24|df=y}}Goalkeeper
align=center| 95{{CZE}}Eduard Wildt{{Birth date and age|1995|1|11|df=y}}Right Winger

Accomplishments

  • Czech Handball Extraliga:
  • {{gold medal}}: 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021
  • {{silver medal}}: 2017, 2018
  • {{bronze medal}}: 2000
  • Czechoslovakia Handball League:
  • {{gold medal}}: 1974
  • {{silver medal}}: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1984,
  • {{bronze medal}}: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966,

European Records

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! Season

! Competition

! Round

! Club

! Home

! Away

! Aggregate:

rowspan=2 bgcolor=white|1974–75

|align=center| EHF Champions League

| align=center| R2

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Refstad IL Oslo

|align=center|21–16

|align=center|20–16

|align=center|41–32

align=center| EHF Champions League

| align=center| Quarterfinals

|{{flagicon|ROU}} Steua Bucuresti

|align=center|16–16

|align=center|7–20

|align=center|23–36

rowspan=2 bgcolor=white|1984–85

|align=center| EHF Champions League

| align=center| R1

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Initia Hasselt

|align=center|16–13

|align=center|12–14

|align=center|28–27

align=center| EHF Champions League

| align=center| R2

|{{flagicon|YUG}} and now {{flagicon|SRB}} RK Metaloplastika

|align=center|26–28

|align=center|18–36

|align=center|44–64

rowspan=4 bgcolor=white| 1998–99

|align=center| EHF Champions League

| align=center| 1/16

|{{flagicon|MKD}} RK Pelister Bitola

|align=center|30–22

|align=center|27–30

|align=center|57–52

align=center| EHF Champions League

| align=center| Group D

|{{flagicon|SLO}} Celje Pivovarna Lasko

|align=center|21–27

|align=center|22–38

| align=center rowspan=3|

4rd

align=center| EHF Champions League

| align=center| Group D

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Portland San Antonio

|align=center|26–32

|align=center|22–28

align=center| EHF Champions League

| align=center| Group D

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Redbergslids Göteborg

|align=center|18–25

|align=center|20–29

rowspan=2 bgcolor=white| 2014–15

|align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R1

|{{flagicon|ITA}} SSV Bozen Loacker

|align=center|26–26

|align=center|24–17

|align=center|50–43

align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R2

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Permskie medvedi

|align=center|23–25

|align=center|25–30

|align=center|48–55

rowspan=2 bgcolor=white| 2015–16

|align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R2

|{{flagicon|CRO}} RK Porec

|align=center|27–24

|align=center|27–25

|align=center|54–49

align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R3

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

|align=center|28–31

|align=center|23–35

|align=center|51–66

rowspan=1 bgcolor=white| 2016–17

|align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R2

|{{flagicon|DEN}} KIF Kolding Kobenhavn

|align=center|20–31

|align=center|23–38

|align=center|43–69

rowspan=2 bgcolor=white| 2017–18

|align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R1

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Olympiacos S.F.P.

|align=center|21–21

|align=center|29–18

|align=center|50–39

align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R2

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Helvetia Anaitasuna

|align=center|23–30

|align=center|26–40

|align=center|49–70

rowspan=2 bgcolor=white| 2018–19

|align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R1

|{{flagicon|BRI}} Glasgow HC

|align=center|39–12

|align=center|30–12

|align=center|69–24

align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R2

|{{flagicon|ROU}} HC Dobrogea Sud Constanta

|align=center|23–29

|align=center|21–28

|align=center|44–57

rowspan=3 bgcolor=white| 2019–20

|align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R1

|{{flagicon|ISL}} Haukar Handball

|align=center|26–25

|align=center|25–20

|align=center|51–45

align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R2

|{{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Ashdod

|align=center|32–23

|align=center|26–21

|align=center|58–44

align=center| EHF Cup

| align=center|R3

|{{flagicon|DEN}} TTH Holstebro

|align=center|25–30

|align=center|21–37

|align=center|46–67

EHF ranking

{{updated|14/12/2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurotopteam.com/handball/club.php|title = Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball}}

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style="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Rankstyle="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Teamstyle="color:#0080FF; background:#FF8200"|Points
73align=left|{{flagicon|POR}} Águas Santas84
74align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} Riihimäki Cocks84
75align=left|{{flagicon|RUS}} Dinamo Viktor Stavropol83
76align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} Talent Plzeň82
77align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} Górnik Zabrze78
78align=left|{{flagicon|KOS}} KH Besa Famgas77
79align=left|{{flagicon|SRB}} RK Vojvodina77

Former club members

=Notable former players=

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References

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