FK Teplice


FK Teplice is a Czech football club based in the city of Teplice, 80 km north of Prague. The club currently plays in the Czech First League.
The club was founded after World War II in 1945. The club advanced to the Czechoslovak First League in just three years after being founded and played mostly in the First and Second Czechoslovak divisions. After the Velvet Revolution and comeback of rich sponsor, Glaverbel, the club played in the Second Division until returning to the top flight in the 1996–97 Czech First League. Teplice were runners up in the 1998–99 Czech First League and went on to play in the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League, although they lost their first match against Borussia Dortmund. The club subsequently won the Czech Cup in 2003 and went on to beat Kaiserslautern and Feyenoord en route to the third round of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup before losing over two legs against Celtic.

History

Recent history

The club's best league position was second in the 1998–99 season. In the 2004–05 season the team finished third, with the same number of points as second-place Slavia Prague. The finish allowed them to play in the third round of the UEFA Cup qualification, which Teplice won against MTZ-RIPO Minsk. In the first round of the UEFA Cup Teplice faced Espanyol. They were eliminated after drawing 1–1 in the first leg and losing 0–2 in the second leg.
In the 2007–08 season the team finished in fifth place in the Czech First League. The result earned them a place in the 2008 Intertoto Cup. However they lost on away goals in their first fixture, against Budapest Honvéd FC.
In 2009 Teplice again won the cup, qualifying yet again for European competition, this time the newly branded 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. However they went out in their first fixture, a 2–3 aggregate loss against Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Historical names

Current squad

Out on loan

Notable former players

Reserves

As of 2019/20, the club's reserve team FK Teplice B plays in the Bohemian Football League.

Player records

Highlighted players are in the current squad.

Most appearances in [Czech First League]

Most goals in [Czech First League]

Most clean sheets in [Czech First League]

Managers

History in European competitions

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Teplice's games in the three UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of seasons, games played, won, drawn and lost. The statistics include qualification matches.
Tournament
Champions League12002
Europa League / UEFA Cup518648
Intertoto Cup414509
Total103411419

Honours

Domestic

Czech First League records