SK Dynamo České Budějovice

SK Dynamo České Budějovice is a professional football club from České Budějovice, Czech Republic. From 2025, the club plays in the Czech National Football League, the second tier of football in the Czech Republic.

Dynamo České Budějovice

Full name	Sportovní klub Dynamo České Budějovice a.s.
Nickname(s)	Dynamo
Founded	1900; 125 years ago (1900)
Ground	Stadion Střelecký ostrov, České Budějovice
Capacity	6,681
Manager	Pedro Resende
League	Czech First League
2024–25	16th of 16 (relegated)
Website	www.dynamocb.cz
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

The club was founded in 1899 as Sportovní kroužek České Budějovice and in 1900 as Sportovní klub České Budějovice.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] In the 2005–06 Czech 2. Liga, the club started poorly, lying in 13th place in late September.^[4] 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.^[4] The club improved significantly and went on to win promotion back to the Czech First League at the end of the season.^[5]

Since 2011, České Budějovice have had an agreement where SK Strakonice 1908 operates as its farm team.^[6]

In 2023, sports researchers Michal Průcha and Zdeněk Zuntych found out from an edition of the former České Budějovice local newspaper "Budivoj" that the football club was founded in 1900. In response, the team changed the year in its logo.^[7]

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.)

Players

Current squad

As of 1 August 2025^[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CZE Filip Nalezinek (on loan from Sparta Prague) 2 DF  CZE Jan Brabec 3 DF  ALG Anthony Khelifa 4 DF  ARG Nicolás Gorosito 5 MF  IRL Gabriel Adebambo 7 FW  CZE Filip Firbacher (on loan from Hradec Králové) 9 MF  CZE Jiří Skalák 10 MF  FRA Maxence Renoud 11 FW  NGA Simon Omon 12 MF  CZE Pavel Osmančík 14 MF  CZE Emil Tischler 15 FW  MNG Tuguldur Gantogtokh 20 MF  CZE Michal Hubínek 21 MF  CZE Martin Douděra

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  CZE Antonín Vaníček 24 FW  CZE Martin Prášek 25 DF  MLI Mamadou Kone 26 DF  BEL Mohamed Asaidi 27 MF  CZE David Krch 29 GK  CZE Colin Andrew 31 DF  CZE Marek Smejkal 33 MF  CZE Sebastien Böhm 34 MF  CZE Dominik Loužecký — GK  CZE Jan Volek — DF  CZE Michal Němeček — MF  UKR Dmytro Artymovych — MF  SCO Josh Adam

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Retired numbers

• 8 – Karel Poborský

Notable former players

For a more comprehensive list, see Category:SK Dynamo České Budějovice players.

Player records in the Czech First League

As of 25 May 2024 (after the last club's season in the Czech First League)^[9]

Most appearances # Name Matches 1 David Horejš 187 2 Martin Vozábal 175 3 Roman Lengyel 162 4 Ladislav Fujdiar 140 5 Jaromír Plocek 136 6 Pavel Novák 131 Lukáš Havel 8 Karel Vácha 129 9 Zdeněk Ondrášek 128 10 Martin Králik 125

Most goals # Name Goals 1 Karel Vácha 38 2 Ladislav Fujdiar 31 3 Zdeněk Ondrášek 28 4 David Lafata 27 5 Jan Saidl 24 6 Tomáš Janda 17 Marek Kulič 8 Martin Vozábal 15 9 Benjamin Čolić 14 Lukáš Havel Jakub Hora

Most clean sheets

#	Name	Clean sheets
1	Pavel Kučera	39
2	Peter Holec	31
3	Jaroslav Drobný	22

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 – July 2024)
• František Straka (July 2024 – Jan 2025)
• Jiří Lerch (Jan 2025 – July 2025)
• Pedro Resende (July 2025 – present)

History in domestic competitions

1985–1987: Czechoslovak First League 1987–1991: 1. ČNL 1991–1993: Czechoslovak First League 1993–1998: Czech First League 1998–1999: Czech 2. Liga 1999–2001: Czech First League 2001–2002: Czech 2. Liga 2002–2005: Czech First League 2005–2006: Czech 2. Liga 2006–2013: Czech First League 2013–2014: Czech National Football League 2014–2015: Czech First League 2015–2019: Czech National Football League 2019–2025: Czech First League 2025–  : Czech National Football League

• Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 26
• 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

Czechoslovakia

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1991–92	1. liga	13th	30	7	8	15	34	59	–25	22	Quarter-finals
1992–93	1. liga	13th	30	9	5	16	36	39	–3	23	Quarter-finals

Czech Republic

Season	League	Placed	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Cup
1993–94	1. liga	6th	30	11	13	6	33	31	+2	35	Round of 32
1994–95	1. liga	7th	30	12	10	8	29	28	+1	46	Round of 32
1995–96	1. liga	11th	30	10	7	13	35	47	–12	37	Round of 32
1996–97	1. liga	6th	30	11	11	8	38	40	–2	44	Round of 32
1997–98	1. liga	15th	30	8	7	15	26	43	–17	31	Round of 32
1998–99	2. liga	2nd	30	22	6	2	65	18	+47	72	Round of 16
1999–00	1. liga	13th	30	9	5	16	34	49	–15	32	Second round
2000–01	1. liga	15th	30	6	8	16	32	56	–24	25	Quarter-finals
2001–02	2. liga	1st	30	20	6	4	58	20	+38	66	Second round
2002–03	1. liga	13th	30	8	6	16	36	54	–18	30	Semi-finals
2003–04	1. liga	8th	30	11	7	12	38	38	0	40	Second round
2004–05	1. liga	15th	30	6	7	17	28	39	–11	25	Round of 16
2005–06	2. liga	2nd	30	17	4	9	55	26	+29	55	Round of 16
2006–07	1. liga	10th	30	9	11	10	31	32	–1	34	Semi-finals
2007–08	1. liga	13th	30	8	8	14	27	35	–8	32	Round of 16
2008–09	1. liga	10th	30	7	15	8	30	37	–7	36	Round of 32
2009–10	1. liga	13th	30	7	10	13	24	35	–11	31	Round of 16
2010–11	1. liga	11th	30	7	12	11	30	48	–18	33	Round of 16
2011–12	1. liga	10th	30	9	8	13	30	51	–21	35	Quarter-finals
2012–13	1. liga	15th	30	7	5	18	24	49	–25	26	Second round
2013–14	2. liga	1st	30	19	5	6	57	20	+37	62	Round of 32
2014–15	1. liga	16th	30	5	7	18	29	72	–43	22	Round of 32
2015–16	2. liga	12th	28	6	14	8	41	48	–7	32	Round of 32
2016–17	2. liga	5th	30	12	10	8	39	31	+8	46	Round of 32
2017–18	2. liga	6th	30	11	11	8	44	33	+11	44	First round
2018–19	2. liga	1st	30	23	3	4	60	24	+36	72	Round of 32
2019–20	1. liga	7th	32	13	4	15	47	49	–2	43	Round of 16
2020–21	1. liga	13th	34	9	11	14	33	47	–14	38	Round of 16
2021–22	1. liga	10th	32	9	9	14	42	50	–8	36	Round of 16
2022–23	1. liga	10th	32	11	5	16	38	60	–22	38	Semi-finals
2023–24	1. liga	15th	35	7	8	20	41	70	–9	29	Round of 16
2024–25	1. liga	16th	35	0	6	29	16	86	–70	6	Round of 32

Honours

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

Club records

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 (2020–21)
• Biggest away defeat: Jablonec 8–0 České Budějovice (1997–98)