HC Dukla Prague

HC Dukla Prague (Czech: HC Dukla Praha) is a handball club from Prague, Czech Republic, that plays in the Chance Extraliga.

Prague

Location of HC Dukla Prague

HC Dukla Praha
Full name	Handball Club Dukla Praha
Short name	Dukla Praha
Founded	1948; 77 years ago (1948)
Arena	Sport Center Řepy
Capacity	400
Head coach	Daniel Kubeš
League	Chance Extraliga
Club colours
Website Official site

History

Originally it was a part of a Czechoslovak army sports club supporting several different sports teams, including football, which was founded in 1948 as ATK Praha and later renamed Dukla Prague. The handball team of Dukla Praha was the most successful Czechoslovak handball team. They won the Czechoslovak handball league 28 times, and the Czech handball championship three times after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. In 1957, 1963 and 1984 they won the European Champions' Cup (now EHF Champions League) and in 1967 and 1968 they finished in the finals. In 1982 they reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. In 1963 they were awarded the team trophy of the Czechoslovak Sportsperson of the Year.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2011–13	2013–15	2015–16	2016–18

AWAY
2014–15	2015–16	2016–18

THIRD
2015–16

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024-25 season^[1]

HC Dukla Praha

Goalkeepers 12 Jakub Votava 61 Karel Šmíd 61 Kryštof Huk (sub) 61 Daniel Seger (sub) Left Wingers 3 Daniel Sanislo 6 Jiří Vojtela 14 Jan Blecha 25 Jiří Rakouský Right Wingers 18 Jakub Krušberský 93 Martin Hrubý Line Players 08 Kristián Duda 10 Jakub Hrudník 36 Matúš Moravčík Central Backs 09 Jakub Sviták 02 Ondřej Šubrt 29 Michal Tonar 34 Lukáš Melich Left Backs 07 Jonáš Josef 47 Dominik Kušner 48 Mikuláš Kabátník Right Backs 15 Daniel Erebai 37 Martin Rakouský

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Daniel Kubeš
• Physiotherapist: Jiří Neumann
• Responsible Manager: Jiří Pokorný

Accomplishments

• • EHF Champions League:
  •  Gold: 1957, 1963, 1984,
  •  Silver: 1967, 1968,
  •  Bronze: 1962, 1966, 1980, 1985,

• • EHF Cup:
  •  Bronze: 1990

• • Czech Handball Extraliga:
  •  Gold: 1994, 2011, 2017,
  •  Silver: 1996, 2003, 2007, 2012, 2016,
  •  Bronze: 1997, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2018,2025

• • Czechoslovakia Handball League:
  •  Gold: 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992,
  •  Silver: 1960, 1968, 1969, 1978, 1981,
  •  Bronze: 1971, 1975, 1989,

European record

European Cup and Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1956–57 Winners	Quarter-finals	Dinamo București	24–19	x	24–19
	Semi-finals	HG København	25–18	x	25–18
	Finals	Örebro SK	21–13
1962–63 Winners	Round of 16	THW Kiel	18–12	x	18–12
	Quarter-finals	SC DHfK Leipzig	21–11	9–14	30–25
	Semi-finals	Frisch Auf Göppingen	24–14	9–7	33–21
	Finals	Dinamo București	15–13
1983–84 Winners	Round 2	Vlug en Lenig Geleen	33–18	23–20	56–38
	Quarter-finals	TV Zofingen	18–15	25–23	43–38
	Semi-finals	VfL Gummersbach	18–17	14–14	32–31
	Finals	RK Metaloplastika	21–17	17–21	38–38 (4-2 Pen.)

EHF ranking

As of 19/2/2023^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
36	Nærbø IL	149
37	PAUC Handball	144
38	IK Sävehof	143
39	HC Dukla Prague	143
40	CS Minaur Baia Mare	140
41	IFK Kristianstad	137
42	BM Logroño La Rioja	133

Former club members

Notable former players

• Michal Barda (1979–1987)
• Tomáš Bartek (1977–1988)
• Petr Baumruk (1981–1990)
• Roman Bečvář (1986–1992)
• Ladislav Beneš (1962–1979)
• Milan Berka (1998–2000)
• Bohumil Cepák (1970–1972)
• Bedřich Ciner (1960–1962)
• Václav Duda (1959–1975)
• Václav Eret (1950–1951)
• Jan Filip (1991–1997, 1998–1999)
• Miroslav Frank (1981–1983)
• Vladimír Haber (1969–1971)
• Rudolf Havlík (1956–1973)
• František Heřman (1958–1960)
• Radek Horák (2007–2012)
• Petr Hrubý (1996–2004)
• Jiří Hynek (2002–2005)
• Petr Házl (1991–1995)
• Vladimír Jarý (1968–1970)
• Filip Jícha (2000–2003)
• Karel Jindřichovský (1986–1994)
• Jiří Kavan (1966–1979)
• Matěj Klíma (2016–2021)
• Jaroslav Konečný (1964–1966)
• Bedřich König (1951–1976)
• Jiří Kotrč (1978–1990, 1994–1996)
• Milan Kotrč (2007–2017)
• Martin Kovář (1997–1999)
• Jindřich Krepindl (1968–1970)
• Daniel Kubeš (1996–2001)
• Jan Landa (2005–2011)
• Martin Lehocký (2006–2013)
• Jiří Liška (1971–1984)
• Vojtěch Mareš (1959–1971)
• Pavel Mikeš (1970–1972)
• Dieudonné Mubenzem (2014–2018)
• Radek Musil (1995–2001)
• Karel Nocar (1998–1999, 2002–2003)
• Jan Novák (1981–1990)
• Zdeněk Pešl (1951–1953)
• Bohumír Prokop (1987–1992, 1996–1997)
• Jaroslav Provazník (1957–1958)
• Jaroslav Rážek (1961–1971)
• Ivan Satrapa (1965–1980)
• Martin Šetlík (1992–1994)
• Zdeněk Škára (1973–1974)
• Jaroslav Škarvan (1964–1978)
• Miloš Slabý (1989–2000)
• Libor Sovadina (1986–1990)
• Oldřich Spáčil (1952–1962)
• Jan Stehlík (2005–2009)
• František Štika (1976–1984)
• Jan Štochl (2002–2005)
• Petr Štochl (2000–2001)
• Václav Straka (2007–2008)
• Jakub Sviták (2010–)
• Michal Tonar (1988–1990)
• Zdeněk Vaněk (1987–1992)
• Jan Větrovec (2003–2006)
• Jiří Vícha (1950–1985)
• Jiří Vítek (1996–1999)
• Václav Vraný (2004–2007)
• Milan Brestovanský (1979–1981)
• Peter Dávid (1986–1988)
• Milan Folta (1987–1988)
• Anton Frolo (1957–1959)
• Rudolf Horváth (1966–1968)
• Peter Kakaščík (1990–1991)
• Maroš Kolpak (1993–1995)
• Peter Mesiarik (1982–1984)
• Richard Štochl (2001)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2021-2024	Michal Tonar
2024-	Daniel Kubeš