MFK Karviná
Full nameMěstský fotbalový klub Karviná
Founded2003 (2003)
GroundMěstský stadion
Capacity4,833
ChairmanPetr Hort
ManagerJuraj Jarábek
LeagueCzech First League
2022–23National Football League, 1st of 16 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website
MFK Karviná players practising before a 2009 home Czech Cup match against SK Slavia Prague

MFK Karviná is a football club located in Karviná, Czech Republic. It plays in the Czech First League. The team's colours are green and white.

History

Karviná as a multi-ethnic city of Cieszyn Silesia was a home to many football clubs, which were established by particular ethnic groups after World War I. At that time many football clubs of Polish, German, Czech and Jewish communities were founded. Most known and strongest Polish club was Polonia Karwina founded in 1919. After World War II German and Jewish clubs were not re-established. Czech and Polish clubs still existed until the 1950s, when as a part of communist unification of sport life in Czechoslovakia Czech clubs were joined to ZSJ OKD Mír Karviná and Polish Polonia Karwina incorporated into that club.

The club played at the top national level of competition in the 1996–97 Czech First League and 1998–99 Czech First League, being relegated on each occasion.[1]

In the 2000–01 Czech 2. Liga, Karviná were relegated to the Moravian–Silesian Football League (MSFL) after finishing 15th of 16 teams. They subsequently finished last in the MSFL in the 2001–02 season,[2] signalling a second relegation in as many seasons. The club, playing in the Czech Fourth Division in the 2002–03 season, finished dead last and was thus relegated for a third time in succession.[3]

The club merged with Jäkl Karviná in 2003, taking the name MFK Karviná. The 2003–04 season saw the club play in the Regional Championship, finishing fourth but being promoted to the Czech Fourth Division due to higher-finishing teams declining the opportunity to promote.[4] The club subsequently spent two seasons in the Czech Fourth Division, finishing fifth in their first season and third in the 2005–06 season, winning promotion to the MSFL.[4] The club finished 8th in their first season back in the MSFL in 2006–07 and went on to finish fourth in the 2007–08 season.[4] They then bought the license for the second division from league champions Sigma Olomouc B, and thus qualified to play in the Czech 2. Liga.[4] Having played in the Second League since 2008, the club celebrated promotion to the First League after the 29th round of the 2015–16 Czech National Football League.[5]

Historical names

  • 1919–38: PKS Polonia Karwina
  • 1945–48: SK Polonia Karwina
  • 1948–51: Sokol Polonia Karviná
  • 1951–53: Sokol OKD Mír Karviná
  • 1953–61: Baník Karviná Mír
  • 1961–94: Baník 1. máj Karviná
  • 1994–95: FC Karviná–Vítkovice (after merger with FC Vítkovice Kovkor)
  • 1995–03: FC Karviná
  • 2003–08: MFK Karviná (after merger with Jäkl Karviná)
  • 2008–present: MFK OKD Karviná

Players

Current squad

As of 4 January 2024[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Czech Republic CZE Vladimír Neuman
6 MF Czech Republic CZE Sebastian Boháč
7 MF Slovakia SVK Alex Iván
8 DF Czech Republic CZE Dominik Soukeník
10 MF Cape Verde CPV Papalélé
11 DF Montenegro MNE Andrija Ražnatović
12 MF Czech Republic CZE Dominik Žák
15 DF North Macedonia MKD Filip Antovski
16 FW Slovakia SVK Matej Franko
18 DF Czech Republic CZE Jiří Bederka
19 FW Nigeria NGA Adeleke Akinyemi
22 DF Czech Republic CZE Jaroslav Svozil
23 MF Czech Republic CZE Lukáš Budínský
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Slovakia SVK Matej Čurma
25 DF Czech Republic CZE Jiří Fleišman (on loan from Baník Ostrava)
26 FW Nigeria NGA Lucky Ezeh
28 MF Czech Republic CZE Patrik Čavoš
29 MF Slovakia SVK Rajmund Mikuš
30 GK Czech Republic CZE Jakub Lapeš
31 GK Czech Republic CZE Jiří Ciupa
37 DF Slovakia SVK Dávid Krčík
51 FW Czech Republic CZE Martin Doležal
77 GK Slovakia SVK Dominik Holec
99 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Amar Memić
— FW Slovakia SVK Martin Regáli

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Slovakia SVK Juraj Teplan (at Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš)

Notable former players

References

  1. ↑ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 86. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  2. ↑ "Czech Republic 2001/02". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Czech Republic 2002/03". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ruščin, Martin (26 June 2008). "MFK Karviná: za pět let postup do II. ligy" (in Czech). denik.cz. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Do první ligy postupuje i Karviná. Jistotu přinesla výhra s Pardubicemi" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Soupiska – muži 2023/2024". MFK Karviná.
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