HC Dukla Prague

HC Dukla Praha
Full name	Handball Club Dukla Praha
Short name	Dukla Praha
Founded	1948; 76 years ago (1948)
Arena	Hala Ruzyně
Capacity	300
Head coach	Michal Tonar
League	Chance Extraliga
Club colours
Website Official site

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

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 2022–23 season^[1]

HC Dukla Praha

Goalkeepers 01 Daniel Grabemann 12 Jakub Votava 24 Tomáš Petržala Left Wingers 04 Jakub Zelenka 06 Jiří Vojtela 25 Jiří Rakouský Right Wingers 18 akub Krušberský 19 Marek Šebesta Line Players 22 Jiří Dokoupil 31 Tomáš Turek 36 Matúš Moravčík Central Backs 09 Jakub Sviták 11 Filip Březina 14 Lukáš Melich 23 Daniel Křístek 37 Martin Rakouský Left Backs 08 Adam Antolík 13 Jan Bolehovský 28 Marek Hlinka 35 Martin Březina Right Backs 17 Jakub Rumian 91 David Šůstek

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Michal Tonar

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Previous squads

2016–2017 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Czech Republic	Daniel Rangl	(1988-10-24) 24 October 1988 (age 35)	Goalkeeper
8	Czech Republic	Ondřej Šimunek	(1992-05-17) 17 May 1992 (age 31)	Line Player
9	Czech Republic	Jakub Sviták	(1991-05-10) 10 May 1991 (age 32)	Central Back
10	Czech Republic	Daniel Kývala	(1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 27)	Left Back
11	Czech Republic	Filip Brezina	(1996-12-27) 27 December 1996 (age 27)	Central Back
13	Czech Republic	Matěj Klíma	(1999-03-24) 24 March 1999 (age 25)	Left Back
14	Czech Republic	David Krouský	(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 26)	Left Winger
15	Czech Republic	Milan Kotrč	(1988-05-23) 23 May 1988 (age 35)	Left Winger
16	Czech Republic	Ondřej Zavázal	(1997-09-23) 23 September 1997 (age 26)	Goalkeeper
19	Czech Republic	Vít Reichl	(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 30)	Line Player
22	Czech Republic	Dieudonné Mubenzem	(1996-03-22) 22 March 1996 (age 28)	Right Back
23	Slovakia	Tibor Tribus	(1996-11-19) 19 November 1996 (age 27)	Left Back
24	Czech Republic	Tomáš Petržala	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 37)	Goalkeeper
25	Czech Republic	Štěpán Jeníček	(1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30)	Right Winger
27	Czech Republic	Jan Chmelík	(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 26)	Right Winger
30	Czech Republic	Jiří Šmíd	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 25)	Left Back
32	Czech Republic	Jan Syřínek	(1992-04-24) 24 April 1992 (age 32)	Right Back
33	Slovakia	Mojmír Hlavatý	(1995-11-12) 12 November 1995 (age 28)	Line Player
45	Czech Republic	Jan Brabec	(1980-10-01) 1 October 1980 (age 43)	Line Player
77	Czech Republic	Jakub Kastner	(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33)	Right Winger
91	Czech Republic	David Šůstek	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32)	Right Back

2010–2011 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Czech Republic	Daniel Rangl	(1988-10-24) 24 October 1988 (age 35)	Goalkeeper
3	Czech Republic	Radek Horák	(1986-06-17) 17 June 1986 (age 37)	Left Back
4	Czech Republic	Jan Landa	(1986-05-10) 10 May 1986 (age 37)	Left Back
5	Czech Republic	Jakub Kern	(1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 (age 34)	Left Back
7	Czech Republic	Zdeněk Polášek	(1988-02-11) 11 February 1988 (age 36)	Left Back
9	Czech Republic	Jakub Sviták	(1991-05-10) 10 May 1991 (age 32)	Central Back
11	Czech Republic	Radek Mráz	(1988-11-08) 8 November 1988 (age 35)	Right Back
12	Czech Republic	Tomáš Suchý	(1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 (age 34)	Goalkeeper
13	Czech Republic	Kamil Piskac	(1978-10-04) 4 October 1978 (age 45)	Line Player
15	Czech Republic	Milan Kotrč	(1988-05-23) 23 May 1988 (age 35)	Left Winger
18	Czech Republic	Petr Rams	(1983-07-22) 22 July 1983 (age 40)	Right Back
20	Czech Republic	Daniel Kriso	(1983-09-02) 2 September 1983 (age 40)	Line Player
21	Czech Republic	Štepán Krůpa	(1989-03-14) 14 March 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
22	Czech Republic	Jakub Kastner	(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33)	Right Winger
24	Czech Republic	Tomáš Petržala	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 37)	Goalkeeper
26	Czech Republic	Jan Tesař	(1990-09-03) 3 September 1990 (age 33)	Line Player
33	Czech Republic	Martin Lehocký	(1987-01-17) 17 January 1987 (age 37)	Left Winger
38	Czech Republic	David Šůstek	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32)	Right Back

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,

• • 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 Kopenhagen	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

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2021–	Michal Tonar

References

External links

• Official website
• HC Dukla Prague on
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