FK Hvězda Cheb

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Hvězda Cheb
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Full nameFK Hvězda Cheb
Founded1951 (original club)
2001 (phoenix club)
Dissolved1996 (original club)
GroundStadion Lokomotiva, Cheb, Czech Republic
LeagueCzech Fourth Division, Divize A
2013–1410th

FK Hvězda Cheb is a Czech football club, playing in the town of Cheb. The club was founded in 1951 and refounded in 2001 after a bankruptcy in 1996. The club played for 13 consecutive seasons in the Czechoslovak First League between 1979 and 1992,[1] and played three seasons in the Czech First League, finishing fourth in the 1993–94 season. The club played in the third-tier Bohemian Football League between 2006 and 2008. It currently plays in the Czech Fourth Division.

The club also had appearances in Europe playing the

Intertoto Cup 1981
, in which it won its group.

The club announced a change in its name from Union Cheb to Hvězda Cheb in 2011.[2]

Club's name

  • 1951 : VSJ Sokolovo Cheb
  • 1952 : DSO Rudá Hvězda Cheb
  • 1966 : VTJ Dukla Hraničář Cheb
  • 1972 : TJ Rudá Hvězda Cheb (RH Cheb)
  • 1990 : SKP Union Cheb
  • 1994 : FC Union Cheb
  • 1996 : defunct
  • 2001 : founded a phoenix club
  • 2011 : FK Hvězda Cheb

Famous players

Czechoslovak and Czech international players

References

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  2. ^ "Fotbalová revoluce letí Chebem. Nové ambice přijdou v tanečním kroku" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.

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