FK Drnovice
Encyclopedia
FK Drnovice is a Czech
football club based in the Moravia
n village of Drnovice
near Vyškov
. The club is currently playing regional division. It was founded in 1932.
Everything changed when Jan Gottvald, a Drnovice-born former player took charge of the club in 1982. In those days Gottvald worked as a washing machine repairer and car seller only to became boss of Mototechna, a spare part company some time later.
The club reached Divize, the fourth level, in 1986 and the 2. ČNL, the third division in 1987. 1990 saw the team promoted to Second division . After the breakup of Czechoslovakia
in 1993, both Slovakia
and the Czech Republic
established own leagues and Drnovice gained promotion to the First Division. Finally Gottvald had made his dream of First Division football in his native village come true.
In their first season, a doping scandal shocked not only Drnovice but entire Czech football. In the so-called caramel affair Drnovice players Rostislav Prokop and Milan Poštulka were suspended for two years, the club itself was fined with a ridiculous small amount of 50.000 Czech crowns
. As was revealed some time later, manager Jindřich Dejmal
had given the players caramels that contained a forbidden substance. Dejmal was sacked by Gottvald immediately, appointing Karel Brückner
as new manager.
In 1994 Gottvald sold the club to chemical company Chemapol for not having enough funds to keep the club running by himself alone. Nevertheless he managed to keep his influence in the club. Moreover he became the second most important official in Czech football when he was elected vice-chairman of the Czech FA. He held this position till the year 2000.
To promote their gas stations called Petra, the Chemapol Holding changed the club's name to FC Petra Drnovice. Chemapol not only financed the club, but also the construction of Drnovice's home ground. It met international standards and even hosted a match between the Czech Republic
and Switzerland
on August 18 1999 won by the Czech 3 goals to 0.
In the 1990s, Petra Drnovice finished mid-table in all seasons. In 1996 and 1998 they reached the Czech Cup Final but lost to Sparta Prague and FK Jablonec respectively. In those years, Gottvald lost more and more of his influence and finally left the club after a controversy with the Chemapol CEO in 1998. Only one year later Chemapol surprisingly went bankrupt and sold Drnovice for 15 Million Czech Crowns to Persport that belonged to former tennis player Tomáš Petera. Some month later Petera ceded the club to Jan Gottvald who became chairman of Drnovice again after five years. The 1999/2000 season saw the club reaching its best result in history when it finished third in the Gambrinus liga
. This success qualified them for the UEFA Cup
the following season. In the preliminary round they beat FK Budućnost Banovići
. In the first round they faced TSV 1860 Munich. After a goalless draw at home Drnovice lost 1-0 in the Olympic Stadium in Munich.
Financial problems marked those years. Gottvald had great difficulties to keep the club running. From August 2000 on, the FK Drnovice filed for bankruptcy. In a dubious transaction in March 2001 Gottvald sold the club to a widely unknown company called Corimex. In October he left the club once again. He was accused of financial fraud and other white-collar crime
s and imprisoned in February 2002. The club's financial problems became so immense that it was forced to sell nine players to Marila Příbram
only some weeks before the end of the season. Manager Karel Jarůšek
resigned as an answer to this move. Finishing only one place short of bottom, Drnovice were to be relegated to Second Division. However, the Czech Football Association
denied them the licence. In Summer 2003 Drnovice had to restart from the MSFL, the third level. In February 2003 Drnovice-based company Garimondi purchased by auction what was left of the club and ceded it to Jan Gottvald, who once again took charge of the club after being set free on a 20 Million Czech crowns bail. Gottvald strengthened the squad, Drnovice won the MSFL without any problems. They finished as runner-up in the 2003/2004 season in Second Division and were promoted to the Gambrinus-Liga. In the summer of 2004, Swiss-based company Sunstone acquired the club, that finished in 8th place. After failing to find other partners who would help funding football in Drnovice, Sunstone sold all shares to Jan Gottvald and his son Robert for approximately 10 Million Czech crowns, a sum which never was confirmed. Gottvald was unable to find sponsors and did not apply for a Gambrinus-Liga licence for the 2005/2006 season. In 2006, the club was playing in Second Czech Division and was still facing great financial troubles. In January the crisis reached its peak, as players had not received their salaries since July 2005. The team eventually folded at the end of that season.
In 2007, some supporters of the club decided to revive the team and registered themselves as players and inviting veterans and also youngsters from the folded club and re-entered official competitions, but from the lowest level on the Czech league system. They got promoted right on the first season to the next level, averaging five goals per game and attendances as big as 600 (when the average is 50 in this league), being only defeated one time. In the 2008-2009 season, the team got its second promotion in a row to the first division of the county Vyškov (8th level in the Czech League system) and its B team also guaranteed promotion to the level below.
The team achieved its third promotion in a row by winning the Vyškov county first division (Okresní přebor) in the 2009-10 season. Since the 2010-11 season, FK Drnovice has played in the I.B division (I.B třída) of the South Moravian Region (Jihomoravský kraj), the seventh tier in the Czech league system.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
football club based in the Moravia
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
n village of Drnovice
Drnovice
Drnovice is a village and municipality in Vyškov District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 2,278 ....
near Vyškov
Vyškov
Vyškov is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,300 inhabitants.- History :By the middle of the 14th century, pest epidemics and starvation had virtually depopulated the entire area. The Catholic Church, the owners of the lands, administrated their properties...
. The club is currently playing regional division. It was founded in 1932.
History
Until the mid-1980s, the club of this small village with a population short of 2,200 was almost unknown outside the region. In 1977 it played in the 1.B třída, being the 8th level in Czechoslovakian football pyramid.Everything changed when Jan Gottvald, a Drnovice-born former player took charge of the club in 1982. In those days Gottvald worked as a washing machine repairer and car seller only to became boss of Mototechna, a spare part company some time later.
The club reached Divize, the fourth level, in 1986 and the 2. ČNL, the third division in 1987. 1990 saw the team promoted to Second division . After the breakup of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
in 1993, both Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
and the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
established own leagues and Drnovice gained promotion to the First Division. Finally Gottvald had made his dream of First Division football in his native village come true.
In their first season, a doping scandal shocked not only Drnovice but entire Czech football. In the so-called caramel affair Drnovice players Rostislav Prokop and Milan Poštulka were suspended for two years, the club itself was fined with a ridiculous small amount of 50.000 Czech crowns
Czech koruna
The Czech koruna or Czech crown has been the currency of the Czech Republic since 8 February 1993 when, together with its Slovak counterpart, it replaced the Czechoslovak koruna at par....
. As was revealed some time later, manager Jindřich Dejmal
Jindřich Dejmal
Jindřich Dejmal is a Czech football manager who is the current manager of SK Strakonice 1908. In the past he managed a number of Gambrinus liga teams including FK Drnovice, FK Baumit Jablonec and SK Slavia Prague....
had given the players caramels that contained a forbidden substance. Dejmal was sacked by Gottvald immediately, appointing Karel Brückner
Karel Brückner
Karel Brückner is a Czech retired football coach.- Coaching career :Brückner began his coaching career in 1973 in the Czech League and was the coach of his home club SK Sigma Olomouc. He later went on to coach Inter Bratislava with which he won the Slovakia Cup in 1985...
as new manager.
In 1994 Gottvald sold the club to chemical company Chemapol for not having enough funds to keep the club running by himself alone. Nevertheless he managed to keep his influence in the club. Moreover he became the second most important official in Czech football when he was elected vice-chairman of the Czech FA. He held this position till the year 2000.
To promote their gas stations called Petra, the Chemapol Holding changed the club's name to FC Petra Drnovice. Chemapol not only financed the club, but also the construction of Drnovice's home ground. It met international standards and even hosted a match between the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
on August 18 1999 won by the Czech 3 goals to 0.
In the 1990s, Petra Drnovice finished mid-table in all seasons. In 1996 and 1998 they reached the Czech Cup Final but lost to Sparta Prague and FK Jablonec respectively. In those years, Gottvald lost more and more of his influence and finally left the club after a controversy with the Chemapol CEO in 1998. Only one year later Chemapol surprisingly went bankrupt and sold Drnovice for 15 Million Czech Crowns to Persport that belonged to former tennis player Tomáš Petera. Some month later Petera ceded the club to Jan Gottvald who became chairman of Drnovice again after five years. The 1999/2000 season saw the club reaching its best result in history when it finished third in the Gambrinus liga
Gambrinus Liga
The Gambrinus liga is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Czech 2. Liga. Seasons run from August to May,...
. This success qualified them for the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
the following season. In the preliminary round they beat FK Budućnost Banovići
FK Buducnost Banovici
FK Budućnost is a football club from the town of Banovići, situated in the eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
. In the first round they faced TSV 1860 Munich. After a goalless draw at home Drnovice lost 1-0 in the Olympic Stadium in Munich.
Financial problems marked those years. Gottvald had great difficulties to keep the club running. From August 2000 on, the FK Drnovice filed for bankruptcy. In a dubious transaction in March 2001 Gottvald sold the club to a widely unknown company called Corimex. In October he left the club once again. He was accused of financial fraud and other white-collar crime
White-collar crime
Within the field of criminology, white-collar crime has been defined by Edwin Sutherland as "a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation" . Sutherland was a proponent of Symbolic Interactionism, and believed that criminal behavior was...
s and imprisoned in February 2002. The club's financial problems became so immense that it was forced to sell nine players to Marila Příbram
FK Marila Príbram
1. FK Příbram is a Czech football club from Příbram. The team originated from two clubs, the 1967 Champions Cup semi-finalist Dukla Prague, which tradition it carries, and FC Příbram, merged together in 1996.-History:...
only some weeks before the end of the season. Manager Karel Jarůšek
Karel Jarůšek
Karel Jarůšek is a Czech football manager and former player.As a player, Jarůšek played mostly for FC Zbrojovka Brno. In 1978, he won the Czechoslovak First League with Zbrojovka. From 1977 to 1980 he was also a member of the Czechoslovakia national football team. After finishing his active...
resigned as an answer to this move. Finishing only one place short of bottom, Drnovice were to be relegated to Second Division. However, the Czech Football Association
Football Association of the Czech Republic
The Football Association of the Czech Republic or colloquially the Czech Football Association is the governing body of football in the Czech Republic, based in Prague. It organizes the football leagues, Czech Liga and Czech 2. Liga, and the Czech Republic national football team...
denied them the licence. In Summer 2003 Drnovice had to restart from the MSFL, the third level. In February 2003 Drnovice-based company Garimondi purchased by auction what was left of the club and ceded it to Jan Gottvald, who once again took charge of the club after being set free on a 20 Million Czech crowns bail. Gottvald strengthened the squad, Drnovice won the MSFL without any problems. They finished as runner-up in the 2003/2004 season in Second Division and were promoted to the Gambrinus-Liga. In the summer of 2004, Swiss-based company Sunstone acquired the club, that finished in 8th place. After failing to find other partners who would help funding football in Drnovice, Sunstone sold all shares to Jan Gottvald and his son Robert for approximately 10 Million Czech crowns, a sum which never was confirmed. Gottvald was unable to find sponsors and did not apply for a Gambrinus-Liga licence for the 2005/2006 season. In 2006, the club was playing in Second Czech Division and was still facing great financial troubles. In January the crisis reached its peak, as players had not received their salaries since July 2005. The team eventually folded at the end of that season.
In 2007, some supporters of the club decided to revive the team and registered themselves as players and inviting veterans and also youngsters from the folded club and re-entered official competitions, but from the lowest level on the Czech league system. They got promoted right on the first season to the next level, averaging five goals per game and attendances as big as 600 (when the average is 50 in this league), being only defeated one time. In the 2008-2009 season, the team got its second promotion in a row to the first division of the county Vyškov (8th level in the Czech League system) and its B team also guaranteed promotion to the level below.
The team achieved its third promotion in a row by winning the Vyškov county first division (Okresní přebor) in the 2009-10 season. Since the 2010-11 season, FK Drnovice has played in the I.B division (I.B třída) of the South Moravian Region (Jihomoravský kraj), the seventh tier in the Czech league system.
Historical names
- 1932 - Česká sportovní společnost Drnovice
- 1948 - Sokol Drnovice
- 1961 - TJ Drnovice
- 1989 - TJ JZD Drnovice
- 1990 - TJ Agro Drnovice
- 1990 - FC Gera Drnovice
- 1993 - FC Olpran Drnovice
- 1993 - FC Petra Drnovice
- 2000 - FK Drnovice
- 2003 - 1. FK Drnovice
- 2006 - 1. FKD
- 2007 - new club: FKD
Honours
- Moravian-Silesian Football LeagueMoravian-Silesian Football LeagueThe Moravian-Silesian Football League is one of the third level football leagues in the Czech Republic . The league comprises teams from the historic regions of Moravia and Silesia and partially also Bohemia....
(third tier)- Champions 2002-03
- third place in Gambrinus ligaGambrinus LigaThe Gambrinus liga is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Czech 2. Liga. Seasons run from August to May,...
1999–2000 - twice finalist of the Czech Football Cup
Former players
- Radek DrulákRadek DrulákRadek Drulák is a Czech football striker. He played 16 matches for the Czech Republic and scored 6 goals. He also participated at the 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, and won a silver medal....
- Zdeněk GrygeraZdenek GrygeraZdeněk Grygera is a Czech football player who is currently playing for English club Fulham. He is usually a right back or centre back but can play anywhere in defence.-Early career:...
- Miroslav KadlecMiroslav KadlecMiroslav Kadlec is a former Czech football defender.During his career, Kadlec played for four Czech clubs, and also had an 8-year stint with Bundesliga's 1...
- Jiří KaufmanJirí KaufmanJiří Kaufman is a Czech football striker currently playing for Bohemians 1905 who formerly played for Erzgebirge Aue and Czech second division side Hradec Králové.- External links :...
- Luboš KubíkLuboš KubíkLuboš Kubík is a Czech former professional footballer and former manager of Torquay United, who played sweeper for the Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic national teams, winning 56 caps in total, and a number of notable clubs...
- Ladislav MaierLadislav MaierLadislav Maier is a Czech football goalkeeper. He played seven matches for the Czech Republic and participated at Euro 1996 and Euro 2000....
- Tomáš PoštulkaTomáš PoštulkaTomáš Poštulka is a Czech football goalkeeper. He is one of the most successful Czech goalkeepers - and together with Petr Čech and Jaromír Blažek the most seasoned Czech goalkeeper in European Cups...
- Jaroslav ŠilhavýJaroslav ŠilhavýJaroslav Šilhavý is a Czech former football player who currently works as a football manager for FC Slovan Liberec. He was an assistant manager for the Czech Republic national team....
- Marek ŠpilárMarek ŠpilárMarek Špilár is a former Slovak football player. His last club was Nagoya Grampus Eight of the J-League. He played for various teams in several countries, including Slovakia, Czech Republic and Belgium....
- Vladimír Weiss, Jr.
Statistics
| Level/Season | 82/83 | 83/84 | 84/85 | 85/86 | 86/87 | 87/88 | 88/89 | 89/90 | 90/91 | 91/92 | 92/93 | 93/94 | 94/95 | 95/96 | 96/97 | 97/98 | 98/99 | 99/00 | 00/01 | 01/02 | 02/03 | 03/04 | 04/05 | 05/06 |
| Level 1 | 10. | 6. | 5. | 7. | 9. | 11. | 3. | 7. | 15. | 8. | ||||||||||||||
| Level 2 | 14. | 6. | 2. | 2. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 3 | 4. | 9. | 1. | 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 4 | 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 5 | 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 6 | 5. | 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 7 | 1. |