- For other uses, see Zenit (disambiguation).
FC Zenit Čáslav are a Czech football club from Čáslav. They currently play in the Czech 2. Liga.
[edit] History
The first football team in Čáslav was founded in 1902, when the Septimáni school established the first football eleven named SK Stella (star) Čáslav. This sporting initiative was looked on sympathetically by a college professor and allowed them to play their matches on a military field.
The situation rapidly changed and football soon became a favourite sport in Čáslav. In 1927 the football team became Čáslav SK. This continued throughout the 1930's and was renamed DSK Čáslav, but soon after disappeared from playing altogether.
In 1943 Slavoj Čáslav was founded, which in 1949 merged with SK Čáslav to create a single club called SK Kosmos Čáslav. They soon occupied first league position in the autumn and progressed to the latter stages of the former regional competition. In 1950 they participated in the national league. There was a crisis in local football which lasted until 1960 and the team was relegated from the national championship. Over time, the situation began to improve and in the 1967/68 season the team was once again promoted to the top division. The seventies was a repetition of the club's crisis years of the fifties.
In 1989, they once again changed names to Aegis Čáslavska Záštitu Závodu Zenit s.r.o. and then again changed its name to the current FC Zenit Čáslav. A new element in the football club increased focus on youth, which along with other changes led to an improvement of players of the club. In 1998, Čáslav were promoted a division and again in the year 2003-04 Czech Football League, where they won two seasons in the process of II. league. In the year 2008-09 FC Zenit finished as second in the Czech 2. Liga and won the right to play in the Gambrinus liga. However, they sold that right to 1. FC Slovácko.[1]
At present, FC Zenit Čáslav have twelve teams playing in each age category. In addition to the "A" team, there is also a "B" team playing 1A within the regional division.
[edit] Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Notable players
[edit] External links
- ^ Potvrzeno: první fotbalovou ligu bude hrát po dvou letech Slovácko (Czech)
