Kotlářka Praha is a baseball team based in Prague, Czech Republic. The club competes in the Czech Extraliga, the highest level of baseball in the country, and won the championship in 2015, becoming the only Prague-based club to achieve this.
History The team was established as the baseball section of the Kotlářka sports club (Sportovní klub Kotlářka) in 1980. From its inception until 2006, the club only fielded youth teams, as it lacked a proper baseball field. After 2006, Kotlářka began construction of a baseball stadium in Dejvice, Stadion Markéta, which was completed in time for the 2008 season.
Kotlářka's senior team made its debut in 2008. In 2009, they were runners-up of the Czech Baseball 1. Liga, the second level of the Czech baseball system, earning promotion to the Extraliga, in which they debuted in 2010. In their first Extraliga season, they finished fourth with a 14–14 record but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Eagles Praha.
In 2013, Kotlářka were runners-up in the Extraliga, losing the finals three games to one to Draci Brno. This qualified them for the 2014 European Champions Cup in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, where they finished seventh with a 1–4 record, achieving their only win in the tournament against the Solingen Alligators.
In 2014, Kotlářka again reached the finals, where they lost to Draci Brno, two games to three, in a repetition of the 2013 final. In 2015, the club won the Czech championship, defeating Draci Brno three games to two in their third consecutive final series meeting. As Czech champions, Kotlářka participated in the 2016 European Champions Cup, contested in Rimini and San Marino, where they finished last with a 0–3 record.
After the 2021 season, the Czech Extraliga was reduced from ten teams to eight, with Kotlářka being demoted to the second league. They returned to the Extraliga in 2024.
Six Kotlářka players were called to represent the Czech Republic at the 2026 World Baseball Classic: pitchers Lukáš Ercoli, Marek Minařík, Jan Novák and Daniel Padyšák, catcher Martin Červenka, and outfielder Max Prejda.
Roster
Achievements Extraliga : 1 (2015)
Season-by-season Season League Regular season Postseason Ref. Finish Wins Losses Pct. GB Wins Losses Result 2008 1. Liga 3rd 11 5 4.5 1 2 Lost first round (Hroši Brno) 2009 1. Liga 1st 14 1 – 4 2 Lost final series (Hroši Brno) 2010 Extraliga 4th 14 14 11.0 1 3 Lost quarter finals (Eagles Praha) 2011 Extraliga 2nd 25 10 3.0 1 3 Lost semifinals (Technika Brno) 2012 Extraliga 4th 19 15 5.5 1 3 Lost semifinals (Draci Brno) 2013 Extraliga 2nd 27 8 2.0 4 4 Lost final series (Draci Brno) 2014 Extraliga 3rd 23 12 1.0 5 3 Lost final series (Draci Brno) 2015 Extraliga 2nd 23 12 6.0 6 2 Won final series (Draci Brno) 2016 Extraliga 2nd 26 8 0.5 5 4 Lost final series (Draci Brno) 2017 Extraliga 6th 17 19 14.0 0 1 Lost semifinals (Arrows Ostrava) 2018 Extraliga 4th 19 8 7.0 Did not qualify 2019 Extraliga 5th 16 11 8.0 Did not qualify 2020 Extraliga 3rd 12 16 3.0 1 2 Lost semifinals (Arrows Ostrava) 2021 Extraliga 8th 10 17 11.0 Did not qualify 2022 1. Liga 3rd 9 5 4.0 0 2 Lost semifinals (Skokani Olomouc) 2023 1. Liga 1st 12 2 – 0 2 Lost semifinals (SaBaT Praha) 2024 Extraliga 6th 11 24 14.0 Did not qualify 2025 Extraliga 7th 13 22 11.0 Did not qualify
European Champions Cup record Year Venue Finish Wins Losses Win% Manager 2014 Hoofddorp 7th 1 4 Filip Smola 2016 Rimini / San Marino 8th 0 3 Ondřej Chocholatý Total 1 7
References
External links Official club webpage SK Kotlářka website