SK Dynamo České Budějovice is a professional football club from České Budějovice, Czech Republic. The club played in the Czech First League for 24 seasons, but was relegated in 2025. From 2026, the club plays in the Bohemian Football League (the third tier of the Czech football system), after it failed to meet the conditions for obtaining a license for professional competition and was administratively relegated from the Czech National Football League.
History The club was founded in 1899 as Sportovní kroužek České Budějovice and in 1900 as Sportovní klub České Budějovice. Since 1993, the club has played in the top-level Czech First League almost exclusively. Despite suffering relegation three times, most recently in 2005, the club has won promotion back to the top-flight immediately on each occasion.
In 2002 České Budějovice celebrated promotion to the Czech First League, announcing a project to reconstruct their stadium in line with league requirements. The club celebrated its centenary in 2005 but were relegated from the top flight, vowing to return to the Czech First League a year later. In the 2005–06 Czech 2. Liga, the club started poorly, lying in 13th place in late September. A change in fortunes came about with the club signing former player and all-time leader in national team appearances Karel Poborský on loan from Sparta Prague. The club improved significantly and went on to win promotion back to the Czech First League at the end of the season.
Since 2011, České Budějovice have had an agreement where SK Strakonice 1908 operates as its farm team.
In 2023, sports researchers Michal Průcha and Zdeněk Zuntych found out from an edition of the former České Budějovice local newspaper "Budivoj" that the football club was founded in 1900. In response, the team changed the year in its logo.
In the 2024–25 season, Dynamo České Budějovice became the first club in history of the Czech First League not to win a single game and was relegated to the Czech National Football League with just six points. On 25 June 2025, an anonymous foreign investment company bought the club from lawyer Vladimír Koubek, with British-Nigerian businesswoman Nneka Ede acting as the transaction intermediary. On 1 August 2025, club new owner representatives, representatives of the city of České Budějovice and South Bohemian Region met, Nneka Ede introduced herself as the only owner of the club.
After the 2025–26 season, the club was administratively relegated to the Bohemian Football League, after it failed to meet the conditions for obtaining a license for professional competition.
Historical names 1899 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní kroužek České Budějovice) 1903 – SK Slavia České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Slavia České Budějovice) 1905 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní klub České Budějovice) 1949 – TJ Sokol JČE České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Sokol Jihočeské elektrárny České Budějovice) 1951 – TJ Slavia České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Slavia České Budějovice) 1953 – DSO Dynamo České Budějovice (Dobrovolná sportovní organizace Dynamo České Budějovice) 1958 – TJ Dynamo České Budějovice (Tělovýchovná jednota Dynamo České Budějovice) 1991 – SK Dynamo České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Dynamo České Budějovice) 1992 – SK České Budějovice JČE (Sportovní klub České Budějovice Jihočeská energetická, a.s.) 1999 – SK České Budějovice (Sportovní klub České Budějovice, a.s.) 2004 – SK Dynamo České Budějovice (Sportovní klub Dynamo České Budějovice, a.s.)
Players Current squad
Out on loan
Retired numbers 8 – Karel Poborský
Notable former players
Player records in the Czech First League (after the last club's season in the Czech First League)
Most appearances # Name Matches 1 David Horejš 187 2 Martin Vozábal 175 3 Roman Lengyel 162 4 Ladislav Fujdiar 140 5 Jaromír Plocek 136 6 Pavel Novák 131 Lukáš Havel 8 Karel Vácha 129 9 Zdeněk Ondrášek 128 10 Martin Králik 125
Most goals # Name Goals 1 Karel Vácha 38 2 Ladislav Fujdiar 31 3 Zdeněk Ondrášek 28 4 David Lafata 27 5 Jan Saidl 24 6 Tomáš Janda 17 Marek Kulič 8 Martin Vozábal 15 9 Benjamin Čolić 14 Lukáš Havel Jakub Hora
Most clean sheets # Name Clean sheets 1 Pavel Kučera 39 2 Peter Holec 31 3 Jaroslav Drobný 22
Managers
Jiří Kotrba (1989–1991) Jindřich Dejmal (1992–1993) Pavel Tobiáš (Aug 1993 – Sept 1997) Zdeněk Procházka (1997–1998) František Cerman (1998) Pavel Tobiáš (Aug 1998 – May 2000) Jindřich Dejmal (2000 – March 2001) Milan Bokša (March 2001 – March 2002) Pavel Tobiáš (March 2002 – Oct 2004) Robert Žák (Oct 2004 – March 2005) František Cipro (April 2005 – Aug 2007) František Straka (July 2007 – June 2008) Jan Kmoch (June 2008 – Aug 2008) Pavel Tobiáš (July 2008 – Aug 2010) Jaroslav Šilhavý (Sept 2010 – June 2011) Jiří Kotrba (July 2011 – Sept 2011) František Cipro (Sep 2011 – Sept 2012) Miroslav Soukup (Sep 2012 – Feb 2013) Pavol Švantner (Feb 2013–13) Pavel Hoftych (2013) Luboš Urban (2014–15) František Cipro (2015) David Horejš (2015–2022) Jozef Weber (June 2022 – Oct 2022) Jiří Lerch (Oct 2022 – Nov 2022) Marek Nikl & Tomáš Zápotočný (Nov 2022 – Nov 2023) Tomáš Zápotočný (Nov 2023 – Dec 2023) Jiří Lerch (Dec 2023 – July 2024) František Straka (July 2024 – Jan 2025) Jiří Lerch (Jan 2025 – July 2025) Pedro Resende (July 2025 – March 2026) Nikodimos Papavasiliou (March 2026 – present)
History in domestic competitions 1985–1987: Czechoslovak First League 1987–1991: 1. ČNL 1991–1993: Czechoslovak First League 1993–1998: Czech First League 1998–1999: Czech 2. Liga 1999–2001: Czech First League 2001–2002: Czech 2. Liga 2002–2005: Czech First League 2005–2006: Czech 2. Liga 2006–2013: Czech First League 2013–2014: Czech National Football League 2014–2015: Czech First League 2015–2019: Czech National Football League 2019–2025: Czech First League 2025– : Czech National Football League
Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 26 Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 8 Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 0 Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0
Czechoslovakia Season League Placed Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cup1991–921. liga13th3078153459–2522Quarter-finals1992–931. liga13th3095163639–323Quarter-finals
Czech Republic Season League Placed Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cup1993–941. liga6th30111363331+235Round of 321994–951. liga7th30121082928+146Round of 321995–961. liga11th30107133547–1237Round of 321996–971. liga6th30111183840–244Round of 321997–981. liga15th3087152643–1731Round of 321998–992. liga2nd3022626518+4772Round of 161999–001. liga13th3095163449–1532Second round2000–011. liga15th3068163256–2425Quarter-finals2001–022. liga1st3020645820+3866Second round2002–031. liga13th3086163654–1830Semi-finals2003–041. liga8th30117123838040Second round2004–051. liga15th3067172839–1125Round of 162005–062. liga2nd3017495526+2955Round of 162006–071. liga10th30911103132–134Semi-finals2007–081. liga13th3088142735–832Round of 162008–091. liga10th3071583037–736Round of 322009–101. liga13th30710132435–1131Round of 162010–111. liga11th30712113048–1833Round of 162011–121. liga10th3098133051–2135Quarter-finals2012–131. liga15th3075182449–2526Second round2013–142. liga1st3019565720+3762Round of 322014–151. liga16th3057182972–4322Round of 322015–162. liga12th2861484148–732Round of 322016–172. liga5th30121083931+846Round of 322017–182. liga6th30111184433+1144First round2018–192. liga1st3023346024+3672Round of 322019–201. liga7th32134154749–243Round of 162020–211. liga13th34911143347–1438Round of 162021–221. liga10th3299144250–836Round of 162022–231. liga10th32115163860–2238Semi-finals2023–241. liga15th3578204170–929Round of 162024–251. liga16th3506291686–706Round of 322025–262. liga13th30104163143–1234Round of 32
Honours Czech 2. Liga (second tier) Champions: 2001–02, 2013–14, 2018–19 Runners-up: 1998–99, 2005–06
Club records Czech First League records Best position: 6th (1993–94, 1996–97) Worst position: 16th (2014–15, 2024–25) Biggest home win: České Budějovice 5–0 Příbram (1999–2000) Biggest away win: Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště 0–4 České Budějovice (1995–96) Biggest home defeat: České Budějovice 0–6 Slavia (2020–21) Biggest away defeat: Jablonec 8–0 České Budějovice (1997–98)
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