HC Dukla Prague

HC Dukla Prague (Czech: HC Dukla Praha) is a handball club from Prague, Czech Republic, that plays in the Chance Extraliga.

HC Dukla Praha
Full name	Handball Club Dukla Praha
Short name	Dukla Praha
Founded	1948 (1948)
Arena	Hala Ruzyně
Capacity	300
Head coach	Michal Tonar
League	Chance Extraliga
Club colours
Website Official site

Prague

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Location of HC Dukla Prague

History

Originally it was a part of a Czechoslovak army sports club supporting several different sports teams, including football, which was founded in 1948 as ATK Praha and later renamed Dukla Prague. The handball team of Dukla Praha was the most successful Czechoslovak handball team. They won the Czechoslovak handball league 28 times, and the Czech handball championship three times after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. In 1957, 1963 and 1984 they won the European Champions' Cup (now EHF Champions League) and in 1967 and 1968 they finished in the finals. In 1982 they reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. In 1963 they were awarded the team trophy of the Czechoslovak Sportsperson of the Year.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2011–13	2013–15	2015–16	2016–18

AWAY
2014–15	2015–16	2016–18

THIRD
2015–16

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season

HC Dukla Praha

Goalkeepers 01 Daniel Grabemann 12 Jakub Votava 24 Tomáš Petržala Left Wingers 04 Jakub Zelenka 06 Jiří Vojtela 25 Jiří Rakouský Right Wingers 18 akub Krušberský 19 Marek Šebesta Line Players 22 Jiří Dokoupil 31 Tomáš Turek 36 Matúš Moravčík Central Backs 09 Jakub Sviták 11 Filip Březina 14 Lukáš Melich 23 Daniel Křístek 37 Martin Rakouský Left Backs 08 Adam Antolík 13 Jan Bolehovský 28 Marek Hlinka 35 Martin Březina Right Backs 17 Jakub Rumian 91 David Šůstek

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Michal Tonar

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

• Matúš Moravčík (LP) from HáO TJ Slovan Modra
• Jiří Dokoupil (LP) from HC Zubří
• Tomáš Turek (LP) from TJ JM Chodov Praha
• Adam Antolík (LB) from ŠK Zemplín Trebišov

Leaving

• Adam Zeman (LP) (retires)
• Zdeněk Ježek (LP) to O2xyworld HBC Jičín
• Jan Blecha (LW) to EHV Aue
• Martin Maleček (RW) to TJ JM Chodov Praha

Previous squads

2016–2017 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Czech Republic	Daniel Rangl	(1988-10-24) 24 October 1988	Goalkeeper
8	Czech Republic	Ondřej Šimunek	(1992-05-17) 17 May 1992	Line Player
9	Czech Republic	Jakub Sviták	(1991-05-10) 10 May 1991	Central Back
10	Czech Republic	Daniel Kývala	(1996-08-04) 4 August 1996	Left Back
11	Czech Republic	Filip Brezina	(1996-12-27) 27 December 1996	Central Back
13	Czech Republic	Matěj Klíma	(1999-03-24) 24 March 1999	Left Back
14	Czech Republic	David Krouský	(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997	Left Winger
15	Czech Republic	Milan Kotrč	(1988-05-23) 23 May 1988	Left Winger
16	Czech Republic	Ondřej Zavázal	(1997-09-23) 23 September 1997	Goalkeeper
19	Czech Republic	Vít Reichl	(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993	Line Player
22	Czech Republic	Dieudonné Mubenzem	(1996-03-22) 22 March 1996	Right Back
23	Slovakia	Tibor Tribus	(1996-11-19) 19 November 1996	Left Back
24	Czech Republic	Tomáš Petržala	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986	Goalkeeper
25	Czech Republic	Štěpán Jeníček	(1994-02-14) 14 February 1994	Right Winger
27	Czech Republic	Jan Chmelík	(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997	Right Winger
30	Czech Republic	Jiří Šmíd	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999	Left Back
32	Czech Republic	Jan Syřínek	(1992-04-24) 24 April 1992	Right Back
33	Slovakia	Mojmír Hlavatý	(1995-11-12) 12 November 1995	Line Player
45	Czech Republic	Jan Brabec	(1980-10-01) 1 October 1980	Line Player
77	Czech Republic	Jakub Kastner	(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991	Right Winger
91	Czech Republic	David Šůstek	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991	Right Back

2010–2011 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Czech Republic	Daniel Rangl	(1988-10-24) 24 October 1988	Goalkeeper
3	Czech Republic	Radek Horák	(1986-06-17) 17 June 1986	Left Back
4	Czech Republic	Jan Landa	(1986-05-10) 10 May 1986	Left Back
5	Czech Republic	Jakub Kern	(1989-08-01) 1 August 1989	Left Back
7	Czech Republic	Zdeněk Polášek	(1988-02-11) 11 February 1988	Left Back
9	Czech Republic	Jakub Sviták	(1991-05-10) 10 May 1991	Central Back
11	Czech Republic	Radek Mráz	(1988-11-08) 8 November 1988	Right Back
12	Czech Republic	Tomáš Suchý	(1990-02-21) 21 February 1990	Goalkeeper
13	Czech Republic	Kamil Piskac	(1978-10-04) 4 October 1978	Line Player
15	Czech Republic	Milan Kotrč	(1988-05-23) 23 May 1988	Left Winger
18	Czech Republic	Petr Rams	(1983-07-22) 22 July 1983	Right Back
20	Czech Republic	Daniel Kriso	(1983-09-02) 2 September 1983	Line Player
21	Czech Republic	Štepán Krůpa	(1989-03-14) 14 March 1989	Left Back
22	Czech Republic	Jakub Kastner	(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991	Right Winger
24	Czech Republic	Tomáš Petržala	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986	Goalkeeper
26	Czech Republic	Jan Tesař	(1990-09-03) 3 September 1990	Line Player
33	Czech Republic	Martin Lehocký	(1987-01-17) 17 January 1987	Left Winger
38	Czech Republic	David Šůstek	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991	Right Back

Accomplishments

• • EHF Champions League:
  •  Gold: 1957, 1963, 1984,
  •  Silver: 1967, 1968,
  •  Bronze: 1962, 1966, 1980, 1985,

• • EHF Cup:
  •  Bronze: 1990

• • Czech Handball Extraliga:
  •  Gold: 1994, 2011, 2017,
  •  Silver: 1996, 2003, 2007, 2012, 2016,
  •  Bronze: 1997, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2018,

• • Czechoslovakia Handball League:
  •  Gold: 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992,
  •  Silver: 1960, 1968, 1969, 1978, 1981,
  •  Bronze: 1971, 1975, 1989,

European record

European Cup and Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1956–57 Winners	Quarter-finals	Dinamo București	24–19	x	24–19
	Semi-finals	HG Kopenhagen	25–18	x	25–18
	Finals	Örebro SK	21–13
1962–63 Winners	Round of 16	THW Kiel	18–12	x	18–12
	Quarter-finals	SC DHfK Leipzig	21–11	9–14	30–25
	Semi-finals	Frisch Auf Göppingen	24–14	9–7	33–21
	Finals	Dinamo București	15–13
1983–84 Winners	Round 2	Vlug en Lenig Geleen	33–18	23–20	56–38
	Quarter-finals	TV Zofingen	18–15	25–23	43–38
	Semi-finals	VfL Gummersbach	18–17	14–14	32–31
	Finals	RK Metaloplastika	21–17	17–21	38–38 (4-2 Pen.)

EHF ranking

As of 19/2/2023

Rank	Team	Points
36	Nærbø IL	149
37	PAUC Handball	144
38	IK Sävehof	143
39	HC Dukla Prague	143
40	CS Minaur Baia Mare	140
41	IFK Kristianstad	137
42	BM Logroño La Rioja	133

Former club members

Notable former players

• Michal Barda (1979–1987)
• Tomáš Bartek (1977–1988)
• Petr Baumruk (1981–1990)
• Roman Bečvář (1986–1992)
• Ladislav Beneš (1962–1979)
• Milan Berka (1998–2000)
• Bohumil Cepák (1970–1972)
• Bedřich Ciner (1960–1962)
• Václav Duda (1959–1975)
• Václav Eret (1950–1951)
• Jan Filip (1991–1997, 1998–1999)
• Miroslav Frank (1981–1983)
• Vladimír Haber (1969–1971)
• Rudolf Havlík (1956–1973)
• František Heřman (1958–1960)
• Radek Horák (2007–2012)
• Petr Hrubý (1996–2004)
• Jiří Hynek (2002–2005)
• Petr Házl (1991–1995)
• Vladimír Jarý (1968–1970)
• Filip Jícha (2000–2003)
• Karel Jindřichovský (1986–1994)
• Jiří Kavan (1966–1979)
• Matěj Klíma (2016–2021)
• Jaroslav Konečný (1964–1966)
• Bedřich König (1951–1976)
• Jiří Kotrč (1978–1990, 1994–1996)
• Milan Kotrč (2007–2017)
• Martin Kovář (1997–1999)
• Jindřich Krepindl (1968–1970)
• Daniel Kubeš (1996–2001)
• Jan Landa (2005–2011)
• Martin Lehocký (2006–2013)
• Jiří Liška (1971–1984)
• Vojtěch Mareš (1959–1971)
• Pavel Mikeš (1970–1972)
• Dieudonné Mubenzem (2014–2018)
• Radek Musil (1995–2001)
• Karel Nocar (1998–1999, 2002–2003)
• Jan Novák (1981–1990)
• Zdeněk Pešl (1951–1953)
• Bohumír Prokop (1987–1992, 1996–1997)
• Jaroslav Provazník (1957–1958)
• Jaroslav Rážek (1961–1971)
• Ivan Satrapa (1965–1980)
• Martin Šetlík (1992–1994)
• Zdeněk Škára (1973–1974)
• Jaroslav Škarvan (1964–1978)
• Miloš Slabý (1989–2000)
• Libor Sovadina (1986–1990)
• Oldřich Spáčil (1952–1962)
• Jan Stehlík (2005–2009)
• František Štika (1976–1984)
• Jan Štochl (2002–2005)
• Petr Štochl (2000–2001)
• Václav Straka (2007–2008)
• Jakub Sviták (2010–)
• Michal Tonar (1988–1990)
• Zdeněk Vaněk (1987–1992)
• Jan Větrovec (2003–2006)
• Jiří Vícha (1950–1985)
• Jiří Vítek (1996–1999)
• Václav Vraný (2004–2007)
• Milan Brestovanský (1979–1981)
• Peter Dávid (1986–1988)
• Milan Folta (1987–1988)
• Anton Frolo (1957–1959)
• Rudolf Horváth (1966–1968)
• Peter Kakaščík (1990–1991)
• Maroš Kolpak (1993–1995)
• Peter Mesiarik (1982–1984)
• Richard Štochl (2001)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2021–	Michal Tonar

External links

• Official website
• HC Dukla Prague on Facebook