HC Stadion Litoměřice
| HC Stadion Litoměřice | |
|---|---|
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| City | Litoměřice, Czech Republic |
| League |
Czech 1.liga
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Home arena | Kalich Aréna |
| Colors | |
| General manager |
 Daniel Sadil |
| Head coach |
Miloš Říha, Jr. |
| Captain |
Jaroslav Kalla
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| Website | www.hclitomerice.cz |
| Franchise history | |
| 1971–1991 | TJ Rudá hvězda Litoměřice |
| 1991 - 1994 | TJ ODDM Stadion Litoměřice |
| 1994 - present | HC Stadion Litoměřice |
Czech 1.liga
2010–present
HC Stadion Litoměřice is an ice hockey team from Litoměřice, Czech Republic. The team was founded in 2007, however, there was a different team in Litoměřice, operating from the 1970s up to the 1990s. They began in the Czech Second League. They won the league in the 2009-2010 season, and were thus promoted to the First League.
In 2012, the team became an affiliate of HC Sparta Praha, an Extraliga team, and their partnership ended in 2015. That same year, Stadion became an affiliate of Mountfield HK. The team was also briefly an affiliate of Lev Praha, a former KHL team.
The original club was started in Litoměřice in 1949, as "Radobýl Litoměřice". In 1957, the team was renamed to "VTJ Dukla Litoměřice" and joined the Second Czechoslovakian National League, which was a second tier league. The team played two seasons in the First Czechoslovakian national league (1961/62 and 1963/64). Both of them ended badly for the club, with the team getting relegated back to the Second League each season. The club then went on to play in the Second League for almost two decades. By the end of the 1980s, the team was struggling and was at one point relegated to the regional leagues. The team, like every team playing in Czechoslovakia, was state-owned, and folded after the fall of the Iron curtain.
The club was restarted in 2007, and bought a Czech 2. Liga license. After just three seasons in the league, the team unexpectedly became champions and was promoted to the Czech 1. Liga.
In their first season in the 1. Liga, the team finished 13th out of 16, and narrowly missed play-offs. This was viewed as a success, since the primary goal for the team that season was a to stay in the league.
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