FK Caslav

FK Caslav is a Czech football club from Caslav. It plays in the Czech Fourth Division.

History

The first football team in Caslav was founded in 1902 when the Septimani school established the first football eleven named SK Stella (star) Caslav. 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 Caslav. In 1927 the football team became Caslav SK. This continued throughout the 1930s and was renamed DSK Caslav, but soon after disappeared from playing altogether.

In 1943 Slavoj Caslav was founded, which in 1949 merged with SK Caslav to create a single club called SK Kosmos Caslav. 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 a division. The seventies was a repetition of the club's crisis years of the fifties.

In 1989, they once again changed names to Aegis Caslavska Zastitu Zavodu Zenit s.r.o. and then again changed its name to FC Zenit Caslav. 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, Caslav were promoted a division and again in the year 2003–04 to the Bohemian Football League, where they played for two seasons before winning another promotion, this time to the Czech 2. Liga in 2006. In the year 2008–09 Caslav finished as second in the Czech 2.

This page also has a version in other languages :  ФК Часлав (russian)