Motor České Budějovice
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Hockey Club Banes Motor České Budějovice is a professional men's ice hockey club based in České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
History
Bandy era in České Budějovice
The long history started in 1911, when group of young gymnasium students devised a plan to start a bandy team. Their first hockey rinks were situated exactly where the Malše river and Vltava river merge. Dr. Zdeněk Černý was the first coach, manager, as well as a player of the team. The bandy club lasted until World War I. Some of the first victims of the war were players from České Budějovice such as Áda Schrabal, Karel Selinka, Jan Vrkoč, and Leo Feigl.
Adaptation to ice hockey
On 3 December 1921 SK České Budějovice played its first amateur ice hockey match in Strakonice.
On 10 January 1928 a club known as AC Stadion České Budějovice was founded by the merging two clubs in České Budějovice - Viktoria and Slovan. The club joined Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League, the nation's top ice hockey league, in 1936. In their first season, they finished third behind LTC Praha and AC Sparta Praha.
Lone championship & decades of failure
In the 1950–51 season, the club, now called SKP České Budějovice, won its first and only championship in any top-tier league. The club has failed to finish higher than third place (1952–53) in the highest league ever since.
After a disastrous 1962–63 season in which the team won none of the 32 games, the club was relegated to the Czechoslovak Second League until 1968. Overall, HC České Budějovice had been relegated to the second-tier league five other times since the 1958-59 season as of 2013[update]; in each case the club re-earned promotion to the top league the following season.
Although it lost in the semifinals of the 2007–08 Czech Extraliga season, HC České Budějovice qualified for the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League as the winner of the regular season. However, its success was short-lived, as it finished eleventh and survived a relegation round the following season.
War of the Beers
Following the 2012–13 season, the Czech Extraliga reached a sponsorship deal with Radegast to sell its beer in all Extraliga arenas. This agreement conflicted with the deal České Budějovice already had with Budweiser Budvar Brewery for their arena. Under the agreement, the club and the city of České Budějovice would face stiff penalties for selling any beer other than Radegast products.[1][2] Unable to resolve the dispute, the club decided on 18 June 2013 that no new agreement could be reached between the parties involved and voted to immediately relocate to Hradec Králové for the 2013-14 season.[3][4]
In July 2013, plans were unveiled to resume professional hockey in České Budějovice, with a club playing in the Czech First National League.[5]
Honours
Domestic
- Script error: No such module "sort". Winners (1): 1950–51
- Script error: No such module "sort". Runners-up (1): 1980–81
- Script error: No such module "sort". 3rd place (2): 1936–37, 1952–53
Script error: No such module "sort". Czechoslovak Second Ice Hockey League Championship (4): 1960, 1968, 1970, 1992
Script error: No such module "sort". 1st Czech Republic Hockey League Championship (4): 2005, 2017, 2019, 2020
Players
Current roster
| No. | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | RW | L | 25 | 2023 | České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". (C) | C | L | 35 | 2025 | Liberec, Czechoslovakia |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | RW | R | 24 | 2021 | Jihlava, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | D | L | 22 | 2024 | České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | D | L | 33 | 2023 | Horní Bezděkov, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". (A) | C | R | 36 | 2023 | Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | L | 19 | 2023 | České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | L | 30 | 2026 | Čadca, Slovakia |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | RW | R | 19 | 2024 | České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | D | L | 28 | 2017 | Hodonín, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | L | 24 | 2024 | Púchov, Slovakia |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | L | 28 | 2024 | Hradec Králové, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | C | L | 23 | 2022 | Chomutov, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | D | R | 24 | 2024 | Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | RW | R | 30 | 2025 | Prievidza, Slovakia |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | L | 19 | 2025 | Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | RW | R | 24 | 2024 | Tábor, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | F | L | 30 | 2024 | Frederikshavn, Denmark |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | RW | R | 29 | 2023 | Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". (A) | C | L | 25 | 2022 | Rokycany, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | D | L | 30 | 2023 | České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | D | L | 31 | 2021 | Opava, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | G | L | 34 | 2018 | Havířov, Czechoslovakia |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | LW | L | 25 | 2020 | České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | D | L | 28 | 2025 | Kolín, Czech Republic |
| Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "Sort". | D | L | 36 | 2021 | Písek, Czechoslovakia |
Alumni
- See Category:Motor České Budějovice players for a list of HC České Budějovice players past and present.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."V Českých Budějovicích kvůli sporu o pivo mohou přijít o extraligový hokej" (in čeština). ihned.cz. 2013-05-29. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tuniz, Davide (2013-06-06). "The War of the Beers". eurohockey.com. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hradec Králové schválil přesun HC Mountfield" (in čeština). ceskatelevize.cz. 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tuniz, Davide (2013-06-29). "HC Mountfield definitely moves to Hradec Kralove". eurohockey.com. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lhota, Ladislav (2013-07-20). "HC Motor získal prvoligovou licenci" (in čeština). ihned.cz. Archived from the original on 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Team Roster / Motor České Budějovice". www.hcmotor.cz. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Team Roster / Motor České Budějovice". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
External links
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