11 Facts About Dukla Prague

1.

Dukla Prague was a Czech football club from the city of Prague.

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2.

Between the start of the competition in 1955 and 1991, Dukla played more matches in the European Cup than any other team in Czechoslovakia.

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3.

Dukla Prague was formed in 1948 as " Praha" and started life in the top division of Czechoslovak football.

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4.

That season, the Dukla Prague team completed a "double" as they defeated Dynamo Zilina in the cup final to add to their fourth league title.

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5.

Dukla Prague was represented by seven players on the Czechoslovakia national football team, which reached the final before losing to Brazil.

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6.

Dukla Prague spent the next two seasons winning the league again, making a total of four titles in a row.

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7.

Between the start of the competition in 1955 and 1991, Dukla Prague played more matches in the European Cup than any other team in Czechoslovakia.

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8.

Supremacy of Dukla Prague was so undisputed the organizers decided to establish the American Challenge Cup as the final of next International Soccer League editions, in which Dukla Prague was invited to play against the winners of the group stage.

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9.

Dukla Prague won three American Challenge Cups, over Brazil's America-RJ in 1962, over West Ham United in 1963 and over Zaglebie Sosnowiec in 1964.

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10.

Name of Dukla Prague disappeared from the Czech football for several years, but not forever.

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11.

In November 2006, Dukla Prague management announced that it had agreed to take over the second league rights of the Jakubcovice team.

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