SK Sigma Olomoucis aCzechprofessionalfootballclub based in the city ofOlomouc.The club currently competes in theCzech First League,the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2014, winning theCzech CupandCzech Supercupin 2012. Being relegated to theCzech National Football Leaguein 2014, the club won the league the subsequent season and were promoted back to the First League in 2015, but failed to stay in the top division and were relegated after only one season.

SK Sigma Olomouc
Full nameSportovní Klub Sigma Olomouc a.s.
Nickname(s)Hanáci
Founded1919;105 years ago(1919)(asFK Hejčín Olomouc)
GroundAndrův stadion,Olomouc
Capacity12,566
ChairmanJosef Lébr
ManagerTomáš Janotka
LeagueCzech First League
2023–2410th of 16
Websitewww.sigmafotbal.cz
Current season

History

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The club was founded asFK Hejčín Olomoucin 1919, playing in the national top league for the first time in the1982–83 seasonasSigma ZTS Olomouc.[1]The club next played in theCzechoslovak First Leaguein the 1984–85 season, remaining in the top level of football for the rest of the Czechoslovak era.[1]Olomouc reached the quarterfinals of the1991–92 UEFA Cup,their best result in the competition.[1]In the following season's competition, the club beat Turkish sideFenerbahçe7–1 in the second leg of their second round tie and 7–2 on aggregate,[2]before going out of the competition at the hands of Italian teamJuventus.

The club qualified to play European football in 1996 after finishing as runners-up in the1995–96 Czech First League.[3]

Olomouc finished fourth in the1998–99 Czech First League,again qualifying for European competition.[4]The club was fined 5,000Swiss francsin October 1999 for racist chanting in a UEFA Cup match againstReal Mallorca's black players.[5]

In August 2011, the club was fined 4 millionCzech korunaand deducted nine points as a result of a corruption enquiry by theFootball Association of the Czech Republic.[6]Olomouc won theCzech Cupthat season, but were banned by UEFA from competing in the subsequentUEFA Europa Leaguedue to the corruption sanctions.[6]In 2014 the club finished 15th in the league, resulting in their relegation after 30 years in the top level of competition.[7]

Historical names

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  • 1919 –FK Hejčín Olomouc(Fotbalový klub Hejčín Olomouc)
  • 1949 –Sokol MŽ Olomouc(Sokol Moravské železárny Olomouc)
  • 1953 –DSO Baník MŹ Olomouc(Dobrovolná sportovní organizace Baník Moravské železárny Olomouc)
  • 1960 –TJ MŽ Olomouc(Tělovýchovná jednota Moravské železárny Olomouc)
  • 1966 –TJ Sigma MŽ Olomouc(Tělovýchovná jednota Sigma Moravské železárny Olomouc)
  • 1979 –TJ Sigma ZTS Olomouc(Tělovýchovná jednota Sigma ZTS Olomouc)
  • 1990 –SK Sigma MŽ Olomouc(Sportovní klub Sigma Moravské železárny Olomouc, a.s.)
  • 1996 –SK Sigma Olomouc(Sportovní klub Sigma Olomouc, a.s.)

Players

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Current squad

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As of 10 September 2024[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK CZE Tomáš Digaňa
3 DF CZE Adam Dohnálek
4 DF CZE Jakub Elbel
6 MF CZE Jáchym Šíp
7 MF CZE Radim Breite
8 MF CZE Jiří Spáčil
9 FW CZE Jan Kliment
10 MF CZE Filip Zorvan
11 FW NGA Yunusa Muritala
13 DF CZE Jiří Sláma
14 FW CZE Antonín Růsek
16 DF CZE Filip Slavíček
17 MF NGA Dele Israel
18 FW CZE Jan Fiala
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF CZE Lukáš Vraštil
20 DF SVK Juraj Chvátal
25 FW CZE Matěj Mikulenka
27 MF CZE Filip Uriča
28 DF CZE Michal Leibl
29 GK CZE Tadeáš Stoppen
30 MF CZE Jan Navrátil
34 MF CZE Matěj Hadaš
37 MF CZE Štěpán Langer
38 DF CZE Jakub Pokorný
39 FW CZE Lukáš Juliš
77 MF CZE Jan Vodháněl
91 GK CZE Jan Koutný
DF CZE Jan Král

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK CZE Jakub Trefil(atKomárno)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW CZE Pavel Zifčák(atPardubice)

Notable former players

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Player records in the Czech First League

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As of 5 September 2024.[9]

Highlightedplayers are in the current squad.

Most clean sheets

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# Name Clean sheets
1 Martin Vaniak 71
2 Petr Drobisz 30
3 Miloš Buchta 28

Managers

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History in domestic competitions

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  • Seasons spent at Level 1 of thefootball league system:29
  • Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 2

Czech Republic

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Season League Placed Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cup
1993–94 1. liga 7th 30 11 13 6 33 31 +2 35[A] Quarter-finals
1994–95 1. liga 8th 30 12 7 11 31 31 0 43 Round of 16
1995–96 1. liga 2nd 30 19 4 7 54 33 +21 61 Round of 16
1996–97 1. liga 8th 30 10 10 10 36 30 +6 40 Semi-finals
1997–98 1. liga 3rd 30 16 7 7 38 21 +17 55 Round of 64
1998–99 1. liga 4th 30 12 11 7 42 34 +8 47 Quarter-finals
1999–00 1. liga 12th 30 7 13 10 31 38 –7 34 Semi-finals
2000–01 1. liga 3rd 30 14 10 6 47 33 +14 52 Round of 64
2001–02 1. liga 10th 30 9 10 11 29 31 –2 37 Round of 16
2002–03 1. liga 11th 30 8 10 12 29 33 –4 34 Round of 16
2003–04 1. liga 3rd 30 16 7 7 43 24 +19 55 Round of 32
2004–05 1. liga 4th 30 15 6 9 39 34 +5 51 Round of 64
2005–06 1. liga 9th 30 10 7 13 34 44 –10 37 Round of 64
2006–07 1. liga 14th 30 6 8 16 29 43 –14 26 Round of 32
2007–08 1. liga 11th 30 8 12 10 20 26 –6 36 Round of 64
2008–09 1. liga 4th 30 13 9 8 39 36 +3 48 Round of 16
2009–10 1. liga 6th 30 14 5 11 49 36 +13 47 Semi-finals
2010–11 1. liga 4th 30 14 5 11 47 29 +18 47 Runners-up
2011–12 1. liga 11th 30 11 10 9 42 38 +4 34[B] Winners
2012–13 1. liga 5th 30 13 8 9 38 29 +9 47 Quarter-finals
2013–14 1. liga 15th 30 7 8 15 42 60 −18 29 Round of 16
2014–15 2. liga 1st 30 19 6 5 64 25 +39 63 Round of 32
2015–16 1. liga 15th 30 6 9 15 35 49 −14 27 Quarter-finals
2016–17 2. liga 1st 30 21 6 3 59 22 +37 69 Round of 32
2017–18 1. liga 4th 30 15 10 5 41 22 +19 55 Round of 16
2018–19 1. liga 9th 32 13 4 15 40 46 –6 43 Quarter-finals
2019–20 1. liga 11th 33 9 13 11 39 40 –1 40 Semi-finals
2020–21 1. liga 9th 34 11 12 11 40 40 0 45 Quarter-finals
2021–22 1. liga 8th 34 11 11 12 45 41 +4 44 Quarter-finals
2022–23 1. liga 6th 35 12 12 11 53 47 +6 48 Round of 16
2023–24 1. liga 10th 32 10 7 15 42 51 –9 37 Round of 16
Notes
  1. ^Two points for a win in 1993–94.
  2. ^9 points deducted.

European record

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Overall record

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Accurate as of 23 August 2018
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 43 20 9 14 68 56 +12 046.51
UEFA Intertoto Cup 16 6 6 4 23 16 +7 037.50
Total 59 26 15 18 91 72 +19 044.07

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season Tournament Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1986–87 UEFA Cup 1R IFK Göteborg 1–1 0–4 1–5
1991–92 UEFA Cup 1R Bangor 3–0 3–0 6–0
2R Torpedo Moscow 2–0 0–0 2–0
3R Hamburger SV 4–1 2–1 6–2
Quarter-final Real Madrid 1–1 0–1 1–2
1992–93 UEFA Cup 1R Universitatea Craiova 1–0 2–1 3–1
2R Fenerbahçe 7–1 0–1 7–2
3R Juventus 1–2 0–5 1–7
1996–97 UEFA Cup 1R Hutnik Kraków 1–0 1–3 2–3
1998–99 UEFA Cup Q2 Kilmarnock 2–0 2–0 4–0
1R Marseille 2–2 0–4 2–6
1999–00 UEFA Cup 1R Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
2R Real Mallorca 1–3 0–0 1–3
2000–01 Intertoto Cup 1R Araks Ararat 1–0 2–1 3–1
2R Velbazhd Kyustendil 8–0 0–2 8–2
3R Slaven Belupo 2–0 1–1 3–1
Semi-final Chmel Blšany 3–1 0–0 3–1
Final Udinese 2–2 2–4 (a.e.t.) 4–6
2001–02 UEFA Cup 1R Celta de Vigo 4–3 0–4 4–7
2002–03 UEFA Cup QR FK Sarajevo 2–1 1–2 3–3(3–5p)
2004–05 UEFA Cup QR Nistru Otaci 4–0 2–1 6–1
1R Real Zaragoza 2–3 0–1 2–4
2005–06 Intertoto Cup 2R Pogoń Szczecin 1–0 0–0 1–0
3R Borussia Dortmund 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Semi-final Hamburger SV 0–1 0–3 0–4
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Q2 Fram 1–1 2–0 3–1
Q3 Aberdeen 3–0 5–1 8–1
PO Everton 1–1 0–4 1–5
2018–19 UEFA Europa League Q3 Kairat 2–0 2–1 4–1
PO Sevilla 0–1 0–3 0–4

Honours

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Club records

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Czech First League records

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References

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  1. ^abcJeřábek, Luboš (2007).Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů(in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. pp. 141–142.ISBN978-80-247-1656-5.
  2. ^Biddle, Steve (10 November 1992)."Sparta a Real Threat".Prague Post.Archivedfrom the original on 3 April 2017.Retrieved12 April2013.
  3. ^Bouc, Frantisek (29 May 1996)."Soccer season is marked by great play, but suspicious pay".Prague Post.Archivedfrom the original on 30 June 2013.Retrieved12 April2013.
  4. ^Beckwith, Sam (15 September 1999)."Slavia, Olomouc and Teplice await UEFA Cup foes".Prague Post.Archivedfrom the original on 30 June 2013.Retrieved12 April2013.
  5. ^Bouc, Frantisek (27 October 1999)."Paying the price: Clubs face fines for fans' taunts".Prague Post.Archivedfrom the original on 30 June 2013.Retrieved12 April2013.
  6. ^abCrane, Jonathan; Kamide, Joey (26 September 2012)."Trouble brewing".Prague Post.Archivedfrom the original on 27 September 2012.Retrieved12 April2013.
  7. ^"Liberec – Olomouc 1:1, remíza nestačila, Sigma po 30 letech sestoupila"[Liberec – Olomouc 1–1, draw wasn't enough, Sigma were relegated after 30 years] (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 31 May 2014.Archivedfrom the original on 5 June 2014.Retrieved2 June2014.
  8. ^"Muži".SK Sigma Olomouc.
  9. ^"Detailed stats".Chance Liga.
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