HC Dukla Prague


HC Dukla Prague is a Czech handball club. Dukla won three EHF Champions League titles as well as reaching two further finals. The club also won 30 national championships.

History

Originally it was a part of a Czechoslovak army sports club supporting several different sports teams, including football, which was founded in 1948 as ATK Praha and later renamed Dukla Prague. The handball team of Dukla Praha was the most successful Czechoslovak handball team. They won the Czechoslovak handball league 28 times and after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia the Czech handball league twice. In 1956, 1963 and 1984 they won the European Champions' Cup and in 1967 and 1968 they finished in the finals. In 1982 they reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. In 1963 they were awarded the team trophy of the Czechoslovak Sportsperson of the Year.
As of 2006, the club was playing outside of Prague in Louny.

Accomplishments

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1956-57EHF Champions LeagueQuarterfinals Bucuresti24-1924-19
1956-57EHF Champions LeagueSemifinals HG Kopenhagen25-1825-18
1956-57EHF Champions LeagueFinals Örebro21-1321-13
1958-59EHF Champions LeagueR1 Sparta Katowicewowo
1958-59EHF Champions LeagueQuarterfinals Dinamo Bucuresti14-1514-15
2016–17EHF CupR1 KH BESA Famiglia31–3531–2362–58
2016–17EHF CupR2 RK Nexe Našice30–2923–3053–59