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|clubname = Dukla Prague (Praha)|
|image = FK Dukla Praha logo.png
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|fullname = Dukla Prague|
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|founded = {{start date and age|1948}}
|dissolved = {{end date and age|1996}} (became [[1. FK Příbram|FC Dukla Příbram]])
|ground = [[Stadion Juliska]],<br/>[[Prague]] 
|capacity = 18,000 |
|league   = [[Czechoslovak First League|Czechoslovak League]] (1949–1993)<br>[[Czech First League|Czech League]] (1993–1994)<br>[[Bohemian Football League|Czech Third League]] (1994–1996) |
|season   = Final season<br/> 1995–96 |
|position = <br />3rd in [[Bohemian Football League|ČFL]] |
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'''Dukla Prague''' ({{langx|cs|Dukla Praha}}) was a Czech [[association football|football]] club from the city of [[Prague]]. Established in 1948 as '''ATK Praha''', the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]. As late as 1985–86 they reached the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] semi-final and they also made a great impact in the American Challenge Cup competition in New York City with four wins between 1961 and 1964. The club sent seven players to the silver medal-winning Czechoslovakia national team in the [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962 World Cup]], in a year which saw them win the fifth of their domestic league titles as well as their player [[Josef Masopust]] be named [[Ballon d'Or|European Footballer of the Year]]. Between the start of the competition in 1955 and 1991, Dukla played more matches in the [[European Cup]] than any other team in Czechoslovakia.

Dukla Prague football club was connected to clubs of other sports, but this connection continues no longer. However, separate [[Sport of athletics|athletics]], [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]], [[handball]], [[modern pentathlon]], [[cycle sport|cycling]], etc. clubs named Dukla Praha still nurture world-class athletes in their respective sports (like [[Roman Šebrle]] and others). In contrast to the football clubs, these are still under patronage of the [[Military of the Czech Republic|Czech Army]].

== History ==
Dukla Prague was formed in 1948 as "{{lang|cs|Armádní tělovýchovný klub}} (ATK) Praha" and started life in the top division of Czechoslovak football.<ref name=pivoda7>Pivoda 2013, p. 7.</ref><ref name=jerabek-profile>Jeřábek 2007, p. 162.</ref> The Dukla organisation, as it later became known, was run by the [[Czechoslovak Army]] and included seven sports teams.<ref name=duklareturns>{{cite news |last=Bouc |first=František |title=Dukla Returns |url=http://www.praguepost.com/archivescontent/2742-dukla-returns.html |access-date=14 June 2013 |url-status=dead |work=The Prague Post |date=6 December 2006 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615221959/http://www.praguepost.com/archivescontent/2742-dukla-returns.html |archive-date=15 June 2013}}</ref> The club changed its name to "{{lang|cs|Ústřední dům armády}} (ÚDA) Praha" in 1953, winning the first of eleven league titles in the [[1953 Czechoslovak First League|1953 season]].<ref name=pivoda7/><ref name=jerabek-profile/> The club went on to win the [[1956 Czechoslovak First League|1956 league title]], changing their name to "{{lang|cs|Dukla Praha}}" the same year in honour of those had fallen at the [[Battle of Dukla Pass]] in 1944.<ref name=jerabek-profile/> The subsequent [[1957–58 Czechoslovak First League|1957–58 season]] brought a second consecutive league title for the club, and its third overall.

The 1960–61 season marked the inaugural season of the [[Czechoslovak Cup]]. That season, the Dukla team completed a "[[Double (association football)|double]]" as they defeated [[Dynamo Žilina]] in the cup final to add to their fourth league title.<ref name=jerabek-profile/><ref name=jer233>Jeřábek 2007, pp. 233–234.</ref> The club was on the verge of another double in 1962, winning the league but losing in the cup final to [[ŠK Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]].<ref name=jerabek-profile/><ref name=jer233/> 1962 was also a World Cup year. Dukla was represented by seven players on the [[Czechoslovakia national football team]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/masopust-vzpomina-0nw-/fot_reprez.aspx?c=A121022_135015_fot_reprez_mn |title=Masopust vzpomíná, jak se v jedenašedesátém málem musel zastřelit |language=cs |work=Mladá fronta DNES |date=22 October 2012 |access-date=14 November 2013}}</ref> which reached the [[1962 FIFA World Cup Final|final]] before losing to [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]. Dukla star [[Josef Masopust]] scored in the final as Brazil won 3–1, and was later named as the winner of the 1962 [[Ballon d'Or]]. Dukla spent the next two seasons winning the league again, making a total of four titles in a row. The 1964–65 season yielded just the Cup before Dukla completed its second double in 1965–66.<ref name=jerabek-profile/> The club's final trophy of the decade came in the 1968–69 cup. In the first nine seasons of the cup competition, therefore, Dukla had reached six finals and won four titles.<ref name=jer233/>

The competition's format changed after the 1968–69 season, and it was not until 1980–81 that Dukla would record another title in the competition, repeating the achievement in 1982–83, 1984–85 and 1989–90.<ref name=jer233/> In the 1985–86 season, the club recorded its record win, a 10–0 victory against [[TJ Dynamo České Budějovice|Dynamo České Budějovice]].<ref name=pivoda28>Pivoda 2013, p. 28.</ref>

=== International competitions ===
Between the start of the competition in 1955 and 1991, Dukla played more matches in the [[European Cup]] (45) than any other team in Czechoslovakia.<ref name=jer244>Jeřábek 2007, p. 244.</ref> The five players from the Czechoslovak league with the most appearances in the competition in the pre-Champions League era of the European Cup all represented Dukla in the competition, these being [[Josef Masopust]], [[Jozef Adamec]], [[Jiří Čadek]], [[Josef Vacenovský]] and [[Dušan Kabát]].<ref name=jer244/>

Czech writer and sports journalist [[Ota Pavel]] wrote a unique book about Dukla's first victory in the [[American Challenge Cup]] and named it ''Dukla mezi mrakodrapy'' ({{langx|en|Dukla Among Skyscrapers}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radio.cz/cz/clanek/5002|title=Dukla mezi mrakodrapy|language=cs|work=Czech Radio|date=7 July 2001|access-date=13 November 2013|archive-date=21 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121095358/http://www.radio.cz/cz/clanek/5002|url-status=live}}</ref>

The supremacy of Dukla was so undisputed the organizers decided to establish the American Challenge Cup as the final of next International Soccer League editions, in which Dukla was invited to play against the winners of the group stage. Dukla won three American Challenge Cups, over Brazil's [[America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro)|America-RJ]] in 1962 (1–1 and 2–1), over [[West Ham United]] in 1963 (1–0 and 1–1) and over [[Zagłębie Sosnowiec]] in 1964 (3–1 and 1–1).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/islii.html |title=R.S.S.S.F.: USA – International Soccer League II |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727081521/http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/islii.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In later years{{when|date=October 2025}} they struggled to maintain international recognition, but were known in the [[United Kingdom]] fans thanks to [[Half Man Half Biscuit]]'s song "All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit" which was the B-side of their 1986 single "The Trumpton Riots" and was subsequently issued on the album ''[[Back Again in the DHSS]]'' and then on the CD release of the album ''[[Back in the DHSS]]''.  Fans of the band have created considerable demand for replica Dukla Prague shirts.{{fact|date=October 2025}}

Dukla's overall record in the International Soccer League and the American Challenge Cup thus comprises 11 wins, four draws and one loss with a score of 49–19.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/islii.html International Soccer League statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727081521/http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/islii.html |date=27 July 2020 }} on Rec. Sport. Soccer Statistics Foundation (R.S.S.S.F.) website</ref>

=== Czech Republic era ===
1994 saw the club's long-running association with the military come to an end and at the same time its status as a top-division team was lost.<ref name=duklareturns/> Dukla finished last in the [[1993–94 Czech First League]], employing three different managers over the course of the season.<ref name=pivoda99>Pivoda 2013, p. 99.</ref> In a season which saw the club lose 7–0 to [[FK Viktoria Žižkov|Viktoria Žižkov]],<ref name=pivoda28/> Dukla won just one of their thirty matches, a 1–0 victory against [[SK Hradec Králové|Hradec Králové]].<ref name=pivoda99/> Dukla played the following 1994–95 season in the third-tier [[Bohemian Football League]], finishing in third place behind [[SK Chrudim]] and [[FK Pelikán Děčín|Pelikán Děčín]].<ref name=pivoda99/> Dukla was unable to win the league in the 1995–96 season either, again finishing third, this time behind [[AFK Atlantic Lázně Bohdaneč|Atlantic Lázně Bohdaneč]] and [[FK Česká Lípa|Česká Lípa]].<ref name=pivoda99/>

The club then merged with second division side FC Portál Příbram in 1996.<ref name=duklareturns/><ref name=pivoda99/> The new club, which later became known as [[1. FK Příbram]], played one season in Prague at Juliska before moving to [[Příbram]] in 1997, the last home match at Juliska being a 2–2 draw with relegated [[FK Baník Havířov|Baník Havířov]] on 1 June 1997.<ref>Pivoda 2013, p. 100.</ref>

=== Reformation and return ===
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The name of Dukla Prague disappeared from the Czech football for several years, but not forever. Dukla Dejvice, a local Prague team founded in 1959, began playing at Juliska stadium and adopted Dukla Prague's yellow and red colours.<ref>{{cite web|first=Vladislav|last=Pivoňka|url=http://www.sestka.cz/index.php?clanek=941|title=Fotbalová Dukla hraje stále dál...|language=cs|work=Šestka&nbsp;– Noviny MČ Praha 6|access-date=15 November 2013|archive-date=3 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303001757/http://www.sestka.cz/index.php?clanek=941|url-status=live}}</ref>

The club entered the [[Prague Championship]] in 2001. In November 2006, Dukla Prague management announced that it had agreed to take over the [[Czech 2. liga|second league]] rights of the [[Jakubčovice Fotbal|Jakubčovice]] team.<ref>[http://www.deniksport.cz/Clanek480264.htm Czech article] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032934/http://www.deniksport.cz/Clanek480264.htm |date=27 September 2007 }} in the Sport daily from 19 November 2006.</ref> The legendary club returned to the Czech top league in 2011.

== Managers ==
The following individuals managed Dukla. In the 1948 season there were joint managers.<ref>Pivoda 2013, p. 36.</ref>
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
*[[Ladislav Ženíšek]], [[Jiří Zástěra]] (1948)
*[[Ladislav Ženíšek]] (1949–50)
*[[Karel Kolský]] (1951–52)
*[[Bohumil Musil]] (1953)
*[[Karel Kolský]] (1954–59)
*[[Bohumil Musil]] (1959–60)
*[[Jaroslav Vejvoda]] (1960–65)
{{col-3}}
*[[Bohumil Musil]] (1965–69)
*[[Milan Tošnar]] (1965–70)
*[[Jaroslav Vejvoda]] (1969–73)
*[[Josef Masopust]] (1973–75)
*[[Jaroslav Vejvoda]] (1975–80)
*[[Ladislav Novák]] (1980–85)
*[[Jiří Lopata]] (1985–87)
*[[Jaroslav Jareš]] (1987–90)
{{col-3}}
*[[Ivo Viktor]] (1990–91)
*[[Michal Jelínek]] (1991–92)
*[[František Plass]] (1992)
*[[Jiří Fryš]] (1993)
*[[Dan Matuška]] (1993–94)
*[[Svatopluk Bouška]] (1994)
{{col-end}}

== History in domestic competitions ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|
* 1949–1993 [[Czechoslovak First League]]
* 1993–1994 [[Czech First League]]
* 1994–1996 [[Bohemian Football League]]
|}

* Seasons spent at Level 1 of the [[Football in the Czech Republic|football league system]]: 45
* Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 0
* Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 2

=== Czech Republic ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Season
! League
! Placed
! Pld
! W
! D
! L
! GF
! GA
! GD
! Pts
! Cup
|-
|[[1993–94 Czech First League|1993–94]]
|[[1993–94 Czech First League|1. liga]]
|style="background: #FFCCCC; text-align:center"|16th
|style="background: #FFCCCC; text-align:center"|30
|style="background: #FFCCCC; text-align:center"|1
|style="background: #FFCCCC; text-align:center"|8
|style="background: #FFCCCC; text-align:center"|21
|style="background: #FFCCCC; text-align:center"|21
|style="background: #FFCCCC; text-align:center"|68
|style="background: #FFCCCC; text-align:center"|–47
|style="background: #FFCCCC; text-align:center"|10<ref group=upper-alpha>Two points for a win in 1993–94.</ref>
|style="background: #FFCCCC; text-align:center"|Round of 64
|-
|1994–95
|3. liga
|style="text-align:center"|3rd
|style="text-align:center"|34
|style="text-align:center"|21
|style="text-align:center"|7
|style="text-align:center"|6
|style="text-align:center"|83
|style="text-align:center"|38
|style="text-align:center"|+45
|style="text-align:center"|70
|style="text-align:center"|Round of 16
|-
|1995–96
|3. liga
|style="text-align:center"|3rd
|style="text-align:center"|34
|style="text-align:center"|24
|style="text-align:center"|5
|style="text-align:center"|5
|style="text-align:center"|72
|style="text-align:center"|20
|style="text-align:center"|+52
|style="text-align:center"|77
|style="text-align:center"|Quarterfinals
|-
|}

;Notes
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== Honours ==
*'''[[Czechoslovak First League]]'''<ref name=jerabek-profile/>
**'''Champions (11):''' [[1953 Czechoslovak First League|1953]], [[1956 Czechoslovak First League|1956]], [[1957–58 Czechoslovak First League|1957–58]], [[1960–61 Czechoslovak First League|1960–61]], [[1961–62 Czechoslovak First League|1961–62]], [[1962–63 Czechoslovak First League|1962–63]], [[1963–64 Czechoslovak First League|1963–64]], [[1965–66 Czechoslovak First League|1965–66]], [[1976–77 Czechoslovak First League|1976–77]], [[1978–79 Czechoslovak First League|1978–79]], [[1981–82 Czechoslovak First League|1981–82]]
*'''[[Czechoslovak Cup]]'''<ref name=jerabek-profile/>
**'''Winners (8):''' 1960–61, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90
*'''[[Czech Cup]]'''<ref name=jerabek-profile/>
**'''Winners (4):''' 1980–81, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90
*'''[[International Soccer League]]'''
**'''Winners:''' 1961

== See also ==
:* [[HC ATK Praha]]&nbsp;– related ice hockey team, 1948–56
:* [[HC Dukla Prague]]&nbsp;– handball department of the club, 30-time national champions
:* [[Team Dukla Praha (men's team)|Team Dukla Praha]]&nbsp;– cycling team, founded 2011
:* [[VK Dukla Liberec]]&nbsp;– former volleyball department

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
*Horák, Jindřich, Král, Lubomír. ''Encyklopedie našeho fotbalu : Sto let českého a slovenského fotbalu. Domácí soutěže''. Praha : Libri, 1997. 704 p.&nbsp;{{ISBN|80-85983-22-2}}
*Jeřábek, Luboš. ''Český a československý fotbal&nbsp;– lexikon osobností a klubů'', Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007. {{ISBN|978-80-247-1656-5}}
*Pavel, Ota. ''Dukla mezi mrakodrapy''. Praha : Slávka Kopecká, 2004. 183 p. Sebrané spisy Oty Pavla; vol. 1. {{ISBN|80-86631-14-1}}
*Pivoda, Aleš. ''Legenda se vrátila'' Praha: MAC, 2013. 157 p.&nbsp;{{ISBN|978-80-86783-65-9}}
*Sigmund, Stanislav. ''FC Dukla 1948–1998''. Praha : MJF, 1998. 51 p.&nbsp;{{ISBN|80-86284-00-X}}

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