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Slovan Liberec
Full name	FC Slovan Liberec, a.s.
Nickname(s)	Libe
Founded	1921
Ground	Stadion U Nisy, Liberec (Capacity 10,000)
Chairman	Zbyněk Štiller
Manager	Vacant
League	Gambrinus liga
2006-2007	4th
Home colours 　 Away colours

FC Slovan Liberec is a Czech football club based in the city of Liberec.

• Champion of the Czech Republic in 2002 and 2006

TJ Slovan Liberec was created on 12 July 1958, when Jiskra Liberec and Slavoj Liberec merged. Jiskra came out from 1910 created SK the Sparta Horní Růžodol. Slavoj however had developed in 1945 as SK Čechie Liberec. Before World War II none of the teams from Liberec achieved much success. Both Slavoj Liberec (1953) and Jiskra (1955) only played one season in the top league. After their formation, Slovan spent many years in the lower leagues, only reaching the Czechoslovak second division in 1977. Up to the dissolution of the ČSFR the club played mainly in the second and third divisions. However, Slovan ascended to the 1.League with the formation of the Czech league in 1993, and has maintained this position ever since. In the 1990s Slovan Liberec achieved a series of mid-table finishes. In 2002 Slovan Liberec became the first champions of the Czech Republic from outside Prague. Subsequently the team finished fourth in 2002/2003. In the season 2004/05 as a consequence of a league wide corruption scandal, Slovan were penalised six points. Slovan still achieved fifth place with 46 points.

1958 as TJ Slovan Liberec based, were called the association starting from 1980 TJ Slovan Elitex Liberec. Further Umbenenungen gave it 1993 in FC Slovan Liberec, still in the same year in FC Slovan WSK Liberec (WSK was an abbreviation for Wimpey Severokámen, a club sponsor) and only one year later, to 1994, in FC Slovan WSK Vratislav (Vratislav is a beer mark) Liberec. Already 1995 returned the association to the designation FC Slovan Liberec.

As of September 2, 2007:

No. Position Player 1 GK Zbyněk Hauzr 2 DF Milan Matula 4 FW Martin Jirouš 5 MF Hudson 6 MF Petr Krátký 7 MF Jiří Bílek 8 DF Jiří Liška 9 MF Ján Vlasko 10 MF Ivan Hodúr 11 FW Jales 12 DF Radek Hochmeister 13 DF Jan Polák 14 DF Pavel Košťál 15 DF Adam Petrouš

No. Position Player 16 GK Petr Bolek 17 DF Tomáš Janů 19 DF Peter Šinglár 20 MF Tomáš Frejlach 22 DF Radek Bejbl 23 MF Petr Papoušek 24 DF Michal Jonáš 25 MF Jakub Dohnálek 27 FW Jan Nezmar 28 FW Jan Blažek 29 FW Filip Dort 30 GK Maxim Uvarenko 31 FW Robin Dejmek 76 DF Miroslav Holeňák

• Official website (Czech)