Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Welcome to Mlada Boleslav

Fotbalovy klub Mladá Boleslav was founded in 1902. The team managed to win promotion in the First Czech Republic Division for the first time in 2004 and had to fight against relegation very hard, finishing only 14th. In 2005/06 the finished runner-up in the league and qualityed for the UEFA Champions League (their best performance).

In 2006/07 season, FK Mladá Boleslav defeated Valerenga Oslo (3–1 and 2–2), then lost against Galatasaray Istanbul (2–5 away, 1–1 home), but surprisingly defeated Olympique Marseilles in 1st round of the UEFA Cup 4–3 (1st leg: 0–1, 2nd leg 4–2). At the Group Stage matches Mladá Boleslav got just 3 points of 4 matches (Panathinaikos 0–1, Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–1, Paris St. Germain 0–0, Rapid Bucharest 1–1), therefore being eliminated. FK Mladá Boleslav qualified for the group stages of the UEFA Cup after finishing 3rd in next league again on the 4th October 2007 beating Italian side Palermo on penalties 4–2 after a nail biting 1–1 aggregate scoreline, on the verge of being eliminated with the score reading 1–0 Palermo, (with their goal in the first leg still standing) in the 2nd leg, Tomáš Sedlacek popped the winner in the 2nd leg with only seconds to spare. In the next round Mladá Boleslav defeated Swedish IF Elfsborg 3–1, but lost tightly against Villareal 1–2, AEK Athens 0–1 and Fiorentina 1–2 and didn't qualify for 3rd round.

The major sponsor of the club is Auto Skoda.

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