MFK Karviná is a professional football club located in Karviná, Czech Republic. It plays in the Czech National Football League after it was administratively relegated in 2026. The team's colours are green and white.
History Karviná as a multi-ethnic city of Cieszyn Silesia was a home to many football clubs, which were established by particular ethnic groups after World War I. At that time many football clubs of Polish, German, Czech and Jewish communities were founded. Most known and strongest Polish club was Polonia Karwina founded in 1919. After World War II German and Jewish clubs were not re-established. Czech and Polish clubs still existed until the 1950s, when as a part of communist unification of sport life in Czechoslovakia Czech clubs were joined to ZSJ OKD Mír Karviná and Polish Polonia Karwina incorporated into that club.
The club played at the top national level of competition in the 1996–97 Czech First League and 1998–99 Czech First League, being relegated on each occasion.
In the 2000–01 Czech 2. Liga, Karviná were relegated to the Moravian–Silesian Football League (MSFL) after finishing 15th of 16 teams. They subsequently finished last in the MSFL in the 2001–02 season, signalling a second relegation in as many seasons. The club, playing in the Czech Fourth Division in the 2002–03 season, finished dead last and was thus relegated for a third time in succession.
The club merged with Jäkl Karviná in 2003, taking the name MFK Karviná. The 2003–04 season saw the club play in the Regional Championship, finishing fourth but being promoted to the Czech Fourth Division due to higher-finishing teams declining the opportunity to promote. The club subsequently spent two seasons in the Czech Fourth Division, finishing fifth in their first season and third in the 2005–06 season, winning promotion to the MSFL. The club finished 8th in their first season back in the MSFL in 2006–07 and went on to finish fourth in the 2007–08 season. They then bought the license for the second division from league champions Sigma Olomouc B, and thus qualified to play in the Czech 2. Liga. Having played in the Second League since 2008, the club celebrated promotion to the First League after the 29th round of the 2015–16 Czech National Football League.
In May 2026, Karviná won the Czech Cup and subsequently qualified for the play-off round of the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League.
On 15 June 2026, Karviná was administratively relegated to the FNL by the Ethics Committee of the FAČR due to alleged match-fixing. The club announced, that they would appeal the decision. On 28 June 2026, the club decided to withdraw its appeal and leave the league.
Historical names 1919–38: PKS Polonia Karwina 1945–48: SK Polonia Karwina 1948–51: Sokol Polonia Karviná 1951–53: Sokol OKD Mír Karviná 1953–61: Baník Karviná Mír 1961–94: Baník 1. máj Karviná 1994–95: FC Karviná–Vítkovice (after merger with FC Vítkovice Kovkor) 1995–03: FC Karviná 2003–08: MFK Karviná (after merger with Jäkl Karviná) 2008–present: MFK OKD Karviná
Players Current squad
Out on loan
Notable former players
Managers
Leoš Kalvoda (2008–2010) Jiří Balcárek (2010) Karel Kula (2010–2012) Marek Kalivoda (2012) Pavel Malura (2012) Petr Maslej (2012–2013) Josef Mazura (2013–2014) Jozef Weber (2014–2017) Lubomír Vlk (2017) Josef Mucha (2017–2018) Lubomír Vlk (2018) Roman Nádvorník (2018) Norbert Hrnčár (2018–2019) František Straka (2019) Juraj Jarábek (2019–2021) Jozef Weber (2021) Bohumil Páník (2021–2022) Tomáš Hejdušek (2022–2023) Juraj Jarábek (2023–2024) Marek Bielan (2024) Martin Hyský (2024–2025) Marek Jarolím (2025–2026) Roman West (2026–present)
History in domestic competitions 2003–2004 Krajský přebor 2004–2006 Divize E 2006–2008 Moravian-Silesian Football League 2008–2016 Czech National Football League 2016–2022 Czech First League 2022–2023 Czech National Football League 2023– Czech First League
Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 8 Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 9 Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 2 Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 2 Seasons spent at Level 5 of the football league system: 1
Czech Republic Season League Placed Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cup2003–045. liga4th30146106043+1748–2004–054. liga5th30155105951+850Round of 642005–064. liga3rd3015785632+2452Round of 642006–073. liga8th30126124740+742First round2007–083. liga4th30131164830+1850Round of 322008–092. liga8th30127114542+343Round of 322009–102. liga8th30116134436+839Round of 162010–112. liga4th30137104246–446Round of 162011–122. liga6th30127113635+143Round of 162012–132. liga9th30119104343042Round of 642013–142. liga8th30126124439+542Round of 322014–152. liga7th30121083931+846Round of 322015–162. liga1st2817835017+3359Round of 162016–171. liga10th3097143949–1034Quarter-finals2017–181. liga14th3079143240–830Round of 162018–191. liga15th3595214257–1532Quarter-finals2019–201. liga14th33512162546–2127Round of 322020–211. liga12th34912133749–1239Round of 322021–221. liga16th35310223363–3019Round of 162022–232. liga1st3017585837+2156Round of 162023–241. liga14th3588193862–2432Round of 642024–251. liga10th32118134057–1741Round of 642025–261. liga8th34133184861–1342Winners2026–272. ligaRound of 64
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