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'''FK Chmel Blšany''' was a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[association football|football]] club based in the village of [[Blšany]]. The club played in the [[Czech First League]] between 1998 and 2006 and was the first professional club of goalkeeper [[Petr Čech]]. The club disbanded in 2016 after resigning from the 2016-17 regional championship (5th tier of the [[Czech Republic football league system]]).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hykl|first1=Jaromír|title=Nashledanou v lepších časech|url=http://www.fkchmelblsany.cz/text-nashledanou-v-lepsich-casech-jaromir-hykl/|website=FK Chmel Blšany|accessdateaccess-date=26 September 2017}}</ref>

FK Chmel Blšany was founded in 1946 as Sokol Blšany.<ref name=jerabek>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4ErKtwjzyv8C&pg=PA22&dq=%22Bl%C5%A1any,%2C+FK+Chmel:&hl=en&sa=X&ei=w9pZT9f1I4yfOr-fxZAN&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Bl%C5%A1any%2C%20FK%20Chmel%3A&fpg=falsePA22 Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal&nbsp;– lexikon osobností a klubu]; by Luboš Jeřábek; Grada Publishing; Prague; 2007; {{ISBN|978-80-247-1656-5}}; via [[Google Books]]</ref> Only amateur football was played in Blšany for a long time. In 1988, the team managed to reach the division and three years later the third [[Czechoslovakia]]n league. In 1993, FK Chmel Blšany (or Chmelaři as called by their fans) reached the second league and in 1998 the first.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.praguepost.com/archivescontent/31119-opening-a-porthole-to-the-world.html |title=Opening a porthole to the world |work=The Prague Post |date=17 November 1999 |accessdateaccess-date=29 May 2013|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724222030/http://www.praguepost.cz/archivescontent/31119-opening-a-porthole-to-the-world.html|archivedatearchive-date=24 July 2014}}</ref> In the [[1998–99 Czech First League|1998–99 season]], FK Blšany astonished the Czech Republic and achieved 6th place.<ref>[http://www.scorespro.com/soccer/czech-republic/division-1/1998-1999/standings/ Czech First League Standings 1998/1999] ScoresPro.com</ref> In [[2005–06 Czech First League|2005–06]], the team ended up last and were relegated to the second league. In [[2006–07 Czech 2. Liga|2006–07]], their first season back in the 2. Liga, they finished eighth but were relegated to the third-tier [[Bohemian Football League|ČFL]] due to not receiving a license from the league due to financial reasons.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/dalsi-pad-chmel-blsany-miri-do-divize-dv3-/fot_dsouteze.aspx?c=A071121_094130_fot_dsouteze_kal |title=Další pád. Chmel Blšany míří do divize |publisher=idnes.cz |date=21 November 2007 |accessdateaccess-date=9 March 2012|language=cs}}</ref> They finished last in the ČFL with just four wins in the 2007–08 season and were subsequently relegated for the third time in as many seasons. It did not get better in 2008–09 when, upon finishing 14th of 16 teams in Divize B of the [[Czech Fourth Division]], they were relegated for the fourth time in a row, partially due to a three-point deduction due to financial concerns.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/blsany-spadly-z-prvni-ligy-az-do-krajskeho-preboru-projekt-vsak-bezi-dal-1oi-/fot_dsouteze.aspx?c=A090615_093858_fot_dsouteze_par |title=Blšany spadly z první ligy až do krajského přeboru, projekt však běží dál |publisher=idnes.cz |date=15 June 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=21 February 2016|language=cs}}</ref> In 2009–10 they finished third in the fifth-tier Ústí Region championship and avoided relegation for the first time since the 2004–05 season. At the end of the 2010–11 season, Blšany gained promotion back to the [[Czech Fourth Division]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usti.idnes.cz/blsany-se-dockaly-povysily-do-divize-a-s-nimi-i-zatec-f92-/usti-sport.aspx?c=A110627_124419_usti-sport_ald |title= Blšany se dočkaly, povýšily do divize. A s nimi i Žatec |publisher=idnes.cz |date=27 June 2011 |accessdateaccess-date=27 June 2011|language=cs}}</ref>

Notable past players include [[Petr Čech]] (1999–2001), [[Jan Šimák]] (1996–2000), [[Jan Velkoborský]] (1999-2031999–2003), [[Jiří Němec]] (2002–2003), [[Daniel Kolář]] (2005), [[Patrik Gedeon]] (1995–2001 & 2007) and [[Štěpán Vachoušek]] (2001).

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** Champions (1): 1997–98

* [{{official website|http://www.fkchmelblsany.cz/ Official website]}}