FC Viktoria Plzeň
| Full name | Football Club Viktoria Plzeň a.s. | |||
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| Founded | 11 June 1911 | |||
| Ground | Doosan Arena | |||
| Capacity | 11,700 | |||
| President | Adolf Šádek | |||
| Head coach | Miroslav Koubek | |||
| League | Czech First League | |||
| 2024–25 | 2nd of 16 | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Football Club Viktoria Plzeň (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɪktorɪja ˈpl̩zɛɲ]) is a Czech professional football club based in Plzeň. It plays in the Czech First League, the top division of football in the country.
As runner-up in the 1970–71 Czechoslovak Cup, the club competed in the following season's Cup Winners' Cup – the winner Spartak Trnava also won the championship and played in the European Cup. In 2010, Viktoria Plzeň competed in the UEFA Europa League after it won the 2009–10 Czech Cup.
The club won the Czech league for the first time in 2011, and participated in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League group stage, won their first Champions League match, and finished on five points, qualifying for the Round of 32 in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. The club won its second Czech league title in the 2012–13 season.
In 2013–14, the team participated in the UEFA Champions League group stage and finished third. They then reached the round of 16 in UEFA Europa League before being eliminated by Lyon.