Draci Brno
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Draci Brno (English: Brno Dragons) is a baseball team from Brno, Czech Republic. The team plays in the Czech Extraliga.
History
Draci Brno was founded as Slavia Brno VŠZ in 1972. In 1973, the team won the Czechoslovak amateur softball tournament and the next year they were invited to join the newly created national league organized by the Czechoslovak Association of Physical Education. Since then, the club has played every season on the top tier of Czechoslovak/Czech baseball, except for the 1993 season, when they were forced to play in a lower level league. That same year, the team changed its name to VSK VŠZ Draci Brno.
Draci Brno won their first Extraliga title in 1995 and won every season back to back from 1995 to 2010. The club has the most titles with a total of 26.
In 2016, the team participated in and won the inaugural and only season of the Euro League Baseball.
Roster
| Draci Brno roster – Extraliga 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Coaches | |||
| Pitchers 11 Radim Chroust 23 Marcus Jensen 14 Filip Čapka 42 Jan Vašourek 16 Jan Nebenführ 43 David Mergans 16 Tomáš Hrbek 12 Ondřej Furko | Catchers 18 Michael Varga 30 Šimon Drápela 25 Jakub Winkler Infielders 24 Pavel Budský 27 Přemek Chroust 2 Jakub Hajtmar 10 Martin Červinka 28 Zdeněk Chvátal 13 Martin Schneider 56 Milan Prokop Outfielders 9 Arnošt Dubový 1 Adam Hajtmar 31 Filip Moštěk 8 Martin Kalábek | Manager 19 Arnošt Nesňal Coaches 22 Hynek Čapka (head) 50 David Winkler (third base) 13 Pavel Chadim (assistant) 26 Karel Hrušovský (assistant) |
Euro League Baseball
Draci Brno is one of the four teams to start in the inaugural season of the Euro League Baseball.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | HW | HL | AW | AL | GB | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draci Brno | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | .750 |
| 2 | Regensburg Legionäre | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .375 |
| 3 | Munich-Haar Disciples | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .375 |
Achievements
- Extraliga : 25 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- European Champions Cup winner 1 (2024)
- CEB Cup winner : 1 (2017)
- 3rd European Cup : 2 (1998, 2004)