Bili Tygri Liberec

Bili Tygri Liberec trace their history back to Lokomotiva Liberec, a team created in a merger in 1956, and slowly made their way to the second-highest league in the Czech Republic. In 2000 the team was re-named Bili Tygri or White Tigers in English, after the rare animal that is a famous attraction in the Liberec Zoo. Two years later, the club finally made the Czech Extraliga, where it has remained ever since. In the Extraliga, the team had 4x regular-season 1st place finishes in 2006, 2007, 2016, and 2017 but didnt win the playoff until 2015-16, when they reached the finals for the first time and won the national title. The teams most famous player is native son Petr Nedved. Due to its geographical position, the club has a loyal fanbase not only in the northern Czech Republic, but into neighbouring Germany and Poland as well