Kotlářka Praha

The team was established as the baseball section of the Kotlářka sports club (Sportovní klub Kotlářka) in 1980. From its inception until 2006, the club only fielded youth teams, as it lacked a proper baseball field. After 2006, Kotlářka began construction of a baseball stadium in Dejvice, Stadion Markéta, which was completed in time for the 2008 season.^[1]

Kotlářka's senior team made its debut in 2008. In 2009, they were runners-up of the Czech Baseball 1. Liga, the second level of the Czech baseball system, earning promotion to the Extraliga, in which they debuted in 2010.^[2] In their first Extraliga season, they finished fourth with a 14–14 record but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Eagles Praha.^[3]

In 2013, Kotlářka were runners-up in the Extraliga, losing the finals three games to one to Draci Brno.^[4][5][6] This qualified them for the 2014 European Champions Cup in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, where they finished seventh with a 1–4 record, achieving their only win in the tournament against the Solingen Alligators.^[7]

In 2014, Kotlářka again reached the finals, where they lost to Draci Brno, two games to three, in a repetition of the 2013 final.^[8][9] In 2015, the club won the Czech championship, defeating Draci Brno three games to two in their third consecutive final series meeting.^[10][11][12] As Czech champions, Kotlářka participated in the 2016 European Champions Cup, contested in Rimini and San Marino, where they finished last with a 0–3 record.^[13]

After the 2021 season, the Czech Extraliga was reduced from ten teams to eight, with Kotlářka being demoted to the second league. They returned to the Extraliga in 2024.^[14]

Six Kotlářka players were called to represent the Czech Republic at the 2026 World Baseball Classic: pitchers Lukáš Ercoli, Marek Minařík, Jan Novák and Daniel Padyšák, catcher Martin Červenka, and outfielder Max Prejda.^[15]

• Extraliga : 1 (2015)