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{{Infobox hockey team
| team = Bílí Tygři Liberec
| colour = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#00A4E8 5px solid; border-bottom:#061734 5px solid;
| colour text = #000000
| logo = HC Bílí Tygři Liberec logo.png
| logosize = 190px
| city = [[Liberec]]
| league = [[Czech Extraliga]]
| founded = {{Start date|1956}}
| arena = [[Home Credit Arena]]<br />([[List of ice hockey arenas by capacity|capacity]]: 7,500)
| colours = Navy blue, aqua blue, white<br />{{color box|#061734}} {{color box|#00A4E8}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| owner =
| GM = {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ctibor Jech (ice hockey, born 1949)|Ctibor Jech]]
| coach = {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Filip Pešán]]
| captain = {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Petr Jelínek]]
| website = [https://www.hcbilitygri.cz/ hcbilitygri.cz]
}}
'''Bílí Tygři Liberec''' (English: ''Liberec White Tigers'') are a professional [[ice hockey]] club based in [[Liberec]], [[Czech Republic]]. The team competes in the [[Czech Extraliga]], the highest level of play in professional Czech ice hockey.
==History==
The first hockey club in Liberec was founded in 1934 under the name ''SK Rapid Horní Růžodol''. After the [[World War II|WWII]], there have been two sections: ''Jiskra Kolora'' and ''Tatran''. In 1956, a new ice rink was built in Liberec and the clubs agreed to merge, under the name ''TJ Lokomotiva Liberec''. Since 1961, the club have been named: ''Stadion Liberec''.
Since 1985, the level of Liberec hockey began to decline and the team played in the third highest competition. It has been given its current name since 2000 and the team returned to the [[Czech Extraliga]] in 2002. On 5 October 2010, as the first Czech ice hockey club played on their home ice with an [[National Hockey League|NHL]] team, specifically in the preparatory match with the [[Boston Bruins]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Liberec poznal sílu vyslance z NHL. Boston zúčtoval s Čechy 7:1 |url=https://www.sport.cz/hokej/nhl/clanek/176354-liberec-poznal-silu-vyslance-z-nhl-boston-zuctoval-s-cechy-7-1.html |work=Sport.cz |date=5 October 2010 |language=cs}}</ref> In the [[2015–16 Czech Extraliga season|2015/16 season]], Liberec won its first ever Czech Champion title.
==Honours==
===Domestic===
'''[[Czech Extraliga]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners: [[2015–16 Czech Extraliga season|2015–16]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up: [[2016–17 Czech Extraliga season|2016–17]], [[2018–19 Czech Extraliga season|2018–19]], [[2020–21 Czech Extraliga season|2020–21]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place: [[2004–05 Czech Extraliga season|2004–05]], [[2006–07 Czech Extraliga season|2006–07]]
'''[[1st Czech Republic Hockey League|Czech 1. Liga]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners: [[2001–02 Czech 1. Liga season|2001–02]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up: [[1997–98 Czech 1. Liga season|1997–98]], [[2000–01 Czech 1. Liga season|2000–01]]
==Players==
{{see also|:Category:HC Bílí Tygři Liberec players}}
===Current roster===
<small>'''Source:''' hcbilitygri.cz</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hcbilitygri.cz/soupiska.asp | title=Team Roster / HC Bílí Tygři Liberec | publisher=www.hcbilitygri.cz | language=cs | access-date=2017-05-14}}</ref><small>'''Source:''' eliteprospects.com</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/700/bili-tygri-liberec | title=Team Roster / HC Bílí Tygři Liberec | publisher=www.eliteprospects.com | language=en | access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref><small>As of October 16, 2021.</small>
{{Ice hockey team roster}}
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{{player4
| first = Michal | last = Birner | dab = | num = 16 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1986 | birthmonth = 03 | birthday = 02 | acq = [[2018–19 Czech Extraliga season|2018]] | birthplace = [[Litoměřice]], Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Lukáš | last = Derner | dab = | num = 17 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1983 | birthmonth = 08 | birthday = 24 | acq = [[2005–06 Czech Extraliga season|2005]] | birthplace = [[Liberec]], Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Martin | last = Faško-Rudáš | dab = | num = 77 | nat = SVK | pos = LW | s/g = R | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 08 | birthday = 10 | acq = [[2021–22 Czech Extraliga season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Banská Bystrica|Banská Bystrica, Slovakia]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Tomáš | last = Filippi | dab = | num = 41 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 05 | birthday = 04 | acq = [[2020–21 Czech Extraliga season|2020]] | birthplace = [[Rychnov nad Kněžnou]], Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Oscar | last = Flynn | dab = | num = 19 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1999 | birthmonth = 04 | birthday = 19 | acq = [[2022–23 Czech Extraliga season|2022]] | birthplace = [[Burnley|Burnley, Great Britain]] | inj = | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Dávid | last = Hrenák | dab = | num = – | pos = G | nat = Slovakia | s/g = L | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 05 | birthday = 05 | acq = [[2023–24 Czech Extraliga season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Považská Bystrica|Považská Bystrica, Slovakia]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Michal | last = Ivan | dab = | num = 29 | pos = D | nat = SVK | s/g = L | birthyear = 1999 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 18 | acq = [[2021–22 Czech Extraliga season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Žiar nad Hronom]], Slovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Petr | last = Jelínek | dab = | num = 26 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1984 | birthmonth = 06 | birthday = 19 | acq = [[2014–15 Czech Extraliga season|2014]] | birthplace = [[Prague]], Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Jakub | last = Klepiš | dab = | num = 21 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1984 | birthmonth = 06 | birthday = 05 | acq = [[2021–22 Czech Extraliga season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Prague]], Czechoslovakia | inj = | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Jan | last = Šír | dab = | num = 28 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 01 | birthday = 26 | acq = [[2019–20 Czech Extraliga season|2019]] | birthplace = [[Liberec]], Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = T.J. | last = Melancon | dab = | num = 23 | pos = D | nat = CAN | s/g = R | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 07 | birthday = 04 | acq = [[2021–22 Czech Extraliga season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Oshawa]], Canada | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Marek | last = Zachar | dab = | num = 69 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 06 | birthday = 11 | acq = [[2018–19 Czech Extraliga season|2018]] | birthplace = [[Liberec]], Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Ladislav | last = Šmíd | dab = | num = 5 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1986 | birthmonth = 02 | birthday = 01 | acq = [[2017–18 Czech Extraliga season|2017]] | birthplace = [[Frýdlant]], Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Miroslav | last = Mucha | dab = | num = – | pos = RW | nat = SVK | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 07 | acq = [[2023–24 Czech Extraliga season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Bytča|Bytča, Slovakia]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Jakub | last = Rychlovský | dab = | num = 18 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 08 | birthday = 07 | acq = [[2019–20 Czech Extraliga season|2019]] | birthplace = [[Vrchlabí]], Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Rayen | last = Petrovický | dab = | num = – | pos = D | nat = SVK | s/g = L | birthyear = 2002 | birthmonth = 02 | birthday = 27 | acq = [[2023–24 Czech Extraliga season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Bellinzona|Bellinzona, Switzerland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Vratislav | last = Kunst | dab = | num = 55 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1999 | birthmonth = 03 | birthday = 29 | acq = [[2019–20 Czech Extraliga season|2019]] | birthplace = [[Prague]], Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Daniel | last = Špaček | dab = | num = 19 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1986 | birthmonth = 01 | birthday = 09 | acq = [[2007–08 Czech Extraliga season|2007]] | birthplace = [[Liberec]], Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Petr | last = Kolmann | dab = | num = 59 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1988 | birthmonth = 09 | birthday = 20 | acq = [[2008–09 Czech Extraliga season|2008]] | birthplace = [[Liberec]], Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Jaroslav | last = Vlach | dab = | num = 53 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 04 | birthday = 06 | acq = [[2012–13 Czech Extraliga season|2012]] | birthplace = [[Paběnice]], Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Adam | last = Najman | dab = | num = 71 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 01 | birthday = 07 | acq = [[2018–19 Czech Extraliga season|2018]] | birthplace = [[Jihlava]], Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Jan | last = Štibingr | dab = | num = 73 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 02 | birthday = 16 | acq = [[2020–21 Czech Extraliga season|2020]] | birthplace = [[Prague]], Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Jan | last = Ordoš | dab = | num = 45 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 09 | birthday = 18 | acq = [[2021–22 Czech Extraliga season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Ústí nad Labem]], Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
{{player4
| first = Ondřej | last = Vitásek | dab = | num = 43 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 09 | birthday = 04 | acq = [[2020–21 Czech Extraliga season|2020]] | birthplace = [[Prostějov]], Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap =  | fa = }}
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.hcbilitygri.cz/ Official website] {{in lang|cs}}
* [http://www.hcbilitygri.cz/english.asp Official Bílí Tygři Liberec website {{in lang|en}}]
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