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{{Infobox ice hockey team
| team = HC Vítkovice Ridera
| colour = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#15377E 5px solid; border-bottom:#15377E 5px solid;
| colour text = #000000
| logo = Vítkovice Ridera hockey club.png
| logosize = 200px
| nickname = "Vítky"
| city = [[Ostrava]], [[Czech Republic]]
| league = [[Czech Extraliga]]
| founded = {{Start date|1928}}
| arena = [[Ostravar Aréna]] <br />(capacity: 9,833)
| colours = Blue, white<br />{{Color box|#15377E}} {{Color box|#FFFFFF}}
| mascot = Rytíř Vítek (Knight Vítek)
| owner = Aleš Pavlík
| GM = [[Roman Šimíček]]
| coach = [[Václav Varaďa]]
| captain = [[Marek Kalus]] 
| president = [[František Černík]]
| website = {{URL|https://hc-vitkovice.cz}}
| dates1 = 1928–1929
| name1 = SK Moravská Ostrava
| dates2 = 1929–1936
| name2 = SSK Vítkovice
| dates3 = 1936–1945
| name3 = ČSK Vítkovice
| dates4 = 1945–1948
| name4 = SK Vítkovické železárny
| dates5 = 1948–1952
| name5 = Sokol VŽKG
| dates6 = 1952–1957
| name6 = Baník VŽKG
| dates7 = 1957–1976
| name7 = TJ VŽKG Ostrava
| dates8 = 1976–1993
| name8 = TJ Vítkovice
| dates9 = 1993–2005
| name9 = HC Vítkovice
| dates10 = 2005–2016
| name10 = HC Vítkovice Steel
| dates11 = 2016–resent
| name11 = HC Vítkovice Ridera
}}

'''HC Vítkovice Ridera''' is a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Vítkovice (Ostrava)|Vítkovice]], the [[Moravia|Moravian-part]] of [[Ostrava]], in the [[Czech Republic]], competing in the [[Czech Extraliga]]. It plays at [[Ostravar Aréna]].

The club was founded in 1928 after the merger of '''SK Moravská Slavia''' and '''SK Slovan Ostrava'''. Vítkovice were the champions of the [[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League]] in the 1951–52 and 1980–81 seasons.

Its biggest rivals are [[HC Oceláři Třinec]] and [[HC Sparta Prague]].

==Honours==

===Domestic===
'''[[Czech Extraliga]]'''
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (4): [[1996–97 Czech Extraliga season|1996–97]], [[2001–02 Czech Extraliga season|2001–02]], [[2009–10 Czech Extraliga season|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Czech Extraliga season|2010–11]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (2): [[1997–98 Czech Extraliga season|1997–98]], [[2000–01 Czech Extraliga season|2000–01]]

'''[[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|Czechoslovak Extraliga]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (2): [[1951–52 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1951–52]], [[1980–81 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1980–81]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (5): [[1949–50 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1949–50]], [[1950–51 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1950–51]], [[1952–53 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1952–53]], [[1982–83 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1982–83]], [[1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1992–93]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (2): [[1957–58 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1957–58]], [[1978–79 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1978–79]]

===International===
'''[[IIHF European Cup]]'''
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): [[1981–82 IIHF European Cup|1981–82]]

===Pre-season===
'''[[Spengler Cup]]'''
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): [[1980 Spengler Cup|1980]]

'''[[Tatra Cup]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (5): 1968/1969, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009

==Players==

===Current roster===
<small>As of 16 February 2025.</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/772/hc-vitkovice | title=Team Roster / HC Vítkovice Ridera | publisher=eliteprospects.com | access-date=2025-02-16}}</ref>
{{Ice hockey team roster}}
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{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Jindřich | last = Abdul | dab = | num = 24 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 1 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Vsetín|Vsetín, Czech Republic]] | inj = yes | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Yohann | last = Auvitu | dab = | num = 81 | pos = D | nat = FRA | s/g = L | birthyear = 1989 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 27 | acq = [[2023-24 Czech Extraliga season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Ivry-sur-Seine, France]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Jan | last = Bambula | dab = | num = 72 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 20 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Havířov|Havířov, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Marcel | last = Barinka | dab = | num = 91 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 23 | acq = [[2023-24 Czech Extraliga season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Prague, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Rihards | last = Bukarts | dab = | num = 13 | pos = W | nat = LAT | s/g = R | birthyear = 1995 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 31 | acq = [[2023-24 Czech Extraliga season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Jurmala|Jurmala, Latvia]] | inj = yes | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Roberts | last = Bukarts | dab = | num = 71 | pos = LW | nat = LAT | s/g = R | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 27 | acq = [[2021–22 Czech Extraliga season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Jurmala]], [[Latvian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Patrik | last = Demel | dab = | num = 8 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1995 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 28 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Ostrava|Ostrava, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Jan | last = Eberle | dab = | num = 15 | pos = W | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1989 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 20 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Kladno]], [[Czechoslovakia]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Martin | last = Hanzl | dab = | num = 79 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1993 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 25 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Ústí nad Labem|Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Petr | last = Hašek | dab = | num = 10 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 10 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Beroun|Beroun, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Petr | last = Hauser | dab = | num = 93 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 2003 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 19 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Plzeň|Plzeň, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Jan | last = Hladonik | dab = | num = 67 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1999 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 18 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Třinec, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Dominik | last = Hrachovina | dab = | num = 49 | pos = G | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1994 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 29 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Brno, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Marek | last = Kalus | dab = | num = 11 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1993 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 22 | acq = [[2020-21 Czech Extraliga season|2020]] | birthplace = [[Ostrava|Ostrava, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = C | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Lukáš | last = Klimeš | dab = | num = 33 | pos = G | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1994 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 14 | acq = [[2022-23 Czech Extraliga season|2022]] | birthplace = [[Brno, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Jan | last = Košťálek | dab = | num = 3 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1995 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 17 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Prague, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Lukáš | last = Kovář | dab = | num = 18 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 10 | acq = [[2020-21 Czech Extraliga season|2020]] | birthplace = [[Ostrava]], [[Czechoslovakia]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Joe | last = Leahy | dab = Joe Leahy (ice hockey) | num = 4 | pos = D | nat = CAN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 29 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Waterloo, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Vojtěch | last = Lednický | dab = | num = 23 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 30 | acq = [[2020-21 Czech Extraliga season|2020]] | birthplace = [[Frýdek-Místek|Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Patrik | last = Marcel | dab = | num = 44 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1994 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 27 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Plzeň|Plzeň, Czech Republic]] | inj = yes | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Juraj | last = Mikuš | dab = Juraj Mikuš (ice hockey, born 1988) | num = 2 | pos = D | nat = SVK | s/g = L | birthyear = 1988 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 30 | acq = [[2022-23 Czech Extraliga season|2022]] | birthplace = [[Trenčín]], [[Czechoslovakia]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Anthony | last = Nellis | dab = | num = 19 | pos = LW | nat = CAN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1994 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 10 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Lévis, Quebec]], [[Canada]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Lukáš | last = Pařík | dab = | num = 1 | pos = G | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 15 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Neratovice|Neratovice, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Stuart | last = Percy | dab = | num = 43 | pos = D | nat = CAN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1993 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 18 | acq = [[2023-24 Czech Extraliga season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Oakville, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Matěj | last = Prčík | dab = | num = 17 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 2004 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 1 | acq = [[2022-23 Czech Extraliga season|2022]] | birthplace = [[Hodonín|Hodonín, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Robert | last = Říčka | dab = | num = 62 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1989 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 20 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Havířov]], [[Czechoslovakia]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}
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| first = Maxim | last = Vehovský | dab = | num = 41 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 2005 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 8 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Opava|Opava, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}-->

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Chad | last = Yetman | dab = | num = 21 | pos = C | nat = CAN | s/g = R | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 18 | acq = [[2024-25 Czech Extraliga season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Ajax, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Patrik | last = Zdráhal | dab = | num = 25 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1995 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 9 | acq = [[2023-24 Czech Extraliga season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Ostrava|Ostrava, Czech Republic]] | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }}

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==See also==
* [[:Category:HC Vítkovice players]] for a list of HC Vítkovice players past and present.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|HC Vítkovice}}
* {{Official website|https://hc-vitkovice.cz}} {{in lang|cs}}

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