The club was founded in 1919 and played at the top level of Czechoslovak football between 1938 and 1947, before being disqualified from the league due to manipulation of results.[1] The club would go on to sporadically appear four more times Czechoslovak First League before the establishment of a separate Czech League after the Velvet Divorce and the establishment of an independent Czech Republic in 1993.[1] The club spent three years in the Czech First League before returning to the second division in 1996. After regaining promotion to the First Division in 2002, the team recorded a number of steady performances in the league, recording a 7th-place finish twice, in 2003 and 2004, and later finishing 8th in the 2007–08 season.
At the start of the 2008–09 season, the team struggled, recording just 9 points from their opening 16 matches.[2] The club were battling relegation as the season came to a close despite a late run of good form in which they enjoyed an unbeaten run of six matches, including five wins.[3] They needed a win in their last match of the season against Baumit Jablonec to avoid relegation, but conceded after just two minutes, trailing 5–1 at half-time and finally losing by a 6–1 scoreline,[3] their biggest league defeat in 62 years, and dropped out of the Czech First League after seven years in the top flight. The club started the 2010–11 Czech 2. Liga with a sequence of four straight wins,[4] and began the following season with a sequence of six matches undefeated in the 2011–12 Czech 2. Liga,[5] although they did not manage to sustain their form on either occasion, finishing 11th and 10th respectively. The club marked the start of the 2012–13 Czech 2. Liga by changing their name, manager and captain, bringing in Aleš Křeček to manage the team, installing Tomáš Polách as club captain and signing a five-year naming deal with Czech real estate firm Fastav, replacing the former sponsorship deal with Czech kitchenware manufacturers Tescoma, renaming the club to FC Fastav Zlín.[6] They would eventually get promoted back into the First League after coming third in the 2014–15 Czech2. Liga.
The club marked the start of the 2022–23 Czech First League by changing their name, signing a three-year deal with Czech banking firm Trinity Bank, renaming the club to FC Trinity Zlín.[8] However, after only one season, Trinity Bank left. Since July 1st, 2023, the club has been named FC Zlín.[9]
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
12Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal– lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p.225. ISBN978-80-247-1656-5.
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