 On December 3, 1921, "SK České Budějovice" played its first amateur ice hockey match in Strakonice.On January 10, 1928, a club known as "AC Stadion České Budějovice" was founded by the merging two clubs in České Budějovice - Viktoria and Slovan.The club joined Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League, the nation's top ice hockey league, in 1936.