Bohemians Praha 1905 (previously named FC Bohemians Praha) is a

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-based

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club, which was founded in 1905 as AFK Vršovice. The club won the 1982–83 Czechoslovak First League, its only league championship. Its colours are green and white. The best known player from Bohemians' history is

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, who is now the club chairman. Bohemians' mascot is a kangaroo, the legacy of a 1927 tour of Australia. Following the tour, the club was awarded two live kangaroos, which they donated to the

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History

Founded as AFK Vršovice, the club played at the top level of football in the

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between 1925 and 1935. They spent seasons in and out of the top division for the next 40 years before remaining in the top flight between 1973 and 1995, the most successful era for the club. In the 1982–83 season the club won the Czechoslovak First League and advanced to the semi-finals of the

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. In the year 2005 it survived a crisis, which was a consequence of bad management. The club was prevented from taking part in the second part of the 2004–05 Czech 2. Liga and its results were expunged. The club was relegated to the 3rd Czech division due to its financial insolvency, but later was saved by its fans who paid off a portion of the club's debts. Bohemians 1905 (2017)

The club finished third in the 2005–06

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, missing out on promotion, but advanced to the Second League regardless, as they bought a license to play in the Second League from

SC Xaverov SC Xaverov Horní Počernice is a football club based in Prague- Horní Počernice, Czech Republic. Formed in 1920 by a merger of Slavoj Horní Počernice and Slovan Horní Počernice as TJ Xaverov Horní Počernice, they played in the Czech 2. ...

. The club was then able to advance back to the top flight in 2007, where they played until relegation in 2012. After only one season in 2. Liga Bohemians returned to the First League in 2013.

Historical names

* 1905: AFK Vršovice * 1927: Bohemians AFK Vršovice * 1941: Bohemia AFK Vršovice * 1945: Bohemians AFK Vršovice * 1948: Sokol Vršovice Bohemians * 1949: Sokol Železničaři Bohemians Praha * 1950: Sokol Železničaři Praha * 1951: Sokol ČKD Stalingrad Praha * 1953: Spartak Praha Stalingrad * 1962: ČKD Praha * 1965: Bohemians ČKD Praha * 1993: Bohemians Praha * 1999: CU Bohemians Praha * 2001: FC Bohemians Praha * 2005: Bohemians 1905 * 2013: Bohemians Praha 1905

Australia Tour

In 1927 Australian football officials were looking for a European

club to come and tour. They decided on Czechoslovakia and approached

Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in ...

and

Viktoria Žižkov Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but may also refer to: Places * FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov * Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin * Viktoriastadt, now known as Victoria ...

who both declined. AFK Vršovice took up the offer. Before leaving the team looked for a suitable name as they felt the Australians would not know where Vršovice was, never mind say it. They decided on Bohemians, taking the English spelling of the name, as it resembled the country they were from.

Matches played

* 4:2 British Army XI

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, Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka) * 11:3 Western Australia,

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* 6:4 Western Australia,

* 11:1 South Australia,

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* 2:1 Australia Repr. XI,

* 1:0 Victoria Melbourne,

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* 4:1 Australia Repr. XI,

* 9:0 Wagga-Wagga XI,

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* 4:5 New South Wales,

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* 2:1 Illawara District,

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* 4:3 New South Wales XI,

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* 6:4 Australia,

* 2:3 Australia,

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* 5:5 Australia,

* 1:3 Maitland,

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* 5:3 Queensland,

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* 5:3 Metropolis,

* 4:4 Australia,

* 3:2 Western Australia,

Naming dispute with FK Bohemians

In 1993, Bohemians 1905 broke away from the TJ Bohemians Praha sports franchise and became a separate legal entity. The club functioned normally until financial troubles came up and the club nearly collapsed in 2005. TJ Bohemians took advantage of the situation and rented out the Bohemians logo to FC Střížkov Praha 9, a lowly team in the third tier of Czech football. TJ were able to pour money into the small club and help them rise to the first division. However, fans remained loyal to the Bohemians 1905 team, and helped the large club to recover. In September 2012, a Czech court ruled that the former Střížkov club must not continue to use the name ''Bohemians'' after 31 January 2013. However, in December 2012, the club was granted the right to appeal against the decision, thus protracting the process yet further. In 2016, Střížkov's men's team was dissolved, and in 2017 the whole club dissolved, with the women's team becoming FC Praha.

Stadium

The home stadium, located in

Vršovice Vršovice is a district of Prague. All of Vršovice lies within the Prague 10 administrative district. Vršovice is located south-east of the city centre. It borders Vinohrady to the north, Nusle to the south-west, Michle to the south and Stra ...

, is called Ďolíček. However, from the 2010–11 season, for a period of five years, Bohemians undertook to play its home matches at

Synot Tip Arena Fortuna Arena (formerly known as Sinobo Stadium, Eden Aréna and Synot Tip Arena) is a football stadium, in Prague-Vršovice, Czech Republic. The stadium has a capacity of 19,370 people and it is the biggest and the most modern football stadi ...

. This arrangement was discontinued in 2012 after the club was relegated from the Czech First League, due to the regulations on stadiums being different between the two leagues.

Kits

Supporters and rivalries

Bohemians are one of the most popular clubs in the Czech Republic. The club is one of the few in the country to have fans with a left-wing ideology, although most fan groups identify themselves as apolitical, and there are supporters who are right-wing. The

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group is one of the strongest in terms of choreographies and visual displays in the country. They maintain friendly contacts with Dubliners

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,. Left-wing fans have friendship with

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and

AS Trenčín AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Fortuna Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at th ...

. Right-wing fans have friendship with

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, 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig and hooligans with

FK Pardubice FK Pardubice is a Czech football club located in the city of Pardubice. It currently plays in the Czech First League. The club is the successor of TJ Tesla Pardubice, which merged with FC Loko Pardubice in 2008. History The club advanced to t ...

. There have been several conflicts in the past between left-wing and right-wing fans. The most famous are the fights in 2013 in match against

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and in 2015 in the match against

SK Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech football club from the city of Olomouc. The club currently plays in the Czech First League, the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2014, winning the Cz ...

. The most prestigious match is the derby with

. The "Vršovice Derby" is the second most prestigious derby in Prague (after the Slavia-Sparta derby). Slavia and Bohemians are located in the

district of Prague and their stadiums are separated by only 1 km.

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

are considered their biggest rivals, and

Viktoria Zizkov Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but may also refer to: Places * FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov * Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin * Viktoriastadt, now known as Victoria ...

is the other team with whom they contest the city derbies.

FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) FK Bohemians Prague ( cs, FK Bohemians Praha), formerly known as FC Střížkov Praha 9, was a football club from Střížkov, Prague, Czech Republic. The club played two seasons in the Czech First League, attracting controversy for refusing to ...

were considered to be impostors and the entire club as a fraud, however that rivalry manifested itself on the pitch and towards the club management as the Střížkov club had very little support and no organised fan movement.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Notable former players

Reserves

As of 2019/20, the club's reserve team Bohemians 1905 B plays in the

(3rd tier of Czech football system). They play their home matches at the club's stadium,

Ďolíček Ďolíček Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Prague district Vršovice, Czech Republic. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Bohemians Praha 1905 and FK Pardubice. The stadium was opened on 27 March 193 ...

Player records in the Czech First League

. Highlighted players are in the current squad.

Most appearances

Most goals

Most clean sheets

Management and technical staff

Managers and players

Head coaches in club's history

*1934

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*1940

Ladislav Ženíšek Ladislav Ženíšek (7 March 1904 in Vinohrady – 14 May 1985) was a Czech football defender and later a football manager. He played 22 matches for Czechoslovakia. He was a participant in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the s ...

*1945 Antonín Lanhaus *1972

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*1977

Tomáš Pospíchal Tomáš Pospíchal (26 June 1936 in Pudlov - 21 October 2003 in Prague) was a Czech football player. Pospíchal played for several clubs, including TJ Vítkovice (1952–1955), Baník Ostrava (1957–1964), Sparta Prague (1964–1968) and FC R ...

*1983 Josef Zadina *1983

Jiří Rubáš Jiří Rubáš (5 February 1922 – 16 May 2005) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech football (soccer), football manager and former player. As a player, Rubáš played mostly for Bohemians 1905, Bohemians Prague. He also played for the Czechoslovakia n ...

*1983

*1987 Michal Jelínek *1987

Dušan Uhrin Dušan Uhrin (born 5 February 1943) is a Czech and Slovak football coach and former player. He was the coach of Slovan Bratislava. Although he was born in the Nitra District in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia, he has lived in Prague since th ...

*1988 Josef Zadina *1989 Josef Ledecký *1991 Josef Hloušek *1993

Petr Packert Petr Packert (22 February 1943 – 23 April 2003) was a Czech footballer and football manager. He played for Dukla Prague, Bohemians Prague and TJ Modřany. He coached Czechoslovakia U-16, Czechoslovakia U-18, Czechoslovakia U-21, OFI Crete ...

*1994 Mario Buzek *1994 František Barát *1995 Svatopluk Bouška *1995 Dalibor Lacina *1996 Josef Hloušek *1996 Miloš Beznoska and

''(caretakers)'' *1996

Vladimír Borovička Vladimír Borovička (born 25 March 1954 in Děčín) is a Czech Republic, Czech Association football, football Coach (sport), coach. Playing career Borovička played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He played for Bohemians 1 ...

''(caretaker)'' *1996

Vlastimil Petržela Vlastimil Petržela (born 20 July 1953 in Prostějov) is a Czech football coach and former player. He worked with Zenit Saint Petersburg from 2003 to 2006, winning the silver medals of Russian Premier League in 2003 and reaching the quarterfina ...

*2002

''(caretaker)'' *2002 Dušan Uhrin, Jr. *2005

Zbyněk Busta Zbyněk Busta (born 10 March 1967) is a Czech football manager, currently the manager of Povltavská FA. He managed Bohemians 1905 in the 2007–08 Czech First League. Busta led Bohemians 1905, resigning with six matches of the 2007–08 Czech F ...

*2008 Pavel Hoftych *2011 Pavel Medynský *2012

Jozef Weber Jozef Weber (born 25 December 1970) is a Czech football manager and former player. His playing position was midfielder. Playing career Weber started his professional career at MŠK Žilina before moving to Sparta Prague, where he made seven appe ...

*2014 Luděk Klusáček *2014

Roman Pivarník Roman Pivarník (born 17 February 1967) is a Slovakian football manager and former player. Pivarník's playing career included a stint at SK Sigma Olomouc, which included matches in the inaugural season of the Czech First League. He played 17 ma ...

*2016

Miroslav Koubek Miroslav Koubek (born 1 September 1951) is a Czech Republic, Czech former goalkeeper and Manager (association football), manager. Coaching career Koubek coached several Czech clubs. He placed second with FC Zenit Čáslav in Czech 2. Liga, Czech ...

*2017 Martin Hašek *2019 Luděk Klusáček *2022 Jaroslav Veselý

Club hall of fame

Karel Bejbl Karel may refer to: People * Karel (given name) * Karel (surname) * Charles Karel Bouley, talk radio personality known on air as Karel * Christiaan Karel Appel, Dutch painter Business * Karel Electronics, a Turkish electronics manufacturer * ...

Přemysl Bičovský Přemysl Bičovský (born 18 August 1950 in Košťany) is a Czech football manager and former player. He played 45 matches for Czechoslovakia. He was previously the manager of FK Ústí nad Labem in the Czech 2. Liga. He was a participant in ...

* Milan Čermák * Karol Dobiáš * Jaroslav Kamenický *

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* Radek Sňozík

History in domestic competitions

* Seasons spent at Level 1 of the

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: 19 * Seasons spent at Level 2 of the football league system: 8 * Seasons spent at Level 3 of the football league system: 1 * Seasons spent at Level 4 of the football league system: 0

Czech Republic

Notes: † results expunged

History in European competitions

UEFA Cup (1975/76)

UEFA Cup (1979/80)

UEFA Cup (1980/81)

UEFA Cup (1981/82)

UEFA Cup (1982/83)

European Champions' Cup (1983/84)

UEFA Cup (1984/85)

UEFA Cup (1985/86)

UEFA Cup (1987/88)

Club records

Czech First League records

*Best position: 4th ( 2001–02) *Worst position: 16th ( 1996–97) *Biggest home win: Bohemians 4–0 Blšany ( 2000–01), Bohemians 4–0

Teplice Teplice () (until 1948 Teplice-Šanov; german: Teplitz-Schönau or ''Teplitz'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is the second largest Czech spa town, after Karlovy Vary. The his ...

( 2019–20), Bohemians 4–0

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; german: Jungbunzlau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 42,000 inhabitants. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region and a major centre of the Czech automotive ind ...

(

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) *Biggest away win:

Příbram Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', in 1939–1945 ''Pibrans'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. It is well known for its mining history, and more ...

1–5 Bohemians ( 2001–02) *Biggest home defeat: Bohemians 0–4

Žižkov Žižkov is a cadastral district of Prague, Czech Republic. Most of Žižkov lies in the municipal and administrative district of Prague 3, except for very small parts which are in Prague 8 and Prague 10. Prior to 1922, Žižkov was an indep ...

( 1994–95), Bohemians 0–4

Ostrava Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...

( 2001–02), Bohemians 0–4

( 2011–12) *Biggest away defeat: Drnovice 6–0 Bohemians ( 1996–97)

Honours

(first tier) ** Champions (1): 1982–83 ** Runners-up (1): 1984–85 *

Czechoslovak Cup The Czechoslovak Cup () was a football cup competition held in Czechoslovakia. It was officially created in 1960 and folded in 1993 with the split between Czech Republic and Slovakia. The cup was played throughout Czechoslovakia until 1968–69. ...

** Runners-up (1): 1982 **

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''(as part of the Czechoslovak Cup)'' *** Champions (1): 1982

References

External links

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English Language Supporters' website
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