SK Slavia Praha Ženy is a
Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
* Czech, ...
women's football team from
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
representing
SK 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 th ...
. It competes in the
Czech First Division.
History
Slavia was a pioneer in women's football in Czechoslovakia, and won the first three editions of the
Czech SR Championship between 1970 and 1972. It subsequently won six more trophies until 1989, when a final between the Czech and
Slovak champions was organized. Slavia were the Czechoslovakian champions in 1992 and 1993.
However, rivals
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 ...
gained the upper hand in the new Czech League following the
dissolution of Czechoslovakia
The dissolution of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Rozdělení Československa, sk, Rozdelenie Česko-Slovenska) took effect on December 31, 1992, and was the self-determined split of the federal republic of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries o ...
. Slavia won the championship for the first time in 2003 and played the
2003-04 UEFA Women's Cup, where it was knocked out in the group stage by defending champion
Umea IK. It has always been the league's runner-up since, ranking second to Sparta. In 2011 they were close to winning their first
national Cup The English National Cup is an annual basketball knock-out competition held between professional, semi-professional and amateur teams from the various divisions of the National Basketball League. For most of the competition's history, the draw has ...
, but lost the final to Sparta in the penalty shootout. The same happened again in 2013.
In 2014 the team won the double, ending a nine-year-old winning streak of Sparta in the league. It also marked the first time Sparta didn't win the cup.
Honours
* 11
Czech SR Leagues (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993)
* 8
Czech League (2003, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022)
* 3
Czech Women's Cup (2014, 2016, 2022)
Record in UEFA Competitions
''All results (home and away) list Slavia's goal tally first.''
Overview
Players
Current squad
As of December 2022
Official site - Squad
/ref>
Former players
References
External links
Official website
Women's football clubs in the Czech Republic
SK Slavia Prague
Football clubs in Prague
{{CzechRepublic-footyclub-stub