Bohemians 1905

Bohemians Praha 1905 (previously named FC Bohemians Praha) is a Prague-based football 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.

This article is about the original club from Prague. For the other Prague club associated with Střížkov, see FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov). For the Dublin club with a similar name, see Bohemian F.C. For Philippine club, see Bohemian Sporting Club. For other uses, see Bohemian (disambiguation).

Bohemians Praha 1905
Full nameBohemians Praha 1905, a.s.
Nickname(s)Klokani (Kangaroos)
Founded1905 (1905)
GroundĎolíček, Prague
Capacity5,000
ChairmanAntonín Panenka
ManagerLuděk Klusáček
LeagueCzech First League
2019–208th
WebsiteClub website

The best known player from Bohemians' history is Antonín Panenka, 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 Prague Zoo.

History

Founded as AFK Vršovice, the club played at the top level of football in the Czechoslovak First League 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.[1] In the 1982–83 season the club won the Czechoslovak First League and advanced to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. 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.[2] 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 Praha celebrating with their fans after the game

The club finished third in the 2005–06 Bohemian Football League, missing out on promotion,[3] but advanced to the Second League regardless, as they bought a license to play in the Second League from SC Xaverov.[3][4] 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 football club to come and tour. They decided on Czechoslovakia and approached Slavia Prague and Viktoria Žižkov 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

Naming dispute with FK Bohemians
See also: FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov)

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.[5] However, in December 2012, the club was granted the right to appeal against the decision, thus protracting the process yet further.[6]

Stadium
Main article: Ďolíček

The home stadium, located in Vršovice, 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.[7] 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.

Bohemian Supporters in September 2017

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 ultras group is one of the strongest in terms of choreographies and visual displays in the country. They maintain friendly contacts with Dubliners Bohemian FC,[8] in the past they had friendships with FC St. Pauli and Górnik Wałbrzych.

The most prestigious match is the derby with Slavia Prague. The "Vršovice Derby" is the second most prestigious derby in Prague (after the Slavia-Sparta derby). Slavia and Bohemians are located in the Vršovice district of Prague and their stadiums are separated by only 1 km. Sparta Prague are considered their biggest rivals, and Viktoria Zizkov is the other team with whom they contest the city derbies. FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) 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
As of 20 January 2020.[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  CZE Roman Valeš
3 DF  GER Till Schumacher
4 MF  CZE Josef Jindřišek
5 DF  CZE David Bartek
6 MF  RUS Vladislav Lyovin
7 MF  CZE Petr Hronek (on loan from Fastav Zlín)
8 FW  CZE Matěj Pulkrab (on loan from Sparta Prague)
9 FW  FRA Ibrahim Keita
10 FW  CZE Jakub Nečas
11 MF  CZE Vojtěch Novák
12 MF  CZE Filip Hašek
14 DF  CZE Michal Šmíd
15 DF  CZE Daniel Krch
16 DF  CZE Martin Dostál
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  CZE Jan Vodháněl
19 MF  CZE Roman Květ
20 DF  CZE Jan Vondra
21 DF  CZE Lukáš Pokorný (on loan from Slavia Prague)
22 MF  CZE Antonín Vaníček
23 DF  CZE Daniel Köstl
24 FW  CZE David Puškáč
25 MF  CZE Kamil Vacek
26 GK  CZE Marek Kouba
27 DF  CZE Jiří Bederka
28 DF  CZE Lukáš Hůlka
29 FW  NGA Michael Ugwu
89 GK  SVK Patrik Le Giang
90 FW  CZE Matěj Koubek

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  CZE Jakub Rada (to FC Hradec Králové)

Notable former players

Reserves

As of 2019/20, the club's reserve team Bohemians 1905 B plays in the Bohemian Football League (3rd tier of Czech football system). They play their home matches at the club's stadium, Ďolíček.

Player records
As of 15 June 2020.[10]

Highlighted players are in the current squad.

Most clean sheets in Czech First League
#NameClean sheets
1 Radek Sňozík33
2 Kamil Čontofalský24
3 Tomáš Fryšták21

Managers

History in domestic competitions
  • Seasons spent at Level 1 of the football league system: 17
  • 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
Season League Placed Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cup
1993–94 1. liga 14th 30 8 7 15 29 54 –25 23 Quarter-finals
1994–95 1. liga 15th 30 6 5 19 35 62 –27 23 Round of 16
1995–96 2. liga 4th 30 13 9 8 47 31 +16 48 Round of 32
1996–97 1. liga 16th 30 4 7 19 22 53 –31 19 Round of 32
1997–98 2. liga 3rd 28 15 8 5 49 22 +27 53 Round of 16
1998–99 2. liga 1st 30 23 4 3 62 12 +50 73 Round of 64
1999–00 1. liga 7th 30 10 10 10 24 28 –4 40 Round of 32
2000–01 1. liga 9th 30 10 10 10 33 34 –1 40 Round of 16
2001–02 1. liga 4th 30 14 6 10 40 35 –5 48 Round of 16
2002–03 1. liga 15th 30 5 9 16 34 56 –22 24 Round of 32
2003–04 2. liga 3rd 30 13 12 5 37 21 +16 51 Round of 32
2004–05 2. liga 16th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0† First round
2005–06 3. liga 4th 34 16 12 6 58 32 +26 60 First round
2006–07 2. liga 2nd 30 18 6 6 47 21 +26 60 Round of 64
2007–08 1. liga 15th 30 5 11 14 24 40 –16 26 Round of 16
2008–09 2. liga 1st 30 18 9 3 36 14 +22 63 Round of 64
2009–10 1. liga 12th 30 8 10 12 21 29 –8 34 Round of 16
2010–11 1. liga 6th 30 12 7 11 33 33 0 43 Round of 64
2011–12 1. liga 15th 30 6 6 18 20 54 –34 24 Round of 32
2012–13 2. liga 2nd 30 16 8 6 50 25 +25 56 Round of 64
2013–14 1. liga 14th 30 7 9 14 26 40 –14 30 Round of 64
2014–15 1. liga 8th 30 10 8 12 35 41 –6 38 Round of 16
2015–16 1. liga 9th 30 8 13 9 35 37 –2 37 Round of 32
2016–17 1. liga 13th 30 7 7 16 22 39 –17 28 Quarter-finals
2017–18 1. liga 7th 30 9 11 10 30 29 +1 38 Round of 32
2018–19 1. liga 13th 35 9 13 13 33 43 –10 40 Semi-finals
2019–20 1. liga 8th 30 12 6 12 38 41 –3 42 Round of 32

Notes: † results expunged

History in European competitions

UEFA Cup (1975/76)
Round Leg Date Venue Opposition Res Score (H/T) Agg Sc
1. 1. 17/9/75 H Honvéd L 1–2 (0–0)
1. 2. 1/10/75 A Honvéd D 1–1 (1–1) Lost 2–3

UEFA Cup (1979/80)
Round Leg Date Venue Opposition Res Score (H/T) Agg Sc
1. 1. 19/9/79 H Bayern Munich L 0–2 (0–1)
1. 2. 3/10/79 A Bayern Munich D 2–2 (0–0) Lost 2–4

UEFA Cup (1980/81)
Round Leg Date Venue Opposition Res Score (H/T) Agg Sc
1. 1. 17/9/80 H Sporting Gijón W 3–1 (1–0)
1. 2. 1/10/80 A Sporting Gijón L 1–2 (1–1) Won 4–3
2. 1. 22/10/80 A Ipswich Town L 0–3 (0–0)
2. 2. 5/11/80 H Ipswich Town W 2–0 (1–0) Lost 2–3

UEFA Cup (1981/82)
Round Leg Date Venue Opposition Res Score (H/T) Agg Sc
1. 1. 15/9/81 H Valencia L 0–1 (0–0)
1. 2. 30/9/81 A Valencia L 0–1 (0–1) Lost 0–2

UEFA Cup (1982/83)
Round Leg Date Venue Opposition Res Score (H/T) Agg Sc
1. 1. 15/9/82 H Admira-Wacker W 5–0 (3–0)
1. 2. 28/9/82 A Admira-Wacker W 2–1 (1–1) Won 7–1
2. 1. 20/10/82 A Saint-Étienne D 0–0 (0–0)
2. 2. 3/11/82 A Saint-Étienne W 4–0 (1–0) Won 4–0
3. 1. 24/11/82 A Servette D 2–2 (1–0)
3. 2. 8/12/82 H Servette W 2–1 (1–1) Won 4–3
4. 1. 2/3/83 H Dundee United W 1–0 (1–0)
4. 2. 16/3/83 A Dundee United D 0–0 (0–0) Won 1–0
S/F 1. 6/4/83 H Anderlecht L 0–1 (0–1)
S/F 2. 20/4/83 A Anderlecht L 1–3 (0–2) Lost 1–4

European Champions' Cup (1983/84)
Round Leg Date Venue Opposition Res Score (H/T) Agg Sc
1. 1. 14/9/83 A Fenerbahçe W 1–0 (0–0)
1. 2. 28/9/83 H Fenerbahçe W 4–0 (1–0) Won 5–0
2. 1. 19/10/83 H Rapid Vienna W 2–1 (1–1)
2. 2. 2/11/83 A Rapid Vienna L 0–1 (0–1) Lost 2–2 (Away Goals)

UEFA Cup (1984/85)
Round Leg Date Venue Opposition Res Score (H/T) Agg Sc
1. 1. 19/9/84 H Apollon Limassol W 6–1 (3–0)
1. 2. 3/10/84 A Apollon Limassol D 2–2 (1–0) Won 8–3
2. 1. 24/10/84 A Ajax L 0–1 (0–1)
2. 2. 7/11/84 H Ajax W 1–0 (0–0) Won 1–1 (4–2 on Pens.)
3. 1. 28/11/84 A Tottenham Hotspur L 0–2 (0–1)
3. 2. 12/12/84 H Tottenham Hotspur D 1–1 (0–1) Lost 1–3

UEFA Cup (1985/86)
Round Leg Date Venue Opposition Res Score (H/T) Agg Sc
1. 1. 18/9/85 A Rába Györ L 1–3 (1–1)
1. 2. 2/10/85 H Rába Györ W 4–1 (2–1) a.e.t. Won 5–4
2. 1. 23/10/85 A FC Köln L 0–4 (0–2)
2. 2. 6/11/85 H FC Köln L 2–4 (2–2) Lost 2–8

UEFA Cup (1987/88)
Round Leg Date Venue Opposition Res Score (H/T) Agg Sc
1. 1. 16/9/87 A Beveren L 0–2 (0–1)
1. 2. 1/10/87 H Beveren W 1–0 (1–0) Lost 1–2

Honours

Club records

Czech First League records

References
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