Bohemians Prague 1905

Bohemians Prague
Basic data
Surname	Bohemians Praha 1905, as
Seat	Prague , Czech Republic
founding	1905 (as AFK Vršovice)
Colours	green white
president	Antonín Panenka
Website	bohemians.cz
First soccer team
Head coach	Martin Hašek
Venue	Ďolíček Stadium
Places	5,000
league	1st League
2019/20	8th place
home Away

Bohemians Praha 1905 , known in German-speaking countries as Bohemians Prague , is a Czech football club from the capital city of Prague .

Club history

Team of AFK Vršovice in 1906

In 1905 a sports club called AFK Vršovice was founded in the Prague suburb of Vršovice . From its inception, AFK Vršovice initially took part in competitions organized by the Czech Football Association at irregular intervals.

Toured Australia in 1927

In 1927 the AFK Vršovice undertook an extensive tour to Australia under the name Bohemians . The team departed from the port of Naples on April 10, 1927 , returned from Perth on July 4, and reached Prague on July 30, 1927.

Originally, the Czechoslovak national team had received an invitation from the Australian federation in 1926, but canceled due to the high risk of such a trip, as did Slavia Prague and Viktoria Žižkov . On April 7, 1927, 16 players from AFK Vršovice boarded the train to Naples. The two goalkeepers were only on loan: Antonín Kulda from Rapid Vinohrady and Šejbl from Bubenec. The goalkeeper Bělík had to do his army service and was not released. The 14 field players were: Krejčí and Kašpar in defense, Hoffmann, Pinc and Průšek in midfield, Wimmer, Mašat, Knížek, Rubeš, Špic in attack and the substitutes Kučera, Hybš, Havlín and Eisner. The team was accompanied by two officials: tour guide Zdislav Prager and secretary Zdeněk Kalina.

The sea voyage began on April 10th in Naples, the crew spent 23 days on the Italian steamship Orsova before reaching the city of Colombo on Ceylon with a stopover in Port Said . There they played a game against a British military team, which the Bohemians won 4-2 after being 1: 2 behind.

In Brisbane the team received a pair of kangaroos from the government of the state of Queensland , which was intended for the Czechoslovak President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk . Masaryk later only accepted the animals symbolically and gave them to the Prague Zoo .

The Australian tour was so identity-creating for the club that the pragmatic name Bohemians became the new club name and a kangaroo now adorned the club's coat of arms.

date	place	opponent	Result	Remarks
April 23	Colombo , Ceylon	Selection of British soldiers	4: 2
5th of May	Perth	Selection of Western Australia	11: 3	Perth oval
May 7th	Perth	Selection of Western Australia	6: 4	Cottesloe oval
May 11th	Adelaide	Selection of South Australia	11: 1
May 14th	Adelaide	Australian B national team	2: 1
May 18	Melbourne	Selection of the state of Victoria	1-0
May 21	Melbourne	Australian B national team	4: 1
25. May	Wagga Wagga	Selection of the southern counties of New South Wales	9-0
28th of May	Sydney	Selection of the state of New South Wales	4: 5	Showground
June 1st	Wollongong	Selection of the Illawarra region	2: 1	Woonona Ground
June 4th	Newcastle	Selection of Northern Boroughs of New South Wales	4: 3
6th of June	Sydney	Australian national soccer team	6: 4	Showground
8th June	Maitland	Selection of the cities of Maitland and Cessnock	1: 3
June 11th	Brisbane	Select the state of Queensland	2: 3	Exhibition Ground
15th June	Ipswich	Queensland "Country"	5: 3
18th of June	Brisbane	Australian national soccer team	5: 5	Exhibition Ground
June 21st	Newcastle	Selection of Northern Boroughs of New South Wales	5: 2
June 22	Sydney	AC Metropolitan	5: 3
25th June	Sydney	Australian national soccer team	4: 4
2nd July	Perth	Selection of Western Australia	3: 2	Fremantle oval

Before World War II

Before the Second World War , the club was represented in the top division between 1925 and 1935 and between 1940 and 1944 and won the Central Bohemian Cup in 1942. After the Second World War, Bohemians almost always belonged to the first division, with minor interruptions (1952 to 1953, 1955 to 1957, 1965/66, 1968/69, 1971 to 1972).

Title win 1983

Logo of the club at the time of winning the 1983 championship

The team, playing in green and white jerseys, celebrated their greatest success in 1983 when they became Czechoslovak champions. The coach of the championship team was Tomáš Pospíchal . A year earlier, Bohemians had won the Czech Cup, but then failed in the final of the Czechoslovak Cup on penalties to Slovan Bratislava . A few years after winning the title, they were able to stay in the top third of the table, at the end of the 1980s the kangaroos were already playing against relegation, which could no longer be prevented in the 1992/93 season.

In Czech Republic

In the new Czech league Bohemians had a difficult time. The premiere season 1993/94 ended in 14th place; Rank 15 in the following year meant relegation again. After only one season, the green-whites were back, but the consequence of their last place in the table in 1996/97 was their repeated relegation. This time the return took two years, but surprisingly, seventh place jumped out of the final table for the 1999/2000 season. A year later it was eighth and in 2002 even fourth. 2002/03 was to be a difficult year for Bohemians, at the end of which they were relegated. In the 2nd league in 2003/04, the targeted promotion was only just missed; three points were missing in the final bill.

Bankruptcy 2005

In the winter of 2004/05, however, all sporting results were secondary, because years of mismanagement had led the club to insolvency. Before the start of the second half of the season, FC Bohemians Prague was excluded from the second division and its preliminary round results were annulled. The club was facing the end. The club should pay a fine of three million kroner for exclusion, which should also be the condition for continuing to play in the third division from the 2005/06 season. Otherwise, if this sum is not paid, only a start in the bottom division of the Czech Republic would be the last solution. In spring 2005, the club was without a men's team.

An insolvency administrator took over the management of FC Bohemians and tried to get the creditors their money. However, at this point in time, the club had almost no assets. While the future of the club was on the knife edge during these weeks, the overall club TJ Bohemians Praha, from which FC Bohemians had made itself independent in the early 1990s, awarded the name Bohemians and the coat of arms with the kangaroo, both of which were included Owned by third division club FC Střížkov Praha 9 , who registered the name FC Bohemians Praha with the competent authority.

Around the same time, a fan initiative called Družstvo Fanoušků Bohemians (abbreviated DFB , German Association of Bohemians Fans ) was founded. This set itself the goal of saving the club and continuing the tradition of the AFK Bohemians Vršovice. Within a few weeks, the fans among themselves collected a sum of more than three million crowns, which is large by Czech standards. Fans from Australia , Great Britain and Germany also became members of the fan association. Representatives of the fan initiative reduced the debts in lengthy negotiations with creditors from initially 20 million kroner to almost zero. Despite this success, it was clear to the fans that they would not be able to keep a club in the third division alive on their own. An investor had to be found to ensure the continued existence of the traditional club. This was found in good time with the joint stock company AFK Vršovice as. The main shareholder of this company is the British offshore company New Europe Entrepreneurs Counselors Company Limited with almost 90% shares, while the fan association holds a little more than 10% of the shares. Happy about the entry of a seemingly solvent and strong investor, there was also clear criticism in the fan association of the fact that the real owners of the New Europe Entrepreneurs Counselors Company Limited remain veiled. Quite a few fans unwillingly accepted that their beloved club belonged to some opaque company on the Cayman Islands.

After the bankruptcy was initiated, the original FC Bohemians Prague did not participate in the game for three and a half years. For the 2009/10 season, President Michal Vejsada announced a team in the lowest Prague division, the III. třída, at. Vejsada saw his club as the only real FC Bohemians and fought for years in legal disputes with the newly founded successor club. On July 1, 2012, FC Bohemians Prague was excluded from the Czech Football Association - the newly adopted statute made this procedure possible.

Name dispute

Bohemians vs Sparta, 2016

At the start of the season, the conflict over the club name FC Bohemians Praha smoldered again. The Czech Football Association made it clear that it would only accept one club called Bohemians in its leagues, and that is the one that would carry on the tradition of its predecessors. In the eyes of the association officials, this was clearly AFK Vršovice as, which had changed its name to Bohemians 1905 as about a month before the start of the season. Since FC Střížkov Praha 9 refused to reverse its name change to FC Bohemians Praha, he was unceremoniously excluded from the game. When the president of FC Střížkov Praha 9, Karl Kapr, did not succeed in appealing to the association, he sued a civil court. This arranged the reintegration of FK Bohemians Prague (formerly FC Střížkov Praha 9) into the current game operations by means of an injunction .

After bankruptcy

Bohemians is now back in the Czech premier league. In the 2013/14 season, 14th place and thus relegation could be secured on the last match day. In November 2013 an agreement was reached between the owner of FC Bohemians Prague, Michael Vejsada, and Bohemians 1905 Prague. The Czech Football Association took on the role of mediator and acquired shares and claims of the bankrupt FC Bohemians Prague from Vejsada for an undisclosed sum. The association then transferred shares and receivables to the property of Bohemians 1905 Prague. As a result, FC Bohemians Prag was de facto absorbed into Bohemians 1905 Prague and no longer exists. With this share transfer, Bohemians 1905 Prague is now the legal successor to AFK Vršovice, which was founded in 1905. In 2012 the club was renamed Bohemians Praha 1905. In July 2014, the club returned to the old club logo.

International competitions

Mitropa and Intertoto Cup

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1961	Mitropa Cup	Group stage	FK Austria Vienna	1: 2	1: 2 (H)
			Bologna FC	1: 3	1: 3 (H)
			Sampdoria Genoa	1: 1	1: 1 (A)
1962/63	International Football Cup	Group stage	Újpest Budapest	4: 5	2: 3 (H)	2: 2 (A)
			AC Mantova	4: 5	3: 2 (A)	1: 3 (H)
			Stade Français Paris	3: 5	2: 3 (H)	1: 2 (A)
1967	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	IFK Gothenburg	2: 5	1: 2 (A)	1: 3 (H)
			Young Fellows Zurich	9: 1	4: 0 (H)	5: 1 (A)
			FC Carl Zeiss Jena	1: 2	0: 1 (A)	1: 1 (H)
1969/70	Mitropa Cup	1 round	FK Austria Vienna	2: 4	1: 2 (A)	1: 2 (H)
1974	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	2: 2	1: 1 (A)	1: 1 (H)
			Fortuna Dusseldorf	5: 2	4: 1 (H)	1: 1 (A)
			Standard Liege	3: 4	3: 1 (H)	0: 3 (A)
1975	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	GAIS Gothenburg	3: 1	1: 0 (H)	2: 1 (A)
			1. FC Kaiserslautern	2: 3	2: 1 (H)	0: 2 (A)
			BSC Young Boys	4: 2	2: 1 (A)	2: 1 (H)
1978	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	MSV Duisburg	2: 3	1: 1 (H)	1: 2 (A)
			IFK Norrköping	2: 1	1: 1 (H)	1: 0 (A)
			SK Rapid Vienna	4: 2	0: 0 (A)	1: 1 (H)
1979	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	FC Zurich	4: 3	2: 2 (H)	2: 1 (A)
			Odense BK	6: 1	4: 1 (H)	2: 0 (A)
			IFK Gothenburg	3: 6	3: 2 (H)	0: 4 (A)
1980	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Kastrup BK	4: 2	2: 0 (H)	2: 2 (A)
			Lillestrøm SK	4: 1	2: 0 (H)	2: 1 (A)
			Werder Bremen	6: 2	1: 1 (A)	5: 1 (H)
1981	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Grasshopper Zurich	6: 1	3: 1 (H)	3: 0 (A)
			Hertha BSC	1: 4	1: 2 (H)	0: 2 (A)
			IFK Gothenburg	3: 3	1: 2 (A)	2: 1 (H)
1982	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	BSC Young Boys	8: 1	3: 1 (A)	5: 0 (H)
			LASK Linz	6: 2	4: 1 (A)	2: 1 (H)
			Gwardia Warsaw	2-0	1: 0 (H)	1: 0 (A)
1983	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	SC Eisenstadt	4: 3	1: 1 (A)	3: 2 (H)
			Viking Stavanger	3: 3	2: 2 (H)	1: 1 (A)
			Odense BK	4: 3	2: 1 (H)	2: 2 (A)
1984	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	FC St. Gallen	7: 3	2: 3 (A)	5: 0 (H)
			Lyngby BK	7: 2	5: 1 (H)	2: 1 (A)
			Bor. Mönchengladbach	6: 2	2: 0 (A)	4: 2 (H)
1985	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Videoton FC	5: 3	5: 2 (H)	0: 1 (A)
			FC St. Gallen	5: 4	4: 2 (H)	1: 2 (A)
			AIK Solna	2: 3	1: 2 (A)	1: 1 (H)
1986/87	Mitropa Cup	Semifinals	Vasas Budapest	1-0	04: 2 (H) 1
		final	Ascoli Calcio	0: 1	00: 1 (A) 2
1987	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	Videoton FC	3: 5	1: 4 (A)	2: 1 (H)
			Grasshopper Zurich	2: 4	1: 1 (H)	1: 3 (A)
			Malmö FF	2: 4	2: 1 (H)	0: 3 (A)
1990	Intertoto Cup	Group stage	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1: 5	1: 1 (A)	0: 4 (H)
			Energy Cottbus	1: 4	1: 2 (H)	0: 2 (A)
			Malmö FF	0: 1	0: 0 (H)	0: 1 (A)
1991	Mitropa Cup	Group stage	Pisa Calcio	0-0	00-0 (A) 3rd
			FK Rad Belgrade	4: 2	04: 2 (H) 3

¹in Porto Sant'Elpidio

²in Ascoli Piceno

³in Pisa

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
1975/76	Uefa cup	1 round	Honved Budapest	2: 3	1: 2 (H)	1: 1 (A)
1979/80	Uefa cup	1 round	FC Bayern Munich	2: 4	0: 2 (H)	2: 2 (A)
1980/81	Uefa cup	1 round	Sporting Gijón	4: 3	3: 1 (H)	1: 2 (A)
		2nd round	Ipswich Town	2: 3	0: 3 (A)	2: 0 (H)
1981/82	Uefa cup	1 round	Valencia CF	0: 2	0: 1 (H)	0: 1 (A)
1982/83	Uefa cup	1 round	FC Admira Wacker	7: 1	5: 0 (H)	2: 1 (A)
		2nd round	AS Saint-Etienne	4-0	0: 0 (A)	4: 0 (H)
		3rd round	Servette Geneva	4: 3	2: 2 (A)	2: 1 (H)
		Quarter finals	Dundee United	1-0	1: 0 (H)	0: 0 (A)
		Semifinals	RSC Anderlecht	1: 4	0: 1 (H)	1: 3 (A)
1983/84	European Champions Cup	1 round	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	5-0	1: 0 (A)	4: 0 (H)
		2nd round	SK Rapid Vienna	(a)2: 2 ( a )	2: 1 (H)	0: 1 (A)
1984/85	Uefa cup	1 round	Apollon Limassol	8: 3	6: 1 (H)	2: 2 (A)
		2nd round	Ajax Amsterdam	1: 1 (4: 2  i.E. )	0: 1 (A)	1: 0 a.d. (H)
		3rd round	Tottenham Hotspur	1: 3	0: 2 (A)	1: 1 (H)
1985/86	Uefa cup	1 round	Győri ETO FC	5: 4	1: 3 (A)	4: 1 a.d. (H)
		2nd round	1. FC Cologne	2: 8	0: 4 (A)	2: 4 (H)
1987/88	Uefa cup	1 round	KSK Beveren	1: 2	0: 2 (A)	1: 0 (H)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 36 games, 14 wins, 7 draws, 15 defeats, 52:46 goals (goal difference +6)

Trainer

• Svatopluk Pluskal (1968–1969, 1974–1975) assistant coach, (1969–1970) coach,
• Bohumil Musil (1972–1975)
• Dušan Uhrin (1987–1988)
• Zdeněk Hruška (1992–1995) assistant coach, (1995, 2003) coach,
• Dušan Uhrin junior (2002) assistant coach, (2002–2003, 2004) coach,
• Roman Pivarník (2014-2015)
• Martin Hašek (2017–)

player

player	position	Period (as active)	Remarks
Karel Bejbl	striker	1925; 1926; 1928-1935	National player, later national coach of Czechoslovakia
Přemysl Bičovský	midfield player	1976-1983	National player, later coach
Pavel Chaloupka	midfield player	1979-1989	National player
Karol Dobiaš	Defender	1977-1980	National player, later first division coach
Vladimír Hruška	striker	1978/79; 1981-1988	National player
Zdenek Hruška	goalkeeper	1976-1985; 1988/89	24-time national player, participant in the 1982 World Cup, later coach
František Jakubec	Defender	1978-1986; 1989/90	25-time national player
Václav Jíra	midfield player	1945-1954	later trainer and functionary
Ladislav Kareš	striker	1941-1944	86 first division goals, two-time national team
Stanislav Levý	Defender	1979-1988	National player, later coach
Jan Moravek	midfield player	2007-2009	National player, played in the club's youth teams for 11 years
Ji ří Ondra	Left-back	1978-1987	20 times national player
Antonín Panenka	midfield player	1967-1981	National player, later assistant coach, now president
Zdenek Prokeš	Defender	1974-1985	19-time national player
Jiří Rubaš	Defender	1942-1944; 1946-1954	National player, later coach

Stadion

It was not until 1912 that AFK Vršovice, after several years in various squares near the “Waldes” factory, found a permanent home on a square that was soon called Ďolíček, or hollow. This was located near the later stadium Eden of SK Slavia Praha . On March 27, 1932, the Danner Stadium (in the original Dannerův Stadium ) was opened, which still serves as Bohemians' home ground .

The stadium, named after the club's chairman, Zdeněk Danner, initially held 18,000 spectators. Since the communist regime did not tolerate the name Dannerův Stadion, the spectators transferred the name “Ďolíček” from the old square to the new stadium. Also due to the narrowness of the square, little has been changed in the stadium over the years. The large, covered grandstand still stands in a little changed shape today.

In 1996, before a Tina Turner concert, the back gate on the tram side was torn down. At the beginning of the 21st century, the Bohemians threatened to leave their historic venue, which is owned by a real estate consortium called Bohemians Real , which has nothing in common with the club. After renovation work in 2003, the capacity was reduced from approx. 13,000 to approx. 9,000 spaces.

Before the 2007/08 season, the stadium had to be renovated to be approved for top division games. At the same time, all standing places were converted into seats, the capacity fell again, this time to 7,167 seats.

During the seasons from August 2010 to June 2012, the first team, much to the displeasure of the fans, had to move to the Eden stadium , which is only about 1,200 meters further east, also in the Vršovice district. The Ďolíček stadium was still used as a venue for the B team. With the relegation from the first division you could return to the home stadium for the 2012/13 season. At the beginning of the summer break 2013, turf heating financed by donations from fans was installed in Ďolíček. In the 2013/14 season, Bohemians played its home games in the Gambrinus League in Ďolíček. The capacity is now only 5,000 places.

Club names

• 1905: AFK Vršovice
• 1927: AFK Bohemians
• 1940: AFK Bohemia
• 1945: AFK Bohemians
• 1948: Železničáři ​​Prague
• 1952: Spartak Prague Stalingrad
• 1961: ČKD Prague
• 1961: Bohemians ČKD Prague
• 1993: FC Bohemians Prague
• 1999: CU Bohemians Prague
• 2002: FC Bohemians Prague
• 2005: Bohemians 1905
• 2012: Bohemians Prague 1905

Fans

Much of the fan scene describes itself as anti-fascist and anti-racist, including the ultra-group Bohemians . The members of the Ultras can be assigned to a wide variety of scenes: punks , skins or hip-hoppers . Due to their political views, the fans maintain close contacts with FC St. Pauli and Celtic Glasgow , as well as with the Bandito Azzuro Ultras from Jöhstadt in the Ore Mountains. There are also hooligan groups like the Tornado Boys or the Banditos .

Literature and Sources

• Pavel Skramlík: Bohemians ČKD Praha. 80 let zelenobílé kopané 1905–1985 . TJ Bohemians ČKD, Prague 1985.
• Miloslav Jenšík: Zelenobílé století. Bohemians 1905-2005 . Epocha, Prague, 2005, ISBN 80-86328-93-7 .

Web links

• Official website of the association
• Bohemians 1905 or how the kangaroos came to Prague - article by Radio Prague from June 30, 2007.
• The rescuers of the kangaroo - article in the football magazine ballesterer.fm (issue no. 17).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Výkonný výbor vyloučil kvůli insolvenci Drnovice a FC Bohemians Praha fotbal.idnes.cz from April 27, 2012, in Czech. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
2. ↑ Asociace zaplatí Vejsadovi a na scéně zůstanou už jen dvě "Bohemky" fotbal.idnes.cz from November 5, 2013, in Czech. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
3. ↑ Představení Bohemians Praha 1905 www.bohemians.cz, Czech. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
4. ↑ Klub Bohemians Praha 1905 mění logo bohemians.cz from July 15, 2014, in Czech. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
5. ↑ In 2005 the club was bankrupt . In: Stadionwelt, May 26 / June 2010