Slavia Prague
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| Surname | Sportovní club Slavia Praha | ||
| Seat | Prague , Czech Republic | ||
| founding | 1892 | ||
| Colours | Red White | ||
| president | Jaroslav Tvrdík | ||
| Website | slavia.cz | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Jindřich Trpišovský | ||
| Venue | Sinobo Stadium | ||
| Places | 21,000 seats | ||
| league | Synot League | ||
| 2019/20 | 1st place (master) | ||
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The Sportovní klub Slavia Praha , SK Slavia Praha for short and generally known in the German-speaking world as Slavia Prague , is a traditional sports club from the Czech capital Prague . It was founded in 1892 by Czech students. Since the first game in 1896, the soccer team has traditionally been wearing a red and white split jersey with a red star on the left side. Slavia is considered a bourgeois intellectual club, its big rival is the Sparta Prague workers' association . After the introduction of the Czech League , Slavia was long considered second, as the team finished second eight times in 15 years of play. In the 2007/08 season Slavia won the Czech championship for the second time after 1995/96, in 2008/09 the team was able to defend the title.
Club history
The beginnings
On November 2, 1892, sports-loving students founded a sports club with the abbreviation ACOS, which stood for Akademický cyklistický odbor při Literárním a řečnickém kroužku Slavia . The Slavia literary and rhetorical association was banned on October 14, 1894 because of national tendencies. The Sportovní klub Slavia was founded on May 31, 1895 , the football section followed on January 21, 1896, making Slavia one of the oldest football clubs in the Czech Republic. From 1897 to 1901 Slavia won the Czech championship every year. From March 25, 1897 to March 21, 1909 Slavia was unbeaten against a Czech team and was one of the best European teams at that time. This and the following years were shaped by the work of the Scottish coach John William Madden , who coached the team until 1930.
In 1908, 1910, 1911 and 1912 Slavia won the so-called Charity Cup (also: Pohár dobročinnosti ), the most important competition for Bohemian clubs at the time. In 1913 and 1915 Slavia won the Czech championship ( Mistrovství ČSF ).
Professional league 1925 to 1939
In 1925 Slavia was a founding member of the professional 1. Asociační league and won the first season. After three second places in a row, Slavia won the championship again in 1929. The series of 27 games without defeat, which was only ended in autumn 1930, also falls during this period. In the 1929/30 season Slavia defended the title and won all of its 14 encounters. The defense of the primacy was also successful in 1931. After a second place in 1931/32 Slavia was Czechoslovak football champion for the fifth time in 1933. Slavia also finished the next two years in first place. In 1936 the title went to Slavia's biggest rival Sparta Prague only because of the better goal difference , and in 1937 Slavia was again champion. In 1938 Slavia was "only" runner-up, but triumphed in the Mitropa Cup . In 1939 it was only enough to finish second behind eternal competitor Sparta.
Reich Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
In the five game years during the Protectorate , Slavia was the most successful team, winning the championship four times in a row from 1940 to 1943. In 1941 and 1942 the red and whites were also successful in the Czech Cup , which was held for the first time in 1940. In the game year 1943/44 Josef Bican scored 57 goals and probably set a record for the ages.
The first post-war years
On May 6, 1945, the Slavia Stadium and the clubhouse were burned down by the National Socialists. In 1945 Slavia again won the Czech Cup, which that year was called Liberation Cup (Czech: Pohár osvobození ). In 1945/46 the league took place in two groups of ten, each of which was won by Sparta and Slavia, who met in the two-legged final. Sparta won 4-2 and 5-0. The duel between the two strongest Czech teams continued in the next two years: in 1947 Slavia was one point ahead of the champions, in 1948 Sparta triumphed due to the better goal difference.
A new stadium was built on the old site, but the lease was soon not extended. Slavia found a new home in the Vršovice district , in the so-called Eden.
That year Slavia merged with Sokol Praha VII and played under the name Sokol Slavia Praha VII . In 1949 there was another merger, this time with Dynamo Praha (formerly SKEP Praha ), Slavia entered under the name ZSJ Dynamo Slavia Praha and only came in fifth.
Slavia had to hand over three of his best players, Ota Hemele , Jiří Trnka and František Ipser to the ATK Prague in the autumn of 1948 . Josef Bican, Vasil Buchta and Stanislav Kocourek also left the club in winter . In one fell swoop, Slavia lost six regular players, including four national players.
The great crisis in the early 1950s
The negative trend continued into the early 1950s. In the 1950 season, Slavia was only seventh. During the 1951 season, the team's players had illegally hosted a private game and were then suspended. The severely weakened team was relegated. In the second division season of 1952, the immediate resurgence succeeded. In 1953 the club's name was changed to TJ Dynamo Praha, and to the displeasure of the fans, the team had to play in blue and white. In the next few years Slavia aka Dynamo was only mediocre. 1956 Dynamo escaped relegation only because of the better goal difference against Dynamo Žilina.
Mediocre and relegated again
The following years Dynamo did not come out with the exception of third place in 1959 over a midfield placement in the league. In 1961 the team finished last and relegated for the second time in history. In 1964/65 Slavia was allowed to return to the old name and the usual red and white playing colors and rose to the first division.
In the middle of the league: 1960s to 1980s
On September 4, 1965, after 17 years there was another derby between Slavia and Sparta. The public interest was enormous, in front of 50,000 spectators in the Evžena Rošického stadium , the two teams split 2-2. Slavia, Sparta and Dukla finished the season with 33 points, Dukla won the title due to the better goal difference. After moderate years, the 1973/74 season was more successful. In addition to winning the Czech Cup, they also took third place in the league. Third place was also the maximum placement in the following seasons.
Return to the top in the 1990s
1991 was a milestone in Slavia's history. The Czech-American entrepreneur Boris Korbel got on as an investor and founded the joint stock company SK Slavia Praha fotbal after he could not come to an agreement with Sparta, his favorite club. He hired the experienced Václav Ježek , a Spartan veteran, as a trainer . Korbel pumped 180 million Czech crowns into the club, unheard of at the time, and won players like Dragiša Binić , Radim Nečas and Wladimir Tatarschuk for transfer fees that are still the Czech record after adjustment for inflation .
In the last season of Czechoslovakia, 1992/93, Slavia was runner-up, which could be confirmed in the next few years. Korbel left the club in the summer of 1993 after a dispute with the entire club about the stadium expansion, but the foundations for sporting success were laid. In 1995/96 Slavia became the superior Czech champions, it was the first championship in 49 years. The top performers of the championship team included goalkeeper Jan Stejskal , defenders Radek Bejbl and Jan Suchopárek , in midfield Pavel Novotný , Karel Poborský and Vladimír Šmicer and striker Robert Vágner . The coach was František Cipro . In the 1995/96 UEFA Cup , Slavia Prague made it to the semi-finals, where the Girondins Bordeaux team had to admit defeat. In the league Slavia was runner-up and won the Czech Cup. In 1998 Slavia was second, 1999 third, and again succeeded in the national cup competition.
Recent development
In 2000 and 2001 Slavia was second again, in 2002 only fifth, but the team managed another victory in the domestic cup. After a second place in 2003, the red and whites took fourth place in 2004. In 2005 Slavia was second again, in 2006 third. Even in 2007, despite good prospects in the meantime, it was not enough for the championship title, once again the team had to be content with second place. In qualifying for the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League , the team defeated Slovak champions MŠK Žilina in the second round and Ajax Amsterdam in the third round , thus reaching the Champions League for the first time in the club's history. There Slavia Prague took 3rd place behind Sevilla FC and Arsenal FC . Only Steaua Bucharest could be left behind. The team lost 7-0 against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium .
In recent years Slavia had to struggle with economic problems and had to give up the best players. A total of five times until 2007 Slavia failed in the final qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League . Another problem was that Slavia did not have its own stadium. The stadium Evžena Rošického far fewer viewers than they came to the stadium Eden Slavia lacked a home advantage as it had other teams. After the opening of the new Synot Tip Arena on May 7, 2008 with a game against the English club Oxford University AFC , Slavia was able to celebrate the championship title in the new stadium on May 17, 2008 with a 2-2 draw against FK Jablonec 97 . In the 2008/09 season Slavia was able to defend the title two games before the end of the season.
Despite participating in international competitions and national successes, the club did not manage to improve its economic situation. After Korbel's exit, a third of the club's shares were sold to the British ENIC Group , which in turn contributed financially to the construction of the new stadium. After persistent differences, the British parted with their stake again in 2006, but charged Slavia for the investments made up to then. At the beginning of May 2011, the liabilities to ENIC alone amounted to 4.2 million euros, at the same time it was unclear who was in charge of the club due to the now complicated ownership structure. The fans reacted to the ongoing leadership chaos with stadium protests. There were even violent riots, as a result of which the second leg in the cup semi-final against Sigma Olmütz had to be abandoned after the first half and Olmütz was awarded the victory at the Green Table.
In the meantime, a new investor was found in the Natland Group , who provided a cash injection to ensure that part of the player's salaries outstanding since the beginning of 2011 could be paid, but the ownership structure remained confused overall and a disclosure of ownership requirements required by the ČMFS could not be met at first become. Slavia were threatened with losing their professional license and relegation to the amateur league. Only after Natland had taken over further shares in the club and settled the debts due could the license for the new season be won on May 24, 2011 in an appeal process.
As of 2016, the association was 99% owned by the Chinese conglomerate CEFC China Energy . It has been jointly controlled by the CITIC Group and the Sinobo Group since 2018 .
Squad of the 2018/19 season
As of February 22, 2019
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Awarded Players
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successes
| competition | year | |
| Czechoslovakian champion | 1925 , 1928/29 , 1929/30 , 1930/31 , 1932/33 , 1933/34 , 1934/35 , 1936/37 and 1946/47 | |
| Championship Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1943 | |
| Czech champion | 1995/96 , 2007/08 , 2008/09 2016/17 , 2018/19 , 2019/20 | |
| Championship Bohemia | 1897 spring, 1897 autumn, 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1901 | |
| Central Bohemian Region Championship | 1918 and 1924 | |
| Championship ČSF | 1913 and 1915 | |
| Středočeský pohár | 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1935 and 1941 | |
| Charity Cup (Pohár dobročinnosti) | 1908, 1910, 1911 and 1912 | |
| Czech cup winner | 1941, 1942, 1945, 1974, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2018
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| Mitropapokal | 1938 | |
| Intertoto Cup | 1970, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1992 and 1993 |
European Cup balance sheet
Champion team 1995/96
In brackets the number of games followed by the number of goals.
Jaromír Blažek (7-0), Jan Stejskal (23-0); Radek Bejbl (28-9), Roman Hogen (5-0), Tomáš Hunal (20-0), Martin Hyský (28-2), Lukáš Jarolím (11-1), Jindřich Jirásek (3-0), Tomáš Klinka (2-0), Luboš Kozel (14-2), Ondrej Krištofík (24-1), Jiří Lerch (19-1), Dick Lidman (3-1), Leoš Mitas (1-0), Pavel Novotný (27 -4), Martin Pěnička (24-2), Bohuslav Pixa (2-0), Karel Poborský (27-11), Václav Spal (1-0), Jan Suchopárek (22-1), Daniel Šmejkal (24-3 ), Vladimír Šmicer (28-9), Jiří Štajner (3-0), Robert Vágner (28-11), Jiří Vávra (26-3), František Veselý (1-0), Luděk Vyskočil (3-1)
Former players
- Radek Bejbl (1989–1996)
- Patrik Berger (1991–1995)
- Josef Bican (1937–1948, 1953–1956)
- Alexa Bokšay (1936–1943)
- Antonín Bradáč (1940–1951)
- Vojtěch Bradáč (1932–1939, 1940/41, 1942)
- Patrik Gedeon (2001-2005)
- Ota Hemele (1942–1946, 1948, 1950–1953, 1953–1959)
- Jiří Hildebrandt (1955–1969)
- Ladislav Hlaváček (1947–1953, 1957/58)
- Zdeněk Jánoš (1988–1994)
- František Junek (1928–1935)
- Ivo Knoflíček (1981/82, 1984–1988, 1995/96)
- Vlastimil Kopecký (1931–1950)
- Jan Košek (1903–1904, 1904–1912)
- Josef Kratochvíl-Kráťa (1923–1927, 1927–1930)
- Luboš Kubík (1982–1988, 1996)
- Pavel Kuka (1975-1987, 1989-1993, 2000-2005)
- Jan Lála (1955–1957, 1960–1969)
- Jiří Lerch (1992-2002)
- Karel Nepomucký (1956–1969)
- Tomáš Necid (1998-2009)
- Karel Piták (2002-2006)
- František Plánička (1923–1939)
- Karel Poborský (1995–1996)
- Antonín Puč (1925-1938)
- Emil Seifert (1921–1929, 1930–1934)
- František Svoboda (1926–1940)
- Vladimír Šmicer (1987–1996, 2007–2009)
- Jan Stejskal (1994–1998)
- Jan Suchopárek (1991–1996, 2000–2003)
- Dušan Švento (2005–2009, 2016–)
- Ivo Ulich (1996-2001)
- Jan Vaník (1916-1926)
- František Veselý (1964–1980)
- Čestmír Vycpálek (1939–1940, 1942–1947)
- Rudolf Vytlačil (1935–1944)
- Ladislav Ženíšek (1929–1936)
Former trainers
- John Madden (1905-1930)
- Josef Štaplík (1930–1933)
- Kálmán Konrád (1933–1935)
- Jan Reichert (1935–1938, 1949)
- Emil Seifert (1939–1946, 1952–1953)
- Josef Pojar (1946–1947)
- Viliam König (1947–1948, 1950–1951)
- Josef Bican (1954–1956)
- Antonín Rýgr (1956–1958, 59, 1960–1963, 1970–1972)
- Josef Forejt (1958, 1960, 1969–1970)
- Vlastimil Kopecký (1959)
- Karel Finek (1959-1960, 1963-1964)
- František Ipser (1964–1966)
- Vratislav Fikejz (1966)
- Mirko Paráček (1966)
- František Havránek (1966–1968)
- Jiří Nedvídek (1968–1969)
- Miroslav Linhart (1972)
- Rudolf Vytlačil (1973)
- Jaroslav Jareš (1973–1979, 1984–1986)
- Bohumil Musil (1979–1980)
- Josef Bouška (1981)
- Miroslav Starý (1981)
- Milan Máčala (1982-1984)
- Vlastimil Petržela (1986–1987, 1990–1992)
- Tomáš Pospíchal (1987–1988)
- Ivan Kopecký (1988–1989)
- Jozef Jarabinský (1992–1993)
- Jindřich Dejmal (1993–1994)
- Miroslav Beránek (1994–1995, 2001–1903)
- František Cipro (1995–1997, 1999–1900, 2010)
- Pavel Tobiáš (1997-1998)
- Petr Rada (1998)
- Jaroslav Hřebík (1998–1999)
- Karel Jarolím (2000-2001, 2005-2010)
- Josef Pešice (2001)
- Josef Csaplár (2004-2005)
- Michal Petrouš (2010-2011)
- František Straka (2011–2012)
- Martin Poustka (2012)
- Petr Rada (2012-2013)
- Michal Petrouš (2013)
- Miroslav Koubek (2013-2014)
- Alex Pastoor (2014)
- Miroslav Beránek (2014-2015)
- Dušan Uhrin jr. (2015-2016)
- Jaroslav Šilhavý (2016–)
Previous stages
From 1897 to 1945 Slavia played in their own stadium in the northwestern district of Letná , next to their biggest rival Sparta. After the stadium was burned down by the National Socialists, Slavia spent three years in asylum before a new home was found in the southeast of the city in the Vršovice district in Eden in 1948. In 2000, the Eden stadium was no longer suitable for the 1st division, Slavia had to find a new stadium and moved to the Evžena Rošického stadium of the football association, which was never accepted by the fans. The expansion of the Eden was planned as early as 1984. In 2004 the Eden was demolished, in 2005 the new stadium should be in the same place.
Construction began in October 2006. By March 2008, a stadium for 21,000 people was built. Since April 1st, 2009 the stadium has been called Synot Tip Aréna.
Club names
- ACOS Praha (1892-1894)
- SK Slavia Praha (1895-1948)
- Sokol Slavia Praha VII (1948–1949)
- ZSJ Dynamo Slavia Praha (1949-1953)
- DSO Dynamo Praha (1953–1954)
- TJ Dynamo Praha (1954–1964)
- TJ Slavia Praha (1964–1968)
- SK Slavia Praha (1968–1973)
- TJ Slavia Praha IPS (1973–1978)
- SK Slavia Praha IPS (1978–1991)
- SK Slavia Praha (since 1991)
hockey
Success men
- EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy: 2004
- EuroHockey Club Challenge: 2010, 2014, 2018
- National champions in field hockey: 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
- EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Challenge II: 2006
- National champion in indoor hockey: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
Achievements women
- EuroHockey Club Champions Challenge: 2007
- EuroHockey Club Champions Challenge II: 2013
- National champions in field hockey: 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 , 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015
- EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Trophy: 2012
- EuroHockey Indoor Club Champions Challenge: 2010
- National champion in indoor hockey: 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015
Web links
- Official website of the association (Czech / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Radio Praha : Slavia Prague threatens to end: mountain of debt, leadership chaos, fan riots , accessed on May 24, 2011.
- ^ Radio Praha : Fan protest at Slavia Prague leads to riots ( Memento from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 24, 2011.
- ↑ Radio Praha : Olomouc wins at the green table 3-0 over Slavia Prague ( memento from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 24, 2011.
- ↑ Radio Praha : Slavia Prague subsequently receives a first division license , accessed on May 24, 2011.
- ↑ Chinese investor acquires further shares in Slavia Prague. November 22, 2016, accessed March 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Redakce: Sinobo Group is the new majority shareholder of Slavia. Retrieved October 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Players muži 2017/2018. In: slavia.cz. Slavia Prague, accessed on August 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Compilation from EHF Handbook 2016 ( Memento from March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 3 ″ N , 14 ° 28 ′ 18 ″ E