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Bohemians 1905 (previously named FC Bohemians Praha) is a Prague-based football club with over a hundred years of history. It is one of the most popular clubs in the Czech Republic. Its most successful era came in the early 1980s when the club won the Czechoslovakian League Championship and advanced to the semifinals of the UEFA Cup (both in 1983). In the year 2005 it survived a crisis, which was a consequence of bad management. The club was relegated to the 3rd Czech division due to its financial insolvency, but later was saved by its fans who paid off portion of the club's debts. The club was able to advance back to the 1st league in 2007, but in 2008 the team was relegated again to the second league, where it will meet an old rival, the Dukla Prague.
Its colors are green and white. The home stadium located in Vršovice is called Ďolíček. The best known player from Bohemians' history is Antonín Panenka. Bohemian's 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.
[edit] Brief history
Historical names:
- 1905 AFK Vršovice
- 1927 AFK Bohemians
- 1940 AFK Bohemia
- 1945 AFK Bohemians
- 1948 Železničáři Praha
- 1952 Spartak Praha Stalingrad
- 1961 ČKD Praha
- 1961 Bohemians ČKD Praha
- 1993 FC Bohemians Praha
- 2005 Bohemians 1905
[edit] Current squad
As of January 6, 2008:
[edit] Major trophies
- Czechoslovakia´s Champion in 1983
- "Weekend of Champions" Winner in 2007 and 2009
[edit] Former notable players
Karel Bejbl, František Tyrpekl, Josef Vedral, Jiří Pešek, Jiří Žďárský, André Houška, Josef Knebort, Petr Packert, František Jílek (football player), Jaroslav Findejs, Antonín Panenka, Jan Jarkovský, Miroslav Valent, Zdeněk Prokeš, Zdeněk Hruška, Vladimír Borovička, Karol Dobiaš, František Jakubec, Přemysl Bičovský, Jiří Ondra, Vladimír Hruška, Milan Čermák, Stanislav Levý, Pavel Chaloupka, Jiří Sloup, Peter Zelenský, Jaroslav Němec, Petr Janečka, Petr Kouba
[edit] Major tournaments
UEFA Cup 1982-83, Losing to eventual champions, R.S.C. Anderlecht, in the semi-finals.
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