SK Slavia Praha

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SK Slavia Praha (English: Slavia Prague) is a Czech football club founded 1892 in Prague. Together with Sparta Prague it is the most traditional Czech football club.

Contents

1 History and current situation

1.1 Today

2 Famous players
3 Major trophies
4 Club symbols
5 Current squad
6 Trivia
7 External links

History and current situation

Slavia Prague was founded in 1892 in Vinohrady, Prague. From the very beginning it was the elite Czech club (together with Sparta Prague) and their matches (derby) were the most famous in Czech football. Slavia won 17 titles, lot of Czech cups and one time Mitropa Cup (Central European Cup). The latest big success is almost 10 years old: in 1996 Slavia managed to win the Czech 1st League and they also advanced to the UEFA Cup semi-finals.

Today

Currently there are economic problems in Slavia, mainly because their repeated failures to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. Slavia is building on young players, many of them are representing their countries in "Under-21" teams. Biggest young hopes are now 17-year old Marek Suchý (U-19), 21-year old Slovak goalkeeper Matuš Kozáčik who represents Slovakia in the U-21 team, and Dušan Švento (20yrs), also Slovak U-21 representative.

Famous players

Several famous players played for Slavia in the 1990s, for example: Vladimír Šmicer, Patrik Berger, Karel Poborský and Pavel Kuka, who closed his career in 2005. Currently the best player is midfielder Karel Pitak. The best known Slavia player of all time is undoubtedly Josef "Pepi" Bican, one of the best marksmen in the history of football. Other famous players include Antonín Puč and František Plánička.

Major trophies

Mitropa Cup winner 1938
Czechoslovakia league – 1925, 1928/29, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1932/33, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1936/37, 1946/47
Czech League – 1939/40, 1940/41, 1941/42, 1942/43, 1948, 1995/96
Czech championship – 1897 jaro, 1897 podzim, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901
Bohemia championship – 1918, 1924
Championship ČSF – 1913, 1915
Bohemia cup – 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1941
Charity cup – 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912
Czech cup (Pohár ČMFS) – 1941, 1942, 1945, 1974, 1997, 1999, 2002
Intercup – 1970, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1992, 1993

Club symbols

White colour - the symbol of fair play and olympic idea.
Red colour - the symbol of heart.
Red star - the symbol of hope and good mind.
The fact that the jersey is half white and half red should symbolize the dichotomy of life.

Current squad

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Trivia

Slavia was 5 times in the last round of the UEFA Champions League qualification and 5 times failed.

External links

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