Bohemians 1905

Synot Tip Arena (Capacity: 21.000)


Bohemians 1905 - FC Hradec Králové (0:0) (Gambrinus Liga, 18. March 2012)

Attendance: 2542
Cost: 150Kr
Programme: 20Kr

On the way to the stadium

 

Buying the tickets

 

Food and drinks were dirt cheap!!!

 

Teams entering the stadium

 

The home fans unfurled a giant green smurf!

 

It"s time for kickoff

 

Hradec were the more attacking of the two teams

 

Half litre beers for 1 Euro, cheers to that!

 

A few away fans made the trip to the capital

 

View from behind the goal. Note the sloping roof.

 

Got to love the giant Kangaroo mascot

 

At half time the rain clouds rolled on in

 

Another view of the stadium upon leaving

CLUB HISTORY: (wiki)

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 prevented from taking part in the second part of the 2004–05 Czech 2. Liga and its results were expunged. 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 top flight in 2007, where they currently play.

Its colours are green and white. The home stadium, located in Vršovice, is called Ďolíček. However, from the 2010–11 season, for a period of five years, Bohemians is playing its home matches at Synot Tip Arena. Ďolíček is only used for the Bohemians 1905 "B" team. This is because the stadium was not at the required standards for the Czech football league.

The most prestigious match is the derby with Slavia Prague. "Vršovice Derby" is the second most prestigious derby in Prague. Slavia and Bohemians are located in the district Vršovice, stadiums are separated by only 1 km. Also derby with Sparta Prague is a big match

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


HONOURS:

Czechoslovak First League (first tier)
Champions (1): 1982-83
Czechoslovak Cup
Runners up (1): 1982
Czech 2. Liga (second tier)
Champions (2): 1998–99, 2008–09
Runners up (1): 2006–07
Centralbohemian Cup - 1942
Intercup - 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984


STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)

Synot Tip Arena (generally also known as Eden) is a football stadium, in Prague-Vršovice, Czech Republic.
The stadium has a capacity of 21,000 people and it is the most modern football stadium in the Czech Republic. It is the home venue of SK Slavia Prague and occasionally the Czech Republic national football team. Starting in the 2010–11 season, it is also the venue of Bohemians 1905 home matches for a period of five years. During the 2011-12 season the stadium hosted home matches for FC Viktoria Plzeň in the Champions League group stage.

The stadium has been selected as the venue for the 2013 UEFA Super Cup.
In the early 1950s, Slavia was forced to leave its stadium at Letná and a new stadium was built at Eden in the Vršovice district. Its capacity was about 50,000 (mostly for standing). The wooden western (main) stand was taken from the old stadium at Letná, the rest of the stands were made of concrete. The stadium also featured an athletics track. The first match at this stadium took place on September 27, 1953, Slavia drew 1-1 against the team of Křídla vlasti Olomouc. Josef Bican scored the home team's goal.

In the 1970s, it became apparent that Eden did not provide sufficient comfort for the visitors and started planning to build a new one in the same place. However, under the communist regime, the planning went quite slowly. Several projects were made, and the construction was finally to start in 1990. In 1989, Slavia moved temporarily to nearby Ďolíček stadium (home of FC Bohemians Prague, now known as Bohemians 1905) and the eastern stand was torn down. However, the overthrowing of the communist regime in 1989 delayed the construction. In the meantime, Slavia moved to Stadion Evžena Rošického, a stadium on the Strahov hill, which is large but uncomfortable and poorly accessible.

In the early 1990s, the whole construction was cancelled and Slavia moved back to Eden. A temporary stand was built in the place of former eastern stand, but it was clear that Eden was outdated and Slavia needed a new home ground. Several more projects were made, but Slavia was unable to raise sufficient funds and there were some legal problems, as the premises were owned by the government and it took a lot of effort to transfer them to Slavia. In 2000, the stadium was not eligible to host Czech league matches, so Slavia moved to the unpopular Strahov again.
Slavia finally presented a project of the new stadium, but no construction started. In December 2003, the old Eden stadium was torn down and Slavia announced that the new stadium would be opened on October 19, 2005, however, by October 2005 the construction had not even started. It took another year to start. The project had to be scaled down to lower the construction cost from 1.8 billion Czech crowns to less than 1 billion. The construction eventually started in October 2006.
Despite the stadium not being fully finished, it was opened on May 7, 2008 with an exhibition match against Oxford University A.F.C.. Many former Slavia stars (such as Pavel Kuka, Patrik Berger, Jan Suchopárek and Ivo Knoflíček) took part in this match. Slavia won 5-0.[2]

The first competitive match at the new stadium was played on May 17, 2008 against Jablonec, the match ended 2-2, Slavia secured the Gambrinus Liga title in this final match of the 2007/08 season.
The stadium is occasionally used for other events beside football, such as concerts or other sports matches.
The stadium was used for the final rugby matches of the 2008 and 2009–10 KB Extraliga seasons.

There is a hotel and a fan shop in the northern stand, and various other facilities (bar, McDonald's, Komerční banka branch, offices) in the main stand.