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SK Slavia Prague ((チェコ語:SK Slavia Praha), ) is a Czech professional football club founded in 1892 in the city of Prague. They are the second most successful club in the Czech Republic since its independence in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.synotliga.cz/tabulka/2014/historicka.html )〕 They play in the Czech First League—the highest competition in the Czech Republic. They play the Prague derby with Sparta Prague, an important rivalry in Czech football. Slavia has won 17 titles, several Czech cups and the Mitropa Cup in 1938. The club has won three league titles since the foundation of the Czech league in 1993. The club reached the semi finals of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup and qualified for the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in their history. In addition to their men's squad, Slavia Prague also has reserve, youth, women's, and futsal teams. ==History== Slavia was founded on 2 November 1892 by medicine students in Vinohrady, Prague as a sport club aimed at increasing sport activity among students. Initially the club focused on cycling, and expanded to football in 1896. On 25 March of that year Slavia won their first match against AC Prague 5-0.〔 Four days later, Slavia played against Sparta, with the match finishing 0-0, this match being the start of the rivalry between these two clubs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.slavia.cz/zobraz.asp?t=zapasy-1896 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sparta.cz/novinky/zpravodajstvi/a-tym/o-derby-proc-a-jak-dlouho-se-nemame-radi-5518.html )〕 In 1905, Scottish manager and former Celtic player John Madden brought new tactics and views on football from his home country to the club. He managed to set up an early golden age for the club that lasted 25 years. Under Madden Slavia won 134 domestic matches out of a total of 169, and 304 internationals out of 429 between the years 1905 and 1930. In 1930 Madden retired from Slavia and professional football at the age of 66, though he remained in Prague for the rest of his life. In the 1934 FIFA World Cup the Czechoslovak national team included eight Slavia players. The second golden period came when Slavia bought Josef Bican from Admira Vienna. Slavia with Bican won titles in 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1943. In 1951 Slavia finished in 11th position in the league. Poor results continued during the 1950s and 60s when Slavia were relegated twice, in 1961 and 1963. They next played in the top level of football in 1965. In 1996 Slavia won their fourteenth title after 49 years. During this season, Slavia played in the semi-final of the UEFA Cup and four players of this team had big importance for the silver-medal winning Czech team from Euro 96.〔(SK Slavia Praha - official site )〕〔(SK Slavia Praha - official site )〕 Slavia participated in the qualifying rounds for the UEFA Champions League five times (1996, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005), being eliminated each time until finally qualifying for the group stage in the 2007-08 season following a 3-1 aggregate victory over Ajax Amsterdam in the Third Qualifying Round. For the group stage, Slavia were drawn in Group H along with Arsenal, Steaua Bucharest and Sevilla. They started with a 2-1 win at home against Steaua and a 4-2 loss to Sevilla. Next came two matches against Arsenal; Slavia lost 7-0 at the Emirates Stadium, but in the second leg they managed to draw 0-0. In Bucharest came a 1-1 draw, which qualified the Czech team for the UEFA Cup round of 32, from 3rd place in group H, in spite of a home 0-3 defeat against Sevilla. In October 2006, the construction of the new and long-awaited stadium at Eden for 21,000 spectators began. The stadium was opened on 7 May 2008 with an exhibition match against Oxford University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.ouafc.com/news/262 )〕 In the 2007–08 and 2008–09, Slavia were back-to-back Czech champions, although they did not play in the Champions League group stage due to elimination in the qualifying rounds by ACF Fiorentina (0-2 on aggregate in 2008–09) and Sheriff Tiraspol (1-1 on away goals rule in 2009–10). In the 2009–10 season the club managed only 7th place in the league. In the autumn of 2010, the club found itself in crisis due to its economic problems. It was discovered that Slavia owed 112 million Czech koruna to the club's former owner, ENIC Sports Ltd (English National Investment Company).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sport.ihned.cz/c1-52092650-konec-sporu-natland-se-dohodl-se-zastupci-enicu-a-uhradil-dluhy-slavie )〕 As a result of this, major cost-cutting was needed to service this debt and it was confirmed that the squad would need to be purged.〔 In addition to the players sold, midfielder Petr Trapp left the club mid-season, claiming that Slavia had not paid his wages for three months.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/fotbalista-trapp-se-po-dvou-letech-vraci-ze-slavie-zpatky-do-plzne-1cs-/fotbal.aspx?c=A110105_162023_fotbal_mn )〕 On 5 May 2011, a cup semi-final against Olomouc was cancelled due to protests of fans against the financial situation of the club.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/zapas-ukoncete-prikazal-velitel-policejniho-zasahu-rika-delegat-pxr-/fot_dsouteze.asp?c=A110506_094135_fot_dsouteze_mn )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SK Slavia Prague」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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