SK Slavia Prague
Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal, commonly referred to in English as Slavia Prague or simply Slavia, is a professional football club based in the Vršovice district of Prague. Founded as a cycling club on 2 November 1892, Slavia is the oldest of the Czech sports clubs. In terms of football achievements Slavia is the second most successful club in the history of the Czechoslovak football league and as well of the Czech football league, since their inception after the country's rebirth in September 1993.
Slavia competes in the top level of the Czech First League, known as the Fortuna Liga for sponsorship reasons, and the successor of the Czechoslovak First League abolished in 1993. Since 1925 there have been 71 completed seasons of Czechoslovak league and 27 completed Czech league seasons. Slavia holds 20 league titles, 8 Czech cups, winning the double in the 2018–19 season and the Czechoslovak Supercup in 2019. In the most recent season 2019-20 Slavia secured its 20th title and it is their sixth league trophy since the Czech league inception. Slavia has also won 5 Czech cups since 1993, the most recent one in 2019.
The most notable international records are winning the Mitropa Cup in 1938, however, more recent achievements list achieving the semi-final leg of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup and qualification for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in the club history. In 2019, Slavia made it to the quarter-final stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League and also qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage for the second time in their history.
The team's traditional home colours are red and white shirt halves with white shorts and white socks, hence “The Red And Whites” stands for a nickname of the club. The other popular nickname is “The Sewn-Ones” which originates from the shirt itself which has been historically made of two parts sewn together. Slavia plays the Prague derby with Sparta Prague, the most breathtaking rivalry in Czech football. Between 1953 and 2000 the team's home ground was Eden in the Prague 10 district; the ground was rebuilt and reopened in 2008 as the 20,232-seater Sinobo Stadium. In addition to their men's squad, Slavia Prague has women's, men's reserve and youth teams.
History
Formation and early years (1892–1905)
In times impacted by a Czech National Revival movement on 2 November 1892 in Prague′s Vodičkova street has been founded the Academic Cycling Department Slavia, which has been formed around Czech literary and rhetoric society ″Slavia″ to increase sports activities among students. Doctor Václav Kubr has been appointed as club′s chairman on 23 November 1892, initially leading the club to cycling. In 1894 the police has dismissed the club, apparently for some anti–austrian activities. On 31 May 1895 a medicine student Jaroslav Hausman re–established Sports Club Slavia in another Prague′s district Vinohrady. The club became a successor of the former ACOS. As a first executive was selected Karel Ankrt and club expanded to other activities, including football in 1896. Amongst the originators of the club were Jaroslav Hausman and Karel Freja.On 25 March 1894, four Prague sides – Slavia, AC Prague, Sparta Prague and ČFK Kickers commenced a ″national tournament in ball kicking exercises″ which lasted two weeks. The matches were played at Císařská louka, an island located in the middle of Vltava river close to Vyšehrad. The field did not have any side lines, just the rope marked the field. Slavia played their first tournament match against AC Prague and won 5–0. Four days later, Slavia played against Sparta Prague. The referee was Dr. Rössler-Ořovský who was the only person in Czech lands to be an owner of game rules. He donated his own ball. Before the match, referee Dr. Rössler-Ořovský and captains Freja for Slavia and Rudl for Sparta agreed that assistant Cífek will measure the time. As well, all of them agreed that referee and both captains have to authorize regularity of each goal. The referee then explained how to perform a throw–in and meaning of the referee's gestures. Slavia has worn the red and white halves, while Sparta showed up in black sweaters showing a large capital S on their chests. Despite the fact that Sparta scored a goal, captains were not able to find agreement about its regularity. All the players were willing to continue the match, hence the final score finished goal-less. Hence the one rivalry was about to start.
Evolution under J.W. Madden (1905–1937)
On 25 February 1905, the Scottish manager and former Celtic player J.W. Madden signed as Slavia's coach and brought new tactics and views on football from his home country to the club. His first match as Slavia's coach with Everton FC was a defeat 0–5. On 21 March 1909 Slavia suffered a first defeat to a Czech side since the 0–1 defeat to DFC in 1897, a loss with SK Smíchov 1–3 was recorded, which ended 12 years long winning streak.In 1913 Slavia celebrated its first title, nowadays not recognized by the Czech FA, with seven wins, one defeat and 39 goals scored under Madden's management. The first official League trophy has been lifted by a now–professional team in 1925 at the end of inaugural season of the Czech League. Seven wins, one draw and one defeat won the title on goal differential ahead of Sparta. In 1927 Slavia has participated for the first time in an International competition for football clubs predominantly from the Austro–Hungarian Empire that, at this time, were still leading in continental football. The now defunct cup is today seen as the predecessor to the European Cup and Champions League. After advancing through first leg with Újpesti FC, Slavia has suufered a defeat in the semi–final leg of the Cup losing to Rapid Wien. Two years later, en route to the finals of the Mitropa Cup 1929, Slavia has won against Juventus, First Vienna and lost to Újpesti FC 5–1 away and drawn 2–2 at home. In the meanwhile, Slavia once again dominated the Czech league.
The last match of the 1929–30 season which Slavia won 3–2 aagainst Sparta secured the third league title winning 14 out of 14 matches. This was the only time in the Czech history that a team has won all matches during one season. After the match Madden came to the cabin saying: "Sorry guys, I can′t teach you more, I′ll quit...". On that day, at the age of 66 he retires from Slavia and from professional football. He remained in Prague for the rest of his life until 1948. 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. The momentum has continued in 1930–31 when Slavia celebrated its third title in a row despite losing the derby at Sparta 3–2 backed up with some 30,000 fans on 1 May 1931.
As a defending champion, the Red and Whites advanced through the first leg of Mitropa cup defeating Admira Vienna and played semifinals with Juventus on 10 July same year. The first match was played at home in front of 30,000 fans. Once Italian champion went down 3–0, Juventus Argentinian born Cesarini insulted the referee and was sent off. Fifteen Slavia fans invaded the pitch and tried to fight with the bianco-neri′s. After the match the Italian players demolished the Lucerna Music Bar club in the Prague′s city centre. Italian media reported about "Czech pigs″ or ″Slavian cockroaches″. No wonder that the Slavia equippe was welcomed by thrown objects during the return match. The opening goal was scored by Cesarini, the same Cesarini that should have been banned from the match for previous insultation. The governing body of the Mitropa allowed his presence upon paying a penalty fee. Slavia conceded two quick goals, second from the penalty kick. Coming back from the cabins, match resorted to obstruction and time wasting, fans threw eggs and stones onto the pitch. Not to hurt Slavia players, only to distract their attention. That certainly worked, as soon as a living squid has flown to the direction of the goal and hit its body against the bar. A cephalopod′s ink sprayed on Plánička′s face and uniform. Few minutes later, when a stone hit the keeper, Slavia walked off – direction: cabin. Juventus fans erupted to celebrate the victory. The match was subsequently abandoned with Juventus leading 2–0; both team's fans invaded the pitch in response, leaving Slavia pinned in their dressing rooms for hours while 1,500 soldiers and policemen formed a cordon. Slavia Prague and Juventus FC were both ejected from the competition.
At the end of the 1931–32 season Slavia positioned second behind their rivals Sparta. The year after Slavia won its sixth title and set the ground for another championship hat-trick. Two years later in 1934, Slavia has already owned eight championship trophies in their club vitrine. Twelve players of the Slavia roster were nominated to the second edition of the 1934 FIFA World Cup that summer. In the knockout tournament the Czechoslovak national team which was amongst the 8 seeded, included 12 Slavia players. After the wins with Romania, Switzerland and Germany, Czechoslovaks challenged the home side Italy in the final match of the tournament with 8 Slavia team members appearing in the starting eleven. With 80 minutes played, the Czechoslovaks led 1–0. The Italians managed to score before the final whistle and then added another goal in extra time to be crowned World Cup winners.
On 19 June 1934, Slavia meets Rapid Vienna in the first round of the Mitropa Cup in front of 35,000 spectators. Midst in the game, Rapid leads 0-2 and Slavia fans start to whistle. ″Franci″ Svoboda narrows the margin to 1-2 and spectators seem to be calmed down. On the other side of the pitch Josef Bican takes the ball, dribbles through the entire field and scores a third, game-winning goal. The crowds do not whistle anymore, they clap for Austrian born Josef Bican. Slavia was crowned for the ninth time in the 1936–37 season and on 21 March 1937 the squad traveled for the first time to an away league match by an airplane. The trip was to a newly promoted side from Carpathian Ruthenia - Rusj Uzhgorod.
′Pepi′ (1937–1948)
was a tall centre-forward, a player of Rapid Vienna who once clashed with Slavia in November 1933 in a friendly match, a day when Slavia officials were scouting Rapid′s forward Franz Binder. But when Bican scored 5 goals, they have changed their minds. As soon as they realized that both Bican′s parents were Czech nationals, they rushed to give him a deal. Rapid Vienna did not agree with his transfer to Slavia and Bican had already verbally pre-agreed with another Vienna team - Admira which were ready to send him on loan to Slavia. Rapid decided to lock Bican in the team for 9 months, helped to negotiate a ban from the Austrian national team and then transferred him to Admira for 4 years without an option for loan. Bican served Admira until the end of his contract and once it had expired, he announced his move to Slavia for a transfer fee of 120-thousand crowns. Bican′s first appearance for Slavia in 1937–38 season on 27 August 1937 in an away match against SK Kladno was not a success. Slavia lost 1–0 and Bican did not score from many chances. In the next two matches he scored 4 goals each and he soon became Slavia′s elite centre–forward for the coming 12 years.In 1938 Slavia has earned the most prestigious achievement in the international football. In the first round of Mitropa Cup the Red And Whites faced a Yugoslavian opponent Beogradski SK and two wins carried them over to the quarter–finals to clash with Italian Ambrosiana Milan. In the first match–up none of the teams has allowed goals in the opening 30 minutes. Then Bican and Bradáč have changed their places and before halftime Slavia scored two. After the break Slavia scored another seven goals, winning the game 9–0. The Italian champion has until that day never lost by such a margin. An away match at an unfilled stadium was only a formality and resulted to a defeat 3–1. Another trip to Italy was arranged few weeks later for the semifinal tie against Genoa 1893 who desired to revenge for Ambrosiana early cup’s exit. The first match has Slavia lost 4–2 and during a return fixture which was played at Strahov stadium for its higher capacity Slavia opened with two quick goals and in 14th minute the score was 2–0. Few minutes later an Italian player Bertoni suffered a fibula fracture and the match changed to a fight. Fouls, slaps, two red cards, delays of the game and police interventions meant that 32,000 Slavia fans witnessed one of the best performances of the decade. Slavia has won 4–0 and advanced into a final fixture against Ferencváros for the second time after 9 years. First match attended by 45,000 Slavia fans ended with a 2–2 draw. It was believed that Slavia can only win the cup if they win by 3–or more goals in the opener. With this in mind 6,000 of them traveled to Budapest one week later for a match where was nothing to lose. The Hungarians watched by 32,000 fans were outperforming Slavia but keeper Alexa Bokšay had his day. Saving many shots, in combination with Slavia’s good fortune with bounced balls they have created few counter–attacks from which Slavia scored two goals. In the 12th edition of the Cup Slavia defeated the defending champions 4–2 on aggregate and it was Slavia's first and only victory in the competition.
Later that year, during the third edition of the FIFA World Cup, Slavia nominated nine players to the national team′s roster. In the knockout format that was retained from 1934, Czekoslovakia was once again seeded. Bican, who played for Austria in 1934 has applied early in 1938 for Czech citizenship, an act that was supposed to take couple of weeks. Due to an administrative error, his application was misplaced and Czechoslovak citizenship was obtained two days after the final match of the World Cup. Going into the tournament as silver medalists from the previous World Cup, media often speculated that "With Bican we can be the champions of the world." Since Bican could not travel - Czechoslovakia only won the Round of 16 against Netherlands 3–0 and at the latter quarter-final stage lost to Brazilian team 2–1 in the rematch of the original 1–1 draw. His debut for Czechoslovakia he illustrated with three goals and a 6–2 win on 7 August 1938 against Swedish team, which achieved fourth place on the recently concluded tournament.
On 17 June 1953 Bican, who was then 39 years old has returned to Slavia as a player and a coach. Before his final league match against Iskra Žilina on 20 November 1955 he scored 22 goals in 30 league matches after his return. Josef ″Pepi″ Bican is the club's all-time top goal-scorer, in his playing times with Slavia Prague ′Pepi′ became 5 times the league champion, he won 10 times the top scorer award and won 2 cups. In Slavia jersey he has scored 417 league goals in 246 league matches, in all 303 official matches he found the net 556 times and in all his 514 appearances for Slavia he scored 1,131 goals. His hat-tricks could not be counted, he scored 4 goals in 20 matches, 5 goals 6 matches, 6 goals once and 7 goals 4 matches. Josef Bican played in 37 Slavia - Sparta derbies in which he scored 35 goals. When Bican finished his active playing career, he was 42-years 1-month and 26-days old. He remained in the capacity of Slavia′s coach until 14 October 1956 and quit after a defeat with Sparta 2–6.
Forty years of dictatorship (1948–1993)
The 1948′s Czechoslovak coup – in the Communist era known as °Victorious February" was an event in late February in which the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia with Soviet backing, assumed undisputed control over the government of Czechoslovakia, marking the onset of four decades of communist rule in the country. In 1951 Slavia finished in 11th position in the league. On 27 September 1953 Slavia opened new stadium. Poor results continued during the 1950s and 1960s when Slavia were relegated twice, in 1961 and 1963. They next played in the top level of football in 1965 finishing in the third place.Post revolution (1993–2007)
In 1996, Slavia won their 14th 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 UEFA Euro 1996.Slavia participated in the qualifying rounds for the UEFA Champions League five times, being eliminated each time until finally qualifying for the group stage in the 2007–08 season following a 3–1 aggregate victory over Ajax in the third qualifying round. For the group stage, Slavia were drawn in Group H along with Arsenal, Steaua București 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 third place in Group H, in spite of a home 0–3 defeat against Sevilla.
Battle for recognition (2007–''present'')
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.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 being eliminated in the qualifying rounds by Fiorentina and Sheriff Tiraspol. 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. 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.
On 5 May 2011, a cup semi-final against Olomouc was abandoned due to fans storming the pitch in protest against the deteriorating financial situation of the club.
In September 2015, CEFC China Energy Company bought the team. Since November 2018 club owners are Sinobo Group and CITIC Group.
Historical names
- 1892 – SK ACOS Praha '
- 1893 – SK Slavia Praha '
- 1948 – Sokol Slavia Praha VII
- 1949 – ZSJ Dynamo Slavia Praha '
- 1953 – DSO Dynamo Praha '
- 1954 – TJ Dynamo Praha '
- 1965 – SK Slavia Praha '
- 1973 – TJ Slavia Praha '
- 1977 – TJ Slavia IPS Praha '
- 1978 – SK Slavia IPS Praha '
- 1991 – SK Slavia Praha '
Identity
Name
Since the mid 1800s the Czech lands were impacted by a cultural movement which in now known as Czech National Revival with its main focus to revive the nation's language, culture and national identity. The main force of the movement was initiated around Czech literary and rhetoric society which along with other intellectuals of those times called for rights of the Slavic residents by saying „Our colours, red and white - my ancestry, decency and power!“ Red and white were historical heraldic colours of the Czech monarchs and the students were often referred with a former integral part of the empire, Slavonia - a fertile land responsible for agricultural production of the monarchy. The Slavs, coming from the area between the rivers of Danube, Drave and Sava invoked their fertility deity of harvest and crops called Slava, often transcribed as Slawa, Slavija or Slawija. Historical name "Slavia" is also a Latin term used in older literature to denote the lands inhabited by Slavs. The Slavia Goddess was illustrated on the first one-hundred crowns banknote of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1920 designed by Alfons Mucha.Colours
The club's colours, red and white, were selected on the first inaugural assembly and have matched colors of proposed national flag. The symbolism of the white colour on the Slavia's flag was what the founders called the honor of the sportsmanship, fair play and purity of the sporting activities, while the red represented a passion and the heart that Slavia puts in its matches. The trademark of red five-pointed star with its tip facing downward shows "new hope, forever strengthening the mind and uplifting the spirit", even in difficult times.Crests
Slavia's crest has changed several times. The original crest was red, white and blue and the round shape of the badge reminded the cyclist origins of the sports club. The adjustment to red and white was changed for the first time in 1949. The modern version of the crest has changed from the 2002.Kits
The original Slavia kit, in which the team turned out for their inaugural match on 25 March 1896 is the same as the one worn nowadays. The entire squad, including the goalkeeper, appeared in classic red and white halves, red on the right and white on the left. A large five-pointed red star with its tip facing downward was sealed on the white half. Back then all the players wore red barrets, too.
The kit combination became of historical significance and remains an unchangeable part of Slavia's identity. The Slavic red and white combination was allowed by Nazi occupation during World War II, however later it became disallowed by communist regime in 1953. During this period, Slavia adopted various short-term colour combinations, including yellow, blue, red or orange. On 2 April 1956 Slavia appeared dressed in red and white once again at an friendly International Easter Tournament hosted at Letná despite the communist ban. The home kit has since remained red and white.
Stadiums
Home Stadiums
Slavia plays their home matches in Sinobo Stadium in the Vršovice district of Prague, formerly known also as Eden or Synot Tip Arena. The stadium was rebuilt and reopened in October 2008 and is part of the Eden Sports Centre in Prague-Vršovice.| Period | Home Stadium | Capacity |
| 1892–1898 | Císařská Louka | N/A |
| 1898–1947 | Letenská pláň | N/A |
| 1945–1948 | Letná | N/A |
| 1948–1950 | Letenská pláň | N/A |
| 1951–1953 | Letná | N/A |
| 1951–1953 | Ďolíček | N/A |
| 1951–1953 | Strahov Stadium | N/A |
| 1953–1989 | Old Eden Stadium | 45,000 |
| 1989–1992 | Ďolíček | N/A |
| 1992–1993 | Strahov Stadium | N/A |
| 1993–2000 | Old Eden Stadium | 45,000 |
| 2000–2008 | Strahov Stadium | N/A |
| 2008–present | Sinobo Stadium | 20,232 |
For Slavia's first match the team has gathered at Císařská louka, also known as Královská louka, which is an 1.7 km long island on Vltava river in the Smichov district of Prague.
In the beginning of 1897 have Slavia leased a land in the south-east part of the Letenská pláň and built two football grounds there, one included a wooden cabin. In 1899 Slavia played here its second international friendly with Oxford AFC, as of 1900 the seats were added and numbered.
Training venues
Slavia is currently using three training venues for its A, reserve and youth teams.The Sports Centre Na Chvalech is located in Prague neighbourhood of Horní Počernice. The central stadium has capacity of 3,400 seats with roof-covered main stand. There are two natural grass pitches and one artificial pitch. The training centre is used by Slavia B-team, U19, U17 and U16 teams.
Sport Centre Horní Měcholupy is located in Prague 15. This training centre is used by the youngest teams in categories U6 to U10. There is one natural grass pitch and one pitch with aritificial grass, as well as public restaurant. In summer, it is also used for football camps of SK Slavia Praha.
Eden training centre is located directly behind Sinobo Stadium, the main stadium of SK Slavia Praha. There are three pitches for players to use, two with natural grass and one artificial. This training centre is used by Slavia first team, as well as youth categories U15 - U11. All the women teams train also here. Eden training centre does not only include football pitches, but also pitches for field hockey, rugby and athletic stadium, as well as public restaurant.
Supporters and rivalries
Supporters
The loudest group of supporters is on ″The North Stand″. After every game, no matter what the result, players gather in front of the fans and sing a special chant together, a tradition which started in 2006 and became signature feature of Slavia fans. Words: Red and White–Fighting force–Slavia–Prague–We are always with you–After a win–After a loss– And therefore–Long live Slavia!Rivalries
The Prague derby between Slavia and Sparta is the biggest game of Czech football. In 1897 the two Prague “S” used to have their home grounds situated only 500 metres apart at Letná. The first ever Prague derby finished as a goalless draw on 29 March 1896 and the clubs have since met in 295 matches. Although Sparta have been historically more successful, Slavia have not lost the derby since March 2016.The rivalry started when Slavia was widely misconceived as being a Jewish club among other fans, particularly Sparta fans, and its fans and players are often subjected to antisemitic abuse. However, the club was not founded by Jews nor did it have any Jewish history. Football historian Vladimír Zapotocký commented in an interview that were this the case, the Nazis would have shut the club down during the wartime occupation, as they did with DFC Prag. The association stems from a friendly match played against West Ham United in 1922, when Slavia insured the match against adverse weather conditions, and the match was later cancelled due to rain. They then agreed with West Ham to play the fixture the next day, while also collecting money from the insurance company for cancelling the fixture. A week later in a Prague derby fixture, Slavia were greeted onto the pitch by chants of "vy židi!" from the Sparta fans.
Even though both teams Slavia and Bohemians 1905 maintain more hatred against their rivals Sparta, this local derby called Vršovické is also contested between them, mainly due to both home stadiums being only two tram stops away. Some of the newly established rivalries include Viktoria Plzen and Banik Ostrava.
| Against | Matches | Wins | Draws | Defeats | Goal difference | Remark |
| Sparta Praha | 295 | 91 | 70 | 132 | ?:? | 2 matches not finished |
| Bohemians Praha | ?? | ?? | ?? | ? | ?:? |
Cooperations
Historical references suggest that Slavia has a close connection with HNK Hajduk Split, a Croatian side established in 1911 in Prague's U Fleků Restaurant with support from Slavia's fans. In 1914 another Austro-Hungarian team adopted Slavia's red and white shirts as their main kit colours: Serbian side Vojvodina Novi Sad. Due to this historical connection and the success of their coach J.W. Madden, Slavia maintains a relationship with Scottish side Celtic F.C.. In May 2018 a cooperation with Chinese club Beijing Sinobo Guoan for both professional and youth level football started mainly due to connected financial activities.Statistics and records
Statistics
Slavia Prague's tally of 20 League titles is the second highest in Czech football, after Sparta Prague. As of July 2020, they are one of five teams, the others being FC Viktoria Plzeň, FC Baník Ostrava and FC Slovan Liberec, that have won the Czech Football League since its reformation in 1993. Slavia also holds 5 Czech Cups and have achieved one League and Cup "double".Slavia is one of three teams that have not been relegated from the top tier of Czech football since 1993, the other two being Sparta Prague and Slovan Liberec.
Vlastimil Kopecký holds the record for Slavia appearances, having played 953 first-team matches between 1932 and 1950, while the second most appearances are linked to František Veselý followed by Bohumil Smolík. Josef Bican is the club's top goalscorer with 417 goals between 1937 and 1948. The only other player to score 200 or more goals in the Czech or Czechoslovak top tier is Vlastimil Kopecký. Antonín Puč spent almost two decades in red and white, mostly as a left winger, and scored 112 league goals for the club.
Taking into consideration solely the Czech First League statistics since 1993, the record for the most Slavia Prague appearances is held by Milan Škoda, followed by David Hubáček and goalkeeper Radek Černý. Slavia's top league goal scorer since 1993 is Milan Škoda, followed by Stanislav Vlček and Tomáš Došek. The most clean sheets by Slavia goalkeeper were 86 by Radek Černý, followed by Ondřej Kolář and Jan Stejskal. In the 2019/20 season Ondřej Kolář has established few records for Slavia's goalkeeping - the most clean sheets in a single season and the most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal, while Slavia Prague's defense conceded 12 goals in the entire season - another best. Kolář also became the fastest goalkeeper of the Czech First League to keep 50 clean sheets, which took him 101 games.
Team records
Player records
Attendance records
Coach records
Transfer records
Transfers In:| Year | Position | Player | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 2019 | AM |  Nicolae Stanciu |  Al-Ahli | CZK 100 Million | |
| 2018 | LW |  Peter Olayinka |  Gent | CZK 87 Million | |
| 2018 | RW | Alexandru Baluta | Universitatea Craiova | CZK 68 Million | |
| 2018 | AM |  Jan Matoušek | Příbram | CZK 40 Million | |
| 2002 | LM | Štěpán Vachoušek | FK Teplice | CZK 36 Million |
Transfers Out:
| Year | Position | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 2020 | DM | Tomáš Souček |  West Ham | CZK 540 Million | |
| 2019 | DM | Alex Král |  Spartak Moscow | CZK 310 Million | |
| 1996 | RM | Karel Poborský | Manchester Utd | CZK 143 Million | |
| 2014 | CF | Tomáš Necid | CSKA Moscow | CZK 120 Million | |
| 2019 | CB |  Michael Ngadeu | Gent | CZK 115 Million |
Recent top goalscorers
| Season | Player | Goals |
| 2019–20 | Tomáš Souček | 8 |
| 2018–19 | Tomáš Souček | 13 |
| 2017–18 | Milan Škoda | 11 |
| 2016–17 | Milan Škoda | 15 |
| 2015–16 | Milan Škoda | 14 |
| 2014–15 | Milan Škoda | 19 |
| 2013–14 | Martin Juhar | 6 |
| 2012–13 |  Karol Kisel | 8 |
| 2011–12 | Zbyněk Pospěch | 6 |
| 2010–11 | Karol Kisel | 7 |
| 2010–11 | Zbyněk Pospěch | 7 |
Players
Current squad
As of 31 July 2020Out on loan
Reserve squad
To see the reserve squad for SK Slavia Prague, go to SK Slavia Prague BCurrent international players
Team captains
| Years | Captain | Assistants |
| 2020 | Jan Bořil | Stanislav Tecl, Ondřej Kúdela |
| 2019 | Milan Škoda | Tomáš Souček, Josef Hušbauer |
Notable former players
The best known Slavia player of all time is perhaps forward Josef Bican, one of the most prolific goalscorers in the history of football. Other notable players include, forward Antonín Puč, goalkeeper František Plánička and midfielder František Veselý. Other significant players in club history include: Karel Jarolím, Ivo Knoflíček, Vladimír Šmicer, Karel Poborský, Patrik Berger and Tomáš Souček.Club officials
Management
The club's current manager is Jindřich Trpišovský, who joined the club in December 2017 from Slovan Liberec and replaced Jaroslav Šilhavý, who was appointed in September 2016 and moved on to manage the Czech national team. There have been 64 managers of Slavia since the appointment of the club's first professional coach, J.W. Madden in 1905 - who has been the club's longest-serving coach in terms of both length of tenure and number of games overseen, between 1905 and 1930.- Chairman: Jaroslav Tvrdík
- Sports Director: Jan Nezmar
- Director: Tomáš Syrovátka
- Director: Daniel Konrád
- Head Coach: Jindřich Trpišovský
- Assistant Coach: Jaroslav Köstl
- Assistant Coach: Zdeněk Houštecký
- Assistant Coach: Pavel Řehák
- Goalkeeper Coach: Štěpán Kolář
- Goalkeeper Coach: Radek Černý
- Fitness Coach: Martin Třasák
- Fitness Coach: Aleš Píta
List of former coaches
- John Madden
- Josef Štaplík
- Kálmán Konrád
- Jan Reichardt
- Emil Seifert
- Josef Pojar
- Viliam König
- Jan Reichardt
- Viliam König
- Emil Seifert
- Josef Bican
- Antonín Rýgr
- Josef Forejt
- Antonín Rýgr
- Vlastimil Kopecký
- Karel Finek
- Josef Forejt
- Antonín Rýgr
- Karel Finek
- František Ipser
- Vratislav Fikejz
- Mirko Paráček
- František Havránek
- Jiří Nedvídek
- Josef Forejt
- Antonín Rýgr
- Miroslav Linhart
- Rudolf Vytlačil
- Jaroslav Jareš
- Bohumil Musil
- Josef Bouška
- Miroslav Starý
- Milan Máčala
- Jaroslav Jareš
- Vlastimil Petržela
- Tomáš Pospíchal
- Ivan Kopecký
- Vlastimil Petržela
- Jozef Jarabinský
- Jindřich Dejmal
- Miroslav Beránek
- František Cipro
- Pavel Tobiáš
- Petr Rada
- Jaroslav Hřebík
- František Cipro
- Karel Jarolím
- Josef Pešice
- Miroslav Beránek
- Josef Csaplár
- Karel Jarolím
- František Cipro
- Karel Jarolím
- Michal Petrouš
- František Straka
- Martin Poustka
- Petr Rada
- Michal Petrouš
- Miroslav Koubek
- Alex Pastoor
- Miroslav Beránek
- Dušan Uhrin Jr.
- Jaroslav Šilhavý
- Jindřich Trpišovský
Honours
| Type | Competition | Titles | Seasons |
| Domestic League | Czech First League | 6 | 1995–96, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20 |
| Domestic League | Czechoslovak First League | 13 | 1925, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1946–47 |
| Domestic League | Bohemian Football Union Championships | 1 | 1913 |
| League titles not counted by Czech FA | Czech Championship | 10 | spring of 1897, fall of 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1915, 1918, 1924, 1948 |
| Domestic Cup | Czech Cup | 5 | 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2017–18, 2018–19 |
| Domestic Cup | Czechoslovak Cup | 3 | 1940–41, 1941–42, 1973–74 |
| Domestic cups not counted by Czech FA | Charity Cup | 4 | 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912 |
| Domestic cups not counted by Czech FA | Central Bohemian Cup | 8 | 1922, 1925–26, 1927, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1934–35, 1940–41 |
| Domestic cups not counted by Czech FA | Liberty Cup | 1 | 1945 |
| European | Mitropa Cup | 1 | 1938 |
| European | Coupe des Nations | Runners-up | 1930 |
Slavia in European football
Stats
As of 26 July 2020, source:| Competition | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference.
UEFA club coefficient
As of 26 July 2020, source:| Rank | Team | Points |
| 57 | Club Brugge | 28.500 |
| 58 |  APOEL Nicosia | 27.500 |
| 59 | SK Slavia Prague | 27.500 |
| 60 |  Ludogorets Razgrad | 26.000 |
| 61 |  Borussia Mönchengladbach | 26.000 |