Slavia Prague

Sportovní klub Slavia Praha is a football club that’s often referred to simply by the English name of Slavia Prague. Based in the Czech Republic’s capital city of Prague, the club was formed in 1892 and is one of the Czech Republic’s top teams. On the European stage the club reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, which is now the Europa League, in 1996 and reached the group stage of the Champions League for the first time during the 2007-2008 campaign. They play their league games at the Sinobo Stadium, which was previously known as the Eden Aréna when it opened in 2008. The rename came about when CEFC China Energy bought the stadium in 2016, having initially planned to buy a 70% stake in it. The ground stands on the site of a former football ground, also called Eden, which was meant to be replaced during the 1970s but never was because of the vagaries of dealing with the communist regime.