FC Bohunice
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| Full name | Fussball-Club Bohunice |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Velká Láska ("True Love") |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Ground | Stöckl Arena, Bohunice |
| Capacity | 28,000 |
| Manager |  Karel Polášek |
| League | Bundesliga (Calgasia) |
FC Bohunice is a football club based in the city of Bohunice, in Calgasia. Founded in 1928, the club competes in the Bundesliga, the country's top-level football competition. Bohunice plays its home matches at the Stöckl Arena, which has a capacity of 28,000.
The club's traditional colours are black and yellow. FC Bohunice was founded by industrial workers and has historically maintained a strong association with the working-class population of Bohunice and the city's industrial economy. Its supporters are regarded as among the loudest and most active in Calgasian football.
FC Bohunice was the inaugural winner of the Bundesliga in 1930. It has won the competition ten times, although its championships have generally been separated by lengthy periods rather than forming sustained periods of dominance. The club, traditionally regarded as an underdog, is enjoying a period of great and continuous domestic success since the former player Karel Polášek took the role of manager.
History
FC Bohunice was established in 1928 in the industrial city of Bohunice. The club was founded by and for workers employed in the city's industrial sector, which at the time constituted one of the principal centres of heavy industry in Calgasia.
From its foundation, the club developed a strong connection with the city's industrial communities. Unlike a number of older Calgasian clubs whose origins were associated with universities, civic institutions or established urban elites, Bohunice developed primarily as a workers' sporting organisation. Contrary to what is normal in Calgasia, FC Bohunice is not a multi-sport club, being devoted exclusively to football since its inception.
The club adopted black and yellow as its colours. Although no particular significance was attached to the colours at the time of their adoption, they subsequently became closely associated with Bohunice's industrial identity. Black is traditionally associated with the city's factories and smoke, while yellow has come to be associated with industry and molten metal, an important sector in the city.
Honours
- Bundesliga (Calgasia)
- Winners (10): 1930, 1936, 1940, 1958, 1977, 1983, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2004
Rivalries
Welser AC
The rivalry between FC Bohunice and Welser AC is regarded as the most intense rivalry in Calgasian football. Bohunice and Wels are both major industrial centres, and competition between the two cities over industrial investment, employment and economic importance contributed to the development of the rivalry, thus sport subsequently acquired a broader regional and cultural dimension. Matches between the two clubs are known for their intense atmosphere and have occasionally been accompanied by clashes and disturbances involving supporters of both sides.
The rivalry with Welser is characterised by hostility on both sides, with heavy police presence in matchdays. Supporters of the two clubs generally have different accounts of the origins of the rivalry, with each side traditionally attributing its escalation to the other, but clashes between both fanbases are recorded as early as 1936, when a sizeable amount of Welser AC fans went to Bohunice to assist to the match between both teams, causing disturbances.
Melperk SV
The relationship between FC Bohunice and Melperk SV is considerably more amicable. Melperk is the capital and principal cultural centre of Kleine Böhmen, while Bohunice is the region's major industrial centre. Both cities have historically been influenced by Czech immigration and identity. The matches remain competitive, but the relationship between the two supporter groups is generally friendly. An established tradition exists of supporters exchanging scarves before and after matches.