Located by the Moldau river, Prague is one of the world’s most beautiful cities, with all its fantastic buildings and impressive architecture. The city has approximately 1.2 million inhabitants and is often called ”the city of towers” for its narrow but tall buildings. This city is also hometown of many successful and distinguished football clubs.
In the beginning of february, the Gothia Cup head office travelled to Prague to meet dear old friends to the tournament. Through the years, Gothia Cup has been visited by more than 15 different Czech football clubs.
Gothia Cup in Prague
Sparta Praha participated in Gothia Cup for the first time in 1991, back then representing Czechoslovakia. The club has brought up great players such as Pavel Nedved and Peter Cech and this club can be proud of having one of Europe’s most awesome training facilities. Surrounded by the world’s largest arena with capacity for 200 000 spectators. The club house and 7 full size football fields are located in the arena’s inner field. This colossal building was built in the 1930’s and was used mostly for military displays and large gymnastic events.
SK Motorlet Praha has participated in Gothia Cup with no less than 14 teams. The first time in 1991 and since then, they have been frequent visitors. The club has today more than 550 active young members in the association and in year 2012 it will be their 100th anniversary. Every weekend of january, the club arranges indoor tournaments for youngsters. The young Czech players show already from the ages of 8 that they have mature technical skills.
During this trip, the Gothia Cup head office staff took the chance to have smaller conferences about the development of the tournament. Some of the results from these conferences will be experienced by the teams visiting us already this summer.
We send our warmest regards to all the people we met in Prague and thank them for their extraordinary hospitality. We are looking forward to see them again this summer at Gothia Cup 2010 and give them back a bit of Swedish hospitality.
