Mistrovství Čech a Moravy 1896-1902

Sparta 1896

 Mistrovství Čech a Moravy, a championship for the Czech regions of the Habsburg Monarchy (Bohemia and Moravia) was first held in 1896. The initial championship  Národní zápasy mužstev kopaný míč cvičících attracted 4 entrants from Prague-  CFK Kickers, SK Slavia, AC Sparta and  

 AC Praha.

Spring 1896.

	P	W	D	L	F	A
CFK Kickers	3	2	0	1	4	4	4
SK Slavia	3	1	1	1	6	2	3
AC Sparta*	2	1	1	0	3	1	3
AC Praha*	2	0	0	2	0	6	0

* After two defeats AC AC Praha withdrew and the match with Sparta was never played. 

Autumn 1896.

Kickers, who were heading for trouble, did not defend their titile, and their place in the Prague Quartet was taken by the club for Prague's German population- DFC Prag. DFC stood for Deutscher Fussball Club.

	P	W	D	L	F	A
DFC Prag	3	3	0	0	18	3	6
AC Sparta	3	2	0	1	7	3	4
AC Praha	3	1	1	0	2	4	3
SK Slavia	3	0	0	2	0	17	0

DFC averaged 6 goals a game in winning the title, whilst Slavia failed to score at all. 

Spring 1897.

Český Sculling CA (in fact CFK Kickers under a new name) took the place of AC Praha.  Sparta also withdrew and the 4th place went to Slavia reserves. The tournament took another turn for the worse when DFC withdrew without playing a match- the other teams were each awarded 2 points. Slavia (first team) secured their first title.

	P	W	D	L	F	A
SK Slavia	3	3	0	0	8	1	6
SK Slavia II	3	2	0	1	4	4	4
Český Sculling	3	1	0	2	0	7	2
DFC Prag

Autumn 1897.

Český Sculling provided 2 sides for the autumn tournament, which saw the return of Sparta. Not all results of this tournament are known. 

	P	W	D	L	F	A
SK Slavia	3	3	0	0	11	0	6
AC Sparta	3	2	0	1			4
Český Sculling	3	1	0	2			2
Český Sculling II	3	0	0	3			0

1898.

The first of the lean seasons- only Slavia and AC Praha entered the competition and a 2-0 win saw Slavia crowned champions.

Slavia 1898

1899

An even worse turn out- just Slavia entering- the firsts beat the reserves 6-1 to retain the title. 

1900 

A repeat performance- Slavia playing their own reserves for the championship. On this occasion they handed them a 9-1 drubbing. 

1901

The semblance of normality returned with a 4 team competition (Slavia providing 2) but the games were not completed. A debut season for the 2 year old ČAFC Vinohrady (now known as ČAFC Praha) and SK Union Žižkov.
Slavia beat their reserves 11-6 and then beat Union Žižkov 10-1. The one other match completed saw 

ČAFC Vinohrady beat Union Žižkov by a modest 2-1. The title was awarded to Slavia. 

1902

A remarkable leap forward. The competition which had been relying on just a handful of clubs for its survival now took the form of a two division league with 18 participants:


Group A: .CAFC Vinohrady A, AC Sparta SK Union Praha A,  Ceska vlajka Praha, FK Horymir Praha, AC Praha, SK Praha VII, Olympia Praha VII, SK Union Praha B, SK Viktoria Karlin, SK Viktoria Zizkov

Group B: AFK Karlin, CAFC Vinohrady B, Staromestsky SK, Cechie Karlin, SK Meteor Praha VIII, SK Urania Praha, SK Hradcany

The second placed teams in each group played off for 3rd place, ČAFC Vinohrady B beating Slavia 5-0.


The top 2 sides played a final. ČAFC Vinohrady A and AFK Karlín drew 2-2 . In the replay 

ČAFC Vinohrady  won 5-1.