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Bohemian Sporting Club
Emblem in black and white
Full nameBohemian Sporting Club Manila 1910
Founded1910[1]
Dissolved1930s

Bohemian Sporting Club was a football club based in Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1910 and was one of the first clubs to be established within the country. The club, during the earliest phases of football in the Philippines, proved its dominance in the country, winning 10 national championships in the early 1900s.

After ceasing to exist by the 1930s due to socio-political shifts in the Philippines as a colony, then as an independent nation, followed by the breakout and aftermath of the second World War, a new entity was formed under the same name in 2018, adopting the historical club's emblem to honor the success of its history. The new Bohemian Sporting Club's ownership group is headed by chairman Jason de Jong. The club now operates in developing the youths through their academy and football school, while the men's amateur senior team also participated in the 7s Football League in 2019, a 7-a-side football league based in Manila.

History

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Early history

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Bohemian SC team photo, 1919
The Bohemian team, in 1919, posing with some silverware.

Established in 1910, it was, alongside the Manila Jockey Club (1900s), Manila Sporting Club (1906), Sandow Athletic Club (1906) and Manila Nomads Sports Club (1914) one of the pioneers of football in the Philippines.[2][1]

Paulino Alcantara in a Bohemian SC kit. He was awarded by the PFF the "Centennial Award for the Most Outstanding Player of the Pre-War Era" and was recognized by FIFA as "Greatest Asian player of all-time" in 2007.[3][4] The Philippine national cup tournament was named after him.

Bohemian SC ruled the national football scene during the 1910’s to the late 1920’s and fielded some of the best players of the country, who were often chosen to represent the, then called, Philippine islands in the Far Eastern Championship Games. Among those players, there were Paulino Alcántara who played for the club from 1916 to 1918, helping Bohemian SC securing the 1917 and 1918 Philippine championships and one of FC Barcelona's legends where he played from 1912-27, as well as Virgilio Lobregat who was considered the Philippines’ best player next to the blaugrana great and contributed to win Bohemian SC the national titles in 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1927.[5]

Virgilio Lobregat in a Bohemian SC kit
Virgilio Lobregat was awarded by the PFF the title of "Football Player of the Half Century" and by the PAAF as one of the "Outstanding Athletes of Half-A-Century":

The club, alongside Sandow Athletic Club represented the Philippines in Football at the 1913 Far East Games which was held in Manila and were able to win over China, giving the Philippines its only football gold medal in this tournament's history. The gold medalist's team were formed by Bohemian's German Montserrat, L. Lara, Enrique Lopez, Jose Llamas, Jesus Cacho, Joaquin Lopez and Manuel Nieto.[6] After the first edition of the Far Eastern Championship Games was over, Bohemian SC played a match against South China AA, which represented China during the tournament, for the "Campeonato del Carnaval" and came out on top by beating them 3-1, to win one of the first ever interclub football tournament in the Far East.[7][6] Bohemian SC, as the football powerhouse of the country, continued to contribute the national team which were fielding its players in the 1915,[8] 1917[9](edition where the Philippines recorded its biggest victory in an international football match which also became Japan's biggest defeat, finishing the game 2-15), 1919,[10] 1921,[11] 1923,[12] 1925[13] editions of the Far East Games but always coming up short in the decisive games against China and ending every edition with a silver medal.

Revival

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A new group began talks in 2017 regarding the possible revival of the Bohemian Sporting Club. The following year the ownership group established the Bohemian Football School and the BSC academy in honor of Paulino Alcántara and the story of the club as a vehicle to draw in youth players to develop for the club. In 2018 the name, the colors of Bohemian SC resurfaced on the football pitch for the firsts times, after more than 80 years, through the youth academy teams and it immediatly saw an early success as, some of them were able to win the Aboitiz Cup and the Agila Cup in their respective categories.[14] The club also joined the amateur 7's Football League, a Metro Manila-based 7-a-side football league and debuted in the third season of the competition in 2019. Among the players of the Bohemian side there were some UFL and PFL players such as Izzeldin Elhabib, Hamed Hajimehdi and former Philippine national team player Jason de Jong.[15] The group has stated that it plans to organize a first team for the club in the next years as it intends to be, firstly, sustainable before launching themselves to the professional football world.[16]

Colours and badge

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White and black were the social coulours of the club. The jersey was a representation of the club's crest, a white one with a black stripe that crossed it, along with the acronym of the club (BSC) in white, while the shorts and socks were fully black or white but the club could've also used one of the clothing items white and the other black.[original research?]

Honors

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  • Philippines National Championship
    • Winners: 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1927
  • Campeonato del Carnaval
    • Winners: 1913

Players

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Name[17] Years[17]
German Montserrat (GK) 1913-1919
L. Lara 1913
Enrique Lopez 1913
Jose Llamas 1913-1919
Jesus Cacho 1913-1919
Joaquin "Chacho" Lopez 1913-1925
Manuel Nieto 1913-1919
Joaquín Loyzaga (GK) 1915-1921
Federico Garcia 1915-1921
Eduardo Rodriguez 1915
Ramon Marco 1915-1919
Ricardo Aldana 1915
Luis Moreno 1915-1917
Ricardo Garcia 1915-1917
 
Name[17] Years[17]
Geronimo Canda 1915
Paulino Alcantara 1916-1918
Eduardo Yrezabal 1917-1925
Virgilio Lobregat 1918-1927
Alberto Villareal 1919-1925
Restituto Ynchausti 1919
Fernando Villareal 1921-1925
Jesus Cui 1925
Ernesto Hernaez 1925
Miguel Diaz 1925
Angel Villareal 1925
Jose "Peping" Villareal 1925
Emilio "Lolo" Pacheco 1925

Note: The years spent at the club by the players are reported by the "Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation"[17] but only during the far eastern games.

References

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  1. ^ a b Alcazaren, Paulo (9 April 2011). "The first & future Azkals". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ Ylanan, Regino R.; Carmen Wilson Ylanan (1974). The history and development of physical education and sports in the Philippines. University of the Philippines Press. p. 57. OCLC 255309206.
  3. ^ "The Filipino Hero Who Broke Nets and Barriers in Barcelona". Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  4. ^ "Paulino Alcantara to be enshrine in the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame". 15 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  5. ^ "PHILIPPINE FOOTBALL LEGENDS Virgilio Lobregat", PhilippineFootballExpertHistorian, 10 August 2019
  6. ^ a b "First Far Eastern Games 1913 (Manila)".
  7. ^ "The Golden Age of Philippine Sports, a Thomasite legacy", PhilippineFootballExpertHistorian, 8 April 2021
  8. ^ "Second Far Eastern Games 1915 (Shanghai)". RSSSF. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Third Far Eastern Games 1917 (Tokyo)". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  10. ^ "Fourth Far Eastern Games 1919 (Manila)".
  11. ^ "Fifth Far Eastern Games 1921 (Shanghai)".
  12. ^ "Sixth Far Eastern Games 1923 (Osaka)".
  13. ^ "Seventh Far Eastern Games 1925 (Manila)".
  14. ^ Averilla, Earl (24 January 2019). "Bohemian SC U10 team to compete against European giants". 5thminuteofaddedtime.
  15. ^ Saldajeno, Ivan (24 January 2019). "12 team collide in new 7's FL season". Dugout Philippines. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  16. ^ "About". Bohemian S.C. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  17. ^ a b c d e "Far Eastern Games".
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