Vidi take on Bohemian FC in Q1 on Thursday evening

On Thursday, at 6.30 pm, we will host Bohemian FC in the first qualifying round of the Europa League at the MOL Arena Sóstó, in a match played behind closed doors. 

Our Irish opponents have won the domestic league 11 times. They have lifted the Irish Cup 7 times and the League Cup was also won 3 times. The Dublin-based club play their home matches at the 6,600-seat Dalymount Park. According to transfermarkt.com, their 28-man squad have just 3 foreign players, with an average age of 23.4 years.

The current Irish season started in February 2020, and was interrupted by the coronavirus epidemic in March and resumed in late July, currently having played 9 rounds. Bohemian FC are in 2nd place in the table, winning 7 times and having lost 2 times in the league so far. The team’s top goalscorers are Daniel Mandroiu and Andre Wright, who have scored 3 goals each.

They last played in the Irish league on the 22 August, beating St. Patrick 2-0 and are only 2 points from top placed side Shamrock Rovers, with whom they meet in the next round - after the national team break on 5 September.

The last time Bohemian FC played in Europe was in 2012, they started in the Europa League and were eliminated in the first round against Iceland's Pór Akureyri - the first match ended 0-0 in Dublin with the second leg finishing 5-1 to the Icelandic side.