Czech club Bohemians entered the fans’ C group in the 1905 league system

Czech club Bohemians 1905 are recruiting fans to play for a C team that will enter the country’s football league system next season.

The Prague-based club wants to enter a group of supporters in the ninth tier of Czech football.

Fans are encouraged to express interest via email.

“The aim of this unique project is not to advance as much as possible, but to offer Bohemian fans the joy of football and the pride of wearing a kangaroo on their chest,” a club statement said.

The club, also known as Bohemka, has a kangaroo emblem that originated from their tour of Australia in 1927, when they were gifted two animals to take home.

Bohemians, whose honorary president is former Czechoslovakia midfielder Antonin Panenka, went bankrupt in 2005 but have been in the Czech top flight since 2013 helped by fundraising from supporters.

“Thanks to the fans, Boehmka continues to play football. Now it’s time for Boehmka to enable it for his fans,” the club said.

The new C team is unlikely to face the club’s first team in competitive competition as only teams in the top four divisions of Czech football qualify for the Czech Cup.

Bohemians are currently crowdfunding a complete rebuild of their Dolicek Stadium, which will cost an estimated 350 million Czech koruna (£12.4m).