2019–20 AC Sparta Prague season

The 2019–20 AC Sparta Prague season was the club's 125th season in existence and the fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Czech football. In addition to the domestic league, AC Sparta Prague participated in this season's editions of the Czech Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 8 July 2020.

AC Sparta Prague

2019–20 season
Chairman	Daniel Křetínský
Manager	Václav Kotal
Stadium	Generali Arena
Czech First League	3rd
Czech Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Home colours Away colours

Players

Current squad

As of 18 January 2020.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Florin Niță 2 DF  TUR Semih Kaya 6 FW  CZE Martin Graiciar (on loan from Fiorentina) 7 MF  SWE David Moberg Karlsson 9 MF  GAB Guélor Kanga 10 MF  CZE Bořek Dočkal 11 MF  ISR Tal Ben Chaim 13 DF  CZE David Lischka 15 DF  CZE Matěj Hanousek 16 MF  CZE Michal Sáček 17 MF  CZE Martin Frýdek 18 FW  CZE Libor Kozák 19 DF  SVK Lukáš Štetina 20 FW  CZE Adam Hložek

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  SRB Srđan Plavšić 24 FW  CZE Václav Drchal 25 MF  CZE Michal Trávník 26 DF  ZIM Costa Nhamoinesu 27 DF  CZE Filip Panák 29 GK  CZE Milan Heča 30 FW  GHA Benjamin Tetteh 32 DF  NOR Andreas Vindheim 33 DF  SVK Dávid Hancko (on loan from Fiorentina) 35 GK  CZE David Bičík 36 MF  CZE Adam Karabec 37 MF  CZE Ladislav Krejčí 40 MF  CMR Georges Mandjeck

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  CZE Hugo Jan Bačkovský (at Vlašim) — GK  CZE Vojtěch Vorel (at FK Senica) — DF  CZE David Březina (at Viktoria Žižkov) — DF  SRB Filip Maksić (at Viktoria Žižkov) — DF  CZE Dominik Plechatý (at FK Jablonec) — DF  CZE Jan Pavlík (at Vysočina Jihlava) — DF  SRB Uroš Radaković (at FC Orenburg) 28 DF  CZE Ondřej Zahustel (at 1. FC Slovácko) — MF  CZE Christián Frýdek (at Hradec Králové)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CZE Filip Havelka (at České Budějovice) — MF  CZE Jiří Kulhánek (at České Budějovice) — MF  BIH Zinedin Mustedanagić (at Sarajevo) — MF  CZE Tomáš Wiesner (at Mladá Boleslav) — FW  CZE David Čapek (at Viktoria Žižkov) — FW  CZE Ondřej Novotný (at MFK Ružomberok) — FW  CZE Matěj Pulkrab (at Bohemians 1905) — FW  CZE Lukáš Juliš (at SK Sigma Olomouc) — MF  CZE Filip Souček (at SFC Opava) — MF  CZE Jan Fortelný (at Jihlava)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

LASK v Sparta Prague

5 July 2019 Friendly	LASK	1–0	Sparta Prague	Leonfelden, Austria
12:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Bad Leonfelden

Malmö FF v Sparta Prague

6 February 2020 Friendly	Malmö FF	2–0	Sparta Prague	Marbella, Spain
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Antonsson  61' Berget  77'	Report		Stadium: Marbella Football Center

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Czech First League	14 July 2019	8 July 2020	Matchday 1	3rd	35	17	9	9	66	40	+26	048.57
Czech Cup	25 September 2019	1 July 2020	Third round	Winners	5	5	0	0	15	3	+12	100.00
UEFA Europa League	8 August 2019	15 August 2019	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total					42	22	10	10	84	47	+37	052.38

Last updated: 8 July 2020

Source: Soccerway

Czech First League

Main article: 2019–20 Czech First League

Regular stage

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slavia Prague	30	22	6	2	58	10	+48	72	Qualification for the championship group
2	Viktoria Plzeň	30	20	6	4	60	22	+38	66
3	Sparta Prague	30	14	8	8	55	35	+20	50
4	Jablonec	30	14	7	9	46	41	+5	49
5	Slovan Liberec	30	14	5	11	50	38	+12	47

Source: Fortuna Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.[2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	8	8	55	35	+20	50	8	3	4	34	19	+15	6	5	4	21	16	+5

Last updated: 14 June 2020.
Source: Fortuna Liga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	15	8	7	4	7	5	7	7	6	7	9	7	7	7	6	5	5	4	3	4	5	6	7	9	9	6	5	5	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2020. Source: Fortuna Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sparta Prague v Slovácko

14 July 2019 1	Sparta Prague	0–2	Slovácko	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 14,155 Referee: Jiri Houdek

Sparta Prague v Jablonec

20 July 2019 2	Sparta Prague	2–0	Jablonec	Prague
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 10,864 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

Dynamo České Budějovice v Sparta Prague

29 July 2019 3	Dynamo České Budějovice	2–2	Sparta Prague	České Budějovice
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov Attendance: 6,681 Referee: Karel Hrubes

Sparta Prague v 1. FK Příbram

4 August 2019 4	Sparta Prague	3–0	1. FK Příbram	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 11,007 Referee: Ondrej Pechanec

Mladá Boleslav v Sparta Prague

11 August 2019 5	Mladá Boleslav	4–3	Sparta Prague	Mladá Boleslav
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Lokotrans Aréna Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Pavel Franek

Sparta Prague v Baník Ostrava

18 August 2019 6	Sparta Prague	2–0	Baník Ostrava	Prague
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 14,123 Referee: Ondrej Ginzel

Slovan Liberec v Sparta Prague

25 August 2019 7	Slovan Liberec	3–1	Sparta Prague	Liberec
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 8,765 Referee: Pavel Julinek

Sparta Prague v Sigma Olomouc

1 September 2019 8	Sparta Prague	3–3	Sigma Olomouc	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 9,407 Referee: Zbynek Proske

Fastav Zlín v Sparta Prague

15 September 2019 9	Fastav Zlín	0–2	Sparta Prague	Zlín
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Letná Stadium Attendance: 5,650 Referee: Jiri Houdek

Sparta Prague v Slavia Prague

22 September 2019 10	Sparta Prague	0–3	Slavia Prague	Prague
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kanga  43' Tetteh  82'	Report	Souček  19' (pen.) Hušbauer  31'  66' Masopust  40',  89' Bořil  43' Sáček  55' (o.g.) Hovorka  68' Škoda  89'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 17,292 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

Viktoria Plzeň v Sparta Prague

29 September 2019 11	Viktoria Plzeň	1–0	Sparta Prague	Plzeň
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Krmenčík  46' Brabec  82' Chorý  86'	Report	Trávník  85' Plavšič  89' Graiciar  90+3'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 11,536 Referee: Ondřej Pechanej

Sparta Prague v Karviná

5 October 2019 12	Sparta Prague	4–0	Karviná	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 7,181 Referee: Pavel Franek

Teplice v Sparta Prague

20 October 2019 13	Teplice	1–1	Sparta Prague	Teplice
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 12,362 Referee: Jan Machálek

Sparta Prague v Bohemians 1905

26 October 2019 14	Sparta Prague	4–0	Bohemians 1905	Prague
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 12,157 Referee: Zbynek Proske

Opava v Sparta Prague

3 November 2019 15	Opava	0–1	Sparta Prague	Opava
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion v Městských sadech Attendance: 4,566 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

Jablonec v Sparta Prague

9 November 2019 16	Jablonec	2–2	Sparta Prague	Jablonec nad Nisou
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 4,103 Referee: Pavel Královec

Sparta Prague v Dynamo České Budějovice

22 November 2019 17	Sparta Prague	3–3	Dynamo České Budějovice	Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 10,057 Referee: Emanuel Marek

1. FK Příbram v Sparta Prague

30 November 2019 18	1. FK Příbram	0–1	Sparta Prague	Příbram
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Na Litavce Attendance: 4,865 Referee: Ondrej Pechanec

Sparta Prague v Mladá Boleslav

8 December 2019 19	Sparta Prague	5–2	Mladá Boleslav	Prague
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 9,573 Referee: Pavel Rejžek

Baník Ostrava v Sparta Prague

14 December 2019 20	Baník Ostrava	0–0	Sparta Prague	Ostrava
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 13,535 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

Sparta Prague v Slovan Liberec

15 February 2020 21	Sparta Prague	0–2	Slovan Liberec	Prague
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 12,236 Referee: Ondrej Pechanec

Sigma Olomouc v Sparta Prague

23 February 2020 22	Sigma Olomouc	1–0	Sparta Prague	Olomouc
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Andrův stadion Attendance: 7,456 Referee: Pavel Královec

Sparta Prague v Fastav Zlín

29 February 2020 23	Sparta Prague	2–2	Fastav Zlín	Prague
17:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 9,007 Referee: Pavel Orel

Slavia Prague v Sparta Prague

8 March 2020 24	Slavia Prague	1–1	Sparta Prague	Prague
17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Traoré  13' Olayinka  32' Musa  90+2',  90+3' Bořil  90+4'	Report	Karabec  11' Štetina  30' Dočkal  68' Tetteh  80'	Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Attendance: 19,370 Referee: Pavel Franek

Sparta Prague v Viktoria Plzeň

27 May 2020 25	Sparta Prague	1–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Prague
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Nhamoinesu  81' Krejčí  83' Karlsson  87' Štetina  90+1' Kozák  90+7' Kanga  90+7'	Report	Kalvach  22' Kalvach  26' Limberský  38' Řezník  49' Beauguel  52'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 0 Referee: Ondřej Berka

Karviná v Sparta Prague

31 May 2020 26	Karviná	1–4	Sparta Prague	Karviná
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 25 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

Sparta Prague v Teplice

3 June 2020 27	Sparta Prague	3–0	Teplice	Prague
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 120 Referee: Petr Hocek

Bohemians 1905 v Sparta Prague

6 June 2020 28	Bohemians 1905	0–1	Sparta Prague	Prague
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 125 Referee: Zbynek Proske

Sparta Prague v Opava

10 June 2020 29	Sparta Prague	2–0	Opava	Prague
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 300 Referee: Emanuel Marek

Slovácko v Sparta Prague

14 June 2020 30	Slovácko	0–2	Sparta Prague	Uherské Hradiště
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty Attendance: 300 Referee: Pavel Franek

Championship group

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slavia Prague (C)	35	26	7	2	69	12	+57	85	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Viktoria Plzeň	35	23	7	5	68	24	+44	76	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Sparta Prague	35	17	9	9	66	40	+26	60	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Jablonec	35	14	9	12	48	52	−4	51	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Slovan Liberec (O)	35	15	6	14	55	51	+4	51	Qualification for the Europa League play-offs final
6	Baník Ostrava	35	12	11	12	47	43	+4	47

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Points earned in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points (regular season); 4) Head-to-head goal difference (regular season); 5) Head-to-head goals scored (regular season); 5) Goal difference (all matches); 6) Goals scored (all matches); 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.[3]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10	3	0	0	10	3	+7	0	1	1	1	2	−1

Last updated: 8 July 2020.
Source: Fortuna Liga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	D
Position	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 8 July 2020. Source: Fortuna Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sparta Prague v Slovan Liberec

20 June 2020 1	Sparta Prague	4–1	Slovan Liberec	Prague
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 1,870 Referee: Petr Ardeleánu

Sparta Prague v Baník Ostrava

23 June 2020 2	Sparta Prague	3–2	Baník Ostrava	Prague
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 3,728 Referee: Tomáš Klíma

Viktoria Plzeň v Sparta Prague

28 June 2020 3	Viktoria Plzeň	2–1	Sparta Prague	Plzeň
16:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kayamba  34' Chorý  56' Mihálik  65' Kopic  85'	Report	Drchal  40' Vindheim  83' Karlsson  88'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Pavel Orel

Sparta Prague v Jablonec

5 July 2020 4	Sparta Prague	3–0	Jablonec	Prague
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Pavel Rejžek

Slavia Prague v Sparta Prague

8 July 2020 5	Slavia Prague	0–0	Sparta Prague	Prague
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bořil  27' Stanciu  67' Masopust  78'	Report	Štetina  27' Dočkal  29' Kozák  46' Krejčí  67'	Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Ondej Berka

Czech Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Czech Cup

Vysočina Jihlava v Sparta Prague

25 September 2019 Third round	Vysočina Jihlava	1–2	Sparta Prague	Jihlava
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion v Jiráskově ulici

Dynamo České Budějovice v Sparta Prague

30 October 2019 Fourth round	Dynamo České Budějovice	0–4	Sparta Prague	České Budějovice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov

Sparta Prague v Baník Ostrava

4 March 2020 Quarter-finals	Sparta Prague	5–0	Baník Ostrava	Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)

Sparta Prague v Viktoria Plzeň

17 June 2020 Semi-finals	Sparta Prague	2–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Prague
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Kanga  15' (pen.),  59' Kozák  28' Štetina  81' Krejčí  81'		Bucha  9' Limberský  14' Havel  80',  90' Chorý  81'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 1,951 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

Slovan Liberec v Sparta Prague

1 July 2020 Final	Slovan Liberec	1–2	Sparta Prague	Liberec
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Pešek  50'	Report	Moberg Karlsson  65' Kanga  74' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Referee: Pavel Královec

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Sparta Prague v Trabzonspor

8 August 2019 First leg	Sparta Prague	2–2	Trabzonspor	Stadion Letná, Prague
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Costa  16' Kanga  68'	Report	Ekuban  84' Sørloth  89'	Attendance: 0[4] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain)

Trabzonspor v Sparta Prague

15 August 2019 Second leg	Trabzonspor	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Sparta Prague	Şenol Güneş Stadium, Trabzon
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørloth  11' Novák  90+8'	Report	Hložek  78'	Attendance: 34,462[4] Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

References

1. "A-tým". AC Sparta Praha.
2. "Czech Liga 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
3. "Herní model". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
4. "Summary UEFA Europa League – Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

External links

• Official website