2019–20 AC Sparta Prague season

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

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.

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

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

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 play-off 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 Group Stage
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Third qualifying round

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)

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

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

External links

Official website

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[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.

[AttendanceQR3-4] "Summary UEFA Europa League – Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2019.