2019–20 AC Sparta Prague season

Sparta Prague
2019–20 season
President	Daniel Křetínský
Head coach	Václav Kotal
Stadium	Generali Arena
Czech First League	3rd
Czech Cup	Winners
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Guélor Kanga (12); All: ; Guélor Kanga (15)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 AC Sparta Prague season was the club's 125th season in existence and the 27th 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Source: Soccerway

Czech First League

Regular stage

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: See results

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

Source: See results
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)	Plavšić 80'	Report	Kalabiška 19', 73' Daníček 30', 47' Dvořák 33' Navrátil 75'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 14,155 Referee: Jiří Houdek

20 July 2019 2	Sparta Prague	2–0	Jablonec	Prague
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hložek 62' Tetteh 76' Kanga 83'	Report	Kratochvíl 72'	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)	Schranz 4' Čavoš 27' Kladrubský 45+8' (pen.), 87' Ledecký 83' Brandner 84' Provod 90+3'	Report	Plavšić 42' Hanousek 45+7' Kanga 49' Tetteh 82'	Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov Attendance: 6,681 Referee: Karel Hrubeš

4 August 2019 4	Sparta Prague	3–0	1. FK Příbram	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Costa 28' Kanga 39' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	Report	Tregler 1' Cmiljanović 32' Šimek 38' Zeman 42' Voltr 84'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 11,007 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

11 August 2019 5	Mladá Boleslav	4–3	Sparta Prague	Mladá Boleslav
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mešanović 17' (pen.), 38', 76', 56' Budínský 90'+3'	Report	Hancko 29' Hašek 67' Tetteh 74' Kozák 87'	Stadium: Lokotrans Aréna Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Pavel Franěk

18 August 2019 6	Sparta Prague	2–0	Baník Ostrava	Prague
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hašek 10', 39' Kozák 28'	Report	Procházka 14' Smola 28' Fillo 34' Dyjan 63'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 14,123 Referee: Ondřej Ginzel

25 August 2019 7	Slovan Liberec	3–1	Sparta Prague	Liberec
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kacharaba 30' Mikula 45' Malinský 45+2', 80', 48' Alibekov 50' Potočný 58' (pen.)	Report	Radaković 8' Hancko 45+2' Hložek 63' Krejčí 90+2' Hašek 90+7'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 8,765 Referee: Pavel Julínek

1 September 2019 8	Sparta Prague	3–3	Sigma Olomouc	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kozák 20', 84' Hložek 52' Kanga 57', 78' Tetteh 90+2'	Report	Houska 16' Hála 28' Plšek 36', 74' Reichl 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 9,407 Referee: Zbyněk Proske

15 September 2019 9	Fastav Zlín	0–2	Sparta Prague	Zlín
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Giorgadze 62' Folprecht 73' Džafić 90+5'	Report	Tetteh 5' Kanga 19' (pen.)	Stadium: Letná Stadium Attendance: 5,650 Referee: Jiří 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' Plavšić 89' Graiciar 90+3'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 11,536 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

5 October 2019 12	Sparta Prague	4–0	Karviná	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kozák 14', 51', 59' Hancko 31' Kanga 45+2', 85' Sáček 48' Hašek 90'	Report	Rundić 12' Petráň 44' 61' Hanousek 58'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 7,181 Referee: Pavel Franěk

20 October 2019 13	Teplice	1–1	Sparta Prague	Teplice
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Čmovš 30' Vondrášek 50' Kodeš 57' Mareš 73' Řezníček 90'	Report	Plavšić 34' Trávník 52' Kaya 68'	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)	Kozák 4' Kanga 31' Hašek 53' Trávník 54' Kaya 71'	Report	Jindřišek 45+1'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 12,157 Referee: Zbyněk Proske

3 November 2019 15	Opava	0–1	Sparta Prague	Opava
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Žídek 71' Juřena 90+4'	Report	Vindheim 10' Kaya 60' Kanga 66'	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)	Jovović 45' Považanec 45+2' Matoušek 47' Krob 56' Kratochvíl 59' Chramosta 74'	Report	Kozák 4' Frýdek 19', 64' Vindheim 38' Kozák 62' Krejčí 75' Hanousek 89'	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)	Kanga 35' (pen.) Mandjeck 40' Plavšić 59' Trávník 67' Lischka 72' Tetteh 80'	Report	Schranz 7' Novák 34' Čolić 42' Brandner 45+1' Mršić 53' Ekpai 76' Ledecký 77' Schranz 82' Drobný 90+5'	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)	Alvir 16' Rezek 20' Drame 79' Tregler 90+4'	Report	Krejčí 24' Hašek 30' Heča 67' Frýdek 82'	Stadium: Na Litavce Attendance: 4,865 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

8 December 2019 19	Sparta Prague	5–2	Mladá Boleslav	Prague
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sáček 2' Hašek 8' Krejčí 51' Kanga 54' Tetteh 71' Hložek 76' Hubínek 80' (o.g.)	Report	Budínský 26' Pudil 35' Bucha 53' Komlichenko 68' 84' Matějovský 74' Ladra 78' Tatayev 82'	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)	Jirásek 53' Fleišman 61' Stronati 90+2'	Report	Frýdek 58' Sáček 65' Kanga 77'	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)	Frýdek 45+2'	Report	Mara 33' Hromada 38' Kuchta 58' Malinský 77', 90+4', 77' Karafiát 84' Nguyen 90+2' Rondić 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 12,236 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

23 February 2020 22	Sigma Olomouc	1–0	Sparta Prague	Olomouc
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chytil 27' Yunis 78' Greššák 87' Houska 90+4' Sladký 90+4'	Report	Vindheim 76' Hancko 83'	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)	Mandjeck 28' Štetina 52' Karlsson 53' Kozák 88'	Report	Bartošák 41' Poznar 67' Matejov 79', 90' Janetzký 90+4'	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)	Costa 81' Krejčí 83' Karlsson 87' Štetina 90+1' Kozák 90+7' Kanga 90+7'	Report	Kalvach 22', 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)	Ndefe 23' Lingr 33', 44' Rundić 84'	Report	Krejčí 21' Štetina 44' Karlsson 49' Hložek 56' Dočkal 64' Karabec 90+3'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 25 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

3 June 2020 27	Sparta Prague	3–0	Teplice	Prague
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kozák 21', 41' Kanga 25' (pen.) Krejčí 61'	Report	Kučera 40' Čmovš 47'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 120 Referee: Petr Hocek

6 June 2020 28	Bohemians 1905	0–1	Sparta Prague	Prague
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mosquera 17' Hronek 28' Osmančík 52' Levin 78' Vaníček 87'	Report	Štetina 35' Dočkal 58' Tetteh 84'	Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 125 Referee: Zbyněk Proske

10 June 2020 29	Sparta Prague	2–0	Opava	Prague
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kozák 11' Trávník 26' Hancko 40' Frýdek 71' Štetina 85'	Report	Žídek 44'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 300 Referee: Emanuel Marek

14 June 2020 30	Slovácko	0–2	Sparta Prague	Uherské Hradiště
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Divíšek 61'	Report	Sáček 26' Vindheim 65' Kanga 79'	Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty Attendance: 300 Referee: Pavel Franek

Championship group

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}
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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

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

Source: See results

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

Source: See results
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)	Hancko 9' Sáček 43' Nguyen 75' (o.g.), 90+3' (o.g.) Trávník 77'	Report	Frýdek 29' (o.g.) Malinský 51' Băluță 52' Hromada 74'	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)	Hložek 25', 26' Kozák 29', 33' Dočkal 62' Krejčí 90+6'	Report	Potočný 8' Reiter 23' Laštůvka 26' Jánoš 45' Kuzmanović 51', 63' (pen.) Procházka 69' Baroš 90+1' Stronati 90+1' Smola 90+7'	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)	Hložek 3' Kozák 48', 62' Sáček 54'	Report	Sýkora 84' Hämäläinen 90+1'	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)	Smejkal 15' Tijani 45+1' Rezek 55' Mikuš 87' Smejkal 88'	Report	Kozák 13' Hašek 86'	Stadium: Stadion v Jiráskově ulici Attendance: 3,676 Referee: Pavel Rejžek

30 October 2019 Fourth round	Dynamo České Budějovice	0–4	Sparta Prague	České Budějovice
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Brandner 36' Kladrubský 38' Schranz 38'	Report	Hanousek 26', 61' Kozák 38', 51'	Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov Attendance: 6,117 Referee: Pavel Orel

4 March 2020 Quarter-finals	Sparta Prague	5–0	Baník Ostrava	Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hancko 20' Hložek 35', 81' Tetteh 54' Frýdek 61', 76' Karlsson 62' (pen.) Krejčí 65'	Report	Potočný 16' Reiter 59' Šašinka 45+1' 60' Stronati 61'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 9,097 Referee: Ondřej Berka

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'	Report	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)	Rondić 12' 89' Pešek 50' Knobloch 72' Mikula 78' Mara 90+4'	Report	Kanga 8', 73' (pen.) Frýdek 34' Karlsson 66', 85' Tetteh 78' Heča 90+4'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 2,351 Referee: Pavel Královec

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

8 August 2019 First leg	Sparta Prague	2–2	Trabzonspor	Prague, Czech Republic
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Costa 16' Niță 26' Tetteh 56' Trávník 67' Kanga 68'	Report	Mikel 32' Ömür 45' Hüseyin 48' Sosa 65' Ekuban 84' Sørloth 89'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 0^[4] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero (Spain)

15 August 2019 Second leg	Trabzonspor	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Sparta Prague	Trabzon, Turkey
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørloth 11' Parmak 41' Mikel 81' Novák 90+8'	Report	Plavšić 13' 88' Krejčí 30' Hložek 78'	Stadium: Şenol Güneş Stadium 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.
^ ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Europa League – Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 August 2019.