2021–22 AC Sparta Prague season

Sparta Prague
season
President	Daniel Křetínský
Head coach	Pavel Vrba
Stadium	Stadion Letná
Czech First League	1st
Czech Cup	Pre-season
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Seven players; (1 each); All: ; Ladislav Krejčí II; David Moberg Karlsson; (2 each)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 10 August 2021.

The 2021–22 season is the 128th season in the existence of AC Sparta Prague and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Czech football. In addition to the domestic league, Sparta Prague are participating in this season's editions of the Czech Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League.

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 8 September 2021.^[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
3	DF	CZE	Ondřej Čelůstka
5	DF	CZE	Adam Gabriel
6	MF	CZE	Filip Souček
7	MF	SWE	David Moberg Karlsson
8	MF	CZE	David Pavelka (2nd captain)
9	MF	CZE	Ladislav Krejčí
10	MF	CZE	Bořek Dočkal (captain)
11	MF	BUL	Martin Minchev
14	FW	CZE	Václav Drchal
16	MF	CZE	Michal Sáček
17	DF	DEN	Casper Højer Nielsen
18	FW	CZE	Matěj Pulkrab
19	DF	SVK	Lukáš Štetina
20	FW	CZE	Adam Hložek


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	FW	CZE	Jakub Pešek
22	MF	SVK	Lukáš Haraslín
24	MF	CZE	Matěj Polidar
27	DF	CZE	Filip Panák
28	DF	CZE	Tomáš Wiesner
29	GK	CZE	Milan Heča
32	DF	NOR	Andreas Vindheim
33	DF	SVK	Dávid Hancko
36	MF	CZE	Adam Karabec
37	MF	CZE	Ladislav Krejčí II
39	FW	CZE	Lukáš Juliš
40	GK	CZE
41	DF	CZE	Martin Vitík
77	GK	SVK	Dominik Holec

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	(at Bohemians 1905)
—	GK	CZE	(at Teplice)
—	GK	CZE	Vojtěch Vorel (at Dynamo České Budějovice)
—	DF	CZE	David Lischka (at Baník Ostrava)
—	DF	CZE	Matěj Hanousek (at Wisła Kraków)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CZE	Dominik Plechatý (at Slovan Liberec)
—	MF	CZE	Jan Fortelný (at Teplice)
—	MF	CZE	Jiří Kulhánek (at Dukla Prague)
—	MF	CZE	Michal Trávník (at Kasımpaşa S.K.)
—	FW	CZE	Ondřej Novotný (at Slovan Liberec)

Transfers[]

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 June 2021 Friendly	Sparta Prague	8–1	Sokol Hostouň	Prague, Czech Republic
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: TC Strahov (hřiště č. 1)

26 June 2021 Friendly	Sparta Prague	7–0	Dukla Prague	Prague, Czech Republic
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: TC Strahov (hřiště č. 1)

1 July 2021 Friendly	Sparta Prague	1–0	Líšeň	Prague, Czech Republic
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: TC Strahov (hřiště č. 1)
Note: four halves of 30 minutes.

6 July 2021 Friendly	Arsenal Tula	1–4	Sparta Prague	Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

9 July 2021 Friendly	Wolfsberger AC	3–2	Sparta Prague	Wolfsberg, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)

12 July 2021 Friendly	Sparta Prague	2–2	Dynamo Moscow	Austria
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

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	24 July 2021	May 2022	Matchday 1		3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	100.00
Czech Cup	TBD				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	21 July 2021	10 August 2021	Second qualifying round	Third qualifying round	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	025.00
UEFA Europa League	16 September 2021		Group stage		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					7	4	0	3	14	9	+5	057.14

Last updated: 10 August 2021
Source: Soccerway

Czech First League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slavia Prague	19	15	3	1	51	14	+37	48	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Viktoria Plzeň	19	15	2	2	36	13	+23	47	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Sparta Prague	19	14	3	2	46	22	+24	45
4	Slovácko	19	12	3	4	38	22	+16	39
5	Baník Ostrava	19	10	6	3	41	25	+16	36

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. 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
10	7	2	1	25	9	+16	23	5	1	0	12	3	+9	2	1	1	13	6	+7

Source: Fortuna Liga

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W
Position	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2021. Source: Fortuna Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

24 July 2021 1	Sparta Prague	3–2	Sigma Olomouc	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Štetina 8' Karlsson 12' (pen.), 57' Wiesner 66' Krejčí II 64' Hubník 78' (o.g.) Pavelka 85' Niță 90+4'	Report	3' Sedlák 85' Vaněček 85' González 90+2'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 7,235 Referee: Pavel Orel

31 July 2021 2	Slovan Liberec	0–5	Sparta Prague	Liberec
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gebre Selassie 28' 52' Chaluš 65'	Report	Pešek 25' Hložek 62' Karabec 65' (pen.) Krejčí 70' Souček 79'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ondřej Berka

7 August 2021 3	Sparta Prague	2–0	Karviná	Prague
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hložek 23' Pavelka 78'	Report	Čmelík 72'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 5,136 Referee: Petr Hocek

14 August 2021 4	Bohemians 1905	1–1	Sparta Prague	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Dostál 45+2' Necid 82'	Report	Pavelka 55'	Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 3,905 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

21 August 2021 5	Sparta Prague	4–0	Hradec Králové	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hložek 53' Pešek 66' 88' Polidar 71'	Report	Král 18' Petr Kodeš 34' Denis Donát 55' Štěpán Harazim 68' Prekop 84'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 6,263 Referee: Jan Machálek

28 August 2021 6	Sparta Prague	1–0	České Budějovice	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kancko 38' Panák 88'	Report	Pavel Novák 68' Škoda 83' Talovyerov 85' Mihálik 88'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 3,663 Referee: Pavel Franek

11 September 2021 7	Viktoria Plzeň	3–2	Sparta Prague	Plzeň
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mosquera 16' 32' Beauguel 18' Janošek 29' Sýkora 56' Řezník 64' Hybš 90+3'	Report	Moberg Karlsson 40' Pavelka 66' Štetina 82' Drchal 87'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,584 Referee: Ondřej Berka

19 September 2021 8	Sparta Prague	1–1	Jablonec	Prague
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Drchal 4' Pavelka 34' Vindheim 52' Moberg Karlsson 77' Karabec 90+2'	Report	Zelený 6' Čvančara 15' 48' Kratochvíl 20' Krob 44' Kubista 53' Houska 72' Považanec 76' Malínský 86'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 8,115 Referee: Pavel Orel

Czech Cup[]

22 September 2021 Third Round	Líšeň	0 - 3	Sparta Prague	Brno
16:00 CET	Stáňa 74'	Report	Drchal 14' 38' Minchev 88'	Stadium: Stadion SK Líšeň Attendance: 2,070 Referee: Petr Hocek

UEFA Champions League[]

Second qualifying round[]

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.^[3]

21 July 2021 First leg	Rapid Wien	2–1	Sparta Prague	Vienna, Austria
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ullmann 23' Wimmer 33' Stojković 41' Knasmüllner 63', 71' Grahovac 86'	Report	Krejčí II 3' Štetina 17' Hancko 60'	Stadium: Allianz Stadion Attendance: 19,500 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

28 July 2021 Second leg	Sparta Prague	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Rapid Wien	Prague, Czech Republic
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Karlsson 16' (pen.) Pešek 81' Dočkal 89' Wiesner 90+6'	Report	Strebinger 15' Wimmer 89'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 9,105 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Third qualifying round[]

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.^[4]

3 August 2021 First leg	Sparta Prague	0–2	Monaco	Prague, Czech Republic
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Polidar 17' Pavelka 34'	Report	Fofana 5' Badiashile 22' Tchouaméni 37', 83' Volland 59'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 10,533 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

10 August 2021 Second leg	Monaco	3–1 (5–1 agg.)	Sparta Prague	Monaco, France
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tchouaméni 49' Martins 50' Golovin 56' Diop 81'	Report	Wiesner 5' Moberg Karlsson 78' Pulkrab 88'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

UEFA Europa League[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LYO	RAN	SPP	BRO
1	Lyon	6	5	1	0	16	5	+11	16	Advance to round of 16	—	1–1	3–0	3–0
2	Rangers	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Sparta Prague	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7	Transfer to Europa Conference League	3–4	1–0	—	2–0
4	Brøndby	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2		1–3	1–1	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches[]

16 September 2021 Match 1	Brøndby	0 - 0	Sparta Prague	Brøndbyvester
21:00 CET	Rosted 45+2' Pavlović 85'	Report	Souček 45+2' Čelůstka 60'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 18,867 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev

References[]

^ "A-tým". AC Sparta Praha.
^ "Czech Liga 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
^ "UEFA Champions League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[1] "A-tým". AC Sparta Praha.

[2] "Czech Liga 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[3] "UEFA Champions League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[4] "UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	7	2	1	25	9	+16	23	5	1	0	12	3	+9	2	1	1	13	6	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	7	2	1	25	9	+16	23	5	1	0	12	3	+9	2	1	1	13	6	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	7	2	1	25	9	+16	23	5	1	0	12	3	+9	2	1	1	13	6	+7