2018–19 AC Sparta Prague season

AC Sparta Prague will play in Czech First League and Czech Cup. They have qualified for Second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League after 5th place in previous season.

AC Sparta Prague
2018–19 season
ChairmanDaniel Křetínský
ManagerPavel Hapal
Zdeněk Ščasný
Michal Horňák
StadiumGenerali Arena
Czech First League3rd
Czech CupSemifinal
UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Benjamin Tetteh (9)
All: Benjamin Tetteh (9)
Highest home attendance17 398 (vs. SK Slavia Praha)
Lowest home attendance6 420 (vs. FK Teplice)

Manager Pavel Hapal was fired on 27 July 2018, a day after loss against FK Spartak Subotica in first leg of UEFA Europa League's Second qualifying round.[1] He was temporary replaced by Zdeněk Ščasný, Sparta's sports director.

Squad

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
3 FW  CZE Matěj Pulkrab
4 DF  BIH Eldar Ćivić
5 DF  SRB Uroš Radaković
6 MF  CZE Lukáš Vácha
8 MF  SRB Vukadin Vukadinović
9 MF  GAB Guélor Kanga
10 MF  ROU Nicolae Stanciu (vice-captain)
11 MF  ISR Tal Ben Chaim
14 FW  CZE Václav Kadlec
16 MF  CZE Michal Sáček
17 MF  CZE Martin Frýdek
18 DF  ROU Alexandru Chipciu
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  SVK Lukáš Štetina
20 FW  CZE Adam Hložek
22 MF  SRB Srđan Plavšić
24 FW  CZE Václav Drchal
26 DF  ZIM Costa Nhamoinesu
27 DF  CZE Tomáš Wiesner
28 DF  CZE Ondřej Zahustel
29 GK  CZE Milan Heča
30 FW  GHA Benjamin Tetteh
33 FW  AUS Golgol Mebrahtu
35 GK  CZE David Bičík
88 MF  ROU Bogdan Vătăjelu
— FW  SWE David Moberg Karlsson
— MF  CZE Martin Hašek

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) Sparta Prague 1–2 Trenčín
11:00 CEST Tetteh  22' Ubbink  10'
Ćataković  77'
23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) Sparta Prague 4–2 Trenčín
14:00 CEST Ben Chaim  48'
Ristić  63'
Stanciu  83'
Holzer  86'		 Paur  72', 75'
27 June 2018 (2018-06-27) Sparta Prague 0–0 Ružomberok
11:00 CEST
3 July 2018 (2018-07-03) Sparta Prague 0–1 Celtic
17:30 CEST Dembélé  20'
6 July 2018 (2018-07-06) Sparta Prague 1–2 Dynamo České Budějovice
15:00 CEST Vácha  18' Kladrubský  36' (pen.)
Pouček  47'
10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) Sparta Prague 2–1 Krylia Sovetov Samara
16:00 CEST Ben Chaim  2' (pen.)
Vukadinović  88'		 Tkachuk  29'
14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Sparta Prague 1–2 Zagłębie Lubin Prague
17:00 CEST Ristić  17' Pawlowski  15'
Janoszka  50'		 Stadium: Generali Arena
9 January 2019 (2019-01-09) Sparta Prague 3–1 Dynamo České Budějovice Prague
11:00 CET Drchal  18'
Stanciu  33'
Patrák  82'		 Mršić  62' Stadium: Strahov Stadium
12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) Sparta Prague 2–0 Energie Cottbus Cottbus
14:00 CET Tetteh  34'
Chipciu  50'		 Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
16 January 2019 (2019-01-16) Sparta Prague 5–0 Loko Vltavín Prague
11:00 CET Drchal  7', 24'
Ćivić  35'
Stanciu  79'
Chervak  81'		 Stadium: Strahov Stadium

Competitions

Czech First League
Main article: 2018–19 Czech First League
Matches
21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) 1 Sparta Prague 2–0 Opava Prague
19:00 CEST Kanga  32'  73'
Nhamoinesu  38'
Svozil  84' (o.g.)		 Report  27' Kayamba
 78' Schaffarztik		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 12,186
Referee: Pavel Královec
29 July 2018 (2018-07-29) 2 Jablonec 1–2 Sparta Prague Jablonec
18:00 CEST Masopust  44'
Lischka  88'		 Report  12' Nhamoinesu
 28' Kaya
 53'  84' Kanga
 59' Frýdek
 69'  80' Vukadinović
 84' Chipciu		 Stadium: Stadion Střelnice
Attendance: 5,950
Referee: Radek Příhoda
5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) 3 Sparta Prague 1–0 Slovácko Prague
18:00 CEST Tetteh  32'  45+3'
Radaković  55'
Niță  84'
Plavšić  90+4'		 Report  14' Hofmann
 88' Daníček		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 9,034
Referee: Zbyněk Proske
12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 4 Teplice 0–4 Sparta Prague Teplice
18:00 CEST Ljevaković  26'
Krob  45'+1'		 Report  2', 17' Šural
 29' Frýdek
 34' Kanga
 39'  48' Stanciu
 79' Chipciu		 Stadium: Na Stínadlech
Attendance: 15,131
Referee: Karel Hrubeš
19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 5 Sparta Prague 2–2 1. FK Příbram Prague
18:00 CEST Kanga  38' (pen.)
Chipciu  69'		 Report  6' Slepička
 30' Květ
 42' Tregler
 86' Antwi
 89' Skácel
 90+3' Švenger		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 11,978
Referee: Pavel Franěk
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 6 Bohemians 1905 1–1 Sparta Prague Prague
18:30 CEST Nečas  49'
Hilál  69'
Záviška  87'		 Report  61'  85' Šural
 71' Vătăjelu
 75' Plavšić		 Stadium: Ďolíček
Attendance: 4,931
Referee: Ondřej Berka
31 August 2018 (2018-08-31) 7 Sparta Prague 2–0 Dukla Prague Prague
18:30 CEST Tetteh  45+1'
Kanga  82'  82'		 Report  40' Hanousek
 56' Tetour
 61' Brandner
 74' Chlumecký
 89' Podaný		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 9,824
Referee: Ondřej Pechanec
17 September 2018 (2018-09-17) 8 Baník Ostrava 0–1 Sparta Prague Ostrava
18:00 CEST Diop  30'
Fillo  41'
Pazdera  58'
Šašinka  90'		 Report  31' Šural
 41'  77' Tetteh
 45'+3' Frýdek
 90' Niță
 90'+2' Vácha
 90+7' Vukadinović		 Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 14,212
Referee: Pavel Královec
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9 Sparta Prague 4–1 Slovan Liberec Prague
19:00 CEST Stanciu  17', 90'
Tetteh  27', 34'
Radaković  88'		 Report  19'  90' Potočný
 55' Vuklišević
 55' Breite
 71' Koscelnik		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 11,867
Referee: Petr Ardeleánu
28 September 2018 (2018-09-28) 10 Viktoria Plzeň 1–0 Sparta Prague Plzeň
19:00 CEST Limberský  15'
Hrošovský  30'
Petržela  55'
Radaković  76' (o.g.)		 Report  15' Tetteh
 40' Šural
 60' Kanga
 89' Kaya
 90+1' Vácha
 90+4' Nhamoinesu
 90+9' Stanciu		 Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 11,489
Referee: Pavel Julínek
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 11 Sigma Olomouc 1–0 Sparta Prague Olomouc
19:00 CEST Nešpor  35'
Houska  66'
Zahradníček  66'		 Report  66' Vătăjelu
 68' Šural
 90'+3' Kanga		 Stadium: Andrův stadion
Attendance: 7,259
Referee: Pavel Franěk
22 October 2018 (2018-10-22) 12 Sparta Prague 4–1 Mladá Boleslav Prague
18:00 CEST Tetteh  20', 38'
Pulkrab  19'
Kanga  64' (pen.)  87'
Ćivić  72'		 Report  59' Komlichenko
 84' Hůlka		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 9,147
Referee: Pavel Orel
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 13 Fastav Zlín 1–0 Sparta Prague Zlín
17:00 CEST Podio  61'
Beauguel  84'		 Report  45' Chipciu
 67' Stanciu		 Stadium: Letná stadium
Attendance: 5,147
Referee: Zbyněk Proske
4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 14 Sparta Prague 2–2 Slavia Prague Prague
17:00 CET Kanga  17'  45+2' (pen.)
Radaković  31'
Chipciu  40'
Tetteh  42'		 Report  7' Ngadeu-Ngadjui
 36'  45' Kúdela
 45+1' Traoré
 48'  70' Souček
 84' Olayinka		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 17,398
Referee: Petr Ardeleánu
10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 15 MFK Karviná 1–3 Sparta Prague Karviná
14:00 CET Budínský  34' (pen.)
Budínský  45'
Smrž  57'
Krivak  81'		 Report  45+1' Pulkrab
 51' Radaković
 55' Ćivić
 71' Stanciu
 76'  86' (pen.) Plavšić		 Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 4,260
Referee: Pavel Julínek
25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 16 Sparta Prague 0–0 Jablonec Prague
17:00 CET Frýdek  42'
Stanciu 69'
Ćivić  78'		 Report  45' Sobol
 84' Hübschman		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 11,614
Referee: Pavel Královec
1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 17 Slovácko 2–1 Sparta Prague Uherské Hradiště
17:00 CET Juroška  51'
Kalabiška  62'
Janošek  67'
Hofmann  80'
Zajíc  84'
Havlík  85'  90+3' (pen.)		 Report 23'  78' Kanga
 61' Pulkrab
 87' Frýdek
 87' Stanciu
 90' Ćivić
90+7' Ristić		 Stadium: Městský stadion Miroslava Valenty
Attendance: 5,124
Referee: Radek Příhoda
9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 18 Sparta Prague 0–1 Teplice Prague
17:00 CET Plavšić  23'
Stanciu  70'		 Report  16' Jeřábek
 45' Kučera
 61' Vondrášek
 62' Hyčka
 83' Moulis		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 6,420
Referee: Karel Hrubeš
15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 19 1. FK Příbram 1–1 Sparta Prague Příbram
17:00 CET Soldát  29'
Voltr  34'
Rezek  45+5'
Keita  45+9'		 Report  30' Tetteh
 65' Frýdek
 78' Nhamoinesu		 Stadium: Na Litavce
Attendance: 4,182
Referee: Jan Jílek
10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 20 Sparta Prague 1–0 Bohemians 1905 Prague
17:00 CET Plechatý  70'
Frýdek  90+2'		 Report  39' Vacek
 67'  83'Levin
 90+1' Dostál		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 11,625
Referee: Zbyněk Proske
18 February 2019 (2019-02-18) 21 Dukla Prague 2–3 Sparta Prague Prague
18:00 CET Milošević  3'
Plechaty  56' (o.g.)
Kovaľ  58'
Kozma  63'
Ostojić  77'
González  79'		 Report  12' Kanga
 64'  90+2' Zahustel
 81' Tetteh		 Stadium: Stadion Juliska
Attendance: 6,122
Referee: Pavel Královec
24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 22 Sparta Prague 3–2 Baník Ostrava Prague
17:00 CET Štetina  33'  61'  39'
Karlsson  45+1'  57'
Drchal  77'		 Report  29'  50' Diop
 36' Baroš
 45+1' Fillo
 45+2' Fleišman
 68' Jánoš
 90' Kuzmanović		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 15,225
Referee: Jiří Houdek
2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 23 Slovan Liberec 0–1 Sparta Prague Liberec
17:00 CET Kozák  33' 80'
Potočný  45+1'		 Report  30' Sáček
 33'  57' Nhamoinesu
 80' Zahustel		 Stadium: Stadion u Nisy
Attendance: 9,546
Referee: Pavel Franěk
9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 24 Sparta Prague 4–0 Viktoria Plzeň Prague
17:30 CET Hložek  10'
Kanga  17'  29' (pen.)
Sáček  68'
Kadlec  90'+8'
Pulkrab  90+13'		 Report  50'  90+3' Kovařík
 73' Chorý		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 16,110
Referee: Ondřej Pechanec
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 25 Sparta Prague 2–1 Sigma Olomouc Prague
17:30 CET Frýdek  26'
Nhamoinesu  27'
Kanga  71' (pen.), 77' (pen.)  90+3'
Štetina  76'		 Report  15' Houska
 20' Sladký
 45' Falta
 70' Beneš
 76'  81' Nešpor
 79' Plšek		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 11,307
Referee: Petr Ardeleánu
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 26 Mladá Boleslav 2–1 Sparta Prague Mladá Boleslav
15:00 CET Túlio  45'
Matějovský  45+2'  81'
Bucha  47'
Komlichenko  50'  53'		 Report  12' Frýdek
 73' (pen.) Kanga		 Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Martin Nenadál
8 April 2019 (2019-04-08) 27 Sparta Prague 2–0 Fastav Zlín Prague
18:00 CEST Kanga  58'
Hložek  67'
Tetteh  70'		 Report  37' Chanturishvili
 65' Hnaníček		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 9,325
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka
14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 28 Slavia Prague 1–1 Sparta Prague Prague
18:00 CEST Frydrych  11'
Hušbauer  14'
Souček  20'
Masopust  45+6'		 Report  42' Štetina
 45+8' Kanga
 53' Plavšić
 90+4' Niță		 Stadium: Sinobo Stadium
Attendance: 19,370
Referee: Karel Hrubeš
21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 29 Sparta Prague 1–3 MFK Karviná Prague
17:00 CEST Sáček  67'
Hašek  89'		 Report  4', 54' Wágner
 25' Guba		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 10,425
Referee: Emanuel Marek
27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 30 Opava 0–3 Sparta Prague Opava
17:00 CEST Zapalač  11'
Smola  42'		 Report  17' Štetina
 25' Hanousek
 42' Frýdek
 52' Hašek
 61' Karlsson
 70' Sáček
 86'  88' Drchal		 Stadium: Stadion v Městských sadech
Attendance: 5,188
Referee: Jiří Houdek
League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Prague 30 23 3 4 72 23 +49 72 Qualification for the championship group
2 Viktoria Plzeň 30 21 5 4 47 27 +20 68
3 Sparta Prague 30 17 6 7 52 27 +25 57
4 Jablonec 30 15 6 9 53 26 +27 51
5 Baník Ostrava 30 13 6 11 38 36 +2 45
Source: Fortuna liga, Soccerway
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]

Championship group
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 1 Sparta Prague 3–0 Baník Ostrava Prague
17:30 CEST Drchal  29'
Nhamoinesu  34'
Sáček  41'
Karlsson  51' (pen.)
Zahustel  77'
Hložek  90+5'		 Report  85' Procházka Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 11,423
Referee: Pavel Královec
11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 2 Sparta Prague 1–0 Slovan Liberec Prague
20:00 CEST Nhamoinesu  6'
Ćivić  64'		 Report  21' Malinský
 24' Kozák
 25' Fukala
 51' Dorley
 90+3' Breite		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 7,267
Referee: Marek Nenadál
15 May 2019 (2019-05-15) 3 Viktoria Plzeň 4–0 Sparta Prague Plzeň
17:30 CEST Hořava  23'
Kovařík  43', 59'
Kopic  61'
Hejda  79'		 Report Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 8,842
Referee: Emanuel Marek
19 May 2019 (2019-05-19) 4 Sparta Prague 2–0 Jablonec Prague
15:00 CEST Štetina  12'
Kanga  45+2'
Zahustel  57'		 Report  40' Hovorka Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 7,125
Referee: Jiří Houdek
26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) 5 Slavia Prague 2–1 Sparta Prague Prague
17:00 CEST Souček  7'  58'
Băluță  45+1'  50'
Stoch  90'		 Report  21' (pen.)  22' Kanga
 79' Plavšić		 Stadium: Sinobo Stadium
Attendance: 17,986
Referee: Ondřej Berka
League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Slavia Prague (C) 35 26 5 4 79 26 +53 83 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
2 Viktoria Plzeň 35 24 6 5 57 32 +25 78 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Sparta Prague 35 20 6 9 59 33 +26 66 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Jablonec 35 17 6 12 58 32 +26 57 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Baník Ostrava 35 13 8 14 39 43 −4 47 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs final
6 Slovan Liberec 35 12 10 13 34 32 +2 46
Source: Fortuna liga, Soccerway
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.[3]
(C) Champion.

Czech Cup
Main article: 2018–19 Czech Cup
2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 3rd round Slavoj Polná (IV) 1–4 Sparta Prague Polná
15:30 CEST Fadrný  62'
Čížek  78'
Urbánek  85'		  22' Pulkrab
 27' Vácha
 38' Wiesner
 74' Radaković
 88' Šural
 90+1' Hložek		 Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 3,450
Referee: Martin Nenadál
28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) Round of 16 Opava 0–0
(3–4 p)		 Sparta Prague Opava
15:45 CET Hrabina  45'+2'
Kayamba  82'
Janetzký  84'		 Report  45+2' Frýdek
 58' Wiesner
 85' Mebrahtu		 Stadium: Stadion v Městských sadech
Attendance: 6,792
Referee: Jan Jílek
Penalties
Kuzmanović
Simerský
Kayamba
Jursa
Smola
Schaffartzik 		Stanciu
Kanga
Chipciu
Pulkrab
Mebrahtu
Frýdek
2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) Quarter Final Teplice 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Sparta Prague Teplice
17:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Na Stínadlech
Attendance: 7,361
Referee: Pavel Orel
Penalties
24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) Semi Final Slavia Prague 3–0 Sparta Prague Prague
19:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Sinobo Stadium
Attendance: 16,246
Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Second Qualifying Round
26 July 2018 (2018-07-26) First leg Spartak Subotica 2–0 Sparta Prague Novi Sad, Serbia
20:45 CEST Ćalasan  8'
Jočić  45'
Shimura  48'
Đuričin  57'		 Report  51' Šural
 87' Frýdek		 Stadium: Stadion Karađorđe
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
20 August 2018 (2018-08-20) Second leg Sparta Prague 2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Spartak Subotica Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST Šural  28'  74'  90+8'
Kanga  61'
Plavšić  66'  67'
Chipciu  88'
Tetteh  88'		 Report  55'  82' Marčić
 75' (pen.) Čečarić
 90' Đenić
 90+4' Perić		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 12,068
Referee: Sebastian Coltescu (Romania)

Statistics

References
  1. Pavel Hapal fired, sparta.cz (in Czech)
  2. "Czech Liga 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  3. "Czech Liga 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
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