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2018–19 AC Sparta Prague season

The 2018–19 AC Sparta Prague season was the club's 124th season in existence and the 26th 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.[1] The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Sparta Prague
2018–19 season
PresidentDaniel Křetínský
Head coachPavel Hapal
(until 27 July)
Zdeněk Ščasný
(from 27 July;
until 25 April)
Michal Horňák
(from 25 April)
StadiumGenerali Arena
Czech First League3rd
Czech CupSemi-final
UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Guélor Kanga (12)
All:
Guélor Kanga (12)
Highest home attendance17,398 (vs. SK Slavia Prague)
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.[2] He was temporary replaced by Zdeněk Ščasný, Sparta's sports director.

Squad edit

Squad at end of season[3][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 Dominik Plechatý
4 DF   BIH Eldar Ćivić
5 DF   SRB Uroš Radaković
6 MF   CZE Lukáš Vácha
7 MF   SWE David Moberg Karlsson
8 FW   CZE Matěj Pulkrab
9 MF   GAB Guélor Kanga
10 MF   CZE Bořek Dočkal
11 MF   ISR Tal Ben Chaim
14 FW   CZE Václav Kadlec
15 DF   CZE Matěj Hanousek
16 MF   CZE Michal Sáček
17 MF   CZE Martin Frýdek
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   ROU Alexandru Chipciu
19 DF   SVK Lukáš Štetina
20 FW   CZE Adam Hložek
21 MF   CZE Martin Hašek
22 MF   SRB Srđan Plavšić
24 FW   CZE Václav Drchal
26 DF   ZIM Costa Nhamoinesu
27 DF   CZE Filip Panák
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

Out on loan edit

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 Vojtěch Vorel (to   FK Senica)
— DF   CZE David Březina (to FC Vlašim)
— DF   CZE Marian Burda (to Žižkov)
— DF   CZE Václav Dudl (to   Spartak Trnava)
— DF   UKR Vadym Chervak (to FC Vlašim)
— DF   CZE Milan Kadlec (to FC Vlašim)
— DF   CZE Daniel Köstl (to Slovan Liberec)
— DF   TUR Semih Kaya (to   Galatasaray)
— DF   CZE Martin Nový (to Vysočina Jihlava)
— DF   CZE Milan Piško (to FC Vlašim)
— DF   CZE Tomáš Wiesner (to Mladá Boleslav)
— MF   CZE Patrik Čavoš (to České Budějovice)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   CZE Christián Frýdek (to Táborsko)
— MF   CZE Jiří Kulhánek (to   Spartak Trnava)
— MF   CMR Georges Mandjeck (to   Maccabi Haifa)
— MF   BIH Zinedin Mustedanagić (to   MFK Ružomberok)
— MF   CZE Jakub Pešek (to České Budějovice)
— MF   ROU Bogdan Vătăjelu (to FK Jablonec)
— MF   SRB Vukadin Vukadinović (to   Boluspor)
— FW   CZE David Čapek (to   MFK Ružomberok)
— FW   CZE Lukáš Juliš (to Bohemians 1905)
— FW   CZE Ondřej Novotný (to FC Vlašim)
— FW   CZE Lukáš Pouček (to Ústí nad Labem)
— FW   CZE Daniel Turyna (to České Budějovice)

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  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 edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Czech First League 21 July 2018 26 May 2019 Matchday 1 3rd 35 20 6 9 59 33 +26 057.14
Czech Cup 2 October 2018 24 April 2019 Third round Semi-finals 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 075.00
UEFA Europa League 26 July 2018 2 August 2018 Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.00
Total 41 24 6 11 67 40 +27 058.54

Source: Soccerway

Czech First League edit

Main article: 2018–19 Czech First League

Regular season edit

League table edit

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.[4]
Results summary edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 17 6 7 52 27  +25 57 10 3 2 30 13  +17 7 3 5 22 14  +8

Source: See results

Results by round edit
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
ResultWWWWDDWWWLLWLDWDLLDWWWWWWLWDLW
Position322224332333433345543333333333
Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches edit
21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) 1 Sparta Prague 2–0 Opava Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+1)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion v Městských sadech
Attendance: 5,188
Referee: Jiří Houdek

Championship group edit

League table edit

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.[4]
(C) Champions
Results summary edit
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 0 2 7 6  +1 9 3 0 0 6 0  +6 0 0 2 1 6  −5

Source: See results

Results by round edit
Round12345
GroundHHAHA
ResultWWLWL
Position33333
Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches edit
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 1 Sparta Prague 3–0 Baník Ostrava Prague
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
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 (UTC+2)
Report
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 (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sinobo Stadium
Attendance: 17,986
Referee: Ondřej Berka

Czech Cup edit

Main article: 2018–19 Czech Cup
2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) Third round Slavoj Polná 1–4 Sparta Prague Polná
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 3,450
Referee: Martin Nenadál
28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) Fourth round Opava 0–0
(3–4 p)		 Sparta Prague Opava
15:45 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion v Městských sadech
Attendance: 6,792
Referee: Jan Jílek
Penalties
2 April 2019 (2019-04-02) Quarter-finals Teplice 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Sparta Prague Teplice
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Na Stínadlech
Attendance: 7,361
Referee: Pavel Orel
Penalties
24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) Semi-finals Slavia Prague 3–0 Sparta Prague Prague
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Sinobo Stadium
Attendance: 16,246
Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

UEFA Europa League edit

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds edit

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)
Second qualifying round edit
26 July 2018 (2018-07-26) First leg Spartak Subotica   2–0   Sparta Prague Novi Sad, Serbia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Karađorđe
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
2 August 2018 (2018-08-02) Second leg Sparta Prague   2–1
(2–3 agg.)		   Spartak Subotica Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 12,068
Referee: Sebastian Coltescu (Romania)

Statistics edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Sparta Prague 2018/2019". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ Pavel Hapal fired, sparta.cz (in Czech)
  3. ^ "Sparta Prague Squad 2018/2019". fortunaliga.cz/. Fortuna liga. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Czech Liga 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
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