2024–25 AC Sparta Prague season

AC Sparta Prague
2024–25 season
ManagerLars Friis
StadiumStadion Letná
Czech First League4th
Czech CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueLeague phase
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lukáš Haraslín (10 goals)

All:
Lukáš Haraslín (12 goals)

The 2024–25 season is the 131st season in the history of AC Sparta Prague, and the club's 32nd consecutive season in Czech First League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the Czech Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Jakub Uhrinčať Dukla Banská Bystrica Undisclosed 1 July 2024
MF Ermal Krasniqi FC Rapid București €2,000,000 1 July 2024 [1]
GK Peter Vindahl Jensen AZ Alkmaar €1,500,000 1 July 2024 [2]
MF Veljko Birmančević Toulouse FC €3,300,000[3][†] 1 July 2024 [4]
DF Mathias Ross Galatasaray Loan 16 July 2024 [5]
DF Imanol García de Albéniz Athletic Bilbao Undisclosed 16 July 2024 [6]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
DF Ladislav Krejčí Girona €12,000,000[7] 1 July 2024
MF Michal Ševčík 1. FC Nürnberg Loan 1 July 2024 [8]
FW Václav Sejk Zagłębie Lubin Loan 3 July 2024 [9]
MF Adam Karabec Hamburger SV Loan 4 July 2024 [10]
DF Patrik Vydra Mladá Boleslav Loan 9 July 2024 [11]
FW Václav Sejk Famalicão Undisclosed 8 January 2025 [12]
Notes
  1. Loan transfer made permanent

Friendlies

Pre-season

29 June 2024 Friendly Sparta Prague 3–1 AIK Prague
15:00
  • Tuci 27'
  • Kúdela 48'
  • Mejdr 80'
  • Solbakken  89'
Report
Stadium: Stadion Letná
Attendance: 5,121
5 July 2024 Friendly Sparta Prague 3–0 Spartak Trnava Prague
15:00
Report Stadium: Stadion Letná
Attendance: 5,938
10 July 2024 Friendly Brøndby IF 5–2 Sparta Prague Kössen, Austria
16:00
Report
Stadium: Kaiserwinkl Arena
13 July 2024 Friendly Red Bull Salzburg 2–2 Sparta Prague St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
18:00
Report
Stadium: Koasastadion St. Johann

Mid-season

10 January 2025 Friendly Sparta Prague 3–1 Malmö FF
15:30

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Czech First League 19 July 2024 19 April 2025 Matchday 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
Czech Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
UEFA Champions League 23 July 2024 Second qualifying round 6 5 1 0 14 5 +9 083.33
Total 7 6 1 0 16 6 +10 085.71

Last updated: 23 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

Czech First League

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Viktoria Plzeň 30 20 5 5 59 28 +31 65 Qualification for the championship group
3 Baník Ostrava 30 20 4 6 52 26 +26 64
4 Sparta Prague 30 19 5 6 56 33 +23 62
5 Jablonec 30 15 6 9 47 25 +22 51
6 Sigma Olomouc 30 12 7 11 46 41 +5 43
Source: Chance 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.[13]

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
1 1 0 0 2 1  +1 3 1 0 0 2 1  +1 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 19 July 2024.
Source: Chance Liga

Results by round

Round1
GroundH
ResultW
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2024. Source: Chance Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 20 June 2024.[14]

19 July 2024 1 Sparta Prague 2–1 Pardubice Prague
19:00
Stadium: Stadion Letná
Referee: Jan Všetečka
27 July 2024 2 Teplice 1–4 Sparta Prague Teplice
17:00 CEST
  • Pavel Svatek  35'
  • Jaroslav Harušťák 60'
Report
Stadium: Na Stínadlech
Attendance: 15,946
Referee: Dominik Starý
2 August 2024 3 Sparta Prague 2–0 Dukla Prague Prague
20:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: epet Arena
Attendance: 16,826
Referee: Daniel Vokoun
10 August 2024 4 Bohemians 1905 1–2 Sparta Prague Prague
17:00 CEST Report
Stadium: Ďolíček
Attendance: 5,783
Referee: Karel Rouček
17 August 2024 5 Jablonec 1–2 Sparta Prague Jablonec nad Nisou
20:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Střelnice
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Jan Machálek
24 August 2024 6 Sparta Prague 2–2 1. FC Slovácko Prague
17:00 CEST Report
Stadium: epet Arena
Attendance: 16,723
Referee: Pavel Orel
31 August 2024 7 Hradec Králové 0–2 Sparta Prague Hradec Králové
20:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Malšovická aréna
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Karel Rouček
22 September 2024 9 České Budějovice 0–2 Sparta Prague České Budějovice
15:30 CEST
  • Ekpai  40'
  • Jakob Tranziska  76'
Report
Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov
Attendance: 6,681
Referee: Dominik Starý
27 September 2024 10 Sparta Prague 2–3 Sigma Olomouc Prague
19:30 CEST
Report
  • Yunusa Muritala  39' 67'
  • Jan Fiala 78'
  • Jáchym Šíp  80'  89'
  • Zorvan 86'
  • Jiří Sláma  86'
  • Janotka  89'
  • Tadeáš Stoppen  90+7'
Stadium: epet Arena
Attendance: 16,538
Referee: Ondřej Berka
6 October 2024 11 Slavia Prague 2–1 Sparta Prague Prague
18:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Fortuna Arena
Attendance: 19,308
Referee: Ladislav Szikszay
19 October 2024 12 Sparta Prague 2–1 Slovan Liberec Prague
19:00 CET
Report
Stadium: epet Arena
Attendance: 16,746
Referee: Dominik Starý
27 October 2024 13 Viktoria Plzeň 1–0 Sparta Prague Plzeň
18:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 11,620
Referee: Karel Rouček
2 November 2024 14 Sparta Prague 1–3 Baník Ostrava Prague
19:00 CET
Report
Stadium: epet Arena
Attendance: 17,610
Referee: Dalibor Černý
10 November 2024 15 Mladá Boleslav 2–2 Sparta Prague Mladá Boleslav
15:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Lokotrans Aréna
Attendance: 4,868
Referee: Jan Všetečka
23 November 2024 16 Sparta Prague 1–1 Teplice Prague
16:00 CET
Report
  • Ondřej Kričfaluši  28'
  • Yasser  58'
  • Jan Knapík 61'
  • Albert Labík  68'
  • Jakub Hora  90+5'
Stadium: epet Arena
Attendance: 15,879
Referee: Jan Beneš
30 November 2024 17 Dukla Prague 1–1 Sparta Prague Prague
19:00 CET Report Stadium: Stadion Juliska
Attendance: 6,992
Referee: Karel Rouček
3 December 2024 8 Sparta Prague 4–1 Karviná Prague
19:00 CET Report
Stadium: epet Arena
Attendance: 10,788
Referee: Lukáš Nehasil
7 December 2024 18 Sparta Prague 1–0 Bohemians 1905 Prague
19:00 CET
Report
Stadium: epet Arena
Attendance: 14,777
Referee: Jan Všetečka
15 December 2024 19 Sparta Prague 2–1 Jablonec Prague
13:00 CET
Report
Stadium: epet Arena
Attendance: 15,963
Referee: Lukáš Nehasil
2 February 2025 20 Slovácko 0–2 Sparta Prague Uherské Hradiště
13:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Jan Všetečka

Championship round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Prague (C) 35 29 3 3 77 18 +59 90 Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2 Viktoria Plzeň 35 23 5 7 71 36 +35 74 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Baník Ostrava 35 22 5 8 58 34 +24 71 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Sparta Prague 35 19 6 10 61 44 +17 63 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5 Jablonec 35 19 6 10 60 33 +27 63
6 Sigma Olomouc 35 12 9 14 48 53 −5 45 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]
Source: Chance Liga
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.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The winner of the 2024–25 Czech Cup (Sigma Olomouc) qualifies for the Europa League play-off round.

Czech Cup

30 October 2024 Third Round Sparta Prague 4-0 Zbrojovka Brno Prague
19:15 CET
Report Stadium: epet Arena
Attendance: 13,649
Referee: Pavel Orel

UEFA Champions League

As the Czech First League champions, Sparta entered the competition in the second qualifying round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Second qualifying round

The second qualifying round draw was held on 19 June 2024, Sparta were drawn against League of Ireland Premier Division champions Shamrock Rovers.[15]

23 July 2024 First leg Shamrock Rovers 0–2 Sparta Prague Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:00 IST
Report Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 9,684
Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)
30 July 2024 Second leg Sparta Prague 4–2
(6–2 agg.)
Shamrock Rovers Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Letná
Attendance: 17,367
Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round draw was held on 22 July 2024, Sparta were drawn against Liga I champions FCSB.[16]

6 August 2024 First leg Sparta Prague 1–1 FCSB Prague, Czech Republic
20:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Letná
Attendance: 17,229
Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)
13 August 2024 Second leg FCSB 2–3
(3–4 agg.)
Sparta Prague Bucharest, Romania
20:30 EEST
Report
Stadium: Steaua Stadium
Attendance: 28,875
Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Play-off round

The play-off round draw was held on 5 August 2024, Sparta were drawn against Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF.[17]

21 August 2024 First leg Malmö FF 0–2 Sparta Prague Malmö, Sweden
21:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion
Attendance: 20,589
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)
27 August 2024 Second leg Sparta Prague 2–0
(4–0 agg.)
Malmö FF Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadion Letná
Attendance: 18,215
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

League phase

The league phase draw was held on 29 August 2024.[18]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
29 Red Star Belgrade 8 2 0 6 13 22 −9 6
30 Sturm Graz 8 2 0 6 5 14 −9 6
31 Sparta Prague 8 1 1 6 7 21 −14 4
32 RB Leipzig 8 1 0 7 8 15 −7 3
33 Girona 8 1 0 7 5 13 −8 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Round12345678
GroundHAAHHAHA
ResultWDLLLL
Position61021262828
Points344444
Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

18 September 2024 1 Sparta Prague 3–0 Red Bull Salzburg Prague, Czech Republic
18:45 CEST
Report Stadium: Stadion Letná
Attendance: 17,612
Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)
1 October 2024 2 VfB Stuttgart 1–1 Sparta Prague Stuttgart, Germany
18:45 CEST
Report
Stadium: MHPArena
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)
23 October 2024 3 Manchester City 5–0 Sparta Prague Manchester, England
20:00 BST
Report
Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 50,116
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
6 November 2024 4 Sparta Prague 1–2 Brest Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Letná
Attendance: 18,033
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)
26 November 2024 5 Sparta Prague 0–6 Atlético Madrid Prague, Czech Republic
18:45 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadion Letná
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
11 December 2024 6 Feyenoord 4–2 Sparta Prague Rotterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CET
Report
Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
22 January 2025 7 Sparta Prague v Inter Milan Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 CET Report Stadium: Stadion Letná
29 January 2025 8 Bayer Leverkusen v Sparta Prague Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET Report Stadium: BayArena

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  14. ^ "Ligový los 2024/25: Sparta začne doma, první derby bude na Slavii".
  15. ^ "UEFA Champions League second qualifying round draw". UEFA. 19 June 2024.
  16. ^ "UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA. 22 July 2024.
  17. ^ "UEFA Champions League play-off round draw". UEFA. 5 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Champions League league phase draw: All 36 teams learn their opponents". UEFA. 29 August 2024.