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The 2023–24 season was Athletic Club Sparta Praha's 130th season in existence and 31st consecutive in the Czech First League. They also competed in the Czech Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The club were eliminated in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League by Copenhagen.

Players

First-team squad

As of 25 July 2023

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  DEN Peter Vindahl Jensen (on loan from AZ Alkmaar) 5 DF  GAM James Gomez 6 MF  FIN Kaan Kairinen 7 FW  NGA Victor Olatunji 8 MF  CZE David Pavelka 9 FW  CZE Jan Kuchta 10 MF  CZE Adam Karabec 11 MF  BUL Martin Minchev 13 MF  CZE Kryštof Daněk 14 MF  SRB Veljko Birmančević (on loan from Toulouse) 17 DF  DEN Casper Højer Nielsen 18 MF  CZE Lukáš Sadílek 19 DF  CZE Jan Mejdr 20 MF  ALB Qazim Laçi 21 MF  CZE Jakub Pešek

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  SVK Lukáš Haraslín 24 GK  CZE Vojtěch Vorel 25 DF  DEN Asger Sørensen 26 DF  CZE Patrik Vydra 27 DF  CZE Filip Panák 28 DF  CZE Tomáš Wiesner 29 MF  CZE Michal Ševčík 30 DF  CZE Jaroslav Zelený 32 MF  CZE Matěj Ryneš 37 MF  CZE Ladislav Krejčí (captain) 39 FW  CZE Václav Sejk 41 DF  CZE Martin Vitík 44 GK  SVK Jakub Surovčík 45 GK  CZE Filip Nalezinek

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 — DF  CZE Dominik Plechatý (at Slovan Liberec) — DF  CZE Matěj Polidar (at Jablonec) — MF  CZE Filip Souček (at Jablonec)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  CZE Martin Suchomel (at Mladá Boleslav) — MF  CZE Jan Fortelný (at Sigma Olomouc) — FW  CZE Matyáš Kozák (at Bohemians 1905)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Michal Ševčík	Zbrojovka Brno	Undisclosed	19 June 2023
MF	Veljko Birmančević	Toulouse	Loan	22 June 2023
FW	Victor Olatunji	Slovan Liberec	Undisclosed	17 July 2023
DF	James Gomez	AC Horsens	Undisclosed	19 July 2023
GK	Peter Vindahl Jensen	AZ	Loan	25 July 2023
DF	Ángelo Preciado	Genk	€2,500,000	4 September 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Tomáš Čvančara	Borussia Mönchengladbach	€10,500,000	14 July 2023
MF	Michal Trávník	Slovácko	Undisclosed	17 July 2023
DF	Andreas Vindheim	Teplice	Loan	7 September 2023
MF	Kryštof Daněk	Pardubice	Loan	8 September 2023
DF	Casper Højer	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	10 September 2023
FW	Martin Minchev	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	10 September 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

30 June 2023 Friendly	Sparta Prague	1–2	Vysočina Jihlava	Prague
14:00 UTC+2				Stadium: TC Strahov (hřiště č. 1)

7 July 2023 Friendly	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	Sparta Prague	Kranj, Slovenia
16:00 UTC+2	Petković 14' (pen.)		Pešek 2'	Stadium: Nacionalni Nogometni Center Brdo

11 July 2023 Friendly	Čukarički	1–1	Sparta Prague	Seeboden, Austria
16:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Sportarena Seeboden

Competitions

Overall record

Last updated: 25 February 2024
Source: Soccerway

Czech First League

League table

1. Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Slavia Prague were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.

Results summary

Last updated: 25 February 2024.
Source: FORTUNA:LIGA

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.

Czech Cup

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 24 July 2023.

8 August 2023 (2023-08-08) First leg	Copenhagen	0–0	Sparta Prague	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:00		Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 27,170 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

15 August 2023 (2023-08-15) Second leg	Sparta Prague	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–3 agg.) (2–4 p)	Copenhagen	Prague, Czech Republic
19:00	Birmančević 80' Laçi 105' Olatunji 107'	Report	Larsson 1' Claesson 105+2', 112'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 18,109 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
	Penalties
	Krejčí Laçi Kairinen Sørensen		Diks Claesson Boilesen Bardghji

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

24 August 2023 (2023-08-24) First leg	Dinamo Zagreb	3–1	Sparta Prague	Zagreb, Croatia
20:00	Špikić 44' Perić 59' Ivanušec 61'	Report	Krejčí 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 12,170 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

31 August 2023 (2023-08-31) Second leg	Sparta Prague	4–1 (5–4 agg.)	Dinamo Zagreb	Prague, Czech Republic
19:00	Haraslín 2' Sørensen 24' Panák 67' Olatunji 87'	Report	Baturina 71'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 17,953 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RAN	SPP	BET	ALI
1	Rangers	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	Advance to round of 16		—	2–1	1–0	1–1
2	Sparta Prague	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–0	—	1–0	3–2
3	Real Betis	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	9	Transfer to Europa Conference League		2–3	2–1	—	4–1
4	Aris Limassol	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4			2–1	1–3	0–1	—

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 1	Sparta Prague	3–2	Aris Limassol	Prague, Czech Republic
21:00	Krejčí  9', 20', 25' Vitík 67' Sørensen  70' Pavelka  87'	Report	Kokorin 11' (pen.),  70' Shpilevsky (not on pitch)  25' Babicka 90'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 17,371 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

5 October 2023 (2023-10-05) 2	Real Betis	2–1	Sparta Prague	Seville, Spain
18:45	Diao 9',  45+4' Rodríguez  11' Ruibal  58' Isco 79' Vinícius  90+2'	Report	Birmančević 3',  45+5' Haraslín  15' Ryneš  76'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 45,037 Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 3	Sparta Prague	0–0	Rangers	Prague, Czech Republic
18:45	Panák  70'	Report	Cantwell  17' Souttar  26' Goldson  63' Sima  82'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 18,250 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

9 November 2023 (2023-11-09) 4	Rangers	2–1	Sparta Prague	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 (20:00 GMT)	Danilo 11' Cantwell 20' Barišić  58' Tavernier  89' Lammers  90+3' Goldson  90+8'	Report	Gomez  37' Vitík  45+1' Haraslín 77' Laçi  79' Preciado  90+5'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,838 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 5	Sparta Prague	1–0	Real Betis	Prague, Czech Republic
18:45	Birmančević  38' Haraslín 54'	Report	Ruibal  22' Pezzella  70' Miranda  88' Rodríguez  90+2'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 18,095 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

14 December 2023 (2023-12-14) 6	Aris Limassol	1–3	Sparta Prague	Limassol, Cyprus
21:00 (22:00 EET)	Cajú  77' Bengtsson 84' Brown  86' Brorsson  90+2'	Report	Krejčí  3' Kuchta 4' Birmančević 11', 45+1' Kairinen  87'	Stadium: Alphamega Stadium Attendance: 2,859 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

15 February 2024 (2024-02-15) First leg	Galatasaray	3–2	Sparta Prague	Istanbul, Turkey
18:45 (20:45 TRT)	Demirbay 19' Yılmaz  47' Mertens 61' Nelsson  62' Aktürkoğlu  82' Icardi 90+1'	Report	Laçi  41' Preciado 47' Ryneš  50'  80' Kuchta 65' Birmančević  79' Krejčí  82'	Stadium: Rams Park Attendance: 46,583 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

22 February 2024 (2024-02-22) Second leg	Sparta Prague	4–1 (6–4 agg.)	Galatasaray	Prague, Czech Republic
21:00	Preciado 8',  85' Sørensen  31' Tuci 74' Kuchta  76' Haraslín 80' Kuchta 90+6' Priske (not on pitch)  90+7'	Report	Bardakcı 16' Demirbay  22' Kutlu  24' Ayhan  68' Vinícius  90+7' Buruk (not on pitch)  90+8'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 18,205 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Round of 16

7 March 2024 First leg	Sparta Prague	1–5	Liverpool	Prague, Czech Republic
	Bradley 46' (o.g.) Krejčí  62' Zelený  73'	Report	Mac Allister 6' (pen.) Núñez 25', 45+3' Díaz 53' Szoboszlai 90+4'	Stadium: epet ARENA Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

14 March 2024 Second leg	Liverpool	6–1 (11–2 agg.)	Sparta Prague	Liverpool, England
20:00 GMT	Núñez 7' Clark 8' Salah 10' Gakpo 14', 55' Szoboszlai 48' Quansah  65'	Report	Birmančević 42'	Stadium: Anfield Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 26 May 2024

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Czech First League		Czech Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	DEN	Peter Vindahl Jensen	47	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
24	GK	CZE	Vojtěch Vorel	7	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
17	DF	ECU	Ángelo Preciado	26	3	11+2	1	3	0	0	0	9+1	2
19	DF	CZE	Jan Mejdr	10	0	4+2	0	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
25	DF	DEN	Asger Sørensen	39	2	23+2	1	1+1	0	2	0	10	1
26	DF	CZE	Patrik Vydra	14	1	3+5	1	2+1	0	0	0	0+3	0
27	DF	CZE	Filip Panák	42	2	27+3	1	3	0	2	0	6+1	1
28	DF	CZE	Tomáš Wiesner	39	3	18+10	3	0+2	0	1	0	4+4	0
30	DF	CZE	Jaroslav Zelený	38	1	14+8	1	4+1	0	2	0	7+2	0
41	DF	CZE	Martin Vitík	42	5	22+5	4	3+1	0	0+2	0	9	1
Midfielders
4	MF	NOR	Markus Solbakken	18	0	5+7	0	1+2	0	0	0	2+1	0
6	MF	FIN	Kaan Kairinen	44	2	21+7	2	1+1	0	2	0	12	0
8	MF	CZE	David Pavelka	10	1	4+2	1	2	0	0	0	0+2	0
10	MF	CZE	Adam Karabec	30	5	10+11	4	1+1	1	0	0	2+5	0
14	MF	SRB	Veljko Birmančević	48	22	29+3	16	3	1	2	1	9+2	4
18	MF	CZE	Lukáš Sadílek	48	1	24+8	1	3+1	0	2	0	2+8	0
20	MF	ALB	Qazim Laçi	43	2	16+11	1	2	0	0+2	1	9+3	0
21	MF	CZE	Jakub Pešek	30	2	7+13	2	1+1	0	0+2	0	0+6	0
22	MF	SVK	Lukáš Haraslín	44	16	22+7	12	1+1	0	2	0	8+3	4
29	MF	CZE	Michal Ševčík	8	3	0+5	1	2+1	2	0	0	0	0
32	MF	CZE	Matěj Ryneš	40	1	21+7	1	3+2	0	0	0	5+2	0
33	MF	CZE	Roman Horák	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	CZE	Ladislav Krejčí	39	11	25+1	8	2	0	2	0	9	3
Forwards
7	FW	NGA	Victor Olatunji	47	8	7+23	3	2+3	3	0+1	1	5+6	1
9	FW	CZE	Jan Kuchta	49	21	28+4	17	2+1	1	2	0	11+1	3
11	FW	ALB	Indrit Tuci	14	1	3+6	0	2	0	0	0	0+3	1
39	FW	CZE	Václav Sejk	16	1	1+11	0	2	1	0	0	0+2	0
49	FW	CZE	Tomáš Schánělec	2	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
5	DF	GAM	James Gomez	8	0	3+2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW	BUL	Martin Minchev	6	1	2+1	1	0	0	0+2	0	0+1	0

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External links

• Official website

• AC Sparta Prague seasons
• Czech Republic football clubs 2023–24 season
• 2023–24 UEFA Champions League participants seasons
• 2023–24 UEFA Europa League participants seasons
• Czech Republic football championship–winning seasons