2021–22 AC Sparta Prague season

Sparta Prague
2021–22 season
President	Daniel Křetínský
Head coach	Pavel Vrba
Stadium	Stadion Letná
Czech First League	3rd
Czech Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Hložek (9); All: Adam Hložek (12)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2021–22 season was 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 participated in this season's editions of the Czech Cup, the UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 January 2022[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
4	DF	CZE	Adam Gabriel
6	MF	CZE	Filip Souček
7	FW	CZE	Tomáš Čvančara
8	MF	CZE	David Pavelka
9	MF	CZE	Ladislav Krejčí
10	MF	CZE	Bořek Dočkal (captain)
11	MF	BUL	Martin Minchev
16	MF	CZE	Michal Sáček
17	DF	DEN	Casper Højer Nielsen
18	FW	CZE	Matěj Pulkrab
20	FW	CZE	Adam Hložek


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	CZE	Jakub Pešek
22	MF	SVK	Lukáš Haraslín (on loan from Sassuolo)
24	MF	CZE	Matěj Polidar
27	DF	CZE	Filip Panák
28	DF	CZE	Tomáš Wiesner
29	GK	CZE	Milan Heča
33	DF	SVK	Dávid Hancko
36	MF	CZE	Adam Karabec
37	MF	CZE	Ladislav Krejčí II
39	FW	CZE	Lukáš Juliš
40	GK	CZE	František Kotek
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	Hugo Jan Bačkovský (at Bohemians 1905)
—	GK	CZE	Vojtěch Vorel (at Dynamo České Budějovice)
—	MF	CZE	Filip Havelka (at Dynamo České Budějovice)
—	DF	CZE	Matěj Hanousek (at Wisła Kraków)
—	DF	CZE	Dominik Plechatý (at Slovan Liberec)
—	DF	SVK	Lukáš Štetina (at Slovan Liberec)
—	MF	CZE	Michal Trávník (at Kasımpaşa)
—	MF	CZE	Jan Fortelný (at FK Teplice)
—	FW	CZE	Václav Sejk (at FK Teplice)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	NOR	Andreas Vindheim (at FC Schalke 04)
—	DF	CZE	Lukáš Hušek (at FK Varnsdorf)
—	DF	CZE	Filip Gedeon (at Ústí nad Labem)
—	DF	SVK	Kristián Flak (at Liptovský Mikuláš)
—	MF	CZE	Jiří Kulhánek (at Dukla Prague)
—	FW	CZE	Václav Drchal (at Dynamo Dresden)
—	FW	CZE	Ondřej Novotný (at 1. FK Příbram)
—	FW	CZE	Vojtěch Patrák (at Pardubice)

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	15 May 2022	Matchday 1	3rd	35	22	7	6	71	38	+33	062.86
Czech Cup	22 September 2021	18 May 2022	Third round	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	12	6	+6	080.00
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	9 December 2021	Group stage	Group stage	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	033.33
Total					50	29	8	13	93	60	+33	058.00

Source: Soccerway

Czech First League

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slavia Prague	30	23	4	3	71	19	+52	73	Qualification for the championship group
2	Viktoria Plzeň	30	22	6	2	53	19	+34	72
3	Sparta Prague	30	20	6	4	65	32	+33	66
4	Slovácko	30	18	5	7	50	30	+20	59
5	Baník Ostrava	30	14	9	7	54	39	+15	51

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
35	22	7	6	72	40	+32	73	14	3	1	41	16	+25	8	4	5	31	24	+7

Source: Fortuna Liga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W
Position	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2022. 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	Daněk 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

25 September 2021 9	Zlín	2–5	Sparta Prague	Zlín
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chanturishvili 18' Hrubý 22' Dominik Simerský 41' David Tkáč 45+2' Vraštil 68' Cedidla 79' Poznar 90'	Report	Čelůstka 8' Panák 45+1' Pešek 57' Hložek 76' Dominik Simerský 81' (o.g.) Minchev 90+1'	Stadium: Letná Stadion Attendance: 4,520 Referee: Jan Machálek

3 October 2021 10	Sparta Prague	1–0	Slavia Prague	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavelka 38' Haraslín 42' Dočkal 73' Sáček 83' Niță 90+3'	Report	Ousou 27' 41' Kuchta 45' Krmenčík 78' Bah 82'	Stadium: Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena Attendance: 17,093 Referee: Ondřej Berka

17 October 2021 11	Pardubice	2–4	Sparta Prague	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cadu 55' Lukáš Červ 63' Martin Šejvl 76' David Huf 87'	Report	Minchev 20' 45+3' Wiesner 26' Pešek 60'	Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 3,537 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

24 October 2021 12	Sparta Prague	1–0	Mladá Boleslav	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pavelka 44' Dočkal 75' Karabec 79' Hložek 90+3' Holec 90+4'	Report	Matějovský 43' Jurásek 90+1'	Stadium: Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena Attendance: 7,544 Referee: Pavel Julínek

Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viktoria Plzeň (C)	35	26	7	2	63	21	+42	85	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Slavia Prague	35	24	6	5	80	27	+53	78	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Sparta Prague	35	22	7	6	72	40	+32	73
4	Slovácko	35	21	5	9	59	38	+21	68	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Baník Ostrava	35	15	10	10	60	48	+12	55
6	Hradec Králové	35	10	14	11	44	52	−8	44

Source: Fortuna 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:

Slovácko qualified for the Europa League as Czech Cup winners.

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

27 October 2021 Round of 16	Teplice	0 – 2	Sparta Prague	Teplice
17:00 CET	Josef Švanda 18'	Report	Moberg Karlsson 19' (pen.) Dočkal 39' Sáček 90'	Stadium: AGC Aréna Na Stínadlech Attendance: 3,412 Referee: Pavel Franěk

9 February 2022 Quarterfinal	Slavia Prague	0 – 2	Sparta Prague	Prague
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kacharaba 12' 86' Schranz 28'	Report	M.Suchomel 6' L.Krejčí II 10' 73' Pešek 26'	Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Pavel Orel

3 March 2022 Semifinal	Sparta Prague	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	FK Jablonec	Prague
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Čvančara 45' 90+5' 96' Wiesner 45+1' L.Krejčí II 47' 78' Hložek 92' Souček 115' Heča 116'	Report	Malínský 35' 54' Kratochvíl 50' 90+12' Štěpánek 57' Martinec 90+1' Černák 107'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 4,986 Referee: Tomáš Klíma

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 Attendance: 5,476 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

Group A

Pos	Team	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 1	Brøndby	0 – 0	Sparta Prague	Brøndbyvester, Denmark
21:00 CET	Rosted 45+2' Pavlović 85'	Report	Souček 45+2' Čelůstka 60'	Stadium: Brøndby Stadium Attendance: 18,867 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev

30 September 2021 2	Sparta Prague	1 – 0	Rangers	Prague
18:45 CET	Hancko 29' Wiesner 43' Haraslín 70'	Report	Kamara 42' 74' Sakala 67'	Stadium: Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena Attendance: 10,879 Referee: Ali Palabıyık

21 October 2021 3	Sparta Prague	3 – 4	Lyon	Prague
21:00 CET	Haraslín 4' 19' 59' Pavelka 80' Krejčí 90+6'	Report	Henrique 24' Toko Ekambi 42' 62' 88' Gusto 52' 74' Aouar 53' Boateng 59' Lucas Paquetá 67' 68' Thiago Mendes 85'	Stadium: Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena Attendance: 12,427 Referee: Matej Jug

4 November 2021 4	Lyon	3 – 0	Sparta Prague	Décines-Charpieu, France
18:45 CET	Slimani 61', 64' Toko Ekambi 90+2'	Report	Vindheim 40' Krejčí II 63'	Stadium: Groupama Stadium Attendance: 33,934 Referee: Maurizio Mariani

25 November 2021 5	Rangers	2 – 0	Sparta Prague	Glasgow, Scotland
21:00 CET	Morelos 15', 48' Hagi 45' Barišić 57'	Report	Krejčí 45+1'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,370 Referee: Danny Makkelie

9 December 2021 6	Sparta Prague	2 – 0	Brøndby	Stadion Letná, Prague
18:45 CET	Hancko 43' Wiesner 47' 57' Pulkrab 48' Hložek 49' Souček 51'	Report	Slimane 7' 75' Riveros 47' Maxso 48' Singh 88'	Attendance: 976[5] Referee: Craig Pawson

UEFA Conference League

Knockout round play-offs

17 February 2022 Knockout round play-off	Sparta Prague	0–1	Partizan Belgrade	Prague
21:00 CET	Hložek 67' Krejčí 90'	Report	Marković 32' Menig 78' Terzić 90' Vujačić 90'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 1,000[6] Referee: Andreas Ekberg

24 February 2022 Knockout round play-off	Partizan Belgrade	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Sparta Prague	Belgrade, Serbia
18:45 CET	Gomes 7', 24' 6' 66' Miletić 46' Urošević 85' Popović 90+1' Holender 90+3' Jevtović 90+4'	Report	Krejčí 35' Čvančara 48' Hložek 85' Wiesner 90+4'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 15,864 Referee: Georgi Kabakov

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[table_note_res_EL3Q0.28851371271932-3] Slovácko qualified for the Europa League as Czech Cup winners.

[1] "A-tým". AC Sparta Praha.

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

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

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

[6] "Sparta Prague vs. Brøndby" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[7] "Sparta Prague vs. Partizan" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.