2017–18 AC Sparta Prague season

Sparta Prague
2017–18 season
President	Daniel Křetínský
Head coach	Andrea Stramaccioni; (until 6 March); Pavel Hapal; (from 6 March)
Stadium	Generali Arena
Czech First League	5th
Czech Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Josef Šural (9); All: ; Josef Šural (10)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 AC Sparta Prague season was the club's 123rd season in existence and the 25th 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 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[2]^[1]

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	ROU	Florin Niță
2	DF	TUR	Semih Kaya
3	DF	ARG	Emanuel Insúa
4	DF	BIH	Eldar Čivić
7	MF	SRB	Mihailo Ristić
8	DF	CZE	David Hovorka
9	MF	GAB	Guélor Kanga
10	MF	ROU	Nicolae Stanciu
11	MF	ISR	Tal Ben Haim
13	DF	SWE	Johan Larsson
14	FW	CZE	Václav Kadlec
16	MF	CZE	Michal Sáček
17	MF	CZE	Martin Frýdek


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	CZE	Matěj Pulkrab
19	DF	SVK	Lukáš Štetina
20	MF	CZE	Martin Hašek
22	MF	SRB	Srđan Plavšić
23	FW	CZE	Josef Šural
24	MF	FRA	Rio Mavuba
25	MF	CZE	Jiří Kulhánek
26	DF	ZIM	Costa Nhamoinesu
27	DF	CZE	Ondřej Čelůstka
28	DF	CZE	Ondřej Zahustel
29	FW	GHA	Benjamin Tetteh
31	GK	CZE	Vojtěch Vorel
88	MF	ROU	Bogdan Vătăjelu

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
—	GK	SVK	Martin Dúbravka (to Newcastle United)
—	DF	CZE	David Březina (to FC Vlašim)
—	DF	BIH	Eldar Čivić (to Spartak Trnava)
—	DF	CZE	Václav Dudl (to FC Táborsko)
—	DF	SVK	Juraj Chvátal (to MŠK Žilina)
—	DF	CZE	Milan Kadlec (to FC Vlašim)
—	DF	CZE	Daniel Köstl (to Slovan Liberec)
—	DF	CZE	Daniel Mareček (to FC Vlašim)
—	DF	CZE	Martin Nový (to Vysočina Jihlava)
—	DF	CZE	Milan Piško (to FC Vlašim)
—	DF	CZE	Jan Vondra (to České Budějovice)
—	MF	ESP	Néstor Albiach (to Dukla Prague)
—	MF	CZE	Patrik Čavoš (to České Budějovice)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CZE	Christián Frýdek (to FC Vlašim)
—	MF	CZE	Filip Havelka (to Slovan Liberec)
—	MF	CMR	Georges Mandjeck (to FC Metz)
—	MF	CZE	Jakub Pešek (to České Budějovice)
—	MF	CZE	Rudolf Reiter (to Bohemians 1905)
—	MF	SRB	Vukadin Vukadinović (to FC Zlín)
—	MF	CZE	Tomáš Wiesner (to FC Slovan Liberec)
—	FW	CZE	David Čapek (to MFK Ružomberok)
—	FW	CZE	Filip Hašek (to České Budějovice)
—	FW	CZE	Jakub Nečas (to Mladá Boleslav)
—	FW	CZE	Lukáš Pouček (to Ústí nad Labem)
—	FW	CZE	Daniel Turyna (to FK Senica)

Competitions

Overview

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	30 July 2017	26 May 2018	Matchday 1	5th	30	14	11	5	43	25	+18	046.67
Czech Cup	20 September 2017	25 October 2017	Third round	Fourth round	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
UEFA Europa League	27 July 2017	3 August 2017	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Total					34	15	12	7	46	30	+16	044.12

Source: Soccerway

Czech First League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Jablonec	30	16	8	6	49	27	+22	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
4	Sigma Olomouc	30	15	10	5	41	22	+19	55	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
5	Sparta Prague	30	14	11	5	43	25	+18	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
6	Slovan Liberec	30	13	7	10	37	35	+2	46
7	Bohemians 1905	30	9	11	10	30	29	+1	38

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) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions, or relegation); 8) Draw.^[3]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Since the winners of the 2017–18 Czech Cup, Slavia Prague, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

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
30	14	11	5	43	25	+18	53	11	3	1	28	9	+19	3	8	4	15	16	−1

Source: See results

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D
Position	7	5	5	4	6	4	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	4	5

Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

30 July 2017 1	Sparta Prague	1–1	Bohemians 1905	Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lafata 16' (pen.)	Report	Hůlka 15' Šmíd 88' Dostál 90+1'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 16,724 Referee: Pavel Julínek

7 August 2017 2	Mladá Boleslav	0–1	Sparta Prague	Mladá Boleslav
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Stronati 26'	Report	Lafata 28' Ćivić 54' Sáček 90+2'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Jan Jílek

13 August 2017 3	Slovan Liberec	1–1	Sparta Prague	Liberec
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kúdela 30' 55' Kerbr 55' 57' Ševčík 55' Breite 63' Coufal 82'	Report	Sáček 18' Frýdek 27' Mandjeck 49' Ben Haim 58' Ćivić 61' 71' Rosický 82'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

18 August 2017 4	Sparta Prague	1–0	Slovácko	Prague
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Lafata 60'	Report	Reinberk 24' Hofmann 85' Daníček 88'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 11,696 Referee: Pavel Královec

26 August 2017 5	Zbrojovka Brno	2–0	Sparta Prague	Brno
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Polák 22' Pavlík 44' Vraštil 47' 67', 58'	Report	Mareček 13' Vácha 65'	Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Radek Příhoda

10 September 2017 6	Sparta Prague	2–0	MFK Karviná	Prague
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rosický 17' Hovorka 55'	Report		Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 9,320 Referee: Martin Nenadál

17 September 2017 7	Slavia Prague	2–0	Sparta Prague	Prague
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bořil 9' Ngadeu-Ngadjui 42' Škoda 71' Hušbauer 90'	Report	Mareček 40' Mandjeck 53' Costa 87' 89'	Stadium: Eden Aréna Attendance: 19,084 Referee: Jan Jílek

24 September 2017 8	Sparta Prague	3–0	Teplice	Prague
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	V. Kadlec 16', 57' Lafata 45' Hovorka 58'	Report	Rezek 28' Krob 46' Kučera 56' Červenka 78'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 7,974 Referee: Petr Ardeleánu

30 September 2017 9	Dukla Prague	0–0	Sparta Prague	Prague
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Milošević 47' Podaný 58' Holenda 84' Brandner 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Juliska Attendance: 6,547 Referee: Karel Hrubeš

15 October 2017 10	Sparta Prague	0–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Prague
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	V. Kadlec 10'	Report	Krmenčík 21' Kolář 39' Hejda 76' Havel 84' Hrošovský 90+1' Zeman 90+3'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 17,134 Referee: Radek Příhoda

21 October 2017 11	Jablonec	0–3	Sparta Prague	Jablonec nad Nisou
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Považanec 22' Tecl 77' Mihálik 87'	Report	Josef Šural 3', 16', 83' David Hovorka 18' M. Kadlec 88'	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 4,883 Referee: Petr Ardeleánu

29 October 2017 12	Sparta Prague	3–2	Baník Ostrava	Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Šural 8' (pen.), 24' Costa 51' Zahustel 52' Mandjeck 56' Mareček 78' Štetina 80'	Report	Granečný 10' 66' Baroš 35' Dyjan 55' Pokorný 82'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 9,125 Referee: Pavel Královec

5 November 2017 13	Fastav Zlín	2–2	Sparta Prague	Zlín
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ubong Ekpai 15' Gajić 53' Traoré 78' Džafić 90+1'	Report	Šural 24' Frýdek 76' Janko 78' Vătăjelu 80'	Stadium: Letná Stadion Attendance: 5,492 Referee: Zbyněk Proske

17 November 2017 14	Sparta Prague	1–0	Vysočina Jihlava	Prague
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	V. Kadlec 4' Costa 77' Dúbravka 90+2'	Report	Klíma 86'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 7,165 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

26 November 2017 15	Sigma Olomouc	1–0	Sparta Prague	Olomouc
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chorý 23' Sladký 56'	Report	Šural 58' Frýdek 83'	Stadium: Andrův stadion Attendance: 11,028 Referee: Pavel Královec

3 December 2017 16	Sparta Prague	3–0	Mladá Boleslav	Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ćivić 12', 22' Zahustel 16' Šural 36' Frýdek 39'	Report	Fabián 20' Jedlička 50' Pauschek 77'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 6,234 Referee: Karel Hrubeš

18 February 2018 17	Sparta Prague	2–0	Slovan Liberec	Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Stanciu 5' Kanga 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Karafiát 14' Bosančić 90'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 13 811 Referee: Petr Ardeleánu

24 February 2018 18	Slovácko	1–1	Sparta Prague	Uherské Hradiště
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Divíšek 20' Janošek 56' Zajíc 70' Petr 80'	Report	V. Kadlec 47' Drchal 53' Plavšić 72' Hovorka 78'	Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty Attendance: 4,820 Referee: Radek Příhoda

4 March 2018 19	Sparta Prague	1–1	Zbrojovka Brno	Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zahustel 61'	Report	Sukup 45' Juhar 50' Krejčí 64' Lutonský 66' Kryštůfek 69' Polák 71'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 7,513 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

10 March 2018 20	MFK Karviná	1–1	Sparta Prague	Karviná
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Budínský 33' Wágner 87' Panák 90+3'	Report	Kanga 24' Frýdek 85'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 4,833 Referee: Pavel Franěk

17 March 2018 21	Sparta Prague	3–3	Slavia Prague	Prague
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Stanciu 10', 43' Souček 31' (o.g.) Lafata 55' V. Kadlec 58' Plavšić 69' Šural 84' Štetina 90+4'	Report	Danny 34' Hromada 48' Deli 69' Stoch 70' Bořil 77' Deli 83' Škoda 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 17,034 Referee: Pavel Královec

31 March 2018 22	Teplice	1–1	Sparta Prague	Teplice
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ljevaković 37' Červenka 57'	Report	Stanciu 40' Zahustel 45'	Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 10,142 Referee: Emanuel Marek

7 April 2018 23	Sparta Prague	3–0	Dukla Prague	Prague
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Šural 3', 80' Plavšić 14' Kulhánek 88'	Report	Holík 22' Bilovský 51' Milošević 84'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Pavel Julínek

15 April 2018 24	Viktoria Plzeň	2–2	Sparta Prague	Plzeň
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Radim Řezník 30', 77' Michael Krmenčík 31' Tomáš Hořava 52' Roman Hubník 82'	Report	V. Kadlec 9' Plavšić 12' Štetina 28' Niță 31' Frýdek 47' Hovorka 66'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 11,623 Referee: Zbyněk Proske

20 April 2018 25	Sparta Prague	2–0	Jablonec	Prague
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Stanciu 32' Plavšić 40' V. Kadlec 62' Kanga 90+2'	Report	Holeš 31' Kubista 87' Zelený 90+1'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 12,289 Referee: Karel Hrubeš

28 April 2018 26	Baník Ostrava	3–2	Sparta Prague	Ostrava
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Šindelář 22', 55' Hlinka 51', 90' Breda 63' Baroš 86'	Report	Kanga 28' (pen.) Kulhánek 45+3' Štetina 49' V. Kadlec 60'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 15,020 Referee: Emanuel Marek

4 May 2018 27	Sparta Prague	2–1	Fastav Zlín	Prague
19:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Nicolae Stanciu 20', 50' Lafata 59' Plavšić 77'	Report	Traoré 36' Bačo 61' Ubong Ekpai 78'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 9,437 Referee: Marek Nenadál

11 May 2018 28	Vysočina Jihlava	0–1	Sparta Prague	Jihlava
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Levin 64'	Report	Kanga 81', 82'	Stadium: Stadion v Jiráskově ulici Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Ondřej Berka

19 May 2018 29	Sparta Prague	1–0	Sigma Olomouc	Prague
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Šural 46' Plavšić 59' Štetina 74'	Report	Vepřek 30' 38' Jemelka 80'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 14,297 Referee: Radek Příhoda

26 May 2018 30	Bohemians 1905	0–0	Sparta Prague	Prague
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Frýdek 61' Šural 83'	Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 4,970 Referee: Pavel Franěk

Czech Cup

20 September 2017 Third round	Znojmo	0–1	Sparta Prague	Znojmo
18:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Cihlář 11' Růsek 29'	Report	Vătăjelu 26' Sáček 27' Mandjeck 71' Mareček 88' Dúbravka 90+2'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Emanuel Marek

25 October 2017 Fourth round	Sparta Prague	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Baník Ostrava	Prague
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mavuba 20' Janko 77', 80' Sáček 104' Šural 108'	Report	Morgan 15' Šindelář 35' Hrubý 37' Stáňa 82' Šustr 90+2' Pokorný 91' Azatskyi 93', 116' O. Šašinka 119' J. Šašinka 120+1'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 4,213 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec
	Penalties
	Šural Janko Néstor Karavayev		Pazdera Hrubý J. Šašinka O. Šašinka

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

27 July 2017 First leg	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	Sparta Prague	Belgrade, Serbia
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boakye 13' Le Tallec 62' Kanga 65', 66'	Report	Vătăjelu 51'	Stadium: Rajko Mitić Stadium Attendance: 32,816^[4] Referee: Sergey Lapochkin (Russia)

3 August 2017 Second leg	Sparta Prague	0–1 (0–3 agg.)	Red Star Belgrade	Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mandjeck 59'	Report	Boakye 19', 80' Borjan 75'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 16,808^[4] Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

References

^ ^a ^b "Sparta Prague 2017/2018". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Sparta Prague Squad 2017/2018". fortunaliga.cz/. Fortuna liga. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Czech Liga 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Europa League – Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.4367188245229-3] Since the winners of the 2017–18 Czech Cup, Slavia Prague, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

[foot18-1] "Sparta Prague 2017/2018". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[2] "Sparta Prague Squad 2017/2018". fortunaliga.cz/. Fortuna liga. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[4] "Czech Liga 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[AttendanceQR3-5] "Summary UEFA Europa League – Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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