2024–25 AC Sparta Prague season
2024–25 season | |||
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Manager | Lars Friis | ||
Stadium | Stadion Letná | ||
Czech First League | 2nd | ||
Czech Cup | Pre-season | ||
UEFA Champions League | League phase | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Veljko Birmančević Lukáš Haraslín Ermal Krasniqi Victor Olatunji Martin Vitík (3 each) All: Veljko Birmančević Victor Olatunji (6 each) | ||
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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 scheduled to participate in the Czech Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
Transfers
[edit]In
[edit]Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
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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
[edit]Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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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] |
- Notes
- † Loan transfer made permanent
Friendlies
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]29 June 2024 Friendly | Sparta Prague | 3–1 | AIK | Prague |
15:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Letná |
5 July 2024 Friendly | Sparta Prague | 3–0 | Spartak Trnava | Prague |
15:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Letná |
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 |
Competitions
[edit]Overall record
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
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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 | 83.33 | |
Total | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 85.71 |
Last updated: 23 July 2024
Source: Soccerway
Czech First League
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Slavia Prague | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 7 | +34 | 50 | Qualification for the championship group |
2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 43 | |
3 | Sparta Prague | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 37 | |
4 | Baník Ostrava | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 36 | |
5 | Jablonec | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 30 |
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.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[12]
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
[edit]The match schedule was released on 20 June 2024.[13]
19 July 2024 1 | Sparta Prague | 2–1 | Pardubice | Prague |
19:00 |
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Stadium: Stadion Letná Referee: Jan Všetečka |
Czech Cup
[edit]UEFA Champions League
[edit]As the Czech First League champions, Sparta entered the competition in the second qualifying round.
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
Second qualifying round
[edit]The second qualifying round draw was held on 19 June 2024, Sparta were drawn against League of Ireland Premier Division champions Shamrock Rovers.[14]
23 July 2024 First leg | Shamrock Rovers | 0–2 | Sparta Prague | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
19:00 IST |
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Report |
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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
[edit]The third qualifying round draw was held on 22 July 2024, Sparta were drawn against Liga I champions FCSB.[15]
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
[edit]The play-off round draw was held on 5 August 2024, Sparta were drawn against Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF.[16]
21 August 2024 First leg | Malmö FF | 0–2 | Sparta Prague | Malmö, Sweden |
21:00 CEST |
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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 |
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Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 18,215 Referee: Clément Turpin (France) |
League phase
[edit]The league phase draw was held on 29 August 2024.[17]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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26 | VfB Stuttgart | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 |
27 | Shakhtar Donetsk (Y) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 4 |
28 | Sparta Prague (Y) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 4 |
29 | Sturm Graz (Z) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 |
30 | Girona (Z) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 |
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (seeded); (Z) Cannot advance directly to the round of 16, but may still qualify via the play-offs (unseeded)
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
18 September 2024 1 | Sparta Prague | 3–0 | Red Bull Salzburg | Prague, Czech Republic |
18:45 CEST | Report |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Letná Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
11 December 2024 6 | Feyenoord | v | Sparta Prague | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
21:00 CET | Report | Stadium: De Kuip |
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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Done, Ermal Krasniqi is sold to this team - KOHA.net". 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Sparta uplatnila opci, kliďas Vindahl zůstává na Letné". Sport.cz. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Sparta Prague secures Serbian star Veljko Birmančević for €3.3 million on his birthday - News - Nogomania". en.nogomania.com.
- ^ "Birmančević kmenovým hráčem". sparta.cz.
- ^ "Přichází Mathias Ross". sparta.cz.
- ^ "Imanol García de Albéniz".
- ^ Pérez, Tatiana (14 June 2024). "Oficial: Ladislav Krejci, el primer fitxatge de Champions". Diari de Girona.
- ^ "Michal Ševčík odchází na hostování s opcí".
- ^ "Václav Sejk nowym napastnikiem Miedziowych!". www.zaglebie.com.
- ^ "Karabec do Hamburku". sparta.cz.
- ^ "Hostování pro Patrika Vydru". sparta.cz.
- ^ "Herní model". Chance Liga (in Czech). Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Ligový los 2024/25: Sparta začne doma, první derby bude na Slavii".
- ^ "UEFA Champions League second qualifying round draw". UEFA. 19 June 2024.
- ^ "UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw". UEFA. 22 July 2024.
- ^ "UEFA Champions League play-off round draw". UEFA. 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Champions League league phase draw: All 36 teams learn their opponents". UEFA. 29 August 2024.