2023–24 AC Sparta Prague season

AC Sparta Prague

2023–24 season
President	Daniel Křetínský
Head coach	Brian Priske
Stadium	epet ARENA
Czech First League	1st
Czech Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Jan Kuchta (17) All: Veljko Birmančević (22)
Average home league attendance	17,084

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[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  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	[2]
MF	Veljko Birmančević	Toulouse	Loan	22 June 2023	[3]
FW	Victor Olatunji	Slovan Liberec	Undisclosed	17 July 2023	[4]
DF	James Gomez	AC Horsens	Undisclosed	19 July 2023	[5]
GK	Peter Vindahl Jensen	AZ	Loan	25 July 2023	[6]
DF	Ángelo Preciado	Genk	€2,500,000	4 September 2023	[7]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Tomáš Čvančara	Borussia Mönchengladbach	€10,500,000	14 July 2023	[8]
MF	Michal Trávník	Slovácko	Undisclosed	17 July 2023	[9]
DF	Andreas Vindheim	Teplice	Loan	7 September 2023	[10]
MF	Kryštof Daněk	Pardubice	Loan	8 September 2023	[11]
DF	Casper Højer	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	10 September 2023	[12]
FW	Martin Minchev	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	10 September 2023	[13]

Pre-season and friendlies

Sparta Prague v Vysočina Jihlava

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

Dinamo Zagreb v Sparta Prague

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

Čukarički v Sparta Prague

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

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Czech First League	23 July 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1		22	19	2	1	55	15	+40	086.36
Czech Cup	27 September 2023		Third round		2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
UEFA Champions League	8 August 2023	15 August 2023	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	0	2	0	3	3	+0	000.00
UEFA Europa League	24 August 2023		Play-off round		12	5	1	6	22	26	−4	041.67
Total					38	26	5	7	83	45	+38	068.42

Last updated: 25 February 2024
Source: Soccerway

Czech First League

Main article: 2023–24 Czech First League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sparta Prague	30	24	4	2	70	26	+44	76	Qualification for the Championship group
2	Slavia Prague	30	22	6	2	62	23	+39	72
3	Viktoria Plzeň	30	19	5	6	67	33	+34	62
4	Baník Ostrava	30	13	6	11	48	39	+9	45
5	Mladá Boleslav	30	12	8	10	50	46	+4	44

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.[14]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		SPA	SLA	PLZ	OST	MLA	SLO
1	Sparta Prague (C)	35	27	6	2	82	30	+52	87	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		—	0–0	1–1	2–1	—	—
2	Slavia Prague	35	26	7	2	76	24	+52	85	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a]		—	—	3–0	5–0	4–0	—
3	Viktoria Plzeň	35	21	7	7	76	40	+36	70	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round		—	—	—	1–1	3–0	4–2
4	Baník Ostrava	35	14	7	14	56	48	+8	49	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round		—	—	—	—	0–1	6–0
5	Mladá Boleslav (O)	35	13	8	14	51	59	−8	47	Qualification for the Conference League play-off final		0–5	—	—	—	—	0–1
6	Slovácko	35	12	8	15	45	56	−11	44			2–4	1–2	—	—	—	—

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; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

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.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		JAB	PCE	BOH	KAR	CBU	ZLN
11	Jablonec	35	9	14	12	45	50	−5	41			—	3–0	—	3–2	—	1–0
12	Pardubice	35	11	7	17	39	47	−8	40			—	—	—	4–0	3–2	2–0
13	Bohemians 1905	35	9	12	14	34	48	−14	39			1–1	0–1	—	1–3	—	—
14	Karviná (O)	35	8	8	19	38	62	−24	32	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		—	—	—	—	1–0	2–2
15	České Budějovice (O)	35	7	8	20	41	70	−29	29			2–2	—	2–1	—	—	—
16	Zlín (R)	35	5	12	18	40	69	−29	27	Relegation to FNL		—	—	1–2	—	1–1	—

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.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
22	19	2	1	55	15	+40	59	11	0	0	32	6	+26	8	2	1	23	9	+14

Last updated: 25 February 2024.
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
Ground	H	A	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
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	5	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 24 September 2023. Source: FORTUNA:LIGA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.[15]

Sparta Prague v Sigma Olomouc

23 July 2023 1	Sparta Prague	2–0	Sigma Olomouc	Prague
18:00 UTC+2	Haraslín 16', 55'	Report	Vraštil  5' Pospíšil  9'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 17,153 Referee: Ladislav Szikszay

Zlín v Sparta Prague

29 July 2023 2	Zlín	0–1	Sparta Prague	Zlín
15:00 UTC+2	Cedidla  27' Žák  29' Didiba  79' Janetzký  84'	Report	Laci  31' Krejčí 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Letná Stadion Attendance: 5,521 Referee: Dalibor Černý

Sparta Prague v Pardubice

5 August 2023 3	Sparta Prague	5–2	Pardubice	Prague
15:00 UTC+2	Kuchta 15', 24' Haraslín 22' Zelený  34' Wiesner 47' Birmančević 56'	Report	Surzyn  45+4' Darmovzal 65' Krobot 73'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 16,911 Referee: Tomáš Klíma

Jablonec v Sparta Prague

12 August 2023 4	Jablonec	1–5	Sparta Prague	Jablonec nad Nisou
18:00 UTC+2	Martinec  56' Drchal 60' Alégué  73' Černák  90+1'	Report	Vitík 12', 27' Minchev 35' Kairinen 39' Sejk  44' Wiesner 45+1' Sadílek  88'	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 5,684 Referee: Tomáš Batík

Teplice v Sparta Prague

19 August 2023 5	Teplice	1–1	Sparta Prague	Teplice
18:00 UTC+2	Frťala (not on pitch)  45+6' Fila  46' Hora  59' Yasser 85'	Report	Kuchta 35' Krejčí  45+3' Loučka (not on pitch)  45+6'	Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 15,840 Referee: Stanislav Volek

Sparta Prague v Karviná

27 August 2023 6	Sparta Prague	3–1	Karviná	Prague
18:00 UTC+2	Karabec 6',  57' Ryneš 27' Pavelka 87'	Report	Bartl  75' Mikuš 82'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 16,256 Referee: Jan Machálek

Slovan Liberec v Sparta Prague

3 September 2023 7	Slovan Liberec	0–2	Sparta Prague	Liberec
15:00 UTC+2	Červ  44' Prebsl  61' Pourzitidis  66'  87' Kozel (not on pitch)  67'	Report	Zelený  44' Olatunji  50' Haraslín 69', 77'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 7,627 Referee: Ladislav Szikszay

Sparta Prague v Slovácko

17 September 2023 8	Sparta Prague	5–0	Slovácko	Prague
18:00 UTC+2	Birmančević 11', 70' Wiesner 20' Haraslín 45+1' Olatunji 81'	Report	Valenta  45+1' Doski  90'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 17,039 Referee: Jan Všetečka

Slavia Prague v Sparta Prague

24 September 2023 9	Slavia Prague	1–1	Sparta Prague	Prague
18:00 UTC+2	Jurečka 58' (pen.) Ogbu  69' Zafeiris  81' Bořil  88' Chytil  90' Wallem  90+1' Schranz  90+5'	Report	Preciado  22' Olatunji  32' Panák  73' Laçi  82' Pešek  84' Krejčí  88' Haraslín 90+10' (pen.),  90+11'	Stadium: Fortuna Arena Attendance: 19,370 Referee: Ladislav Szikszay

Sparta Prague v Viktoria Plzeň

30 September 2023 10	Sparta Prague	2–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Prague
18:00 UTC+2	Laçi 3' Kuchta 27' Preciado  80' Jensen (after the match)	Report	Dweh  8' Durosinmi 26' Cadu  60' Staněk (after the match)	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 17,791 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

Hradec Králové v Sparta Prague

8 October 2023 11	Hradec Králové	1–3	Sparta Prague	Hradec Králové
15:00 UTC+2	Pilař 64'	Report	Olatunji  11' Karabec 15', 34' Friis (not on pitch)  20' Wiesner  69' Kuchta 71'	Stadium: Malšovická aréna Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Petr Hocek

Sparta Prague v České Budějovice

22 October 2023 12	Sparta Prague	4–0	České Budějovice	Prague
15:00 UTC+2	Kairinen 17',  40' Pešek 45' Sørensen 46' Panák  69' Ševčík 76'	Report		Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 16,537 Referee: Ondřej Berka

Mladá Boleslav v Sparta Prague

29 October 2023 13	Mladá Boleslav	3–1	Sparta Prague	Mladá Boleslav
15:00 UTC+1	Kušej 24' Matějovský 45' Jawo 87'	Report	Pešek 29' Kuchta  86' Ryneš  90+3' Sejk  90+3'	Stadium: Lokotrans Aréna Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dalibor Černý

Sparta Prague v Bohemians 1905

4 November 2023 14	Sparta Prague	2–0	Bohemians 1905	Prague
18:00 UTC+1	Birmančević  37', 68' (pen.) Friis (not on pitch)  37' Wiesner  71' Sadílek 81' Sørensen  88'	Report	Prekop  29' Shejbal  90' Köstl  90+5'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 17,411 Referee: Marek Radina

Baník Ostrava v Sparta Prague

12 November 2023 15	Baník Ostrava	0–1	Sparta Prague	Ostrava
15:00 UTC+1	Ewerton  27' Kubala  32' Lischka  32' Bernady (not on pitch)  64' Ndefe  76'	Report	Kuchta  34' Priske (not on pitch)  45' Panák 49' Loučka (not on pitch)  64' Jensen  90+9'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 15,081 Referee: Jan Petřík

Sparta Prague v Zlín

26 November 2023 16	Sparta Prague	2–0	Zlín	Prague
18:00 UTC+1	Birmančević 3', 40'	Report	Černín  30'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 16,877 Referee: Jan Všetečka

Pardubice v Sparta Prague

3 December 2023 17	Pardubice	1–2	Sparta Prague	Pardubice
15:00 UTC+1	Zlatohlávek 26' Vacek  79' Ortíz  90+7' Mikula (not on pitch)  90+9'	Report	Krejčí 19', 65' Kuchta  79' Kairinen  90+9'	Stadium: CFIG Arena Attendance: 4,620 Referee: Dalibor Černý

Sparta Prague v Jablonec

9 December 2023 18	Sparta Prague	3–0	Jablonec	Prague
15:00 UTC+1	Kuchta 15' Haraslín 17' Preciado 24' Vitík  58' Laçi  64'	Report	Alégué  39' Štěpánek  54' Kratochvíl  69'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 16,111 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

Sparta Prague v Teplice

17 December 2023 19	Sparta Prague	2–1	Teplice	Prague
18:00 UTC+1	Sadílek  4' Krejčí  30', 72' Olatunji 90'	Report	Chaloupek  8' Yasser 13' Křišťan  48' Tsykalo  90+6'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 16,530 Referee: Dominik Starý

Karviná v Sparta Prague

10 February 2024 20	Karviná	0–3	Sparta Prague	Karviná
15:00 UTC+1	Holec  60' E. Muryc (not on pitch)  69' Bederka  90+2'	Report	Krejčí 31' Karabec 60' Kuchta 69'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 4,238 Referee: Karel Rouček

Sparta Prague v Slovan Liberec

18 February 2024 21	Sparta Prague	2–1	Slovan Liberec	Prague
18:00 UTC+1	Pešek  24' Haraslín 47' Olatunji 49' F. Hrdlička (not on pitch)  75' Wiesner  84'	Report	Horský 68',  79'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 16,829 Referee: Jan Všetečka

Slovácko v Sparta Prague

25 February 2024 22	Slovácko	1–3	Sparta Prague	Uherské Hradiště
18:00 UTC+1	Juroška 21'	Report	Vitík 11' Birmančević 56' Haraslín 76'	Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty

Sparta Prague v Slavia Prague

3 March 2024 23	Sparta Prague	0–0	Slavia Prague	Prague
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: epet ARENA

Viktoria Plzeň v Sparta Prague

10 March 2024 24	Viktoria Plzeň	4–0	Sparta Prague	Plzeň
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Doosan Arena

Sparta Prague v Hradec Králové

16 March 2024 25	Sparta Prague	2–1	Hradec Králové	Prague
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: epet ARENA

České Budějovice v Sparta Prague

30 March 2024 26	České Budějovice	0–1	Sparta Prague	České Budějovice
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov

Sparta Prague v Mladá Boleslav

7 April 2024 27	Sparta Prague	1–1	Mladá Boleslav	Prague
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: epet ARENA

Bohemians 1905 v Sparta Prague

13 April 2024 28	Bohemians 1905	1–3	Sparta Prague	Prague
15:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Ďolíček

Sparta Prague v Baník Ostrava

20 April 2024 29	Sparta Prague	4–3	Baník Ostrava	Prague
15:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: epet ARENA

Sigma Olomouc v Sparta Prague

28 April 2024 30	Sigma Olomouc	1–4	Sparta Prague	Olomouc
15:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Andrův stadion

Czech Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Czech Cup

Líšeň v Sparta Prague

27 September 2023 (2023-09-27) Third round	Líšeň	0–1	Sparta Prague	Brno
15:00	Jokovič  90' Jeřábek  90+4'	Report	Ševčík 48' Ryneš  81' Vorel  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion SK Líšeň Attendance: 1,735 Referee: Jan Petřík

Bohemians 1905 v Sparta Prague

1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) Fourth round	Bohemians 1905	1–2	Sparta Prague	Prague
16:30	Kadlec  16', 22' Vondra  25' Hybš  78'	Report	Sejk  34', 52' Ševčík 69' Pavelka  90+2' Mejdr  90+3'	Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 5,012 Referee: Jan Petřík

See also: Prague derby

Slavia Prague v Sparta Prague

28 February 2024 (2024-02-28) Quarter-finals	Slavia Prague	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Sparta Prague	Prague
16:00				Stadium: Fortuna Arena

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

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

Copenhagen v Sparta Prague

8 August 2023 (2023-08-08) First leg	Copenhagen	0–0	Sparta Prague	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:00		Report[17]		Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 27,170[16] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Sparta Prague v Copenhagen

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[19]	Larsson 1' Claesson 105+2', 112'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 18,109[18] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
	Penalties
	Krejčí Laçi Kairinen Sørensen		Diks Claesson Boilesen Bardghji

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Dinamo Zagreb v Sparta Prague

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[21]	Krejčí 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 12,170[20] Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Sparta Prague v Dinamo Zagreb

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[23]	Baturina 71'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 17,953[22] Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group C

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	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Sparta Prague v Aris Limassol

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[25]	Kokorin 11' (pen.),  70' Shpilevsky (not on pitch)  25' Babicka 90'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 17,371[24] Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

Real Betis v Sparta Prague

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[27]	Birmančević 3',  45+5' Haraslín  15' Ryneš  76'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 45,037[26] Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)

Sparta Prague v Rangers

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 3	Sparta Prague	0–0	Rangers	Prague, Czech Republic
18:45	Panák  70'	Report[29]	Cantwell  17' Souttar  26' Goldson  63' Sima  82'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 18,250[28] Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)

Rangers v Sparta Prague

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[31]	Gomez  37' Vitík  45+1' Haraslín 77' Laçi  79' Preciado  90+5'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,838[30] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Sparta Prague v Real Betis

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 5	Sparta Prague	1–0	Real Betis	Prague, Czech Republic
18:45	Birmančević  38' Haraslín 54'	Report[33]	Ruibal  22' Pezzella  70' Miranda  88' Rodríguez  90+2'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 18,095[32] Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Aris Limassol v Sparta Prague

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[35]	Krejčí  3' Kuchta 4' Birmančević 11', 45+1' Kairinen  87'	Stadium: Alphamega Stadium Attendance: 2,859[34] Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2023–24 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

Galatasaray v Sparta Prague

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[36] Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Sparta Prague v Galatasaray

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[37] Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Round of 16

Sparta Prague v Liverpool

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)

Liverpool v Sparta Prague

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