# 2022–23 AC Sparta Prague season

The 2022–23 season was the 130th in the history of AC Sparta Prague and their 30th consecutive season in the top flight. The club will participate in the Czech First League, the Czech Cup, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players

    As of 10 September 2022
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 | CZE | Matěj Kovář (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Martin Suchomel |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Čelůstka |
| 4 | DF | CZE | Patrik Vydra |
| 7 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Čvančara |
| 8 | MF | CZE | David Pavelka |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Jan Kuchta (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Adam Karabec |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Martin Minchev |
| 13 | MF | CZE | Kryštof Daněk |
| 15 | MF | CZE | Jakub Jankto (on loan from Getafe) |
| 16 | MF | CZE | Michal Sáček |
| 17 | DF | DEN | Casper Højer Nielsen |
| 18 | MF | CZE | Lukáš Sadílek |
| 19 | DF | CZE | Jan Mejdr |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | CZE | Jakub Pešek |
| 22 | MF | SVK | Lukáš Haraslín |
| 24 | GK | CZE | Vojtěch Vorel |
| 25 | DF | DEN | Asger Sørensen |
| 26 | MF | CZE | Jan Fortelný |
| 27 | DF | CZE | Filip Panák |
| 28 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Wiesner |
| 29 | GK | CZE | Milan Heča |
| 30 | DF | CZE | Jaroslav Zelený |
| 32 | DF | NOR | Andreas Vindheim |
| 37 | MF | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí (captain) |
| 39 | FW | CZE | Lukáš Juliš |
| 41 | DF | CZE | Martin Vitík |
| 77 | GK | SVK | Dominik Holec |
| — | GK | ROU | Florin Niță |

### 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 |
| — | DF | CZE | Matěj Hanousek (at Gaziantep) |
| — | GK | CZE | Hugo Jan Bačkovský (at Bohemians 1905) |
| — | FW | CZE | Václav Drchal (at Bohemians 1905) |
| — | DF | CZE | Dominik Plechatý (at Slovan Liberec) |
| — | FW | CZE | Matyáš Kozák (at Slovan Liberec) |
| — | MF | CZE | Matěj Polidar (at Jablonec) |
| — | FW | CZE | Václav Sejk (at Jablonec) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CZE | Matěj Ryneš (at Hradec Králové) |
| — | MF | CZE | Filip Souček (at Zbrojovka Brno) |
| — | MF | CZE | Michal Trávník (at Slovácko) |
| — | GK | CZE | František Kotek (at Táborsko) |
| — | GK | CZE | Jan Čtvrtečka (at Dukla Prague) |
| — | MF | CZE | Filip Havelka (at Dukla Prague) |
| — | FW | CZE | Vojtěch Patrák (at Jablonec) |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Czech First League | 30 July 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 056.25 |
| Czech Cup | 19 October 2022 | | | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 July 2022 | 28 July 2022 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 055.00 |
Last updated: 19 November 2022 Source: Soccerway

### Czech First League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 70 | 29 | +41 | 68 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 81 | 25 | +56 | 66 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 29 | +26 | 57 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Bohemians 1905 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 48 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Slovácko | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 46 | Qualification for the championship group |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | SPA | SLA | PLZ | BOH | SLO | OLO |
| 1 | Sparta Prague (C) | 35 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 76 | 33 | +43 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 35 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 98 | 31 | +67 | 78 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | — | — | 2–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 | — |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 35 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | — | — | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| 4 | Bohemians 1905 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Slovácko | 35 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 50 | | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | 2–2 |
| 6 | Sigma Olomouc | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 48 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | — | — | — |
* ↑ Slavia Prague qualified for the Europa League as Czech Cup winners.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | OST | TEP | JAB | PCE | ZLN | BRN |
| 11 | Baník Ostrava | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 42 | | — | 2–1 | — | 2–4 | — | 4–0 |
| 12 | Teplice | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 42 | | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 13 | Jablonec | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 40 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| 14 | Pardubice (O) | 35 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 38 | 63 | −25 | 37 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | — | — | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | — |
| 15 | Trinity Zlín (O) | 35 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Zbrojovka Brno (R) | 35 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 33 | Relegation to FNL | — | — | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 April 2023. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | | | |
| Position | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 22 June 2022.

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 15 June 2022.

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Czech First League | Czech First League | Czech Cup | Czech Cup | Europa Conference League | Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CZE | Matěj Kovář | 32 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | CZE | Vojtěch Vorel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | SVK | Dominik Holec | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Čelůstka | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CZE | Patrik Vydra | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Dimitrije Kamenović | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | DEN | Casper Højer Nielsen | 23 | 2 | 14+7 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | CZE | Jan Mejdr | 32 | 0 | 17+9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | DEN | Asger Sørensen | 36 | 5 | 32 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | CZE | Filip Panák | 20 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Wiesner | 32 | 3 | 18+10 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | CZE | Jaroslav Zelený | 41 | 3 | 30+4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | SVK | Dávid Hancko | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | CZE | Martin Vitík | 27 | 2 | 21+1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Kukučka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | CZE | Matěj Ryneš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | FIN | Kaan Kairinen | 18 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CZE | David Pavelka | 21 | 1 | 13+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Adam Karabec | 28 | 2 | 9+14 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Martin Minchev | 35 | 7 | 7+22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | CZE | Kryštof Daněk | 33 | 2 | 12+15 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CZE | Jakub Jankto | 16 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CZE | Michal Sáček | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | CZE | Lukáš Sadílek | 40 | 4 | 31+3 | 3 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ALB | Qazim Laçi | 20 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CZE | Jakub Pešek | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SVK | Lukáš Haraslín | 28 | 8 | 21+1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CZE | Jan Fortelný | 8 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | CZE | Daniel Kaštánek | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí | 21 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Čvančara | 30 | 15 | 20+4 | 12 | 2+2 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Jan Kuchta | 35 | 16 | 29 | 14 | 2+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | CZE | Václav Drchal | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Schánělec | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | CZE | Lukáš Juliš | 9 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | AUS | Awer Mabil | 16 | 2 | 1+13 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | SVK | Adam Goljan | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |