# 2021–22 AC Sparta Prague season

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, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 17 January 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 | 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) |

## 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 | 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 |
| UEFA Europa League | 17 February 2022 | 24 February 2022 | Knockout round play-offs | Knockout round play-offs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 29 | 8 | 15 | 94 | 63 | +31 | 055.77 |
Source: Soccerway

### Czech First League
#### Regular season

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 66 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Slovácko | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 59 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 51 | Qualification for the championship group |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Championship group

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Slovácko | 35 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 68 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 35 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 55 | |
| 6 | Hradec Králové | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 44 | |
* ↑ Slovácko qualified for the Europa League as Czech Cup winners.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.

#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |