# 1999–2000 AC Sparta Prague season

The 1999–2000 AC Sparta Prague season was the club's 105th season in existence and the seventh 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 Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2000.

## Season summary

Sparta won their fourth straight league title and also managed to reach the second group stage of the Champions League

## Squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | CZE | Tomáš Poštulka |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Petr Gabriel |
| 3 | DF | SVK | Vladimír Labant |
| 4 | MF | CZE | Martin Hašek |
| 5 | DF | CZE | Michal Horňák |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Zdeněk Svoboda |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Jan Flachbart |
| 8 | MF | CZE | Jiří Novotný (vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Vratislav Lokvenc |
| 10 | FW | CZE | Horst Siegl (captain) |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Josef Obajdin |
| 12 | MF | CZE | Vlastimil Svoboda |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | CZE | René Bolf (on loan from Baník Ostrava) |
| 14 | MF | CZE | Libor Sionko |
| 17 | MF | CZE | Pavel Novotný |
| 19 | FW | SVK | Martin Prohászka |
| 20 | MF | CZE | Jiří Jarošík |
| 22 | GK | CZE | Michal Čaloun |
| 23 | MF | CZE | Miroslav Baranek |
| 25 | MF | CZE | Tomáš Rosický |
| 27 | DF | CZE | Milan Fukal |
| 36 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Jun |
| 78 | DF | CZE | Roman Lengyel |
| 96 | GK | CZE | Jaromír Blažek |
| 99 | MF | CZE | Pavel Hapal |

## Transfers
### In

* Vladimír Labant - Slavia Prague
* Jan Flachbart - Bohemians 1905
* Milan Fukal - FK Baumit Jablonec
* Roman Lengyel - Dynamo České Budějovice
* Jaromír Blažek - Bohemians 1905
* Pavel Hapal - Sigma Olomouc

### Loan in

* René Bolf - Baník Ostrava

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 1999 | 17 May 2000 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 81 | 23 | +58 | 080.00 |
| Czech Cup | 3 August 1999 | 14 February 2000 | Third round | Fourth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Champions League | 15 September 1999 | 21 March 2000 | First group stage | Second group stage | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 110 | 43 | +67 | 066.67 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sparta Prague (C) | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 81 | 23 | +58 | 76 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 68 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Drnovice | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 48 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Brno | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 42 | |
| 5 | Teplice | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 41 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### First group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 12 | Advance to second group stage |
| 2 | Bordeaux | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | Advance to second group stage |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 5 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Willem II | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 2 | |

#### Second group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | |
| 4 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | |