# 2023–24 AC Sparta Prague season

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
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 |
| MF | Michal Ševčík | Zbrojovka Brno | Undisclosed | 19 June 2023 |
| MF | Veljko Birmančević | Toulouse | Loan | 22 June 2023 |
| FW | Victor Olatunji | Slovan Liberec | Undisclosed | 17 July 2023 |
| DF | James Gomez | AC Horsens | Undisclosed | 19 July 2023 |
| GK | Peter Vindahl Jensen | AZ | Loan | 25 July 2023 |
| DF | Ángelo Preciado | Genk | €2,500,000 | 4 September 2023 |

### Out

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

## 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 83 | 45 | +38 | 068.42 |
Last updated: 25 February 2024 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 62 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 4 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 5 | Mladá Boleslav | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — | — | 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 | — | — | — | — |
* ↑ 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Zlín (R) | 35 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 69 | −29 | 27 | Relegation to FNL | — | — | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | — |

#### Results summary

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

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.

### UEFA Champions League
#### Third qualifying round

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

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 26 May 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Czech First League | Czech First League | Czech Cup | Czech Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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 |