# 2018–19 AC Sparta Prague season

The 2018–19 AC Sparta Prague season was the club's 124th season in existence and the 26th 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 Europa League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Manager Pavel Hapal was fired on 27 July 2018, a day after loss against FK Spartak Subotica in first leg of UEFA Europa League's Second qualifying round. He was temporary replaced by Zdeněk Ščasný, Sparta's sports director.

## Squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | Dominik Plechatý |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Eldar Ćivić |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Uroš Radaković |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Lukáš Vácha |
| 7 | MF | SWE | David Moberg Karlsson |
| 8 | FW | CZE | Matěj Pulkrab |
| 9 | MF | GAB | Guélor Kanga |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Bořek Dočkal |
| 11 | MF | ISR | Tal Ben Chaim |
| 14 | FW | CZE | Václav Kadlec |
| 15 | DF | CZE | Matěj Hanousek |
| 16 | MF | CZE | Michal Sáček |
| 17 | MF | CZE | Martin Frýdek |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | ROU | Alexandru Chipciu |
| 19 | DF | SVK | Lukáš Štetina |
| 20 | FW | CZE | Adam Hložek |
| 21 | MF | CZE | Martin Hašek |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Srđan Plavšić |
| 24 | FW | CZE | Václav Drchal |
| 26 | DF | ZIM | Costa Nhamoinesu |
| 27 | DF | CZE | Filip Panák |
| 28 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Zahustel |
| 29 | GK | CZE | Milan Heča |
| 30 | FW | GHA | Benjamin Tetteh |
| 33 | FW | AUS | Golgol Mebrahtu |
| 35 | GK | CZE | David Bičík |

### 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 | Vojtěch Vorel (to FK Senica) |
| — | DF | CZE | David Březina (to FC Vlašim) |
| — | DF | CZE | Marian Burda (to Žižkov) |
| — | DF | CZE | Václav Dudl (to Spartak Trnava) |
| — | DF | UKR | Vadym Chervak (to FC Vlašim) |
| — | DF | CZE | Milan Kadlec (to FC Vlašim) |
| — | DF | CZE | Daniel Köstl (to Slovan Liberec) |
| — | DF | TUR | Semih Kaya (to Galatasaray) |
| — | DF | CZE | Martin Nový (to Vysočina Jihlava) |
| — | DF | CZE | Milan Piško (to FC Vlašim) |
| — | DF | CZE | Tomáš Wiesner (to Mladá Boleslav) |
| — | MF | CZE | Patrik Čavoš (to České Budějovice) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CZE | Christián Frýdek (to Táborsko) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jiří Kulhánek (to Spartak Trnava) |
| — | MF | CMR | Georges Mandjeck (to Maccabi Haifa) |
| — | MF | BIH | Zinedin Mustedanagić (to MFK Ružomberok) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jakub Pešek (to České Budějovice) |
| — | MF | ROU | Bogdan Vătăjelu (to FK Jablonec) |
| — | MF | SRB | Vukadin Vukadinović (to Boluspor) |
| — | FW | CZE | David Čapek (to MFK Ružomberok) |
| — | FW | CZE | Lukáš Juliš (to Bohemians 1905) |
| — | FW | CZE | Ondřej Novotný (to FC Vlašim) |
| — | FW | CZE | Lukáš Pouček (to Ústí nad Labem) |
| — | FW | CZE | Daniel Turyna (to České Budějovice) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 21 July 2018 | 26 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 35 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 057.14 |
| Czech Cup | 2 October 2018 | 24 April 2019 | Third round | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 26 July 2018 | 2 August 2018 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 67 | 40 | +27 | 058.54 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 72 | 23 | +49 | 72 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 68 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Jablonec | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 51 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 45 | 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: 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

##### Matches
#### Championship group
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slavia Prague (C) | 35 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 79 | 26 | +53 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 35 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 35 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Jablonec | 35 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs final |
| 6 | Slovan Liberec | 35 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 46 | |

##### 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 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |