# 2019–20 AC Sparta Prague season

The 2019–20 AC Sparta Prague season was the club's 125th season in existence and the 27th 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 2019 to 8 July 2020.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 18 January 2020.
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 |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Semih Kaya |
| 6 | FW | CZE | Martin Graiciar (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 7 | MF | SWE | David Moberg Karlsson |
| 9 | MF | GAB | Guélor Kanga |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Bořek Dočkal |
| 11 | MF | ISR | Tal Ben Chaim |
| 13 | DF | CZE | David Lischka |
| 15 | DF | CZE | Matěj Hanousek |
| 16 | MF | CZE | Michal Sáček |
| 17 | MF | CZE | Martin Frýdek |
| 18 | FW | CZE | Libor Kozák |
| 19 | DF | SVK | Lukáš Štetina |
| 20 | FW | CZE | Adam Hložek |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Srđan Plavšić |
| 24 | FW | CZE | Václav Drchal |
| 25 | MF | CZE | Michal Trávník |
| 26 | DF | ZIM | Costa Nhamoinesu |
| 27 | DF | CZE | Filip Panák |
| 29 | GK | CZE | Milan Heča |
| 30 | FW | GHA | Benjamin Tetteh |
| 32 | DF | NOR | Andreas Vindheim |
| 33 | DF | SVK | Dávid Hancko (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 35 | GK | CZE | David Bičík |
| 36 | MF | CZE | Adam Karabec |
| 37 | MF | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí |
| 40 | MF | CMR | Georges Mandjeck |

### 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 Vlašim) |
| — | GK | CZE | Vojtěch Vorel (at FK Senica) |
| — | DF | CZE | David Březina (at Viktoria Žižkov) |
| — | DF | SRB | Filip Maksić (at Viktoria Žižkov) |
| — | DF | CZE | Dominik Plechatý (at FK Jablonec) |
| — | DF | CZE | Jan Pavlík (at Vysočina Jihlava) |
| — | DF | SRB | Uroš Radaković (at FC Orenburg) |
| 28 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Zahustel (at 1. FC Slovácko) |
| — | MF | CZE | Christián Frýdek (at Hradec Králové) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CZE | Filip Havelka (at České Budějovice) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jiří Kulhánek (at České Budějovice) |
| — | MF | BIH | Zinedin Mustedanagić (at Sarajevo) |
| — | MF | CZE | Tomáš Wiesner (at Mladá Boleslav) |
| — | FW | CZE | David Čapek (at Viktoria Žižkov) |
| — | FW | CZE | Ondřej Novotný (at MFK Ružomberok) |
| — | FW | CZE | Matěj Pulkrab (at Bohemians 1905) |
| — | FW | CZE | Lukáš Juliš (at SK Sigma Olomouc) |
| — | MF | CZE | Filip Souček (at SFC Opava) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jan Fortelný (at Jihlava) |

## 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 | 14 July 2019 | 8 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 048.57 |
| Czech Cup | 25 September 2019 | 1 July 2020 | Third round | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 8 August 2019 | 15 August 2019 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 84 | 47 | +37 | 052.38 |
Source: Soccerway

### Czech First League
#### Regular stage
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 10 | +48 | 72 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 66 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 35 | +20 | 50 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Jablonec | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 47 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slavia Prague (C) | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 12 | +57 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 35 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 24 | +44 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Jablonec | 35 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Slovan Liberec (O) | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs final |
| 6 | Baník Ostrava | 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 47 | |

##### 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 | D |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |