# 2017–18 AC Sparta Prague season

The 2017–18 AC Sparta Prague season was the club's 123rd season in existence and the 25th 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 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## 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 |
| 2 | DF | TUR | Semih Kaya |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Emanuel Insúa |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Eldar Čivić |
| 7 | MF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić |
| 8 | DF | CZE | David Hovorka |
| 9 | MF | GAB | Guélor Kanga |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Nicolae Stanciu |
| 11 | MF | ISR | Tal Ben Haim |
| 13 | DF | SWE | Johan Larsson |
| 14 | FW | CZE | Václav Kadlec |
| 16 | MF | CZE | Michal Sáček |
| 17 | MF | CZE | Martin Frýdek |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | CZE | Matěj Pulkrab |
| 19 | DF | SVK | Lukáš Štetina |
| 20 | MF | CZE | Martin Hašek |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Srđan Plavšić |
| 23 | FW | CZE | Josef Šural |
| 24 | MF | FRA | Rio Mavuba |
| 25 | MF | CZE | Jiří Kulhánek |
| 26 | DF | ZIM | Costa Nhamoinesu |
| 27 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Čelůstka |
| 28 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Zahustel |
| 29 | FW | GHA | Benjamin Tetteh |
| 31 | GK | CZE | Vojtěch Vorel |
| 88 | MF | ROU | Bogdan Vătăjelu |

### 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 | SVK | Martin Dúbravka (to Newcastle United) |
| — | DF | CZE | David Březina (to FC Vlašim) |
| — | DF | BIH | Eldar Čivić (to Spartak Trnava) |
| — | DF | CZE | Václav Dudl (to FC Táborsko) |
| — | DF | SVK | Juraj Chvátal (to MŠK Žilina) |
| — | DF | CZE | Milan Kadlec (to FC Vlašim) |
| — | DF | CZE | Daniel Köstl (to Slovan Liberec) |
| — | DF | CZE | Daniel Mareček (to FC Vlašim) |
| — | DF | CZE | Martin Nový (to Vysočina Jihlava) |
| — | DF | CZE | Milan Piško (to FC Vlašim) |
| — | DF | CZE | Jan Vondra (to České Budějovice) |
| — | MF | ESP | Néstor Albiach (to Dukla Prague) |
| — | MF | CZE | Patrik Čavoš (to České Budějovice) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CZE | Christián Frýdek (to FC Vlašim) |
| — | MF | CZE | Filip Havelka (to Slovan Liberec) |
| — | MF | CMR | Georges Mandjeck (to FC Metz) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jakub Pešek (to České Budějovice) |
| — | MF | CZE | Rudolf Reiter (to Bohemians 1905) |
| — | MF | SRB | Vukadin Vukadinović (to FC Zlín) |
| — | MF | CZE | Tomáš Wiesner (to FC Slovan Liberec) |
| — | FW | CZE | David Čapek (to MFK Ružomberok) |
| — | FW | CZE | Filip Hašek (to České Budějovice) |
| — | FW | CZE | Jakub Nečas (to Mladá Boleslav) |
| — | FW | CZE | Lukáš Pouček (to Ústí nad Labem) |
| — | FW | CZE | Daniel Turyna (to FK Senica) |

## 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 2017 | 26 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 046.67 |
| Czech Cup | 20 September 2017 | 25 October 2017 | Third round | Fourth round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 27 July 2017 | 3 August 2017 | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 044.12 |
Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Jablonec | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 46 | |
| 7 | Bohemians 1905 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 38 | |
* 1 2 3 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Czech Cup, Slavia Prague, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

#### 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 | 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 | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |