# 2020–21 AC Sparta Prague season

The 2020–21 AC Sparta Prague season was the club's 126th season in existence and the 28th 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 August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 21 January 2021.
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 | Ondřej Čelůstka |
| 5 | DF | CZE | Dominik Plechatý |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Filip Souček |
| 7 | MF | SWE | David Moberg Karlsson |
| 8 | MF | CZE | David Pavelka |
| 9 | MF | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Bořek Dočkal (captain) |
| 11 | MF | BUL | Martin Minchev |
| 13 | DF | CZE | David Lischka |
| 15 | DF | CZE | Matěj Hanousek |
| 16 | MF | CZE | Michal Sáček |
| 18 | FW | CZE | Libor Kozák |
| 19 | DF | SVK | Lukáš Štetina |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | CZE | Adam Hložek |
| 22 | MF | SRB | Srđan Plavšić |
| 24 | MF | CZE | Matěj Polidar |
| 25 | MF | CZE | Michal Trávník |
| 28 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Wiesner |
| 29 | GK | CZE | Milan Heča |
| 32 | DF | NOR | Andreas Vindheim |
| 33 | DF | SVK | Dávid Hancko (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 36 | MF | CZE | Adam Karabec |
| 37 | MF | CZE | Ladislav Krejčí II |
| 39 | FW | CZE | Lukáš Juliš |
| 40 | GK | CZE | František Kotek |
| 41 | DF | CZE | Martin Vitík |

### 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 |
| — | FW | GHA | Benjamin Tetteh (at Yeni Malatyaspor) |
| — | GK | SVK | Dominik Holec (at Raków Częstochowa) |
| — | GK | CZE | Hugo Jan Bačkovský (at Bohemians 1905) |
| — | FW | CZE | Matěj Pulkrab (at Bohemians 1905) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jiří Kulhánek (at SFC Opava) |
| — | FW | CZE | Václav Drchal (at Mladá Boleslav) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CZE | Filip Havelka (at České Budějovice) |
| — | GK | CZE | Jan Čtvrtečka (at FK Teplice) |
| — | DF | CZE | Lukáš Hušek (at Viktoria Žižkov) |
| — | DF | CZE | Daniel Horák (at Vysočina Jihlava) |
| — | FW | CZE | Vojtěch Patrák (at Vysočina Jihlava) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jan Fortelný (at Teplice) |
| — | DF | SRB | Uroš Radaković (at Wisła Kraków) |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CZE | Ondřej Zahustel |

## 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 | 22 August 2020 | 29 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 067.65 |
| Czech Cup | 30 September 2020 | 5 May 2021 | Third round | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 075.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 22 October 2020 | 10 December 2020 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 99 | 59 | +40 | 063.64 |
Last updated: 29 May 2021 Source: Soccerway

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slavia Prague (C) | 34 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 85 | 20 | +65 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 74 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Jablonec | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 69 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Slovácko | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Viktoria Plzeň | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | 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 | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

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

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIL | LOSC | SPP | CEL |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–3 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Lille | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | | 0–1 | 1–4 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Celtic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 4 | | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–4 | — |

## Statistics
### Goals

| Rank | Position | Name | League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | Lukáš Juliš | 11 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | David Karlsson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | DF | Bořek Dočkal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | Adam Hložek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Ladislav Krejčí II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | Ladislav Krejčí | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | Libor Kozák | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | Andreas Vindheim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Petr Jiráček | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Filip Souček | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Srđan Plavšić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 37 | 2 | 4 | 43 |

### Assists

| Rank | Position | Name | League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | DF | Andreas Vindheim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | MF | Bořek Dočkal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | MF | David Moberg Karlsson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | FW | Adam Hložek | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | Bořek Dočkal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | Ladislav Krejčí | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | Dávid Hancko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | David Lischka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | David Pavelka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Adam Karabec | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Michal Sáček | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Michal Trávník | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Lukáš Juliš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 16 | 0 | 5 | 21 |

### Yellow cards

| Rank | Position | Name | League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | Filip Souček | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | MF | Bořek Dočkal | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | MF | Ladislav Krejčí | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | Michal Sáček | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | Ladislav Krejčí II | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | David Pavelka | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | Dominik Plechatý | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | Lukáš Štetina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | Andreas Vindheim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | GK | Milan Heča | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Martin Vitík | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | Ondřej Čelůstka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | David Lischka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Michal Trávník | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 20 | 1 | 16 | 41 |

### Red cards

| Rank | Position | Name | League | Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | Čelůstka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | MF | Ladislav Krejčí | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | FW | Lamin Jawo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |