In 1997 Sparta Prague bought back their goalkeeper to win 5 championships in a row and to be the part of the most successful period in Sparta's post-revolution history. Sparta played the UEFA Champions League many times and the UEFA Cup at the time and "Tomas" got his first invitation to the Czech National Team. He played 7 matches of qualification (all wins) for the EURO 2000 tournament and won the Japan Kirin Cup with the prize for best goalkeeper.