HC Sparta Praha

Hockey Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as HC Sparta Prague, is a Prague-based Czech professional ice hockey team playing in the Czech Extraliga. The club has won four Czech championships (most recently in 2007) and four Czechoslovak championships, as well as two Spengler Cups, making it one of the most successful hockey clubs in Czech history. The team HC Sparta Praha plays its home games at O2 Arena, the largest arena in the country. 
==History==
Former names: 
* 1909 - AC Sparta Praha
* 1948 - Sokol Sparta
* 1949 - Sokol Bratrství Sparta
* 1951 - Sokol Sparta Sokolovo
* 1953 - Spartak Praha Sokolovo
* 1965 - Sparta ČKD Praha
* 1990 - HC Sparta Praha
The Sparta Praha hockey club is one of the most successful and famous clubs in Czechoslovakian and later Czech ice hockey history. It was originally formed in 1903 as a bandy club but the hockey section was not created until 1909.
Sparta’s great successes were reached in the years following World War II as it won two national titles in a row - 1952/54 and 1953/54—under the name Spartak Sokolovo. The next highly successful period came much more recently, when Sparta won the national league in 1989/90 and in 1992/93. Another recent achievement (along with two third place finishes in 1995/96 and 1996/97) was Sparta’s participation in the final group of the European League (EHL) in 1996/97.
After a few years unsuccessful years, Sparta returned to the top of the Czech Extraliga in 1999/00 when they were crowned league champions. That victory was the first of four championships they would win over seven seasons, adding Extraliga titles in 2002, 2006 and 2007. In addition to those achievements, Sparta managed to be finish second two times in European team competitions – 1999/00 European Hockey League and 2016–17 Champions Hockey League. 
===Present===
HC Sparta Praha has regularly been one of the best teams in the Czech Extraliga, making the playoffs almost every year. HC Sparta Praha's home games are played at O2 Arena which is the largest hockey arena in the Czech Republic with a capacity of over 17,300 spectators. They moved there from the Tipsport Arena in 2015.
==Club logos==
File:HC Sparta Praha.png|alt= logo 1993–2014|1993–2014
File:HC Sparta Praha logo.png|alt= new logo 2014–|2014–
File:HC Sparta Praha full logo.png|alt= Alternative logo|Alternative logo
==Honours==
===Domestic===
Czech Extraliga
* Winners (4): 1999–00, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07
* Runners-up (3): 2000–01, 2015–16, 2021–22
* 3rd place (7): 1995–96, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2020–21
Czechoslovak Extraliga
* Winners (4): 1952–53, 1953–54, 1989–90, 1992–93
* Runners-up (7): 1936–37, 1937–38, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1973–74, 1987–88
* 3rd place (6): 1955–56, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1976–77, 1986–87
Bohemian-Moravian League
* 3rd place (4): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43
===International===
Spengler Cup
* Winners (2): 1962, 1963
* Runners-up (2): 2004, 2022
Tatra Cup
* Winners (5): 1935/1936, 1950/1951, 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1980
IIHF European Champions Cup
* Runners-up (1): 2008
European Hockey League
* Runners-up (1): 1999–00
Champions Hockey League
* Runners-up (1): 2016–17
===Pre-season===
Tipsport Hockey Cup
* Winners (2): 2001, 2009
* Runners-up (1): 2003
==Pre-1918 Match Results==
Date 	Location 	Teams 	Score 	Attendance	Notes
25/26. December 1906	Prague 	Sparta - CLTC 	7:7 	 	hry-Pokal
25/26. December 1906	Prague 	Sparta - Akademicky SK 	32:0 	 	hry-Pokal
30. December 1906 	Prague 	Sparta - CLTK 	8:2 	 	hry-Pokal
1. January 1907 	Prague 	Sparta - Slavia 	5:4(1-1,4-3) 	 	hry-Pokal
6. January 1907 	Prague 	Sparta - Jungbunzlau 	5:5 	 	
6. January 1908 	Prague 	Sparta - DEHG 	4:5 	 	Official: Mariau Aus-Hun Champ
26. January 1908 	Jungbunzlau	Sparta - SK MI Boleslav 	6:4 	 	1908 Boh. Champ
26. January 1908 	Jungbunzlau	Sparta - Slavia 	NP 	 	Sparta rejected official
3. January 1909 	Prague 	Sparta - Rovum 	18:1 	 	hry-Pokal
14. February 1909 	Prague 	Sparta - Horimyr 	8:0 	 	
14. February 1909 	Prague 	Sparta - Akademicky 	1:1 	 	
28. February 1909 	Prague 	Sparta - Novomestsky 	5:0 	 	1909 Boh. Champ
28. February 1909 	Prague 	Sparta - Akademicky 	4:1 	 	1909 Boh. Champ
28. February 1909 	Prague 	Sparta - Slavia 	0:4 	 	1909 Boh. Champ
15. January 1911 	Prague 	Sparta II - DEHG 	2:4(0-2,2-2) 	 	
11. February 1912 	Prague 	Sparta - Union 	14:1 	 	
11. February 1912 	Prague 	Sparta - DFC 	6:0(0-0,6-0) 	 	
19. January 1913 	Prague 	Sparta - Spolecnost 	4:3 	 	
18. January 1914 	Prague 	Sparta - Slavia II 	6:1 	 	
18. January 1914 	Prague 	Sparta - DFC 	7:1 	 	
25. January 1914 	Prague 	Sparta - DFC 	1:1(0-0,1-1) 	 	
25. January 1914 	Prague 	Sparta II - Polabam Nimburg 	6:10 	 	
8. February 1914 	Prague 	Sparta - Slavia 	5:0(3-0,2-0) 	 	
1. January 1915 	Prague 	Sparta - Spolecnost 	7:1 	 	
7. January 1915 	Prague 	Sparta II - Horymir 	2:5 	 	
31. January 1915 	Prague 	Sparta - Pedestr. Weinberge 	21:0 	 	Prague Ch.
31. January 1915 	Prague 	Sparta II - Spolecnost 	2:2 	 	Prague Ch.
31. January 1915 	Prague 	Sparta - Cechie III 	3:0 	 	Prague Ch.
31. January 1915 	Prague 	Sparta - Sparta II 	2:1 	 	Prague Ch.
31. January 1915 	Prague 	Sparta - Spolecnost 	3:1(1-1,2-0) 	 	Prague Ch.
3. February 1915 	Prague 	Sparta - Slavia 	3:0(0-0,3-0) 	 	1915 Boh. Champ
3. February 1915 	Prague 	Sparta - Spolecnost 	1:0(0-0,1-0) 	 	1915 Boh. Champ
28. January 1917 	Prague 	Sparta - Viktoria Vysehrad 	17:0(6-0,11-0)	 	
28. January 1917 	Prague 	Sparta Jug. - Lawn Tennis Cercle	1:22(1-8,0-14)	 	
28. January 1917 	Prague 	Sparta - Spolecnost 	1:5 	 	Sparta left after 30 min
11. February 1917 	Prague 	Sparta - Spolecnost 	20:4(7-1,13-3)	 	Bandy 2x30Min.
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