2024–25 AC Sparta Prague season

The 2024–25 season is the 131st season in the history of AC Sparta Prague, and the club's 32nd consecutive season in Czech First League. In addition to the domestic league, the team is participating in the Czech Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

AC Sparta Prague

2024–25 season
Manager	Lars Friis
Stadium	Stadion Letná
Czech First League	4th
Czech Cup	Quarter-finals
UEFA Champions League	League phase
Top goalscorer	League: Lukáš Haraslín (10 goals) All: Lukáš Haraslín (12 goals)
Home colours Away colours
← 2023–24

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Jakub Uhrinčať	Dukla Banská Bystrica	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
MF	Ermal Krasniqi	FC Rapid București	€2,000,000	1 July 2024	[1]
GK	Peter Vindahl Jensen	AZ Alkmaar	€1,500,000	1 July 2024	[2]
MF	Veljko Birmančević	Toulouse FC	€3,300,000[3][†]	1 July 2024	[4]
DF	Mathias Ross	Galatasaray	Loan	16 July 2024	[5]
DF	Imanol García de Albéniz	Athletic Bilbao	Undisclosed	16 July 2024	[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Ladislav Krejčí	Girona	€12,000,000[7]	1 July 2024
MF	Michal Ševčík	1. FC Nürnberg	Loan	1 July 2024	[8]
FW	Václav Sejk	Zagłębie Lubin	Loan	3 July 2024	[9]
MF	Adam Karabec	Hamburger SV	Loan	4 July 2024	[10]
DF	Patrik Vydra	Mladá Boleslav	Loan	9 July 2024	[11]
FW	Václav Sejk	Famalicão	Undisclosed	8 January 2025	[12]

Notes

1. ^† Loan transfer made permanent

Friendlies

Pre-season

Sparta Prague v AIK

29 June 2024 Friendly	Sparta Prague	3–1	AIK	Prague
15:00	Tuci 27' Kúdela 48' Mejdr 80' Solbakken  89'	Report	Nordfeldt  69' Guidetti 85'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 5,121

Sparta Prague v Spartak Trnava

5 July 2024 Friendly	Sparta Prague	3–0	Spartak Trnava	Prague
15:00	Wiesner 62' Olatunji 80' Schánělec 89'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 5,938

Brøndby IF v Sparta Prague

10 July 2024 Friendly	Brøndby IF	5–2	Sparta Prague	Kössen, Austria
16:00	Vallys 6', 44' Lauritsen 22' Bundgaard 27' Suzuki 75'	Report	Schánělec 68' Sadílek 69'	Stadium: Kaiserwinkl Arena

Red Bull Salzburg v Sparta Prague

13 July 2024 Friendly	Red Bull Salzburg	2–2	Sparta Prague	St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
18:00	Gloukh 7' Nene 25'	Report	Daněk 15' Olatunji 80'	Stadium: Koasastadion St. Johann

Mid-season

Sparta Prague v Malmö FF

10 January 2025 Friendly	Sparta Prague	3–1	Malmö FF
15:30

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Czech First League	19 July 2024	19 April 2025	Matchday 1	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Czech Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Champions League	23 July 2024		Second qualifying round	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	083.33
Total				7	6	1	0	16	6	+10	085.71

Last updated: 23 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

Czech First League

Main article: 2024–25 Czech First League

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Viktoria Plzeň	30	20	5	5	59	28	+31	65	Qualification for the championship group
3	Baník Ostrava	30	20	4	6	52	26	+26	64
4	Sparta Prague	30	19	5	6	56	33	+23	62
5	Jablonec	30	15	6	9	47	25	+22	51
6	Sigma Olomouc	30	12	7	11	46	41	+5	43

Source: Chance Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.^[13]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3	1	0	0	2	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 19 July 2024.
Source: Chance Liga

Results by round

Round	1
Ground	H
Result	W
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2024. Source: Chance Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 20 June 2024.^[14]

Sparta Prague v Pardubice

19 July 2024 1	Sparta Prague	2–1	Pardubice	Prague
19:00	Ryneš 45+3' Olatunji 59'		Kalabiška 25'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Referee: Jan Všetečka

Teplice v Sparta Prague

27 July 2024 2	Teplice	1–4	Sparta Prague	Teplice
17:00 CEST	Pavel Svatek  35' Jaroslav Harušťák 60'	Report	Birmančević  24' Vitík 47' Haraslín  57' 61' Preciado  70' Olatunji 90+1' Krasniqi 90+5'	Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 15,946 Referee: Dominik Starý

Sparta Prague v Dukla Prague

2 August 2024 3	Sparta Prague	2–0	Dukla Prague	Prague
20:00 CEST	Vitík 38' Kairinen  45' Birmančević 81' (pen.)	Report	Šebrle  52' Rada  87'	Stadium: epet Arena Attendance: 16,826 Referee: Daniel Vokoun

Bohemians 1905 v Sparta Prague

10 August 2024 4	Bohemians 1905	1–2	Sparta Prague	Prague
17:00 CEST	Abdulla Yusuf Helal 40' Hůlka  74'	Report	Tuci 45+4' Ross  50' Birmančević 62'	Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 5,783 Referee: Karel Rouček

Jablonec v Sparta Prague

17 August 2024 5	Jablonec	1–2	Sparta Prague	Jablonec nad Nisou
20:00 CEST	Tekijaški  40' Hollý  74' Martinec 88'	Report	Haraslín 38' Tuci 68' Wiesner  74'	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Jan Machálek

Sparta Prague v 1. FC Slovácko

24 August 2024 6	Sparta Prague	2–2	1. FC Slovácko	Prague
17:00 CEST	Sørensen 20' Birmančević 79' (pen.)	Report	Sinyavskiy 17' Krmenčík 24' Gigli Ndefe  32' Hofmann  45+4' Doski  45+5' Blahút  83' Daníček  90+3'	Stadium: epet Arena Attendance: 16,723 Referee: Pavel Orel

Hradec Králové v Sparta Prague

31 August 2024 7	Hradec Králové	0–2	Sparta Prague	Hradec Králové
20:00 CEST	Samek  15'	Report	Haraslín 8' Kairinen  17' Rrahmani 45' Ryneš  61' Krasniqi  64'	Stadium: Malšovická aréna Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Karel Rouček

České Budějovice v Sparta Prague

22 September 2024 9	České Budějovice	0–2	Sparta Prague	České Budějovice
15:30 CEST	Ekpai  40' Jakob Tranziska  76'	Report	Vitík 11' Krasniqi 52'	Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov Attendance: 6,681 Referee: Dominik Starý

Sparta Prague v Sigma Olomouc

27 September 2024 10	Sparta Prague	2–3	Sigma Olomouc	Prague
19:30 CEST	Olatunji 12' Laçi  53' Haraslín  82' Krasniqi 90+1'	Report	Yunusa Muritala  39' 67' Jan Fiala 78' Jáchym Šíp  80'  89' Zorvan 86' Jiří Sláma  86' Janotka  89' Tadeáš Stoppen  90+7'	Stadium: epet Arena Attendance: 16,538 Referee: Ondřej Berka

Slavia Prague v Sparta Prague

6 October 2024 11	Slavia Prague	2–1	Sparta Prague	Prague
18:30 CET	Chytil 2' Zafeiris 22' Douděra  52' Chorý  60' Diouf  72' Wallem  86' Provod  89' Zmrzlý  90+1' Bořil  90+4' Dorley  90+8'	Report	Ryneš  19' Vitík  60'  90+3' Rrahmani 65'  90+8' Kairinen  71' Preciado  87' Solbakken  89' Vindahl  90+4'	Stadium: Fortuna Arena Attendance: 19,308 Referee: Ladislav Szikszay

Sparta Prague v Slovan Liberec

19 October 2024 12	Sparta Prague	2–1	Slovan Liberec	Prague
19:00 CET	Wiesner 8' Haraslín 79' Birmančević  87' Olatunji  90+3' Friis  90+4'	Report	Višinský  43' Pourzitidis 63'  84' Zyba  77' Preisler  90+5'	Stadium: epet Arena Attendance: 16,746 Referee: Dominik Starý

Viktoria Plzeň v Sparta Prague

27 October 2024 13	Viktoria Plzeň	1–0	Sparta Prague	Plzeň
18:30 CET	Adu 30' Jemelka  88' Šulc  90+6'	Report	Kairinen  46' Wiesner  73' Suchomel  90+3'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 11,620 Referee: Karel Rouček

Sparta Prague v Baník Ostrava

2 November 2024 14	Sparta Prague	1–3	Baník Ostrava	Prague
19:00 CET	Sørensen 12' Panák  76' Rrahmani  88' Olatunji  89' Ryneš  90+8'	Report	Ewerton 22' (pen.) 86' (pen.) Prekop 45+1'	Stadium: epet Arena Attendance: 17,610 Referee: Dalibor Černý

Mladá Boleslav v Sparta Prague

10 November 2024 15	Mladá Boleslav	2–2	Sparta Prague	Mladá Boleslav
15:30 CET	Stránský  20' Vojta 39' Králik 82' Matějovský  85'	Report	Olatunji 9' Wiesner  41' Daněk  45+1' Cobbaut 59'	Stadium: Lokotrans Aréna Attendance: 4,868 Referee: Jan Všetečka

Sparta Prague v Teplice

23 November 2024 16	Sparta Prague	1–1	Teplice	Prague
16:00 CET	Sadílek  14' Haraslín 56'  59' Krasniqi  84'	Report	Ondřej Kričfaluši  28' Yasser  58' Jan Knapík 61' Albert Labík  68' Jakub Hora  90+5'	Stadium: epet Arena Attendance: 15,879 Referee: Jan Beneš

Dukla Prague v Sparta Prague

30 November 2024 17	Dukla Prague	1–1	Sparta Prague	Prague
19:00 CET	Vondrášek 90+4'	Report	Olatunji 11'	Stadium: Stadion Juliska Attendance: 6,992 Referee: Karel Rouček

Sparta Prague v Karviná

3 December 2024 8	Sparta Prague	4–1	Karviná	Prague
19:00 CET	Sadílek 2' Laçi 39' Rrahmani 45' Birmančević 88'	Report	Vecheta  33' Regáli 36' Vallo  90+3'	Stadium: epet Arena Attendance: 10,788 Referee: Lukáš Nehasil

Sparta Prague v Bohemians 1905

7 December 2024 18	Sparta Prague	1–0	Bohemians 1905	Prague
19:00 CET	Vitík  70' Solbakken 74'	Report	Hrubý  30' Jan Vondra  67'	Stadium: epet Arena Attendance: 14,777 Referee: Jan Všetečka

Sparta Prague v Jablonec

15 December 2024 19	Sparta Prague	2–1	Jablonec	Prague
13:00 CET	Rrahmani  39' 51' Suchomel  55' Olatunji 78'	Report	Hollý 34'	Stadium: epet Arena Attendance: 15,963 Referee: Lukáš Nehasil

Slovácko v Sparta Prague

2 February 2025 20	Slovácko	0–2	Sparta Prague	Uherské Hradiště
13:00 CET	Trávník  26' Robert Mišković  63'	Report	Sadílek 4' Kuchta 30' Sørensen  68'	Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Jan Všetečka

Championship round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slavia Prague (C)	35	29	3	3	77	18	+59	90	Qualification for the Champions League league phase
2	Viktoria Plzeň	35	23	5	7	71	36	+35	74	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Baník Ostrava	35	22	5	8	58	34	+24	71	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4	Sparta Prague	35	19	6	10	61	44	+17	63	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Jablonec	35	19	6	10	60	33	+27	63
6	Sigma Olomouc	35	12	9	14	48	53	−5	45	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]

Source: Chance Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Points earned in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points (regular season); 4) Head-to-head goal difference (regular season); 5) Head-to-head goals scored (regular season); 5) Goal difference (all matches); 6) Goals scored (all matches); 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. The winner of the 2024–25 Czech Cup (Sigma Olomouc) qualifies for the Europa League play-off round.

Czech Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Czech Cup

Sparta Prague v Zbrojovka Brno

30 October 2024 Third Round	Sparta Prague	4-0	Zbrojovka Brno	Prague
19:15 CET	Krasniqi 40' Pešek 65' Daněk 71' Rrahmani 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: epet Arena Attendance: 13,649 Referee: Pavel Orel

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League

As the Czech First League champions, Sparta entered the competition in the second qualifying round.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Second qualifying round

The second qualifying round draw was held on 19 June 2024, Sparta were drawn against League of Ireland Premier Division champions Shamrock Rovers.^[15]

Shamrock Rovers v Sparta Prague

23 July 2024 First leg	Shamrock Rovers	0–2	Sparta Prague	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:00 IST	Burns  79'	Report	Birmančević 38' Solbakken  58' Wiesner 65'	Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 9,684 Referee: Joey Kooij (Netherlands)

Sparta Prague v Shamrock Rovers

30 July 2024 Second leg	Sparta Prague	4–2 (6–2 agg.)	Shamrock Rovers	Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST	Sadílek  2' Laçi  18' Olatunji 29' Ross 41' Sørensen 48' Daněk  62' Tuci 71'	Report	Cleary  26' Greene 32', 47' Nugent  38'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 17,367 Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round draw was held on 22 July 2024, Sparta were drawn against Liga I champions FCSB.^[16]

Sparta Prague v FCSB

6 August 2024 First leg	Sparta Prague	1–1	FCSB	Prague, Czech Republic
20:00 CEST	Vitík  65' Olatunji 78' Krasniqi  84'	Report	Crețu  41' Târnovanu  43' Popa  43' Dawa  55', 61' Phelipe  90+4' Edjouma  90+8' Raduović  90+9'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 17,229 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

FCSB v Sparta Prague

13 August 2024 Second leg	FCSB	2–3 (3–4 agg.)	Sparta Prague	Bucharest, Romania
20:30 EEST	Băluță  29' Olaru  29', 60' Lixandru  48' Edjouma 85' Târnovanu  90+4' Crețu  90+6'	Report	Birmančević 13', 28' (pen.),  60' Preciado  34' Haraslín 37' Sørensen  53' Kuchta  79'	Stadium: Steaua Stadium Attendance: 28,875 Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Play-off round

The play-off round draw was held on 5 August 2024, Sparta were drawn against Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF.^[17]

Malmö FF v Sparta Prague

21 August 2024 First leg	Malmö FF	0–2	Sparta Prague	Malmö, Sweden
21:00 CEST	Busanello  11' Peña  34' Christiansen  69'	Report	Stryger 31' (o.g.) Olatunji  40' Laçi  62' Pešek  85' Ryneš 89'	Stadium: Stadion Attendance: 20,589 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Sparta Prague v Malmö FF

27 August 2024 Second leg	Sparta Prague	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Malmö FF	Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 CEST	Birmančević 19' Vitík  25' Panák  45+1' Haraslín 80' (pen.) Rrahmani 83',  84'	Report	Zätterström  17' Jansson  17' Christiansen 27',  45+2' Peña  41'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 18,215 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

League phase

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase

The league phase draw was held on 29 August 2024.^[18]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
29	Red Star Belgrade	8	2	0	6	13	22	−9	6
30	Sturm Graz	8	2	0	6	5	14	−9	6
31	Sparta Prague	8	1	1	6	7	21	−14	4
32	RB Leipzig	8	1	0	7	8	15	−7	3
33	Girona	8	1	0	7	5	13	−8	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	L	L	L
Position	6	10	21	26	28	28
Points	3	4	4	4	4	4

Source: UEFA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Sparta Prague v Red Bull Salzburg

18 September 2024 1	Sparta Prague	3–0	Red Bull Salzburg	Prague, Czech Republic
18:45 CEST	Kairinen 2' Olatunji 42' Laçi 58' Vitík  87'	Report	Piątkowski  58' Gourna-Douath  72'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 17,612 Referee: Rade Obrenović (Slovenia)

VfB Stuttgart v Sparta Prague

1 October 2024 2	VfB Stuttgart	1–1	Sparta Prague	Stuttgart, Germany
18:45 CEST	Millot 7' Stenzel  12'	Report	Kairinen 32',  77'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Manfredas Lukjančukas (Lithuania)

Manchester City v Sparta Prague

23 October 2024 3	Manchester City	5–0	Sparta Prague	Manchester, England
20:00 BST	Foden 3' Stones  7', 64' Haaland 58', 68' Nunes 88' (pen.)	Report	Preciado  87'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 50,116 Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

Sparta Prague v Brest

6 November 2024 4	Sparta Prague	1–2	Brest	Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 CET	Ryneš  69' Olatunji 90+2'	Report	Ajorque  23' Fernandes 37' Kairinen 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 18,033 Referee: Mykola Balakin (Ukraine)

Sparta Prague v Atlético Madrid

26 November 2024 5	Sparta Prague	0–6	Atlético Madrid	Prague, Czech Republic
18:45 CET	Pešek  65'	Report	Alvarez 15', 59' Llorente 43' Barrios  67' Griezmann 70' Correa 85', 89'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Feyenoord v Sparta Prague

11 December 2024 6	Feyenoord	4–2	Sparta Prague	Rotterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CET	Trauner 8' Paixão 10' Hadj Moussa 30' Giménez  51', 63'	Report	Vindahl  10' Sørensen  37' Rrahmani 43' Vitík  53' Beelen 79' (o.g.) Zelený  90'	Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

Sparta Prague v Inter Milan

22 January 2025 7	Sparta Prague	0–1	Inter Milan	Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 CET		Report	L. Martinez 12'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 18,010 Referee: Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez

Bayer Leverkusen v Sparta Prague

29 January 2025 8	Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Sparta Prague	Leverkusen, Germany
21:00 CET	Wirtz 32' Tella 64'	Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Georgi Kabakov