2009–10 AC Sparta Prague season

Sparta Prague
2009–10 season
ManagerJozef Chovanec
StadiumGenerali Arena
Czech First League1st
Czech CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueThird qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Wilfried Bony (9)
Average home league attendance10,766
Biggest win6–0 v Náchod-Deštné
(Away, 8 October 2009, Czech Cup)
Biggest defeat0–3 v Panathinaikos
(Away, 4 August 2009, UEFA Champions League)
0–3 v Copenhagen
(Home, 16 December 2009, UEFA Europa League)

The 2009–10 season was Athletic Club Sparta Prague's 17th consecutive season in the Czech First League. In addition to the domestic league, Sparta Prague participated in that season's editions of the Czech Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  CZE Tomáš Řepka
3 MF  CRO Manuel Pamić
4 DF  AUT Niklas Hoheneder
5 MF  CZE Ladislav Krejčí
6 FW  SVK Miloš Lačný
7 MF  CZE Libor Sionko
9 FW  CZE Milan Jurdík
11 MF  SVK Igor Žofčák
12 FW  CIV Wilfried Bony
13 MF  CZE Ondřej Kušnír
14 FW  CZE Václav Kadlec
15 DF  CZE Jiří Kladrubský
16 DF  CZE Roman Polom
17 FW  CZE Lukáš Třešňák
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  CZE Martin Sus
19 MF  CZE Luboš Kalouda
20 MF  SVK Juraj Kucka
21 DF  CZE Erich Brabec
22 MF  CZE Martin Zeman
23 MF  BLR Dzyanis Kowba
24 GK  SVK Matúš Kozáčik
25 MF  CZE Kamil Vacek
26 GK  CZE Milan Švenger
27 MF  CZE Luboš Hušek
28 MF  CZE Zdeněk Folprecht
29 GK  CZE Jaromír Blažek
30 DF  CZE Lukáš Hejda

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Czech First League 24 July 2009 15 May 2010 Matchday 1 Winners 30 16 14 0 42 14 +28 053.33
Czech Cup 3 September 2009 15 April 2010 Second round Quarter-finals 6 4 0 2 16 2 +14 066.67
UEFA Champions League 28 July 2009 4 August 2009 Third qualifying round Third qualifying round 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 050.00
UEFA Europa League 20 August 2009 16 December 2009 Play-off round Group stage 8 4 1 3 10 9 +1 050.00
Total 46 25 15 6 71 29 +42 054.35

Source: Competitions

Czech First League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sparta Prague (C) 30 16 14 0 42 14 +28 62 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Jablonec 30 18 7 5 42 24 +18 61 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round
3 Baník Ostrava 30 17 9 4 47 25 +22 60 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4 Teplice 30 15 10 5 44 25 +19 55
5 Viktoria Plzeň 30 12 12 6 42 33 +9 48 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[a]
Source: Fortuna liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Viktoria Plzeň won the 2009–10 Czech Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

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
30 16 14 0 42 14  +28 62 10 5 0 24 3  +21 6 9 0 18 11  +7

Source: Competitions

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDDDWWDWDDWDWDWWWDWWWDWDWDWDWDW
Position121112757444364443232211111111111
Points1236910131415181922232629323336394243464750515455585962
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

24 July 2009 1 Teplice 0–0 Sparta Prague Teplice
Report Stadium: Na Stínadlech
Attendance: 15,120
Referee: Pavel Královec
Assistant referees: Ivo Chytil, Petr Vysloužil
31 July 2009 2 Sparta Prague 0–0 Bohemians 1905 Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 15,921
Referee: Libor Kovařík
Assistant referees: Kryštof Mencl, Tomáš Kovařík
8 August 2009 3 Příbram 1–1 Sparta Prague Příbram
  • Šmejkal  60'
  • Cafu 68'
Report
Stadium: Na Litavce
Attendance: 7,156
Referee: Pavel Franěk
Assistant referees: Miroslav Zlámal, Josef Košec
15 August 2009 4 Sparta Prague 2–0 Kladno Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 7,956
Referee: Tomáš Kocourek
Assistant referees: Antonín Kordula, Pavel Peřina
23 August 2009 5 Sparta Prague 1–0 Mladá Boleslav Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 12,489
Referee: Roman Hrubeš
Assistant referees: Petr Hojsík, Ondřej Pelikán
31 August 2009 6 Sigma Olomouc 1–1 Sparta Prague Olomouc
Report
Stadium: Andrův stadion
Attendance: 6,636
Referee: Jan Jílek
Assistant referees: Martin Večeřa, Emanuel Marek
12 September 2009 7 Sparta Prague 2–0 Jablonec Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 7,521
Referee: Jiří Adam
Assistant referees: Dušan Pospíšil, Zdeněk Dobrovolný
21 September 2009 8 Brno 1–1 Sparta Prague Brno
Report
Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská
Attendance: 8,257
Referee: Radek Příhoda
Assistant referees: Petr Hojsík, Ladislav Gallo
26 September 2009 9 Sparta Prague 0–0 Viktoria Plzeň Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 7,520
Referee: Roman Hrubeš
Assistant referees: Ivo Chytil, Emanuel Marek
5 October 2009 10 Slavia Prague 0–1 Sparta Prague Prague
Report
Stadium: Synot Tip Arena
Attendance: 19,370
Referee: Jiří Jech
Assistant referees: Patrik Filípek, Kryštof Mencl
17 October 2009 11 Sparta Prague 1–1 Dynamo České Budějovice Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 5,522
Referee: Pavel Franěk
Assistant referees: Emil Ubias, Petr Vysloužil
25 October 2009 12 Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) 2–3 Sparta Prague Prague
Report
Stadium: Stadion Evžena Rošického
Attendance: 1,722
Referee: Milan Makovička
Assistant referees: Josef Košec, Václav Štěrba
31 October 2009 13 Sparta Prague 1–1 Baník Ostrava Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 9,715
Referee: Michal Paták
Assistant referees: Ivo Chytil, Ladislav Gallo
9 November 2009 14 Slovácko 0–1 Sparta Prague Uherské Hradiště
Report
Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty
Attendance: 7,122
Referee: Jiří Adam
Assistant referees: Martin Večeřa, Zdeněk Dobrovolný
21 November 2009 15 Sparta Prague 2–0 Slovan Liberec Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 9,209
Referee: Tomáš Kocourek
Assistant referees: Patrik Filípek, Robert Kubáň
28 November 2009 16 Bohemians 1905 0–2 Sparta Prague Prague
Report
Stadium: Ďolíček
Attendance: 7,153
Referee: Dagmar Damková
Assistant referees: Emil Ubias, Petr Slavík
27 February 2010 17 Sparta Prague 1–1 Příbram Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 10,066
Referee: Radek Matějek
Assistant referees: Ladislav Gallo, Petr Vysloužil
7 March 2010 18 Kladno 0–1 Sparta Prague Kladno
Report
Stadium: Stadion Františka Kloze
Attendance: 1,780
Referee: Milan Makovička
Assistant referees: Patrik Filípek, Dušan Pospíšil
14 March 2010 19 Mladá Boleslav 1–2 Sparta Prague Mladá Boleslav
Report
Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 4,386
Referee: Pavel Královec
Assistant referees: Antonín Kordula, Zdeněk Dobrovolný
20 March 2010 20 Sparta Prague 4–0 Sigma Olomouc Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 10,404
Referee: Tomáš Kocourek
Assistant referees: Josef Košec, Ladislav Gallo
24 March 2010 21 Jablonec 0–0 Sparta Prague Jablonec nad Nisou
Report
Stadium: Stadion Střelnice
Attendance: 5,232
Referee: Jiří Jech
Assistant referees: Miroslav Zlámal, Zdeněk Koval
28 March 2010 22 Sparta Prague 3–0 Brno Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 10.655
Referee: Roman Hrubeš
Assistant referees: Martin Wilczek, Roman Tacina
5 April 2010 23 Viktoria Plzeň 2–2 Sparta Prague Plzeň
Report
Stadium: Stadion města Plzně
Attendance: 6,522
Referee: Libor Kovařík
Assistant referees: Emil Ubias, Libor Novák
12 April 2010 24 Sparta Prague 1–0 Slavia Prague Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 18,639
Referee: Pavel Franěk
Assistant referees: Miroslav Zlámal, Ivo Chytil
18 April 2010 25 Dynamo České Budějovice 0–0 Sparta Prague České Budějovice
Report
Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov
Attendance: 5,564
Referee: Michal Paták
Assistant referees: Martin Večeřa, Jaroslav Moudrý
24 April 2010 26 Sparta Prague 1–0 Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 7,813
Referee: Radek Matějek
Assistant referees: Martin Wilczek, Petr Čecháček
2 May 2010 27 Baník Ostrava 1–1 Sparta Prague Ostrava
Report
Stadium: Bazaly
Attendance: 17,372
Referee: Dagmar Damková
Assistant referees: Antonín Kordula, Kryštof Mencl
5 May 2010 28 Sparta Prague 4–0 Slovácko Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 8,849
Referee: Roman Hrubeš
Assistant referees: Zdeněk Dobrovolný, Emanuel Marek
8 May 2010 29 Slovan Liberec 2–2 Sparta Prague Liberec
Report
Stadium: Stadion u Nisy
Attendance: 7,625
Referee: Pavel Královec
Assistant referees: Patrik Filípek, Petr Hojsík
15 May 2010 30 Sparta Prague 1–0 Teplice Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 19,215
Referee: Michal Paták
Assistant referees: Miroslav Zlámal, Jiří Jiřík

Czech Cup

3 September 2009 Second round Ústí nad Orlicí 0–4 Sparta Prague Ústí nad Orlicí
Report Stadium: TJ Jiskra fotbalový stadion
8 October 2009 Third round Náchod-Deštné 0–6 Sparta Prague Náchod
Report Stadium: Stadion Běloves

Fourth round

11 November 2009 Second leg Sparta Prague 1–0
(6–0 agg.)
Dynamo České Budějovice Prague
Report Stadium: Generali Arena
Note: Sparta Prague won 6–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

1 April 2010 First leg Slavia Prague 1–0 Sparta Prague Prague
Report
Stadium: Synot Tip Arena
15 April 2010 Second leg Sparta Prague 0–1
(0–2 agg.)
Slavia Prague Prague
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Note: Slavia Prague won 2–0 on aggregate.

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round
28 July 2009 First leg Sparta Prague 3–1 Panathinaikos Prague, Czech Republic
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 12,057[2]
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
Assistant referees: Tomislav Petrović (Croatia), Željko Grgec (Croatia)
Fourth official: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)
4 August 2009 Second leg Panathinaikos 3–0
(4–3 agg.)
Sparta Prague Athens, Greece
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 47,637[3]
Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
Assistant referees: Tiago Trigo (Portugal), Venâncio Tomé (Portugal)
Fourth official: Pedro Jorge Carvalheiro Henriques (Portugal)
Note: Panathinaikos won 4–3 on aggregate.

UEFA Europa League

Play-off round

20 August 2009 First leg Maribor 0–2 Sparta Prague Maribor, Slovenia
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ljudski vrt
Attendance: 10,500[4]
Referee: Jouni Hyytiä (Finland)
Assistant referees: Jouko Ikonen (Finland), Esa Vehvilainen (Finland)
Fourth official: Antti Munukka (Finland)
27 August 2009 Second leg Sparta Prague 1–0
(3–0 agg.)
Maribor Prague, Czech Republic
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 12,710[5]
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
Assistant referees: Viachaslau Bykov (Belarus), Stanislav Savitski (Belarus)
Fourth official: Valery Vyalichka (Belarus)
Note: Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSV FCK PRA CLU
1 PSV Eindhoven 6 4 2 0 8 3 +5 14 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 1–0 1–0
2 Copenhagen 6 3 1 2 7 4 +3 10 1–1 1–0 2–0
3 Sparta Prague 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 2–2 0–3 2–0
4 CFR Cluj 6 1 0 5 4 10 −6 3 0–2 2–0 2–3
Source: Soccerway
17 September 2009 1 Sparta Prague 2–2 PSV Eindhoven Prague, Czech Republic
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 16,703[6]
Referee: Dougie McDonald (Scotland)
Assistant referees: William Conquer (Scotland), Graham Chambers (Scotland)
Fourth official: Steven McLean (Scotland)
Goal-line assistants: Alan Muir (Scotland), Steve Conroy (Scotland)
1 October 2009 2 Copenhagen 1–0 Sparta Prague Copenhagen, Denmark
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Parken Stadium
Attendance: 15,043[7]
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)
Assistant referees: Marko Leevand (Estonia), Hannes Reinvald (Estonia)
Fourth official: Jaan Roos (Estonia)
Goal-line assistants: Sten Kaldma (Estonia), Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
22 October 2009 3 Sparta Prague 2–0 CFR Cluj Prague, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 10,134[8]
Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia)
Assistant referees: Ilya Baryshnikov (Russia), Vitali Drozdov (Russia)
Fourth official: Stanislav Sukhina (Russia)
Goal-line assistants: Maksim Layushkin (Russia), Sergei Karasev (Russia)
5 November 2009 4 CFR Cluj 2–3 Sparta Prague Cluj-Napoca, Romania
22:05 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Attendance: 7,227[9]
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
Assistant referees: Erdinç Sezertam (Turkey), Emre Eyisoy (Turkey)
Fourth official: Özgüç Türkalp (Turkey)
Goal-line assistants: Fırat Aydınus (Turkey), Bülent Yıldırım (Turkey)
3 December 2009 5 PSV Eindhoven 1–0 Sparta Prague Eindhoven, Netherlands
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 26,400[10]
Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
Assistant referees: Magnus Sjöblom (Sweden), Joakim Flink (Sweden)
Fourth official: Magnus Ahlsèn (Sweden)
Goal-line assistants: Daniel Stålhammar (Sweden), Michael Lerjéus (Sweden)
16 December 2009 6 Sparta Prague 0–3 Copenhagen Prague, Czech Republic
21:05 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 17,151[11]
Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)
Assistant referees: Devis Dettamanti (Switzerland), Charles Helbling (Switzerland)
Fourth official: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)
Goal-line assistants: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland), Bruno Grossen (Switzerland)

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