AC Sparta Prague in European football explained

Continent:	Europe
AC Sparta Prague in European football
Club:	Sparta Prague
First Entry:	1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup
Last Entry:	2024–25 UEFA Champions League

AC Sparta Prague is an association football club from Prague, Czech Republic. The team has participated in 39 seasons of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) club competitions, including 25 seasons in the Champions League and its predecessors, 14 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League and six seasons in the Cup Winners' Cup.^[1] The club's first appearance was in the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup.^[1] The club's best performance is reaching the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup, which they managed in the 1972–73 season.

The club plays its home matches at Generali Arena, an all-seater stadium in Prague. Jiří Novotný has appeared in the most UEFA matches for Sparta, with 83 games to his name. The scoring record is shared between Horst Siegl and Ivan Mráz with 14 goals each.^[1]

Key

Pld = Games played
W = Games won
D = Games drawn
L = Games lost
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goal difference
(a.e.t.) = Match determined after extra time
(a) = Match determined by away goals rule
pen. = Match determined by penalty shoot-out

QF = Quarter-finals
Group = Group stage
Group 2 = Second group stage
PO = Play-off round
KRPO = Knockout round play-offs
R3 = Round 3
R2 = Round 2
R1 = Round 1
Q3 = Third qualification round
Q2 = Second qualification round
Q1 = First qualification round
Q = Qualification round

All-time statistics

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Sparta Prague's games in the three UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of games played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L), as well as goals for (GF), goals against (GA) and goal difference (GD). The statistics are up to date as of 28 July 2022.^[1]

Competition
European Cup/UEFA Champions League	152	58	33	61	203	211
Cup Winners' Cup	30	15	5	10	68	32	+36
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League	124	50	34	40	175	153	+22
UEFA Europa Conference League	4	0	1	3	2	5	–3
Total	304	119	69	116	435	394	+41

Matches

The following is a complete list of matches played by Sparta in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and its country, the date, the venue and the score, with Sparta's score noted first. It is up to date as of 13 August 2024.

Season! scope=col rowspan=2
Tournament	scope=col rowspan=2	Stage	scope=col colspan=2	Opponent	scope=col rowspan=2	Date	scope=col rowspan=2	Venue	scope=col rowspan=2	Score
scope=col	Team	scope=col	Country
scope=row rowspan=4	1964–65		R1		Cyprus	15 September 1964	Stadion Letná, Prague	10–0
19 September 1964			R1		Cyprus	6–0
R2			England	24 November 1964		0–2
R2			England	8 December 1964	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–1
scope=row rowspan=6	1965–66		Q		Switzerland	22 September 1965		0–0
29 September 1965	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q		Switzerland	4–0
R1			Poland	24 November 1965	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–0
R1			Poland	28 November 1965		2–1
QF			Yugoslavia	2 March 1966	Stadion Letná, Prague	4–1
QF			Yugoslavia	9 March 1966		0–5
scope=row rowspan=6	1967–68		R1		Norway	20 September 1967		1–0
4 October 1967	Stadion Letná, Prague		R1		Norway	1–1
R2			Belgium	29 November 1967	Stadion Eden, Prague	3–2
R2			Belgium	6 December 1967		3–3
QF			Spain	6 March 1968		0–3
QF			Spain	20 March 1968	Stadion Eden, Prague	2–1
scope=row rowspan=8	1972–73		R1		Belgium	12 September 1972		0–1
26 September 1972	Stadion Letná, Prague		R1		Belgium	4–2
R2			Hungary	24 October 1972		0–2
R2			Hungary	7 November 1972	Stadion Letná, Prague	4–1
QF			West Germany	6 March 1973		1–2
QF			West Germany	20 March 1973	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–0
SF			Italy	11 April 1973		0–1
SF			Italy	25 April 1973	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–1
scope=row rowspan=2	1976–77		R1		Hungary	13 September 1976		1–3
28 September 1976	Stadion Letná, Prague		R1		Hungary	1–1
scope=row rowspan=4	1980–81		R1		Luxembourg	15 September 1980		6–0
30 September 1980	Stadion Letná, Prague		R1		Luxembourg	6–0
R2			Bulgaria	21 October 1980	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–0
R2			Bulgaria	4 November 1980		0–3
scope=row rowspan=2	1981–82		R1		Switzerland	15 September 1981		0–4
29 September 1981	Stadion Letná, Prague		R1		Switzerland	3–2
scope=row rowspan=8	1983–84		R1		Spain	14 September 1983	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–2
28 September 1983			R1		Spain	1–1
R2			Poland	19 October 1983	Away	0–1
R2			Poland	2 November 1983	Home	3–0
R3			England	23 November 1983		3–2
R3			England	7 December 1983	Home	4–0
QF			Yugoslavia	7 March 1984	Home	1–0
QF			Yugoslavia	21 March 1984	Away	0–2
scope=row rowspan=6	1984–85		R1		Norway	19 September 1984		3–3
3 October 1984	Stadion Letná, Prague		R1		Norway	2–0
R2			Denmark	24 October 1984	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
R2			Denmark	7 November 1984		2–1
QF			Italy	6 March 1985		0–3
QF			Italy	20 March 1985	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
scope=row rowspan=2	1985–86		R1		Spain	18 September 1985	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–2
2 October 1985			R1		Spain	1–0 (a)
scope=row rowspan=2	1986–87		R1		Portugal	17 September 1986	Home	1–1
1 October 1986	Away		R1		Portugal	1–2
scope=row rowspan=4	1987–88		R1		Iceland	16 September 1987		2–0
30 September 1987	Stadion Letná, Prague		R1		Iceland	8–0
R2			Belgium	21 October 1987	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–2
R2			Belgium	4 November 1987		0–1
scope=row rowspan=2	1988–89		R1		Romania	7 September 1988	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–5
5 October 1988			R1		Romania	2–2
scope=row rowspan=4	1989–90		R1		Turkey	13 September 1989	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–1
27 September 1989			R1		Turkey	2–1
R2			Bulgaria	18 October 1989		2–2
R2			Bulgaria	1 November 1989		0–3
scope=row rowspan=2	1990–91		R1		USSR	19 September 1990	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–2
3 October 1990			R1		USSR	0–2
scope=row rowspan=10	1991–92		R1		Scotland	18 September 1991	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
2 October 1991			R1		Scotland	1–2 (a)
R2			France	23 October 1991		2–3
R2			France	6 November 1991	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–1 (a)
Group			Spain	27 November 1991		2–3
			USSR	11 December 1991	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–1
			Portugal	4 March 1992		1–1
			Portugal	18 March 1992	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1
			Spain	1 April 1992	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
			USSR	15 April 1992		0–1
scope=row rowspan=6	1992–93		R1		Scotland	15 September 1992	Away	1–0
30 September 1992	Home		R1		Scotland	2–1
R2			Germany	21 October 1992		3–2
R2			Germany	4 November 1992	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
QF			Italy	2 March 1993	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
QF			Italy	16 March 1993		0–2
scope=row rowspan=4	1993–94		R1		Sweden	15 September 1993		0–1
29 September 1993	Stadion Letná, Prague		R1		Sweden	2–0
R2			Belgium	20 October 1993	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–1
R2			Belgium	3 November 1993		2–4
scope=row rowspan=2	1994–95		Q		Sweden	10 August 1994		1–0
24 August 1994			Q		Sweden	0–2
scope=row rowspan=8	1995–96		Q		Turkey	8 August 1995	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–1
22 August 1995			Q		Turkey	1–1
R1			Denmark	12 September 1995	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–1
R1			Denmark	26 September 1995		2–1 (a)
R2			Moldova	17 October 1995	Stadion Letná, Prague	4–3
R2			Moldova	31 October 1995		2–0
R3			Italy	23 November 1995		0–2
R3			Italy	7 December 1995	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
scope=row rowspan=6	1996–97		Q		Northern Ireland	8 August 1996		2–1
22 August 1996	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q		Northern Ireland	8–0
R1			Austria	12 September 1996		2–2
R1			Austria	26 September 1996	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1 (a)
R2			Italy	17 October 1996		1–2
R2			Italy	31 October 1996	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1
scope=row rowspan=8	1997–98		Q2		Austria	13 August 1997		0–0
27 August 1997	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q2		Austria	3–0
Group			Italy	17 September 1997	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
			Germany	1 October 1997		1–4
			Turkey	22 October 1997	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–0
			Turkey	5 November 1997		0–2
			Italy	27 November 1997		2–2
			Germany	10 December 1997	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–3
scope=row rowspan=4	1998–99		Q2		Ukraine	12 August 1998		1–0
26 August 1998	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q2		Ukraine	0–1 (1–3 pen.)
	R1		Spain	15 September 1998	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–4
	R1		Spain	29 September 1998		0–1
scope=row rowspan=12	1999–2000		Group		France	15 September 1999	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
	Russia			21 September 1999		1–1
	Netherlands			28 September 1999	Stadion Letná, Prague	4–0
	Netherlands			20 October 1999		4–3
	France			26 October 1999		0–0
	Russia			3 November 1999	Stadion Letná, Prague	5–2
Group 2				Portugal	23 November 1999	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–2
			Spain	8 December 1999		0–5
			Germany	1 March 2000	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1
			Germany	7 March 2000		1–0
				Portugal	15 March 2000		2–2
			Spain	21 March 2000	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–2
scope=row rowspan=8	2000–01		Q3		Moldova	8 August 2000		1–0
23 August 2000	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q3		Moldova	1–0
Group			England	12 September 2000	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–1
			Italy	20 September 2000		0–3
			Ukraine	27 September 2000	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–2
			Ukraine	17 October 2000		1–2
			England	25 October 2000		2–4
			Italy	7 November 2000	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–1
scope=row rowspan=12	2001–02		Group		Germany	18 September 2001		0–0
	Netherlands			25 September 2001	Stadion Letná, Prague	4–0
	Russia			10 October 2001	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–0
	Netherlands			17 October 2001		2–0
	Russia			23 October 2001		2–2
	Germany			31 October 2001	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–1
Group 2				Spain	21 November 2001	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–3
				Portugal	4 December 2001		1–0
			Greece	19 February 2002	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–2
			Greece	27 February 2002		1–2
				Spain	12 March 2002		0–3
			Portugal	20 March 2002	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–0
scope=row rowspan=8	2002–03		Q2		Georgia	31 July 2002	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–0
7 August 2002			Q2		Georgia	2–1
Q3			Belgium	13 August 2002		0–2
Q3			Belgium	27 August 2002	Stadion Letná, Prague	4–2 (a)
	R1		Bosnia and Herzegovina	19 September 2002	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–0
	R1		Bosnia and Herzegovina	3 October 2002		1–0
	R2		Turkey	31 October 2002	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
	R2		Turkey	14 November 2002		0–2
scope=row rowspan=10	2003–04		Q3		Macedonia	13 August 2003		3–2
26 August 2003	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q3		Macedonia	2–2
Group			England	16 September 2003	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–1
			Italy	1 October 2003		2–2
			Turkey	22 October 2003	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–1
			Turkey	4 November 2003		0–1
			England	26 November 2003		0–0
			Italy	9 December 2003	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
Round of 16			Italy	24 February 2004	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
Round of 16			Italy	10 March 2004		1–4
scope=row rowspan=10	2004–05		Q2		Cyprus	28 July 2004		2–2
4 August 2004	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q2		Cyprus	2–1
Q3			Hungary	11 August 2004		0–1
Q3			Hungary	25 August 2004	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–0
Group			Turkey	15 September 2004		0–1
			France	28 September 2004	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–2
			England	19 October 2004	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
			England	3 November 2004		1–4
			Turkey	23 November 2004	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–1
			France	8 December 2004		0–5
scope=row rowspan=6	2005–06		Group		Netherlands	14 September 2005	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1
	Switzerland			27 September 2005		0–1
	England			18 October 2005	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–2
	England			2 November 2005		0–3
	Netherlands			22 November 2005		1–2
	Switzerland			7 December 2005	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
scope=row rowspan=6	2006–07		R1		Scotland	14 September 2006		2–0
28 September 2006	Stadion Letná, Prague		R1		Scotland	0–0
Group			Spain	19 October 2006	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–2
			Belgium	2 November 2006		1–3
			Netherlands	23 November 2006	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
			Austria	30 November 2006		1–0
scope=row rowspan=8	2007–08		Q3		England	15 August 2007	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–2
29 August 2007			Q3		England	0–3
	R1		Denmark	20 September 2007	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
	R1		Denmark	4 October 2007		0–0 (4–3 pen.)
	Group		Switzerland	25 October 2007	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–2
			France	8 November 2007		3–2
			Russia	29 November 2007	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
			Germany	6 December 2007		0–1
scope=row rowspan=6	2008–09		Q2		Moldova	30 July 2008		1–0
6 August 2008	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q2		Moldova	2–0
Q3			Greece	13 August 2008	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–2
Q3			Greece	26 August 2008		0–1
	R1		Croatia	18 September 2008		0–0
	R1		Croatia	2 October 2008	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–3 (a)
scope=row rowspan=10	2009–10		Q3		Greece	28 July 2009	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–1
4 August 2009			Q3		Greece	0–3
	PO		Slovenia	20 August 2009		2–0
	PO		Slovenia	27 August 2009	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
	Group		Netherlands	17 September 2009	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–2
			Denmark	1 October 2009		0–1
			Romania	22 October 2009	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–0
			Romania	5 November 2009		3–2
			Netherlands	3 December 2009		0–1
			Denmark	16 December 2009	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–3
scope=row rowspan=14	2010–11		Q2		Latvia	13 July 2010	Daugava Stadium, Liepāja	3–0
21 July 2010	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q2		Latvia	2–0
Q3			Poland	27 July 2010	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
Q3			Poland	4 August 2010		1–0
PO			Slovakia	17 August 2010	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–2
PO			Slovakia	25 August 2010		0–1
	Group		Italy	16 September 2010	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–2
			Russia	30 September 2010		0–3
			Switzerland	21 October 2010	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–3
			Switzerland	4 November 2010		3–1
			Italy	2 December 2010		2–2
			Russia	15 December 2010	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1
	Round of 32		England	17 February 2011	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
	Round of 32		England	24 February 2011		0–1
scope=row rowspan=4	2011–12		Q3		Bosnia and Herzegovina	28 July 2011	Stadion Letná, Prague	5–0
4 August 2011			Q3		Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0
PO			Romania	18 August 2011		0–2
PO			Romania	25 August 2011	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
scope=row rowspan=12	2012–13		Q3		Austria	2 August 2012		2–0
9 August 2012	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q3		Austria	2–2
PO			Netherlands	23 August 2012		2–2
PO			Netherlands	30 August 2012	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–0
Group			France	20 September 2012		1–2
			Spain	4 October 2012	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–1
			Israel	25 October 2012	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–1
			Israel	8 November 2012		1–1
			France	22 November 2012	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1
			Spain	6 December 2012		0–0
Round of 32			England	14 February 2013	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–1
Round of 32			England	21 February 2013		1–1
scope=row rowspan=2	2013–14		Q2		Sweden	18 July 2013	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–2
25 July 2013			Q2		Sweden	0–1
scope=row rowspan=12	2014–15		Q2		Estonia	15 July 2014	Stadion Letná, Prague	7–0
22 July 2014			Q2		Estonia	1–1
Q3			Sweden	29 July 2014	Stadion Letná, Prague	4–2
Q3			Sweden	6 August 2014		0–2 (a)
Europa League	PO		Netherlands	21 August 2014		1–1
	PO		Netherlands	28 August 2014	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–1
	Group		Italy	18 September 2014		1–3
			Switzerland	2 October 2014	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–1
			Slovakia	23 October 2014		3–0
			Slovakia	6 November 2014	Stadion Letná, Prague	4–0
			Italy	27 November 2014	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
			Switzerland	11 December 2014		0–2
scope=row rowspan=16	2015–16		Q3		Russia	28 July 2015		2–2
4 August 2015	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q3		Russia	2–3
Europa League	PO		Switzerland	20 August 2015	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–1
	PO		Switzerland	27 August 2015		3–3
	Group			Greece	17 September 2015		1–1
			Cyprus	1 October 2015	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–0
			Germany	22 October 2015		2–2
			Germany	5 November 2015	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1
				Greece	26 November 2015	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
			Cyprus	10 December 2015		3–1
	Round of 32		Russia	18 February 2016	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
	Round of 32		Russia	25 February 2016		3–0
	Round of 16		Italy	10 March 2016	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1
	Round of 16		Italy	17 March 2016		3–0
	QF		Spain	7 April 2016		1–2
	QF		Spain	14 April 2016	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–4
scope=row rowspan=12	2016–17		Q3		Romania	26 July 2016	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1
3 August 2016			Q3		Romania	0–2
Europa League	PO		Denmark	18 August 2016		0–0
	PO		Denmark	25 August 2016	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–2
	Group			England	15 September 2016		0–3
			Italy	29 September 2016	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–1
			Israel	20 October 2016		1–0
			Israel	3 November 2016	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–0
				England	24 November 2016	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
			Italy	8 December 2016		1–2
	Round of 32		Russia	16 February 2017		0–4
	Round of 32		Russia	23 February 2017	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1
scope=row rowspan=2	2017–18		Q3	Red Star Belgrade	Serbia	27 July 2017	Stadion Rajko Mitić, Belgrade	0–2
4 August 2017	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q3	Red Star Belgrade	Serbia	0–1
scope=row rowspan=2	2018–19		Q2	Spartak Subotica	Serbia	26 July 2018	Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad	0–2
2 August 2018	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q2	Spartak Subotica	Serbia	2–1
scope=row rowspan=2	2019–20		Q3	Trabzonspor	Turkey	8 August 2019	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–2
15 August 2019			Q3	Trabzonspor	Turkey	1–2
scope=row rowspan=6	2020–21		Group		France	22 October 2020	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–4
	Italy			29 October 2020		0–3
	Scotland			5 November 2020		4–1
	Scotland			26 November 2020	Stadion Letná, Prague	4–1
	France			3 December 2020		1–2
	Italy			10 December 2020	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–1
scope=row rowspan=12	2021–22		Q2		Austria	20 July 2021		1–2
28 July 2021	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q2		Austria	2–0
Q3			France	3 August 2021	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–2
Q3			France	10 August 2021		1–3
	Group		Denmark	16 September 2021		0–0
			Scotland	30 September 2021	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
			France	21 October 2021	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–4
			France	4 November 2021		0–3
			Scotland	25 November 2021		0–2
			Denmark	9 December 2021	Stadion Letná, Prague	2–0
	KRPO		Serbia	17 February 2022	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–1
	KRPO		Serbia	24 February 2022		1–2
scope=row rowspan=2	2022–23		Q2		Norway	21 July 2022	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
28 July 2022			Q2		Norway	1–2
scope=row rowspan=14	2023–24		Q3		Denmark	8 August 2023		0–0
15 August 2023	epet ARENA, Prague		Q3		Denmark	3–3 (2–4 pen.)
	PO		Croatia	24 August 2023		1–3
	PO		Croatia	31 August 2023	epet ARENA, Prague	4–1
	Group			Cyprus	21 September 2023	Stadion Letná, Prague	3–2
			Spain	5 October 2023		1–2
			Scotland	26 October 2023	Stadion Letná, Prague	0–0
			Scotland	9 November 2023		1–2
				Spain	30 November 2023	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–0
			Cyprus	14 December 2023		3–1
	KRPO		Turkey	15 February 2024		2–3
	KRPO		Turkey	22 February 2024	Stadion Letná, Prague	4–1
	Round of 16		England	7 March 2024	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–5
	Round of 16		England	14 March 2024		1–6
scope=row rowspan=6	2024–25		Q2	Shamrock Rovers	Republic of Ireland	23 July 2024	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin	2–0
30 July 2024	Stadion Letná, Prague		Q2	Shamrock Rovers	Republic of Ireland	4–2
Q3	FCSB		Romania	6 August 2024	Stadion Letná, Prague	1–1
Q3	FCSB		Romania	13 August 2024		3–2
PO	Malmö FF		Sweden	21 August 2024		2–0
PO	Malmö FF		Sweden	27 August 2024	Stadion Letná, Prague

Notes and References

Web site: AC Sparta Prague . Union of European Football Associations . 31 October 2013.