AC Sparta Prague (women)

Sparta Prague
Full nameAthletic Club Sparta Praha Fotbal a.s.
Nickname(s)Sparťanky
(Spartan women)
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967)
GroundStadion SK Prosek,
Prague[1]
Capacity2,600 (1,000 seated)
ChairmanDaniel Křetínský
ManagerPavol Gregora
LeagueCzech Women's First League
2023–242nd
Websitehttps://sparta.cz/en/tymy/3-women-a/hraci

The women's section of AC Sparta Praha is a women's football club from Prague, Czech Republic. Together with their local neighbour Slavia, Sparta dominates the national league having won 21 of the 31 titles while Slavia has won the other ten. They have taken part in UEFA competitions several times and got their best result in the 2005–06 UEFA Women's Cup when they reached the quarter-finals, losing over two legs to Djurgården.[2]

Ahead of the 2024–25 season, it was announced that Sparta players would be becoming full professionals for the first time.[3]

Honours

Leagues

In Czechoslovakia

In the Czech Republic

Cups

Invitational

European Record

Sparta celebrate a goal
Season Qualifying round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
UEFA Women's Cup
2001–02 Sweden Umeå 1
2002–03 Sweden Umeå 1
2005–06 Belarus Universitet 1 Switzerland Luzern 1 Sweden Djurgården
2006–07 Netherlands Saestum 1
2007–08 Romania Clujana 1 France Olympique 1
2008–09 Spain Levante 1
UEFA Women's Champions League
2009–10 Kazakhstan Alma England Arsenal
2010–11 Belgium Sint-Truidense Sweden Linköping
2011–12 Cyprus Apollon France Olympique
2012–13 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Russia Rossiyanka
2013–14 Switzerland Zürich
2014–15 Lithuania Gintra
2016–17 Netherlands Twente
2017–18 Greece P.A.O.K. Sweden Linköping
2018–19 Netherlands Ajax
2019–20 Iceland Breiðablik
2020–21 Scotland Glasgow City France Paris Saint-Germain
  • 1 Group stage. Highest-ranked eliminated team in case of qualification, lowest-ranked qualified team in case of elimination.
UEFA Women's Champions League
Season Round 1 Round 2 Group stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2021–22 Denmark Køge
2022–23 Italy Roma
2023–24 Germany Frankfurt
2024–25 Sweden Linköping
France Paris

Players

Current squad

As of 20 December 2024.[15]

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
1 GK Czech Republic CZE Nicole Bryscejnová
3 DF Czech Republic CZE Dominika Huvarová
5 DF Czech Republic CZE Kateřina Kotrčová
6 MF Czech Republic CZE Aneta Dědinová
7 DF Czech Republic CZE Antonie Stárová
8 MF Slovakia SVK Sára Kerešová
9 DF Czech Republic CZE Eva Bartoňová (captain)
10 MF Czech Republic CZE Aneta Pochmanová
11 DF Czech Republic CZE Michaela Khýrová
12 MF Czech Republic CZE Eliška Sonntagová
13 FW Slovakia SVK Nikola Pajunková
17 MF Czech Republic CZE Radka Paulenová
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Czech Republic CZE Aneta Svobodová
19 MF Slovakia SVK Laura Retkesová
21 FW Czech Republic CZE Adéla Trachtová
22 MF Czech Republic CZE Franny Černá
23 FW Slovakia SVK Victoria Kaláberová
24 FW United States USA Lauren Chang
25 FW Slovakia SVK Victoria Havalec
27 FW Czech Republic CZE Aneta Polášková
30 GK Sweden SWE Somea Položen
32 GK Czech Republic CZE Zuzana Kožuriková
44 FW Czech Republic CZE Julie Freislerová

Former players

For a list of all former and current AC Sparta Prague (women) players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:AC Sparta Prague (women) players.

Staff

As of 17 August 2024.[16]

Women's section manager

  • Pavla Satrapová

Team Manager

Manager

  • Pavol Gregora

Assistant

Goalkeeper Coach

Doctor

  • Petr Čechal
  • Filip Jašek

Physiotherapist

  • Daniel Baťha
  • Adéla Kynclová
  • Vuong Vu Quoc

Fitness Coach

  • Jan Petružela
  • Martin Čurda

Masseur

  • Miroslav Český

Managers

  • František Müller
  • Dušan Žovinec (1988–2012)[17]
  • Luboš Žovinec (2012–2013)[17]
  • Jan Podolák (July 2013 – October 2014)[18]
  • Martin Šeran (October 2014 – June 2015)[19]
  • Jan Janota (July 2015 – March 2018)[20]
  • Peter Bartalský (July 2018 – June 2020)[21]
  • Martin Masaryk (June 2020 – May 2023)[22][23]
  • Anton Mišovec (May 2023 – September 2023)[24][25]
  • Pavol Gregora (November 2023 – present)[26]

References

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  2. ^ Josef, Ladislav (4 October 2007). "Sparta show their strength". UEFA. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  3. ^ Satrapová, Pavla (17 August 2024). "Chceme udávat trendy. Šéfka ženského týmu Sparty o profi režimu i posilách". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Interviewed by Lucie Macháčová. Mafra. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Ženy Sparty zvládly poslední krok a slaví mistrovský titul". FAČR (in Czech). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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  8. ^ Erben, Eduard (2 May 2012). "Prolog se Spartě podařil. Rudé ženy přejely perníkářky". Aktualne.cz (in Czech). Economia. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Sparťanky udolaly Slavii a zvítězily v domácím poháru!". AC Sparta Praha (in Czech). 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Sparťanky získaly pohár". AC Sparta Praha (in Czech). 24 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Finále poháru vyhrály Sparťanky". FAČR (in Czech). 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Sparťanky obhájily výhru v poháru". FAČR (in Czech). 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Sparťanky porazily ve finále poháru Slavii na penalty a slaví double". FAČR (in Czech). 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Turbine Potsdam unterliegt Prag erst im Finale". morgenpost.de (in German). 27 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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  16. ^ "Realizační tým". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech).
  17. ^ a b "Dušan Žovinec slaví 60. narozeniny". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). 9 September 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Sparta vyhodila trenéra. Pražanky už nepovede Podolák". tyden.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  19. ^ Suchan, Jan (13 October 2011). "I ženský fotbal má svého trenéra 'Straku'. Nebudí ale tolik emocí". Irozhlas (in Czech). Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Jan Janota končí ve funkci trenéra žen". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). 28 March 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  21. ^ "Kdo trénuje týmy v 1. české lize žen? Ital, exreprezentanti či legenda Liberce". Ruik.cz (in Czech). 7 January 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  22. ^ "Nový trenér A-týmu žen: Martin Masaryk". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  23. ^ "Trenér Martin Masaryk končí". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  24. ^ "Ženy povede Anton Mišovec". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  25. ^ "U fotbalistek Sparty skončil po prohraném derby trenér Mišovec". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Czech News Agency. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  26. ^ "Pavol Gregora novým trenérem sparťanek". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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