AC Sparta Prague (women)

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]

Sparta Prague

Full name	Athletic Club Sparta Praha Fotbal a.s.
Nickname(s)	Sparťanky (Spartan women)
Founded	1967; 58 years ago (1967)
Ground	Stadion SK Prosek, Prague[1]
Capacity	2,600 (1,000 seated)
Chairman	Daniel Křetínský
Manager	Pavol Gregora
League	Czech Women's First League
2023–24	2nd
Website	https://sparta.cz/en/tymy/3-women-a/hraci
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

• Champions of Czechoslovakia
  • Winners (12): 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991

In the Czech Republic

• Czech Women's First League
  • Winners (21): 1994–2002, 2005–2013, 2018,^[4] 2019,^[5] 2021^[6]

Cups

• Czech Women's Cup
  • Winners (10): 2008, 2009, 2010,^[7] 2011, 2012,^[8] 2013,^[9] 2015,^[10] 2017,^[11] 2018,^[12] 2019 ^[13]

Invitational

• Menton Tournament (1): 1984
• Turbine Hallencup (1): 2019^[14]

European Record

Sparta celebrate a goal

• Further details: AC Sparta Prague (women) in European football

Season	Qualifying round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
UEFA Women's Cup
2001–02		Umeå 1
2002–03		Umeå 1
2005–06		Universitet 1	Luzern 1	Djurgården
2006–07			Saestum 1
2007–08		Clujana 1	Olympique 1
2008–09		Levante 1
UEFA Women's Champions League
2009–10		Alma	Arsenal
2010–11		Sint-Truidense	Linköping
2011–12		Apollon	Olympique
2012–13		Sarajevo	Rossiyanka
2013–14		Zürich
2014–15		Gintra
2016–17		Twente
2017–18		P.A.O.K.	Linköping
2018–19		Ajax
2019–20		Breiðablik
2020–21		Glasgow City	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		Køge
2022–23		Roma
2023–24		Frankfurt
2024–25	Linköping
	Paris

Players

Current squad

As of 7 January 2025.^[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 3 DF  CZE Dominika Huvarová 5 DF  CZE Kateřina Kotrčová 6 MF  CZE Aneta Dědinová 7 DF  CZE Antonie Stárová 8 MF  SVK Sára Kerešová 9 DF  CZE Eva Bartoňová (captain) 10 MF  CZE Aneta Pochmanová 11 DF  CZE Michaela Khýrová 12 MF  CZE Eliška Sonntagová 13 FW  SVK Nicole Pajunková 16 MF  SWE Ema Paljevic 17 MF  CZE Radka Paulenová

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  CZE Aneta Svobodová 19 MF  SVK Laura Retkesová 21 FW  CZE Adéla Trachtová 22 MF  CZE Franny Černá 23 FW  SVK Victoria Kaláberová 24 FW  USA Lauren Chang 25 FW  SVK Victoria Havalec 27 FW  CZE Aneta Polášková 28 MF  SVK Sára Straková 30 GK  SWE Somea Položen 32 GK  CZE Zuzana Kožuriková 44 FW  CZE Julie Freislerová — FW  LVA Anastasija Poļuhoviča

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.

• Pavlína Ščasná
• Lucie Voňková
• Jana Sedláčková
• Iva Mocová
• Andrea Stašková
• Christina Burkenroad
• Kylie Strom
• Lucia Ondrušová
• Jitka Chlastáková
• Simona Kohoutová
• Sydney Schneider
• Lucie Martínková
• Petra Bertholdová

Staff

As of 17 August 2024.^[16]

Women's section manager

• Pavla Satrapová

Team Manager

• Adéla Pivoňková

Manager

• Pavol Gregora

Assistant

• Lucie Martínková
• Marian Nincz

Goalkeeper Coach

• Peter Bartalský

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

1. "Sparťanky se stěhují na Střížkov". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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.
5. "Sparťanky získaly mistrovský titul". AC Sparta Praha (in Czech). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
6. "Sparta mistrem 1. ligy žen". AC Sparta Praha (in Czech). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
7. "Sparťanky získaly double!". AC Sparta Praha (in Czech). 26 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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.
15. "Ženy A-tým". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech).
16. "Realizační tým". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech).
17. "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.

External links

• Club's website (in English)
• Club's website (in Czech)
• Twitter official (in Czech)
• Instagram official (in Czech)
• Instagram unofficial (in Czech)
• Facebook official (in Czech)
• Facebook unofficial (in Czech)
• Club at UEFA.com (in English)
• Team at Soccerway.com (in English)
• Team Fan site (in Czech)
• Team at SpartaForever.cz (in Czech)