AC Sparta Prague- The Red Iron

2013-09-08 18:58#134188 wellsy1498 :

2013-09-08 17:42#134147 AaronHJFT96 : wooooooooooooooooo

wooooooooooooooooo.

hehe;) cant wait for this to start:D

2013-09-08 18:05#134154 Joel : Good luck wellsy

Cheers mate

2013-09-08 18:20#134162 Seni : Good Luck

Thanks Seni

Sparta Prague- An Overview

AC Sparta Prague is a Czech football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in Central Europe, winning the Central European Cup 3 times as well as having reached the semifinals of the European Cup (now the UEFA Champions League) in 1992 and the quarter finals of the European Cup Winners Cup 3 times. Sparta have also been successful on the international stage, winning the Pequeña Copa del Mundo de Clubes (predecessor to the FIFA Club World Cup) in 1969. Sparta have won the Gambrinus Liga a record 35 times, the Czech Cup 27 times, also a record, and the Czech Supercup once. Sparta was long the main source for the Czech Republic national football team, however lately this has ceased to be the case, as the best Czech players almost all now play in higher-paying foreign leagues. There are a number of outstanding players who have played for the Sparta over the years. Sparta play at Prague's Generali Arena (also known as Letná Stadium).

Famous Players

The Stadium

Brief History and Team Records

• Founded by the three Rudl brothers and their friends, and named in honour of the Spartans of Greek antiquity, Sparta earned a goalless draw against local rivals SK Slavia Praha in their first official game in 1896. A decade later, their club president Dr Petřík returned from a trip to London with a red Arsenal FC jersey, Sparta subsequently adopting similar colours.

• The "Iron Sparta" side of 1919-23 set new standards, winning all but one of their 59 competitive games in that period to dominate the predecessor to the first official Czechoslovakian league; Sparta also won Central European Cups in 1927 and 1935 to emerge as one of the continent's strongest sides.

• Sparta have always been the most popular Czech side, edging out Slavia, but in the years after 1945 they failed to translate that into much success, even being relegated for the only time in their history in 1975.

• However, from the mid-1980s, a Sparta side featuring the likes of Jozef Chovanec, Tomáš Skuhravý and Ivan Hašek kick-started a massive upturn in the club's fortunes: the 1983/84 title was the first of 19 successes in the course of 26 seasons.

• The 1990s Sparta sides boasted the talents of Pavel Nedvěd, Michal Bílek and Tomáš Rosický, and while the club have never reached the final of a UEFA club competition, they came closest in 1991/92, finishing second behind eventual winners FC Barcelona in the European Champion Clubs' Cup group stage, equivalent to a last-four finish.

Club records
Most appearances: Josef Chovanec (743)
Most goals: Oldřich Nejedlý (183)
Record victory: Sparta 15-1 Kovo Děčín (Czechoslovakian Cup, 1965)
Record defeat: SK Slavia Praha 7-0 Sparta (Czechoslovakian league, 7 December 1941)
Sparta 1-8 SK Slavia Praha (Czechoslovakian league, 15 March 1942)

Woah, didn't know Cech played for Prague, great update

Great last update wellsy, so easy on the eye. Good luck

Lol, done in 69

2013-09-08 20:34#134207 Jack : Woah, didn't know Cech played for Prague, great update

HAHA Yeah he played there before he moved

Martin Hašek Quits Sparta Prague

Martin Hašek has decided to quit his role as manager of Sparta Prague with immediate effect.

The Czech coach has ended his 15 year relationship with the club after 2 spells as manager and also a playing career which lasted 4 years and he made 104 appearances for the club.

The news has shocked Czech football by storm but this comes after 2 years straight of the team not winning the title since their unbeaten season in 2009/10. Since then the club has failed to win a trophy or qualify for the Champions League and they have appeared in the Europa League for the past 2 seasons.

Fans of the team are unhappy about the decision but some supporters are happy that the club can rebuild under a new manager. Fan Ľuboš Kolár had this so say on the matter.

"Martin has been a good manager and servant for the club but it is now time to move on. We have not won anything for a few years now and the frustration is growing every single year. We know we have the best squad in the league so we should be able to win it each year. We are unhappy that this has not happened and we know must push on and look for a new manager to take the team and the club forward into a new era".

With the club without a manager the hunt is on for a new boss and the favourite to take the job is former player Jan Koller who played for the club early in his career. Czech press is predicting that Jaroslav Šilhavý or Pavel Nedvěd will get the job but with the season just weeks away fans want an answer sooner or later.

When the new manager does come in he will have a tough job on his hands as people expect a lot and also he will have to fight to keep hold of star players like Léonard Kweuke and wonder kid Václav Kadlec to make sure that the team is successful in the near future.

2013-09-08 20:43#134210 Walter : Great last update wellsy, so easy on the eye. Good luck

Cheers mate I hope you enjoy it

Great updates, love this already

2013-09-09 15:18#134277 AlexTHFC : Great updates, love this already

HAHA I am glad you are

2013-09-08 21:05#134216 AaronHJFT96 : Lol, done in 69

HA HA HA HA HA

Thought you were going to do Slavia, but I'm glad you already started enjoying it.

I'd sign Ondrej Kusnir, if I was you.

2013-09-10 02:43#134362 tbendis : Thought you were going to do Slavia, but I'm glad you already started enjoying it.

I'd sign Ondrej Kusnir, if I was you.

Cheers mate I will take that advise on board