HC Sparta Praha
| HC Sparta Praha | |
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| City: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| League: | Czech Extraliga |
| Founded: | 1903 |
| Home Arena: | O2 Arena |
| Colors: | blue, yellow, red |
Hockey Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as HC Sparta Prague, is a Prague-based Czech professional ice hockey team playing in the Czech Extraliga. The club has won four Czech championships (most recently in 2007) and four Czechoslovak championships, as well as two Spengler Cups, making it one of the most successful hockey clubs in Czech history. The team HC Sparta Praha plays its home games at O2 Arena, the largest arena in the country.
History
Former names:
- 1909 - AC Sparta Praha
- 1948 - Sokol Sparta
- 1949 - Sokol Bratrství Sparta
- 1951 - Sokol Sparta Sokolovo
- 1953 - Spartak Praha Sokolovo
- 1965 - Sparta ČKD Praha
- 1990 - HC Sparta Praha
The Sparta Praha hockey club is one of the most successful and famous clubs in Czechoslovakian and later Czech ice hockey history. It was originally formed in 1903 as a bandy club but the hockey section was not created until 1909.
Sparta’s great successes were reached in the years following World War II as it won two national titles in a row - 1952/54 and 1953/54—under the name Spartak Sokolovo. The next highly successful period came much more recently, when Sparta won the national league in 1989/90 and in 1992/93. Another recent achievement (along with two third place finishes in 1995/96 and 1996/97) was Sparta’s participation in the final group of the European League (EHL) in 1996/97.
After a few years unsuccessful years, Sparta returned to the top of the Czech Extraliga in 1999/00 when they were crowned league champions. That victory was the first of four championships they would win over seven seasons, adding Extraliga titles in 2002, 2006 and 2007. In addition to those achievements, Sparta managed to be finish second two times in European team competitions – 1999/00 European Hockey League and 2016–17 Champions Hockey League.
Present
HC Sparta Praha has regularly been one of the best teams in the Czech Extraliga, making the playoffs almost every year. HC Sparta Praha's home games are played at O2 Arena which is the largest hockey arena in the Czech Republic with a capacity of over 17,300 spectators. They moved there from the Tipsport Arena in 2015.
Club logos
1993–2014
2014–
Alternative logo
Honours
Domestic
Winners (4): 1999–00, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07
Runners-up (3): 2000–01, 2015–16, 2021–22
3rd place (7): 1995–96, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2020–21
- Winners (4): 1952–53, 1953–54, 1989–90, 1992–93
- Runners-up (7): 1936–37, 1937–38, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1973–74, 1987–88
- 3rd place (6): 1955–56, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1976–77, 1986–87
International
- Winners (5): 1935/1936, 1950/1951, 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1980
- Runners-up (1): 2008
- Runners-up (1): 1999–00
- Runners-up (1): 2016–17
Pre-season
- Winners (2): 2001, 2009
- Runners-up (1): 2003
Pre-1918 Match Results
| Date | Location | Teams | Score | Attendance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/26. December 1906 | Prague | Sparta - CLTC | 7:7 | hry-Pokal | |
| 25/26. December 1906 | Prague | Sparta - Akademicky SK | 32:0 | hry-Pokal | |
| 30. December 1906 | Prague | Sparta - CLTK | 8:2 | hry-Pokal | |
| 1. January 1907 | Prague | Sparta - Slavia | 5:4(1-1,4-3) | hry-Pokal | |
| 6. January 1907 | Prague | Sparta - Jungbunzlau | 5:5 | ||
| 6. January 1908 | Prague | Sparta - DEHG | 4:5 | Official: Mariau Aus-Hun Champ | |
| 26. January 1908 | Jungbunzlau | Sparta - SK MI Boleslav | 6:4 | 1908 Boh. Champ | |
| 26. January 1908 | Jungbunzlau | Sparta - Slavia | NP | Sparta rejected official | |
| 3. January 1909 | Prague | Sparta - Rovum | 18:1 | hry-Pokal | |
| 14. February 1909 | Prague | Sparta - Horimyr | 8:0 | ||
| 14. February 1909 | Prague | Sparta - Akademicky | 1:1 | ||
| 28. February 1909 | Prague | Sparta - Novomestsky | 5:0 | 1909 Boh. Champ | |
| 28. February 1909 | Prague | Sparta - Akademicky | 4:1 | 1909 Boh. Champ | |
| 28. February 1909 | Prague | Sparta - Slavia | 0:4 | 1909 Boh. Champ | |
| 15. January 1911 | Prague | Sparta II - DEHG | 2:4(0-2,2-2) | ||
| 11. February 1912 | Prague | Sparta - Union | 14:1 | ||
| 11. February 1912 | Prague | Sparta - DFC | 6:0(0-0,6-0) | ||
| 19. January 1913 | Prague | Sparta - Spolecnost | 4:3 | ||
| 18. January 1914 | Prague | Sparta - Slavia II | 6:1 | ||
| 18. January 1914 | Prague | Sparta - DFC | 7:1 | ||
| 25. January 1914 | Prague | Sparta - DFC | 1:1(0-0,1-1) | ||
| 25. January 1914 | Prague | Sparta II - Polabam Nimburg | 6:10 | ||
| 8. February 1914 | Prague | Sparta - Slavia | 5:0(3-0,2-0) | ||
| 1. January 1915 | Prague | Sparta - Spolecnost | 7:1 | ||
| 7. January 1915 | Prague | Sparta II - Horymir | 2:5 | ||
| 31. January 1915 | Prague | Sparta - Pedestr. Weinberge | 21:0 | Prague Ch. | |
| 31. January 1915 | Prague | Sparta II - Spolecnost | 2:2 | Prague Ch. | |
| 31. January 1915 | Prague | Sparta - Cechie III | 3:0 | Prague Ch. | |
| 31. January 1915 | Prague | Sparta - Sparta II | 2:1 | Prague Ch. | |
| 31. January 1915 | Prague | Sparta - Spolecnost | 3:1(1-1,2-0) | Prague Ch. | |
| 3. February 1915 | Prague | Sparta - Slavia | 3:0(0-0,3-0) | 1915 Boh. Champ | |
| 3. February 1915 | Prague | Sparta - Spolecnost | 1:0(0-0,1-0) | 1915 Boh. Champ | |
| 28. January 1917 | Prague | Sparta - Viktoria Vysehrad | 17:0(6-0,11-0) | ||
| 28. January 1917 | Prague | Sparta Jug. - Lawn Tennis Cercle | 1:22(1-8,0-14) | ||
| 28. January 1917 | Prague | Sparta - Spolecnost | 1:5 | Sparta left after 30 min | |
| 11. February 1917 | Prague | Sparta - Spolecnost | 20:4(7-1,13-3) | Bandy 2x30Min. |
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