1999–2000 AC Sparta Prague season

During the 1999–2000 Czech football season, AC Sparta Prague competed in the Gambrinus liga.

AC Sparta Prague

1999–2000 season
Manager	Ivan Hašek
Stadium	Generali Arena
Gambrinus liga	1st
Czech Cup	Fourth round
Champions League	Second group stage
Top goalscorer	Vratislav Lokvenc (21)

Season summary

Sparta won their fourth straight league title and also managed to reach the second group stage of the Champions League

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CZE Tomáš Poštulka 2 DF  CZE Petr Gabriel 3 DF  SVK Vladimír Labant 4 MF  CZE Martin Hašek 5 DF  CZE Michal Horňák 6 MF  CZE Zdeněk Svoboda 7 MF  CZE Jan Flachbart 8 MF  CZE Jiří Novotný (vice-captain) 9 FW  CZE Vratislav Lokvenc 10 FW  CZE Horst Siegl (captain) 11 FW  CZE Josef Obajdin 12 MF  CZE Vlastimil Svoboda

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF  CZE René Bolf (on loan from Baník Ostrava) 14 MF  CZE Libor Sionko 17 MF  CZE Pavel Novotný 19 FW  SVK Martin Prohászka 20 MF  CZE Jiří Jarošík 22 GK  CZE Michal Caloun 23 MF  CZE Miroslav Baranek 25 MF  CZE Tomáš Rosický 27 DF  CZE Milan Fukal 36 FW  CZE Tomáš Jun 78 DF  CZE Roman Lengyel 96 GK  CZE Jaromír Blažek 99 MF  CZE Pavel Hapal

Transfers

In

• Vladimír Labant - Slavia Prague
• Jan Flachbart - Bohemians 1905
• Milan Fukal - FK Baumit Jablonec
• Roman Lengyel - Dynamo České Budějovice
• Jaromír Blažek - Bohemians 1905
• Pavel Hapal - Sigma Olomouc

Loan in

• René Bolf - Baník Ostrava

Competitions

Czech First League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sparta Prague (C)	30	24	4	2	81	23	+58	76	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
2	Slavia Prague	30	21	5	4	53	25	+28	68	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
3	Drnovice	30	14	6	10	36	32	+4	48	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Brno	30	12	6	12	35	33	+2	42
5	Teplice	30	10	11	9	38	38	0	41

Source: fortunaliga.cz (in Czech)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

UEFA Champions League

First group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sparta Prague	6	3	3	0	14	6	+8	12	Advance to second group stage
2	Bordeaux	6	3	3	0	7	4	+3	12
3	Spartak Moscow	6	1	2	3	9	12	−3	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Willem II	6	0	2	4	7	15	−8	2

Source: UEFA

15 September 1999 1	Sparta Prague	0–0	Bordeaux	Prague, Czech Republic
		Report		Stadium: Letná Stadium Attendance: 14,928 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

21 September 1999 2	Spartak Moscow	1–1	Sparta Prague	Moscow, Russia
	Bezrodny  72'	Report	Lokvenc  17'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

28 September 1999 3	Sparta Prague	4–0	Willem II	Prague, Czech Republic
	Novotný  26' Prohászka  29' (pen.) Rosický  41' Jarošík  59'	Report		Stadium: Letná Stadium Attendance: 10,581 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

19 October 1999 4	Willem II	3–4	Sparta Prague	Tilburg, Netherlands
	Bombarda  1' Shoukov  6' Schenning  50'	Report	Novotný  17' Labant  54' (pen.), 90' (pen.) Baranek  62'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 13,419 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

26 October 1999 5	Bordeaux	0–0	Sparta Prague	Bordeaux, France
		Report		Stadium: Parc Lescure Attendance: 22,138 Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain

3 November 1999 6	Sparta Prague	5–2	Spartak Moscow	Prague, Czech Republic
	Lokvenc  1', 66' Rosický  11' Fukal  49' Labant  63' (pen.)	Report	Bulatov  34' Bezrodny  45'	Stadium: Letná Stadium Attendance: 12,106 Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Second group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Advance to knockout stage
2	Porto	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10
3	Sparta Prague	6	1	2	3	5	12	−7	5
4	Hertha BSC	6	0	2	4	3	8	−5	2

Source: UEFA

23 November 1999 1	Sparta Prague	0–2	Porto	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45		Report	Drulović  77' Jardel  84'	Stadium: Letná Stadium Attendance: 14,625 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

8 December 1999 2	Barcelona	5–0	Sparta Prague	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Kluivert  44', 63' Luis Enrique  45', 76' Guardiola  60'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

1 March 2000 3	Hertha BSC	1–1	Sparta Prague	Berlin, Germany
20:45	Veit  45'	Report	Siegl  84'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 30,377 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

7 March 2000 4	Sparta Prague	1–0	Hertha BSC	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45	Fukal  90'	Report		Stadium: Letná Stadium Attendance: 9,101 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

15 March 2000 5	Porto	2–2	Sparta Prague	Porto, Portugal
19:45	Jorge Costa  16' Capucho  64'	Report	Lokvenc  74' Fukal  90'	Stadium: Estádio das Antas Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

21 March 2000 6	Sparta Prague	1–2	Barcelona	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45	Svoboda  18'	Report	Gabri  52', 89'	Stadium: Letná Stadium Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)

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