HC Sparta Praha

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HC Sparta Praha
HC Sparta Praha logo.svg
City Prague, Czech Republic
League Czech Extraliga
Founded6 December 1903 (1903-12-06)
Home arena O2 Arena
Coloursred, yellow, blue [1]
   
Owner(s)Kaprain Group
General managerPetr Vosmík
Head coach Pavel Gross
Captain Michal Řepík
Website hcsparta.cz
Franchise history
1903–1948AC Sparta Praha
1948–1949Sokol Sparta Bubeneč
1949–1951ZSJ Bratrství Sparta Praha
1951–1953ZSJ Sparta ČKD Sokolovo Praha
1953–1965TJ Spartak Praha Sokolovo
1965–1990TJ Sparta ČKD Praha
1990–presentHC Sparta Praha

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.

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Players in HC Sparta Praha jerseys CHL, HC Sparta Praha vs. Geneve-Servette HC, 5th September 2015 07.JPG
Players in HC Sparta Praha jerseys
Since 2015, the home stadium of the team is O2 arena Liben O2 arena 4.jpg
Since 2015, the home stadium of the team is O2 arena

Founded in 1903, Sparta is one of the oldest hockey teams in the world.

Milestones

Highest national league participation: From the league foundation in 1936 to 1950 and from 1951 up to this day.

History

2023-24 season roster 2023-08-27 Eisbaren Berlin gegen HC Sparta Prag (Preseason-Game 2023-24) by Sandro Halank-174.jpg
2023-24 season roster

The HC Sparta Praha hockey club is one of the oldest hockey clubs in the world and one of the most successful and famous clubs in Czechoslovak and later Czech ice hockey history.

Sparta's great successes were reached in the years following World War II as it won two national titles in a row (1952/53 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 again 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 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 2001/02, 2005/06 and 2006/07. 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.

Honours

Domestic

Czech Extraliga

Czechoslovak Extraliga

Bohemian-Moravian League

International

Spengler Cup

Tatra Cup

IIHF European Champions Cup

European Hockey League

Champions Hockey League

Pre-season

Tipsport Hockey Cup

Players

Current roster

As of 11 September 2024. [2] [3]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G AgeAcquiredBirthplace
88 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Forman  ( C ) RW L34 2010 Mělník, Czechoslovakia
51 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Horák C L33 2020 České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kryštof Hrabík C L24 2023 Prague, Czech Republic
38 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Hyka RW R31 2024 Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
14 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Filip Chlapík  ( A ) C L27 2021 Prague, Czech Republic
26 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aaron Irving D R28 2023 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
47 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Kemiläinen D R32 2024 Jyväskylä, Finland
6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Kempný  ( A ) D L34 2022 Hodonín, Czechoslovakia
32 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Kořenář G L26 2022 Pelhřimov, Czech Republic
23 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Kousal LW L25 2023 Jihlava, Czech Republic
43 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Kovár G L36 2023 Písek, Czechoslovakia
36 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Krejčík D L33 2022 Prague, Czechoslovakia
25 Flag of Finland.svg Jani Lajunen  ( A ) C L34 2023 Espoo, Finland
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dominik Mašín D L28 2024 Městec Králové, Czech Republic
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ondřej Mikliš D L28 2021 Šumperk, Czech Republic
73 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Moravčík D L29 2021 Klatovy, Czech Republic
27 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vojtěch Mozík D R31 2023 Prague, Czechoslovakia
46 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ondřej Najman C L26 2023 Jihlava, Czech Republic
77 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Němeček D L29 2020 Plzeň, Czech Republic
26 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michal Řepík  ( A ) RW R35 2019 Vlašim, Czechoslovakia
20 Flag of Finland.svg Miikka Salomäki W L31 2024 Raahe, Finland
71 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimír Sobotka  ( C ) C L37 2020 Třebíč, Czechoslovakia
33 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Tomek D L21 2022 Prague, Czech Republic
42 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Vitouch LW L23 2019 Neratovice, Czech Republic

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References

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  2. "Team Roster / HC Sparta Praha". HC Sparta Praha. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
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