{{Short description|Ice hockey team}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox hockey team | team = HC Sparta Praha | bg_colour = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#65002C 5px solid; border-bottom:#65002C 5px solid; | text_colour = #000000 | logo = HC Sparta Praha logo.svg | logo_size = 175px | city = Prague, Czech Republic | league = Czech Extraliga | founded = {{Start date|df=yes|1903|12|6}} | operated = | folded = | arena = O<sub>2</sub> Arena | colours = red, yellow, blue<ref>{{cite web|title=Historie HC Sparta Praha|url=https://www.hcsparta.cz/zobraz.asp?t=historie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203044547/http://www.hcsparta.cz/zobraz.asp?t=historie|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 December 2008|publisher=HC Sparta Praha|access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref> <br> {{color box|#C81313}} {{color box|#FAA713}} {{color box|#1F58AD}} | owner = Kaprain Group | gm = Petr Vosmík | coach = Jaroslav Nedvěd | captain = Filip Chlapík | farmclub = | website = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990117034114/http://www.hcsparta.cz/ hcsparta.cz]}} <!-- Optional current franchise history --> | name1 = AC Sparta Praha | dates1 = 1903–1948 | name2 = Sokol Sparta Bubeneč | dates2 = 1948–1949 | name3 = ZSJ Bratrství Sparta Praha | dates3 = 1949–1951 | name4 = ZSJ Sparta ČKD Sokolovo Praha | dates4 = 1951–1953 | name5 = TJ Spartak Praha Sokolovo | dates5 = 1953–1965 | name6 = TJ Sparta ČKD Praha | dates6 = 1965–1990 | name7 = HC Sparta Praha | dates7 = 1990–present }} '''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 O<sub>2</sub> Arena, the largest arena in the country. thumb|Players in HC Sparta Praha jerseys [[File:Libeň O2 aréna 4.jpg|thumb|Since 2015, the home stadium of the team is O<sub>2</sub> arena]] Founded in 1903, Sparta is one of the oldest hockey teams in the world.

==Milestones== * Founded: The club was originally formed in 1903 as a bandy club and then transformed into a hockey club in 1909. * Best finishes: National champions of Czechoslovakia: 1952–53, 1953–54, 1989–90, 1992–93. National champions of the Czech Republic: 1999–00, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07 * Worst finishes: Czechoslovakia: 8th place (1972–73, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1985–86), Czech Republic: 12th place (2010–11).

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

*International achievements: Spengler Cup winner in 1962, 1963, Spengler Cup 2nd place in 2004 and 2022, European League 2nd place 2000, European Champions Cup 2nd place in 2008, Champions Hockey League 2nd place 2017. *Club colours: Blue, yellow and red. Starting in the 2001–02 season, club jerseys used a combination of black, white and grey. Since the 2005–06 season, jerseys have regularly been burgundy and white.

==History== thumb|2023-24 season roster HC Sparta Praha 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 O<sub>2</sub> 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 logo==

<gallery class="center" style="line-height:50%" widths="70" heights="70"> File:HC Sparta Praha Logo 1993-2014.svg|alt= logo 1993–2014|1993–2014 File:HC Sparta Praha logo.png|alt= new logo 2014–|2014– File:HC Sparta Praha full logo.svg|Alternative logo </gallery>

==Honours== ===Domestic===

'''Czech Extraliga''' * {{gold1}} '''Winners (4)''': 1999–00, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07 * {{silver2}} Runners-up (3): 2000–01, 2015–16, 2021–22 * {{bronze3}} 3rd place (8): 1995–96, 1996–97, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2020–21, 2024–25

'''Czechoslovak Extraliga''' * {{gold1}} '''Winners (4)''': 1952–53, 1953–54, 1989–90, 1992–93 * {{silver2}} Runners-up (7): 1936–37, 1937–38, 1956–57, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1973–74, 1987–88 * {{bronze3}} 3rd place (6): 1955–56, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1976–77, 1986–87

'''Bohemian-Moravian League''' * {{bronze3}} 3rd place (4): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43

===International=== '''Spengler Cup''' * {{gold1}} '''Winners (2)''': 1962, 1963 * {{silver2}} Runners-up (2): 2004, 2022

'''Tatra Cup''' * {{gold1}} '''Winners (5)''': 1935/1936, 1950/1951, 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1980

'''IIHF European Champions Cup''' * {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): 2008

'''European Hockey League''' * {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): 1999–00

'''Champions Hockey League''' * {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): 2016–17

===Pre-season=== '''Tipsport Hockey Cup''' * {{gold1}} '''Winners (2)''': 2001, 2009 * {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): 2003

==Players==

===Current roster=== <small>As of 11 September 2024.</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hcsparta.cz/soupiska.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215151313/http://www.hcsparta.cz/soupiska.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 December 2004 | title=Team Roster / HC Sparta Praha | publisher=HC Sparta Praha | access-date=2024-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/164/hc-sparta-praha | title=Team Roster / HC Sparta Praha | publisher=Elite Prospects | access-date=2024-09-11}}</ref> {{Ice hockey team roster}} <!-- list of players --> {{Ice hockey team player | first = Martins | last = Dzierkals | dab = | num = 16 | pos = C | nat = LAT | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 04 | birthday = 04 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Riga, Latvia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Roman | last = Horák | dab = Roman Horák (ice hockey, born 1991) | num = 51 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1991 | birthmonth = 05 | birthday = 21 | acq = 2020 | birthplace = České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Kryštof | last = Hrabík | dab = | num = 11 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1999 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 24 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Prague, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Tomáš | last = Hyka | dab = | num = 38 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1993 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 23 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Filip | last = Chlapík | dab = | num = 14 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 3 | acq = 2021 | birthplace = Prague, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Aaron | last = Irving | dab = | num = 26 | pos = D | nat = CAN | s/g = R | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 3 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Valtteri | last = Kemiläinen | dab = | num = 47 | pos = D | nat = FIN | s/g = R | birthyear = 1991 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 16 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Jyväskylä, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Michal | last = Kempný | dab = | num = 6 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 8 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Hodonín, Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Josef | last = Kořenář | dab = | num = 32 | pos = G | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 31 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Pelhřimov, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Pavel | last = Kousal | dab = | num = 23 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 14 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Jihlava, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Jakub | last = Kovár | dab = | num = 43 | pos = G | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1988 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 19 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Písek, Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Jakub | last = Krejčík | dab = | num = 36 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1991 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 25 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Prague, Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Jani | last = Lajunen | dab = | num = 25 | pos = C | nat = FIN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 16 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Espoo, Finland | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Dominik | last = Mašín | dab = | num = – | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 1 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Městec Králové, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Vojtěch | last = Mozík | dab = | num = 27 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 26 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Prague, Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Ondřej | last = Najman | dab = | num = 46 | pos = C | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 30 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Jihlava, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = David | last = Němeček | dab = | num = 77 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 1995 | birthmonth = 06 | birthday = 29 | acq = 2020 | birthplace = Plzeň, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Mark | last = Pysyk | dab = | num = 10 | pos = D | nat = CAN | s/g = R | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 01 | birthday = 11 | acq = 2025 | birthplace = Sherwood Park, Canada | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Michal | last = Řepík | dab = | num = 26 | pos = RW | nat = CZE | s/g = R | birthyear = 1988 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 31 | acq = 2019 | birthplace = Vlašim, Czechoslovakia | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Miikka | last = Salomäki | dab = | num = 20 | pos = W | nat = FIN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1993 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 9 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Raahe, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = Tomáš | last = Tomek | dab = Tomáš Tomek (born 2002) | num = 33 | pos = D | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 2002 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 13 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Prague, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} {{Ice hockey team player | first = David | last = Vitouch | dab = | num = 42 | pos = LW | nat = CZE | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 08 | birthday = 19 | acq = 2019 | birthplace = Neratovice, Czech Republic | inj = no | cap = | fa = }} <!-- end list of players --> 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==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|HC Sparta Praha}} * {{Official website|https://www.hcsparta.cz/}}

{{AC Sparta Prague}} {{Czech Extraliga}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sparta Praha}} Category:HC Sparta Praha Praha, Sparta Category:Ice hockey teams in the Czech Republic Category:Sport in Prague Category:Bandy clubs established in 1903 Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1903 Category:1903 establishments in Austria-Hungary Category:20th-century establishments in Bohemia Category:AC Sparta Prague