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Revision as of 11:20, 19 February 2022

HC Sparta Praha
CityPrague, Czech Republic
LeagueCzech Extraliga
Founded6 December 1903 (1903-12-06)
Home arenaO2 Arena
ColoursBlue, yellow, burgundy[1]
     
Owner(s)Kaprain Group
General managerBarbora Snopková Haberová
Head coachCzech Republic Josef Jandač
CaptainCzech Republic Michal Řepík
Websitehcsparta.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 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.

Players in HC Sparta Praha jerseys
Since 2015, the home stadium of the team is O2 arena

Milestones

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

History

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

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (2): 1962, 1963
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2004

Tatra Cup

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (5): 1935/1936, 1950/1951, 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1980

IIHF European Champions Cup

  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2008

European Hockey League

Champions Hockey League

Pre-season

Tipsport Hockey Cup

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (2): 2001, 2009
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2003

Players

Current roster

Template:HC Sparta Praha roster

References

  1. ^ "Historie HC Sparta Praha". sparta.cz. Retrieved 21 September 2018.