HC Sparta Praha

HC Sparta Praha
City	Prague, Czech Republic
League	Czech Extraliga
Founded	6 December 1903 (1903-12-06)
Home arena	O2 Arena
Colours	Blue, yellow, burgundy
Owner(s)	Kaprain Group
General manager	Barbora Snopková Haberová
Head coach	Miloslav Hořava
Captain	Michal Řepík
Website	hcsparta.cz
Franchise history
1903–1948	AC Sparta Praha
1948–1949	Sokol Sparta Bubeneč
1949–1951	ZSJ Bratrství Sparta Praha
1951–1953	ZSJ Sparta ČKD Sokolovo Praha
1953–1965	TJ Spartak Praha Sokolovo
1965–1990	TJ Sparta ČKD Praha
1990–present	HC 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

• 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, 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

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.

Club logo

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  Alternative logo

Honours

Domestic

Czech Extraliga

• 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

Czechoslovak Extraliga

• 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

Bohemian-Moravian League

• 3rd place (4): 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43

International

Spengler Cup

• Winners (2): 1962, 1963
• Runners-up (1): 2004

Tatra Cup

• Winners (5): 1935/1936, 1950/1951, 1958/1959, 1959/1960, 1980

IIHF European Champions Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2008

European Hockey League

• Runners-up (1): 1999–00

Champions Hockey League

• Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Pre-season

Tipsport Hockey Cup

• Winners (2): 2001, 2009
• Runners-up (1): 2003

External links

• Official website