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HC Sparta Praha

Logo: HC Sparta Praha, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Ice hockey team

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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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2023-08-27 Eisbären Berlin gegen HC Sparta Prag (Preseason-Game 2023-24) by Sandro Halank–174
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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.2

The story

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 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.

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Leadership

Who has led HC Sparta Praha, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Antonín Charouz1996–2003
  2. Viliam Sivek2007–2011
  3. Petr Bříza2011–2019
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Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2011New chief executive Petr Bříza becomes CEO1
  2. 2007New chief executive Viliam Sivek becomes CEO1
  3. 1996New chief executive Antonín Charouz becomes CEO1
  4. 1903Founded Founded1

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