Sparta will spend the first days of the summer training session in Prague. On the last day of June, Brian Priske's team going to play their first friendly game at Strahov against Jihlava. On the 5th of July, they going the move to the preparation camp in Austria. In the article below, you can find the list of players and staff at the beginning of the new season.
The first part of the training session is held without the national team players, namely: Krejčí, Sadílek, Zelený, Kuchta, Laci, Kairinen, Minčev, Sejk, Vitík, Karabec, Daněk.
From day one there are also a couple of new faces. New acquisition Michal Ševčík, who came to Letná from Brno, players, who were last season part of the B-team (Kukučka, Váňa, Okeke, Kaštánek, Cissé, Schánělec) and also those who were on loan (Plechatý, Souček, Suchomel, Polidar, Ryneš and Kozák).
The contracts of Nita, Krejčí st., Jankto, Holec, Juliš, Heča a Havelka have ended, so they are leaving Sparta. Some players are in talks with the club about possible extensions of cooperation (Kovář, Pavelka, Čelůstka, Kamenović), while others are looking for a loan opportunity (Drchal, Fortelný, Patrák) or looking for different possibilities (Trávník, Hanousek, Vindheim).
A few changes also happened in the staff. Lukas Babalola is the new Head of Analysis and Stephen Foyston, former Head of Analysis, moves to a different role. Analyst Marek Krigovský, who was part of the B-team staff, works now with the first team. Michal Vávra will take care of young players from the position of Development coach. Kit managers are Luděk Stracený and Tomáš Majer. Miroslav Kaftan leaves the club.
Squad at the beginning of the summer training session
Filip Nalezinek
Vojtěch Vorel
Papa Amath Cissé
Tomáš Čvančara
Adam Goljan
Lukáš Haraslín
Casper Højer
Daniel Kaštánek
Matyáš Kozák
Ondřej Kukučka
Jan Mejdr
Nelson Okeke
Filip Panák
Jakub Pešek
Dominik Plechatý
Matěj Polidar
Matěj Ryneš
Tomáš Schánělec
Filip Souček
Asger Sørensen
Martin Suchomel
Michal Ševčík
Lukáš Váňa
Patrik Vydra
Tomáš Wiesner
Realizační tým
Brian Priske Head coach
Lars Friis Assistant coach
Luboš Loučka Assistant coach
Daniel Zítka Goalkeeping coach
Martin Ticháček Goalkeeping coach
Michal Vávra Development coach
Christian Clarup Head of Performance
Tomáš Malý Fitness coach
Kirk Phillips Data analyst
Miroslav Baranek Team manager
Lukas Babalola Head of Analysis
Ondřej Janda Analyst
Marko Krigovský Analyst
Jan Čápek Fyzio
Adam Kuttenberg Fyzio
Michal Šaroch Fyzio
Kamil Maixner Masseur
Tomáš Havránek Masseur
Tom Shaw Performance Nutritionist
Luděk Stracený Kit manager
Tomáš Majer Kit manager
Marian Jelínek Mental coach
Jan Frühauf Doctor
Ladislav Šindelář Doctor
Milan Čermák Doctor
Petr Fojtík Doctor
Michal Tuček Doctor