BC Sparta Prague

Basketbalový club Sparta Praha is a Czech basketball club from Prague.

History

The club was founded in 1939 as AC Sparta Prague. In the former Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague was twice basketball champion and ten runners-up.

Club name

• From 2007: BA Sparta Praha
• 1991-2006: BC Sparta Prague

Coach

• 2003-2006: Jaromír Gersl
• 1994-1996, 1997-2003: Michal Ježdík
• 1993-1994: Pavel Majerik
• 1992-1993: Jiří Zídek
• 1990-1992: Jiří Růžička
• 1985-1990: Lubor Blazek
• 1979-1985: Vladimír Almond
• 1971-1979: Jiří Baumruk

Achievements

• Czechoslovakian champion: ( 2x) 1940, 1960
• Czechoslovakian runner: (10x) 1948/49, 1949/50, 1950/51, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1989, 1990, 1991
• Third place in derTschechoslowakischen Championship: (9x) 1942, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1976
• Czech runner-up: 1993
• Czech Championship - Third place: 1994
• Czech Cup - Second place: 1995

Well-known former players

• Czechoslovakia Josef Ezr (31 October 1923-2 November 2013) Sparta Prague player ( 1948-1959 ), coach ( 1952-1964 ), President ( 1952-1990 )
• Czechoslovakia Jiří Baumruk (27 Juni 1930-23 November 1989) Sparta Prague player ( 1949-1964 ), coach ( 1971-1979 )
• Czechoslovakia Bohumil Tomasek (* June 21, 1936 ) Sparta Prague player ( 1949-1964 )
• Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Douša (* March 5, 1947 ) Sparta Prague player ( 1966-1987 )
• Czechoslovakia Vladimír Vyoral ( * 5 December 1961) Sparta Prague player ( 1980-1991 1996-2002), Coach (2004)
• Czechoslovakia Michal Ježdík (* 4 August 1963 ) Sparta Prague player ( 1981-1998 ), coach ( 1994-2003 )
• Czech Republic Jiří Zídek (* 2 August 1973 ) Sparta Prague player (1990-1991), NBA (1995-1998)
• Czech Republic Ondřej Starosta ( born May 28, 1979) Sparta Prague player (1998-2000 )
• Czech Republic Pavel Milos ( born July 26, 1979) Sparta Prague player ( 1996-2005 ), NBA Draft 2001 candidate
• Czech Republic Jiří Welsch ( * 27 January 1980) Sparta Prague player (1998-2000 ), NBA (2002-2006)