AC Sparta Praha's series of 44 consecutive wins (all competitions)

The list below includes all competitive matches of Sparta Praha between April 1919 and September 1922; they won 44 consecutive matches in that period, 33 for the Central Bohemian championship, 3 in the national championship playoff in 1919, and 8 for the Central Bohemian Cup. During this period, they also played numerous friendlies, touring throughout Europe and hosting teams from across the continent, but this list only includes their matches in official competitions.

NB: all matches for the Mistrovství Středočeské župy (Central Bohemian Championship)
      unless indicated otherwise (cup matches were for the Středočeský pohár);
    also note hosts and visitors are not clear for all matches but (nearly) all
      matches were played in Prague, usually at either Sparta or Slavia.

 -.  6/ 4/19 Sparta   1-2 Union Žižkov
 1. 27/ 4/19 Sparta   6-0 Smíchov
 2. 11/ 5/19 Sparta   2-0 Meteor Vinohrady
 3. 18/ 5/19 Sparta   3-0 Vršovice
 4.  1/ 6/19 Sparta   2-0 Slavia
 5. 26/ 7/19 Sparta   6-0 Meteor VIII
 6. 19/10/19 Sparta   2-0 Kladno             [Mistrovství ČSF (national play-offs)]
 7. 26/10/19 Sparta   5-0 Olympia Plzeň      [Mistrovství ČSF (national play-offs)]
 -.  8/11/19 Sparta   3-0 Meteor Vinohrady   [cup quarter-final; annulled]
       [match played over 2x30 minutes because Sparta had to play in the national
        play-offs on the next day; result annulled and match replayed 16/11/19]
 8.  9/11/19 Sparta  10-0 Hradec Králové     [Mistrovství ČSF (national play-offs)]
 9. 16/11/19 Sparta   5-4 Meteor Vinohrady   [cup quarter-final]
10.  7/ 3/20 Sparta   3-2 Meteor VIII        [cup semi-final]
11. 14/ 3/20 Sparta   2-0 Viktoria Žižkov    [cup final]
12. 21/ 3/20 Sparta   3-0 Meteor VIII
13. 11/ 4/20 Sparta   2-1 Meteor Vinohrady
14. 18/ 4/20 Sparta   3-1 Libeň
15. 25/ 4/20 Sparta   6-1 Sparta Kladno
16.  2/ 5/20 Sparta   2-0 Slavia
17.  9/ 5/20 Sparta   4-0 Union Žižkov
18. 16/ 5/20 Sparta   4-0 ČAFC
19. 30/ 5/20 Sparta   2-0 Viktoria Žižkov 
20.  6/ 6/20 Sparta   4-1 Kladno
21. 13/ 6/20 Sparta   3-1 Olympia Praha VII
22. 20/ 6/20 Sparta   4-1 Vršovice  
      [Sparta's league record in 1920:    11  11  0  0  37- 6  22]
23. 10/10/20 Sparta   3-2 Sparta Kladno      [cup quarter-final]
24. 17/10/20 Sparta   4-1 Meteor Vinohrady   [cup semi-final]
25. 31/10/20 Sparta   5-1 Viktoria Žižkov    [cup final]
26. 19/ 3/21 Sparta   2-0 Meteor VIII
 -. 29/ 5/21 Sparta   abd Slavia             [abandoned at 0-1 in 65' after Slavia walked off]
       [Slavia captain Ratzensberger took his team off after the referee had whistled for
        a handball against him; match annulled and replayed from the start 23/10/21;
        Ratzensberger (nicknamed "Ráca") had also been involved in a unique incident at
        the 1920 Olympic football tournament when being sent off – as a linesman!]
27. 12/ 6/21 Sparta   6-3 Vršovice
28. 19/ 6/21 Sparta   4-1 Viktoria Žižkov 
29. 25/ 6/21 Sparta   6-0 Slavoj Žižkov
30.  3/ 7/21 Sparta   4-2 Sparta Kladno
31.  9/ 7/21 Sparta   2-0 Union Žižkov
32. 21/ 9/21 Sparta   5-0 Meteor Vinohrady 
33.  9/10/21 Sparta   7-0 Kladno
34. 12/10/21 Sparta   6-1 Bubeneč 
35. 23/10/21 Sparta   2-1 Slavia
36. 27/10/21 Sparta   4-0 Kolín
      [Sparta's league record in 1921:    11  11  0  0  48- 8  22]
37.  1/11/21 Sparta   7-1 Kročehlavy         [cup quarter-final]
38. 20/11/21 Sparta   9-0 Libeň              [cup semi-final]
39. 19/ 3/22 Sparta   2-1 Sparta Kladno
40.  1/ 4/22 Sparta   7-0 Čechie Karlín
41.  9/ 4/22 Sparta   3-1 Meteor Vinohrady
42. 23/ 4/22 Sparta   5-2 Kladno
43. 29/ 4/22 Sparta   3-0 Slavia
44.  3/ 5/22 Sparta   1-0 ČAFC
 -. 23/ 7/22 Sparta   abd Kročehlavy         [abandoned at 1-0 in 34', replayed 28/ 9/22]
 -.  3/ 9/22 Sparta   0-3 Viktoria Žižkov    [cup final]

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Prepared and maintained by Ben Janeson and Leonid Ianushevich for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Ben Janeson (benjaneson234@gmail.com) and Leonid Ianushevich
Last updated: 16 May 2024