BK Sparta Prague

BK Sparta Prague
Founded	1939
Hall	Hala Sparta Praha (2,700 seats)
Homepage	www.bcsparta.cz
president	1939–1952 Václav Jeřábek 1952–1990 Josef Ezr 1990–1992 Miloslav Kříž 1993–2006 Pavel Majerik
Trainer	Jaromír Geršl
league	National Basketball League
Colours	blue, yellow, red

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

history

The club was founded in 1939 as AC Sparta Prague . In what was then Czechoslovakia , Sparta Prague was twice basketball champion and ten times runner-up.

Club names

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

1965–1990: Sparta CKD Prague 1950–1964: Spartak Sokolovo Prague 1939–1949: AC Sparta Prague

Trainer

2003-2006: Jaromír Geršl 1994–1996, 1997–2003: Michal Ježdík 1993-1994: Pavel Majerík 1992–1993: Jiří Zídek 1990–1992: Jiří Růžička 1985–1990: Lubor Blažek 1979–1985: Vladimír Mandel 1971–1979: Jiří Baumruk

1970–1971: Ladislav Šenkýř 1965–1970, 1996–1997: Vladimír Heger 1964–1965: Vladimír Lodr 1952–1956, 1958–1964: Josef Ezr 1950–1951, 1955–1958: Lubomír Bednář 1948–1950: Miloslav Kříž 1946–1948: Jaroslav First 1942–1944: Josef Klíma 1939–1942: Václav Jeřábek

successes

• Czechoslovakian champion: (2 ×) 1940, 1960
• Czechoslovak runner-up: (10 ×) 1948/49, 1949/50, 1950/51, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1989, 1990, 1991
• Third place in the Czechoslovak Championship: (9 ×) 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

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Miloslav Kriz, 89, Passes Away - FIBA ​​Europe . fibaeurope.com. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
2. ↑ Josef Ezr in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on January 14, 2014
3. ↑ Jiří Baumruk in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on January 14, 2014
4. ^ European Championship 1957, MVP Jiří Baumruk . linguasport.com. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
5. ↑ Bohumil Tomášek in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on January 14, 2014
6. ↑ Search page - FIBA ​​Europe, Bohumil Tomášek . fibaeurope.com. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
7. ↑ Zdeněk Douša in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on January 14, 2014
8. ↑ archive.fiba.com: Players, Zdeněk Douša . archive.fiba.com. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
9. ↑ archive.fiba.com: Players, Vladimír Vyoral . archive.fiba.com. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
10. ↑ Search page - FIBA ​​Europe, Michal Ježdík . fibaeurope.com. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
11. ^ Jirí Zídek - FIBA ​​Europe League Men 2005 - FIBA ​​Europe . fibaeurope.com. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
12. ↑ George Zidek NBA & ABA Stats - Basketball-Reference.com . basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
13. ↑ Search page - FIBA ​​Europe, Pavel Miloš . fibaeurope.com. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
14. ↑ Pavel Milos, NBA Draft 01 candidate . nba.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 15, 2014. 
15. ↑ WELSCH, JIRI - Welcome to Eurocup . eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
16. ↑ Jiri Welsch - EuroBasket 2013 . eurobasket2013.org. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
17. ↑ Jiri Welsch NBA & ABA Stats - Basketball-Reference.com . basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 14, 2014.

See also

• Czechoslovak national basketball team
• Czech national basketball team

Web links

• BC Sparta Prague website
• BLC Sparta Prague - (Women)