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Sparta Praha 0–1 Arsenal: UEFA Champions League, 12 September 2000

Sparta Praha and Arsenal finished 0–1 in the UEFA Champions League on 12 September 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in Prague.

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2000-09-12 · Prague

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The match

Sparta Praha and Arsenal finished 0–1 in the UEFA Champions League on 12 September 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in Prague.

Arsenal won the match by 1 goal.

Goals and key incidents

Sylvinho scored in minute 32 (Arsenal).

Competition and tie context

The same sides also met on 25 October 2000, when Arsenal finished 4–2 against Sparta Praha. That is a separate match result in this competition campaign.

The fixture was played in Group B of the first group stage. The match result belongs to this stage of the competition in the 2000/01 season.

Venue and attendance

The UEFA match record identifies the venue as Stadion Letná, Prague.

The recorded attendance was 17,666 spectators.

The teams’ wider campaign

Sparta Praha came into this fixture after a Sparta Praha 1–0 Zimbru result on 23 August 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Lazio 3–0 Sparta Praha on 20 September 2000.

Their next match in that campaign was Arsenal 3–2 Shakhtar on 20 September 2000.

Sources

Check the original record.

Open the governing body or organiser’s publication for the underlying result, decision or tournament update.