Prague Guide
Prague
Football
Prague's (and the Czech Republic's) most successful football (soccer) club is Sparta Praha (
www.sparta.cz ), who play in claret and white (in honour of Arsenal's original strip) at the 18,500 all-seater Letná stadium (5min walk from metro Hradčanská, or take tram #1, #8, #15, #25 or #26); international matches are also regularly played there. The city's second most successful team, Slavia Praha (
www.slavia.cz ), have won the title just twice since the last war (1996 and 2008) and play at Eden stadium on Vladivostocká in Vršovice (tram #22 or #23 from metro Náměstí Míru or tram #6, #7 or #19, stop Kubánské náměstí). Sparta Praha (
www.hcsparta.cz ) is Prague's top ice hockey team; their zimní stadión (winter stadium) is at Za elektrárnou (metro Nádraží Holešovice), next door to the Výstaviště exhibition grounds in Holešovice. Prague's only other first-division team are Slavia Praha (
www.hc-slavia.cz ), who won the league for the first time ever in 2003 and play at the zimní stadión at Eden.