Slavia Praha in the 2026/27 Champions League: What are their fixtures? Who is in their squad?
Thursday, August 27, 2026
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Fixtures, squad, key player, coach profile, big summer signing and one to watch – all you need to know about 2026/27 Champions League contenders Slavia Praha.
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Slavia Praha return to the league phase of the Champions League for the second consecutive season hoping to improve on their 34th place finish in 2025/26. Get to know the Czech champions.
At a glance: Slavia Praha
UEFA coefficient ranking: 59
How they qualified: First in Czechia
Last season: Champions League league phase
UEFA coefficient rankings as at end of the 2025/26 season.
What are Slavia Praha's Champions League fixtures and results?
You can keep track of Slavia Praha's Champions League fixtures and results here.
Who is in Slavia Praha's Champions League squad?
Slavia Praha's Champions League squad can be found here.
Coach: Jindřich Trpišovský
Slavia coach since 2017, Trpišovský has led his side to five national titles and four Czech Cups, and has kept them competitive in European competitions too. Forced to abandon hopes of a playing career as a teenager, he coached in youth football and was hired by Slavia following stints at Viktoria Žižkov and Slovan Liberec.
Key player: Lukáš Provod
Winger and attacking midfielder Provod has been a central figure for Slavia Praha since 2019, accumulating more than 200 appearances and 50 assists. The Czech international is excellent at inventing for team-mates, a quality he showed with a pair of assists for Youssoupha Mbodji on Matchday 1 last season.
Big summer signing: Ange N'Guessan
Centre-back N'Guessan represented Lens and then Torino at youth level before gaining senior experience during a loan spell with NK Bravo in Slovenia. A move to Czech side Slovan Liberec followed in 2025, N'Guessan impressing with 29 appearances across all competitions in his one and only season in Liberec.
One to watch: Youssoupha Sanyang
Last season was the first at the club for the 21-year-old winger following his transfer from Swedish outfit Östers. Already a full international for Gambia, Sanyang made six Champions League appearances last term and became a more regular starter in the league as the campaign progressed.
Slavia Praha's 2025/26 season
Slavia bowed out of the Champions League at the league phase, having not won any of their eight games, but maintained their dominance at home by winning a second successive Czech title.
What is Slavia Praha's best Champions League finish?
Slavia have made the league phase/group stage of this tournament in 2007/08, 2019/20, 2025/26 and 2026/27, but are yet to progress to the knockout phase.
Did you know?
In 1927, Slavia beat Rapid Wien in the final of the first edition of the Mitropa Cup; the pre-UEFA ancestor of the European Cup and UEFA Champions League.