2023–24 Czech First League

Czech First League
Season	2023–24
Dates	22 July 2023 – 26 May 2024
Matches played	224
Goals scored	642 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Václav Jurečka & Pavel Šulc (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Sparta 5–0 Slovácko 17 September 2023 Plzeň 5–0 České Budějovice 10 December 2023
Biggest away win	Zlín 1–7 Plzeň 17 September 2023
Highest scoring	Zlín 5–9 Mladá Boleslav 21 October 2023
← 2022–23 2024-25 → All statistics correct as of 14 April 2024.

The 2023–24 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 31st season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment, in 1993. Sparta Prague are the reigning champions. The season is scheduled to start in July 2023. The first half of the season will have 19 rounds, finishing in December, and the other half will commence in February 2024. The season is expected to end on 26 May 2024 with two extra play-out fixtures on 29 May and 2 June 2024.^[1]

In the 12th round, the highest number of goals in one game in the history of the Czech First League was seen in the match Zlín–Mladá Boleslav, which ended 5–9.^[2]

YouTube Encyclopedic

1/5
Views:
15 807 015
69 238
1 561
834
536 573

Transcription

Format

The season format is unchanged from last season, each team will play in the league format home and away matches. The lowest-ranked team will be relegated directly to the second league, and the two teams positioned 14th and 15th will play a play-out with two teams from the second league positioned 2nd and 3rd in a home and away format. This will be the sixth season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. The only change in the rules is the limited number of players that can be sent on loan.^[1]

Teams

Prague

Prague teams:
Bohemians 1905
Slavia Prague
Sparta Prague

Locations of the 2023–24 Czech First League teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including thirteen sides from the 2022–23 season, the winner of last season's second league, and two winners of the play-out, determined on 4 June.

Team promoted to Czech First League

After being relegated in the 2021–22 season, MFK Karviná returns to Czech First League as the champion of the 2022–23 Czech National Football League.^[3]

Teams relegated from Czech First League

The lowest positioned team from the last season, Zbrojovka Brno, was relegated to the Czech National Football League.

Locations and stadiums

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
Bohemians 1905	Prague	Ďolíček	6,300	^[4]
SK Dynamo České Budějovice	České Budějovice	Stadion Střelecký ostrov	6,681	^[5]
FC Hradec Králové	Hradec Králové	Malšovická aréna	9,300	^[6]
FK Jablonec	Jablonec nad Nisou	Stadion Střelnice	6,108	^[7]
MFK Karviná	Karviná	Městský stadion (Karviná)	4,833	^[8]
FC Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	^[9]
FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Lokotrans Aréna	5,000	^[10]
SK Sigma Olomouc	Olomouc	Andrův stadion	12,474	^[11]
FC Baník Ostrava	Ostrava	Městský stadion (Ostrava)	15,123	^[12]
FC Viktoria Plzeň	Plzeň	Doosan Arena	11,700	^[13]
SK Slavia Prague	Prague	Fortuna Arena	19,370	^[14]
1. FC Slovácko	Uherské Hradiště	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,000	^[15]
AC Sparta Prague	Prague	epet ARENA	18,944	^[16]
FK Teplice	Teplice	Na Stínadlech	18,221	^[17]
FC Zlín	Zlín	Letná Stadion	5,898	^[18]
FK Pardubice	Pardubice	CFIG Arena	4,620	^[19]

Rank	Region	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	Prague	3	Bohemians 1905, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague
2	Liberec	2	Jablonec, Slovan Liberec
	Moravian-Silesian		Baník Ostrava, Karviná
	Zlín		Zlín, Slovácko
5	Central Bohemian	1	Mladá Boleslav
	Hradec Králové		Hradec Králové
	Olomouc		Sigma Olomouc
	Pardubice		Pardubice
	Plzeň		Viktoria Plzeň
	South Bohemian		Dynamo České Budějovice
	Ústí nad Labem		Teplice

Managerial changes

Ahead of the season:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Contract valid until
Hradec Králové	Miroslav Koubek^[20]	End of contract	30 June 2023	Jozef Weber^[21]	10 May 2023	Undisclosed
Viktoria Plzeň	Michal Bílek^[22]	End of contract	30 June 2023	Miroslav Koubek^[23]	5 June 2023	June 2024
Jablonec	David Horejš^[24]	Sacked	29 May 2023	Radoslav Látal^[25]	30 June 2023	Undisclosed
Mladá Boleslav	Pavel Hoftych^[26]	Mutual consent	26 May 2023	Marek Kulič^[26]	26 May 2023	Undisclosed

During the season:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Match-week	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Contract valid until
Hradec Králové	Jozef Weber^[27]	Sacked	18 September 2023	8	11th	Václav Kotal^[27]	18 September 2023	Undisclosed
Karviná	Tomáš Hejdušek^[28]	Sacked	18 September 2023	8	15th	Juraj Jarábek^[29]	27 September 2023	Undisclosed
Zlín	Pavel Vrba^[30]	Sacked	23 October 2023	12	16th	Bronislav Červenka^[30]	25 October 2023	Undisclosed
České Budějovice	Marek Nikl^[31]	Sacked	23 November 2023	15	16th	None	None	None
České Budějovice	Tomáš Zápotočný^[32]	Mutual consent	13 December 2023	18	16th	Jiří Lerch^[33]	13 December 2023	Undisclosed
Mladá Boleslav	Marek Kulič^[34]	Sacked	30 December 2023	19	7th	David Holoubek^[35]	2 January 2024	June 2028
Sigma Olomouc	Václav Jílek^[36]	Sacked	26 February 2024	22	8th	TBA	TBA	TBA
Hradec Králové	Václav Kotal^[37]	Mutual consent	28 February 2024	22	12th	David Horejš^[37]	28 February 2024	Undisclosed
Karviná	Juraj Jarábek^[38]	Sacked	12 March 2024	25	16th	Marek Bielan^[39]	12 March 2024	June 2024

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sparta Prague (Q)	28	22	4	2	62	22	+40	70	Qualification for the Championship group
2	Slavia Prague (Q)	28	21	5	2	58	20	+38	68
3	Viktoria Plzeň (Q)	28	18	4	6	63	32	+31	58
4	Baník Ostrava	28	13	5	10	43	33	+10	44
5	Mladá Boleslav	28	11	7	10	47	44	+3	40
6	Slovácko	28	11	6	11	36	37	−1	39
7	Slovan Liberec	28	10	8	10	44	44	0	38	Qualification for the Play-off
8	Sigma Olomouc	28	10	6	12	37	39	−2	36
9	Hradec Králové	28	9	9	10	31	36	−5	36
10	Teplice	28	9	8	11	29	35	−6	35
11	Bohemians 1905	28	7	10	11	26	38	−12	31	Qualification for the Relegation group
12	Jablonec (Q)	28	6	10	12	34	44	−10	28
13	Pardubice (Q)	28	7	7	14	27	38	−11	28
14	Zlín (Q)	28	5	9	14	36	60	−24	24
15	České Budějovice (Q)	28	6	4	18	30	58	−28	22
16	Karviná (Q)	28	5	6	17	28	51	−23	21

Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2024. Source: Fortuna Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.^[40]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away	BOH	CBU	HKR	JAB	KAR	LIB	MLA	OLO	OST	PCE	PLZ	SLA	SLO	SPA	TEP	ZLN
Bohemians 1905	—	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–1		0–2	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–2	0–0
České Budějovice	3–0	—	0–2	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–5	1–3		0–1	0–1	2–2
Hradec Králové	2–2	5–1	—	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–3	2–0	1–1		1–0	1–3	1–0	2–0
Jablonec	0–1	5–2	1–1	—	0–0	1–1		1–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–5	3–2
Karviná		2–1	1–0	1–1	—	5–2	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–3	0–1	4–1
Slovan Liberec	0–1	1–0		3–3	1–0	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–3	4–1	0–2	3–3	5–3
Mladá Boleslav	2–1	3–1	5–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	—	2–1	1–3	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–2	3–2
Sigma Olomouc	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	—	0–3	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–1		2–1	0–0
Baník Ostrava	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–2		2–0	1–2	—	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	4–1	5–1
Pardubice	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0		1–1	0–1	—	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1
Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	5–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	1–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	6–2	—	1–0	1–4	4–0		3–0
Slavia Prague	2–1	2–1	2–0	4–3	5–1	3–0	2–0		1–0	3–0	1–2	—	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–1
Slovácko	5–2	4–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–2		1–3	—	1–3	2–0	1–0
Sparta Prague	2–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–0		5–2	2–1	0–0	5–0	—	2–1	2–0
Teplice	1–1		0–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	2–1
Zlín	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–1		1–1	5–9	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–7	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 14 April 2024. Source: Fortuna Liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 14 April 2024^[41]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Václav Jurečka	Slavia	15
1	Pavel Šulc	Plzeň	15
3	Mojmír Chytil	Slavia	12
3	Veljko Birmančević	Sparta	12
5	Marek Havlík	Slovácko	11
	Lukáš Juliš	Olomouc
	Ewerton	Ostrava
8	Lukáš Haraslín	Sparta	10
9	Jan Chramosta	Jablonec	8
	Tomáš Chorý	Plzeň
	Jan Kuchta	Sparta
	Abdullahi Tanko	Ostrava
	Daniel Fila	Teplice

Clean sheets

As of 14 April 2024^[42]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Martin Jedlička	Bohemians 1905 / Plzeň	11
2	Peter Vindahl Jensen	Sparta	10
3	Jiří Letáček	Ostrava	8
4	Milan Heča	Slovácko	7
4	Aleš Mandous	Slavia	7
6	Tomáš Grigar	Teplice	6
6	Jan Hanuš	Jablonec	6
8	Pavol Bajza	Hradec Králové	5
	Jindřich Staněk	Plzeň / Slavia
	Adam Zadražil	Hradec Králové

References

^ ^a ^b "Nadstavba, finále o Evropu, změny v hostování. Jak vypadá liga v příští sezoně" (in Czech). iDNES. 2023-05-30.
^ "Čtrnáct tref ve Zlíně! Liga zažila nejgólovější duel, Liberec zaskočil Plzeň" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
^ "Karviná zpět mezi elitu. Sestupuje rezerva Slavie, Opava a Jihlava slaví Vlašimi" (in Czech). isport.cz. 2023-05-28.
^ "Club info Bohemians 1905". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info SK Dynamo České Budějovice". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info FC Hradec Králové". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info FK Jablonec". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info MFK Karviná". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info FC Slovan Liberec". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info FK Mladá Boleslav". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info SK Sigma Olomouc". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info FC Baník Ostrava". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info FC Viktoria Plzeň". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info SK Slavia Praha". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
^ "Club info 1. FC Slovácko". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info AC Sparta Praha". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info FK Teplice". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
^ "Club info FC Zlín". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
^ "Club info FK Pardubice". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
^ "Trenér Koubek se k fotbalistům Hradce už nevrátí, mužstvo povede Hejkal". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 25 April 2023.
^ "Hradec Králové povede do nové sezóny Jozef Weber". FC Hradec Králové (Press release) (in Czech). 10 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^ Neumann, Robert (9 May 2023). "Trenér Bílek po sezoně skončí v Plzni". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Czech News Agency.
^ "Fotbalová Plzeň přivítala staronového trenéra, na lavičku po osmi letech usedne znovu Koubek". Czech Radio (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 5 June 2023.
^ "Trenér Horejš vydržel v Jablonci jen rok, klub ho po neúspěšné sezoně odvolal". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 29 May 2023.
^ Preisler, Hynek (30 June 2023). "Pelta posiluje! Jablonec potvrdil kouče Látala, má i útočníka z Turína". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis.
^ ^a ^b "Boleslav nově povede Kulič, čeká ho premiéra. Hoftych přijal jinou roli". Blesk (in Czech). Czech News Center. Czech News Agency. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Hradec má náhradu za odvolaného trenéra Webera. Jedenáctý tým ligové tabulky povede Kotal" (in Czech). Czech Radio. 18 September 2023.
^ Tomaškovič, Jiří (18 September 2023). "Další odvolaný kouč v lize! Hejdušek v Karviné skončil". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis.
^ Tomaškovič, Jiří (27 September 2023). "Karvinou povede její nejúspěšnější trenér Jarábek. Jako bych se vracel po dovolené, usmíval se". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis.
^ ^a ^b "Potvrzeno, fotbalisty Zlína přebírá po Vrbovi trenér Červenka" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. 25 October 2023.
^ "Nikl v Budějovicích končí. Dohodl se na odchodu, tým povede Zápotočný" (in Czech). Czech News Center. Czech News Agency. 23 November 2023.
^ Mls, Martin (13 December 2023). "Zápotočný skončil. Budějovice jsou bez trenéra, tým povedou asistenti". sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis.
^ "Jiří Lerch zůstává ve funkci hlavního trenéra A-týmu". dynamocb.cz (in Czech). SK Dynamo České Budějovice. 13 December 2023.
^ Malý, Jan (30 December 2023). "Boleslav potvrdila konec Kuliče. Uvedla i důvody". sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis.
^ Malý, Jan (2 January 2024). "Boleslav má nového trenéra, nástupce Kuliče přichází od reprezentace". sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis.
^ Malý, Jan (26 February 2024). "U fotbalistů Olomouce skončil trenér Jílek". sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis.
^ ^a ^b Malý, Jan (28 February 2024). "Hradec přebírá Horejš. Kotal končí kvůli zdraví, může se stát konzultantem". sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis.
^ "Karviná podruhé v sezoně mění kouče! Jarábka střídají trenéři z B-týmu". Blesk (in Czech). Czech News Center. Czech News Agency. 12 March 2024.
^ Šimek, Květoslav (20 March 2024). "Karviná vyřešila trenéry. V boji o záchranu zůstává trio s Bielanem". Blesk (in Czech). Czech News Center.
^ "Herní model" (in Czech). Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
^ "Statistiky: Hráči". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga.
^ "Statistiky: Brankáři". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga.

2023–24 in Czech football

« 2022–23

Club football
Domestic leagues	First League National League Women's First League
Domestic cups	Czech Cup Czechoslovak Supercup
European	Champions League Men Women Europa League Europa Conference League Youth League
Other	Tipsport liga

Club seasons
First League	Baník Ostrava Bohemians 1905 Dynamo České Budějovice Hradec Králové Karviná Jablonec Mladá Boleslav Pardubice Sigma Olomouc Slavia Prague Slovácko Slovan Liberec Sparta Prague Teplice Viktoria Plzeň Trinity Zlín
National League	Chrudim Dukla Prague Hanácká Slavia Kroměříž Líšeň Opava Příbram Prostějov Sparta Prague B Táborsko Varnsdorf Viktoria Žižkov Vlašim Vyškov Vysočina Jihlava Zbrojovka Brno

Czech First League

Seasons

Clubs

2023–24	Bohemians 1905 Dynamo České Budějovice Hradec Králové Jablonec Karviná Slovan Liberec Mladá Boleslav Sigma Olomouc Baník Ostrava Pardubice Viktoria Plzeň Slavia Prague Slovácko Sparta Prague Teplice Zlín
Former (active)	Benešov Dukla Prague Hvězda Cheb Jihlava Kladno Opava Příbram Ústí nad Labem Vítkovice Znojmo Viktoria Žižkov Zbrojovka Brno
Former (defunct)	Blšany Bohemians (Střížkov) Drnovice FC Karviná Lázně Bohdaneč Baník Most Uherské Hradiště

Associated competitions

Category

v t e 2023–24 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '23 '24 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '23 '24 Faroe Islands '23 '24 Finland '23 '24 France Georgia '23 '24 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '23 '24 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '23 '24 Kosovo Latvia '23 '24 Lithuania '23 '24 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '23 '24 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '23 '24 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '23 '24 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '23 '24 Finland '23 '24 France Georgia '23 '24 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '23 '24 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '23 '24 Kosovo Latvia '23 '24 Liechtenstein Lithuania '23 '24 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '23 '24 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '23 '24 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland Iceland Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus England Estonia '23 '24 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan '23 '24 Kosovo Latvia '24 Lithuania '23 '24 Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '23 '24 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey ~~Ukraine~~
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round Champions Path Main Path group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
International competitions	UEFA Euro 2024 qualification 2022–23 UEFA Nations League League C relegation play-outs 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 Euro Under-21 qualification 2024 Euro Under-19 qualification 2024 Euro Under-17 qualification

This page was last edited on 14 April 2024, at 18:53

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia