The 2023–24 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment, in 1993. Sparta Prague were the reigning champions. The season was scheduled to start in July 2023. The first half of the season had 19 rounds, finishing in December, and the other half commenced in February 2024. The season ended on 31 May 2024 with two extra play-out fixtures on 29 May and 2 June 2024.[1]
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 22 July 2023 – 31 May 2024 |
Champions | Sparta |
Relegated | Zlín |
Champions League | Sparta, Slavia |
Europa League | Plzeň |
Conference League | Ostrava, Mladá Boleslav |
Matches played | 277 |
Goals scored | 804 (2.9 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Václav Jurečka (19 goals) |
Biggest home win | Ostrava 6–0 Slovácko 26 May 2024 |
Biggest away win | Zlín 1–7 Plzeň 17 September 2023 |
Highest scoring | Zlín 5–9 Mladá Boleslav 21 October 2023 |
Longest winning run | Sparta (9 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Slavia (13 matches) |
Longest winless run | Zlín & České Budějovice (8 matches) |
Longest losing run | České Budějovice (7 matches) |
Highest attendance | 19,370 Slavia 1–1 Sparta 24 September 2023 |
Lowest attendance | 783 Č. Budějovice 0–2 Hr. Králové 13 December 2023 |
Total attendance | 1,782,387 |
Average attendance | 6,435 |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
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]
Format
editThe 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
editPromotion and relegation (pre-season)
editA total of sixteen teams contested 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 returned 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
editManagerial changes
editAhead of the season:
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Contract valid until |
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Hradec Králové | End of contract | 30 June 2023 | 10 May 2023 | Undisclosed | ||
Viktoria Plzeň | 5 June 2023 | June 2024 | ||||
Jablonec | Sacked | 29 May 2023 | 30 June 2023 | Undisclosed | ||
Mladá Boleslav | Mutual consent | 26 May 2023 | 26 May 2023 |
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 |
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Hradec Králové | Sacked | 18 September 2023 | 8 | 11th | 18 September 2023 | Undisclosed | ||
Karviná | 8 | 15th | 27 September 2023 | |||||
Zlín | 23 October 2023 | 12 | 16th | 25 October 2023 | ||||
České Budějovice | 15 | None | None | None | ||||
Mutual consent | 13 December 2023 | 18 | 13 December 2023 | Undisclosed | ||||
Mladá Boleslav | Sacked | 30 December 2023 | 19 | 7th | 2 January 2024 | June 2028 | ||
Sigma Olomouc | 26 February 2024 | 22 | 8th | Jiří Saňák[36] | 26 February 2024 | Undisclosed | ||
Hradec Králové | Mutual consent | 28 February 2024 | 12th | 28 February 2024 | ||||
Karviná | Sacked | 12 March 2024 | 25 | 16th | 12 March 2024 | June 2024 |
Regular season
editLeague table
edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 70 | 26 | +44 | 76 | Qualification for the Championship group |
2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 72 | |
3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 62 | |
4 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 45 | |
5 | Mladá Boleslav | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 44 | |
6 | Slovácko | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 41 | |
7 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 40 | Qualification for the Play-off |
8 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 37 | |
9 | Hradec Králové | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 37 | |
10 | Teplice | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 36 | |
11 | Bohemians 1905 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 35 | Qualification for the Relegation group |
12 | Jablonec | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 30 | |
13 | Pardubice | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 28 | |
14 | Karviná | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 25 | |
15 | Zlín | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 25 | |
16 | České Budějovice | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 62 | −28 | 24 |
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]
Results
editChampionship group
editPoints and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | SPA | SLA | PLZ | OST | MLA | SLO | |
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1 | Sparta Prague (C) | 35 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 30 | +52 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | — | |
2 | Slavia Prague | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 76 | 24 | +52 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round[a] | — | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | — | |
3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 35 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | — | — | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | |
4 | Baník Ostrava | 35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 49 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | — | — | — | — | 0–1 | 6–0 | |
5 | Mladá Boleslav (O) | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 47 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off final | 0–5 | — | — | — | — | 0–1 | |
6 | Slovácko | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 44 | 2–4 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Points earned in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points (regular season); 4) Head-to-head goal difference (regular season); 5) Head-to-head goals scored (regular season); 5) Goal difference (all matches); 6) Goals scored (all matches); 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
Conference League play-off
editTeams placed between 7th and 10th position will take part in the Conference League play-off. The best of them will play against the fifth-placed of the championship play-offs to determine the Conference League play-off winners. The winners will qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League.
First round | Second round | |||||||||
Teplice | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
Slovan Liberec | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Teplice | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Hradec Králové | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Hradec Králové | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
Sigma Olomouc | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Final
editMladá Boleslav | 3–1 | Hradec Králové |
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Relegation group
editPoints and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | JAB | PCE | BOH | KAR | CBU | ZLN | |
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11 | Jablonec | 35 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 41 | — | 3–0 | — | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | ||
12 | Pardubice | 35 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 40 | — | — | — | 4–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | ||
13 | Bohemians 1905 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 39 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | — | — | ||
14 | Karviná (O) | 35 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
15 | České Budějovice (O) | 35 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 70 | −29 | 29 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | — | — | — | ||
16 | Zlín (R) | 35 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 69 | −29 | 27 | Relegation to FNL | — | — | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Points earned in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points (regular season); 4) Head-to-head goal difference (regular season); 5) Head-to-head goals scored (regular season); 5) Goal difference (all matches); 6) Goals scored (all matches); 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Relegation play-offs
editTeams placed 14th and 15th in the relegation group will face the teams placed 2nd and 3rd in the Czech National Football League for two spots in the next season.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Vyškov | 0–2 | Karviná | 0–1 | 0–1 |
České Budějovice | 3–2 | Silon Táborsko | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Season statistics
editTop scorers
editRank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Slavia | 19 | |
2 | Plzeň | 18 | |
3 | Sparta | 17 | |
4 | 16 | ||
Slavia | |||
6 | Ostrava | 14 | |
7 | Sparta | 12 | |
Slovácko | |||
Olomouc | |||
Plzeň |
Hat-tricks
editMatchweek | Date | Player | For | Against | Result |
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4 | 13 August 2023 | Plzeň | České Budějovice | 5–2 (A)[42] | |
18 | 9 December 2023 | Slovácko | Bohemians 1905 | 5–2 (H)[43] | |
22 | 25 February 2024 | Slavia | Pardubice | 3–0 (H)[44] | |
32 | 11 May 2024 | Plzeň | Slovácko | 4–2 (H)[42] | |
34 | 18 May 2024 | Sparta | Mladá Boleslav | 5–0 (A)[45] | |
34 | 19 May 2024 | Pardubice | Karviná | 4–0 (H)[46] |
- Notes
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Clean sheets
editRank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Bohemians 1905 / Plzeň | 13 | |
2 | Sparta | 12 | |
3 | Ostrava | 9 | |
4 | Slovácko | 8 | |
Plzeň / Slavia | |||
Slavia | |||
Hradec Králové | |||
8 | Jablonec | 7 | |
9 | Teplice | 6 | |
10 | Hradec Králové | 5 | |
Liberec | |||
Karviná | |||
Pardubice |
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