Fortuna League 2018/19

This article describes the Czech football league. For the Slovak football league see Fortuna liga 2018/19

Fortuna League 2018/19
master	Slavia Prague
Champions League qualification	Slavia Prague Viktoria Plzen
Europa League qualification	Sparta Prague FK Jablonec FK Mladá Boleslav
Cup winners	Slavia Prague
Relegation ↓	1. FK Příbram MFK Karviná
Relegated	FK Dukla Prague
Teams	16
Games	240 + 45 play-off games  (of which 285 played)
Gates	764  (ø 2.68 per game)
← HET League 2017/18 Fortuna Liga 2019/20 →
Fotbalová národní liga 2018/19 ↓

The Fortuna League 2018/19 (for the first time after the sponsor, the sports betting provider Fortuna ) was the 26th season of the top Czech division in men's football . It started on July 20, 2018 and ended on June 2, 2019.

The defending champion was Viktoria Plzen , the reigning cup winner Slavia Prague - Slavia became champions and defended the cup.

mode

The 16 teams initially played against each other twice in 30 rounds. For the first time, after the regular season, all teams were split up based on the final table, points and goals were taken from the main round. The best six teams played for the championship, places 7 to 10 in the Europa League play-offs and ranks 11 to 16 in the relegation play-outs.

After completing the final round, the last placed was relegated directly, the teams in places 14 and 15 played in a relegation against the second and third of the FNL . The champions and runners-up qualified for the qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League, the third for the qualifying round for the UEFA Europa League, as did the winner from the play-off final (fourth against the best team in the semi-finals).

Stadiums and venues

Pilsen Slavia Jablonec Olomouc Sparta Liberec Bohemians Boleslav Teplice Zlín Dukla Slovácko Ostrava Karviná Opava Sparta Příbram

Participants in the Fortuna League 2018/19

coat of arms	society	city	Stadion	capacity	Rank 2017/18
	Viktoria Plzen	Pilsen	Doosan Arena	11,700	01.
	Slavia Prague	Prague	Synot Tip Arena	21,000	02.
	FK Jablonec	Jablonec nad Nisou	Chance arena	06,280	03.
	SK Sigma Olomouc	Olomouc	Andrův stadium	12,483	04th
	Sparta Prague	Prague	Generali Arena	18,944	05.
	Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Stadium u Nisy	09,900	06th
	Bohemians Prague 1905	Prague	Ďolíček Stadium	05,000	07th
	FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Městský stadion Mladá Boleslav	05,000	08th.
	FK Teplice	Teplice	Na Stínadlech Stadium	18,221	09.
	FC Fastav Zlín	Zlín	Letná Stadium	06,375	10.
	FK Dukla Prague	Prague	Juliska Stadium	08,150	11.
	1. FC Slovácko	Uherské Hradiště	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	08,121	12.
	FC Baník Ostrava	Ostrava	Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna	13,375	13.
	MFK Karviná	Karviná	Městský stadium Karviná	04,833	14th
	SFC Opava	Opava	Stadión v Městských sadech	07,758	1. (FNL)
	1. FK Příbram	Příbram	Adidas Aréna	09,100	2. (FNL)

1 round

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Slavia Prague (P)	30th	23	3	4th	072:230	+49	72
2.	Viktoria Pilsen (M)	30th	21st	5	4th	047:270	+20	68
3.	Sparta Prague	30th	17th	6th	7th	052:270	+25	57
4th	FK Jablonec	30th	15th	6th	9	053:260	+27	51
5.	FC Baník Ostrava	30th	13	6th	11	038:360	+2	45
6th	Slovan Liberec	30th	11	9	10	033:280	+5	42
7th	FK Mladá Boleslav	30th	11	9	10	052:440	+8	42
8th.	SK Sigma Olomouc	30th	12	4th	14th	037:430	−6	40
9.	FC Fastav Zlín	30th	12	3	15th	032:400	−8	39
10.	FK Teplice	30th	10	6th	14th	032:420	−10	36
11.	Bohemians Prague	30th	8th	10	12	029:370	−8	34
12.	1. FC Slovácko	30th	10	4th	16	032:450	−13	34
13.	SFC Opava (N)	30th	9	6th	15th	039:490	−10	33
14th	1. FK Příbram (N)	30th	8th	7th	15th	033:630	−30	31
15th	MFK Karviná	30th	8th	5	17th	039:530	−14	29
16.	FK Dukla Prague	30th	5	5	20th	025:620	−37	20th
Stand: Final stand

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd wins - 4th goal difference - 5th goals scored

Participation in the championship round

Participation in the Europa League play-off

Participation in the relegation

(M)	Czech champion of the preseason
(P)	Czech cup winner of the preseason
(N)	Newcomers from the FNL

Placement rounds

Championship round (Play-off 1)

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Slavia Prague 1 (P)	35	26th	5	4th	079:260	+53	83
2.	Viktoria Pilsen (M)	35	24	6th	5	057:320	+25	78
3.	Sparta Prague	35	20th	6th	9	059:330	+26	66
4th	FK Jablonec	35	17th	6th	12	058:320	+26	57
5.	FC Baník Ostrava	35	13	8th	14th	039:430	−4	47
6th	Slovan Liberec	35	12	10	13	034:320	+2	46

Czech champions and participation in the third qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the third qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the final of the Europa League play-offs

¹Since the winners of the 2018/19 Champions League , Liverpool FC , had already qualified for the 2019/20 Champions League through their placement in the Premier League , Slavia Prague was instead qualified for the play-off round .

Crosstab

2018/19
Slavia Prague		3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	-	-
Viktoria Plzen	-		4-0	2: 1	1: 1	-
Sparta Prague	-	-		2-0	3-0	1-0
FK Jablonec	-	-	-		2-0	1-0
FC Baník Ostrava	0-0	-	-	-		0: 1
FC Slovan Liberec	0-0	0: 2	-	-	-

Europa League play-offs

1 round

The seventh of the relegation group played against the tenth, the eighth against the ninth. The winners qualified for the next round. The games were played on May 3 and 12, 2019.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FK Mladá Boleslav	9: 1	FK Teplice	8-0	1: 1
SK Sigma Olomouc	3: 3 ( a )	FC Fastav Zlín	0: 1	3: 2

2nd round

The winners of the first round determine the opponent of the fourth in the master group.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Fastav Zlín	3: 4	FK Mladá Boleslav	3: 1	0: 3

final

The winner takes part in the second qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League .

	Result
FC Baník Ostrava	0: 1	FK Mladá Boleslav

Relegation

The teams in places 14 and 15 played after the round against the second and third of the second division to remain in the league.

table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
11.	1. FC Slovácko	35	13	6th	16	043:470	−4	45
12.	SFC Opava	35	12	7th	16	047:570	−10	43
13.	Bohemians Prague	35	9	13	13	033:430	−10	40
14th	1. FK Příbram (N)	35	11	7th	17th	043:750	−32	40
15th	MFK Karviná	35	9	5	21st	042:580	−16	32
16.	FK Dukla Prague	35	5	7th	23	030:720	−42	22nd

Participation in the relegation play-out

Relegation to the Fotbalová národní liga

Crosstab

2018/19					KAR
Bohemians Prague		0-0	1: 1	1: 4	-	-
1. FC Slovácko	-		4: 1	5: 1	2-0	-
SFC Opava	-	-		2: 1	1-0	3: 2
1. FK Příbram	-	-	-		1-0	3: 2
MFK Karviná	0: 1	-	-	-		3-0
FK Dukla Prague	1: 1	0-0	-	-	-

Relegation play-out

The teams in places 14 and 15 of the relegation group played against the second and third placed in the Fotbalová národní liga for the two remaining first division places in the next season. The games were played on May 28, 29 and June 2, 2019.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Vysočina Jihlava	2: 3	MFK Karviná	1: 2	1: 1
FC Zbrojovka Brno	3: 3 ( a )	1. FK Příbram	3: 3	0-0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nový herní formát , lfafotbal.cz, accessed on November 28, 2018 (Czech)
2. ↑ Tabulka. In: fortunaliga.cz. Retrieved April 28, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Season rules. In: scoresway.com. Retrieved December 14, 2018 . 
4. ↑ The free place in the group stage was taken over by the Austrian champions, as Austria was the first country whose champions did not qualify for the group stage. This in turn freed a place in the play-off round, which the Czech champions were entitled to, as the Czech Republic was the first country whose champions did not qualify for the play-off round. see UEFA Champions League regulations. (PDF) UEFA, p. 11 , accessed on 7 October 2019 (point 3.04).