First Czech football league
| Fortuna: League | |
| Full name | 1. česká fotbalová liga |
| Association | FA ČR |
| First edition | 1993 |
| hierarchy | 1st League |
| Teams | 16 |
| master | Viktoria Plzen |
| Record champions | Sparta Prague (12 titles) |
| Record player | Jaroslav Silhavý (465) |
| Record scorer | Horst Siegl (176) |
| Current season | 2019/20 |
| Website | www.fortunaliga.cz |
| Qualification for |
Champions League Europa League |
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↓ Fotbalová národní liga (II)
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The first Czech football league ( 1. česká fotbalová liga , currently called Fortuna: Liga through name sponsorship ) is the top division in Czech football . The Czech football champions are played here every year . The 16 participating teams play 30 games each from August to May (15 home and 15 away games). At the end of each season, the last two teams are relegated and replaced by promoted teams from the Czech second division, the Fotbalová národní liga .
The record champions are Sparta Prague with twelve championships.
history
 
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Venues of the Fortuna League 2019/20 |
The first Czech football league emerged in its current form in 1993, when it split off from a joint division with today's Slovakia after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia . It is thus the successor to the Czechoslovak football championship .
From 1997 to 2014, the Pilsen- based Gambrinus brewery was the league's eponymous sponsor. From 2014 to 2016, the first Czech football league was named after the lottery and betting company Synot . The contract with Synot had a term of four years and should bring the league around 50 million CZK (about 1.8 million euros) per year. For the season 2016/17 which took Online - Insurance company ePojisteni.cz required for initial two-year naming rights ; however, the contract was terminated early in May 2017. After that, the Czech wall paint manufacturer HET secured the naming rights for the 2017/18 season. The sponsor has been called Fortuna (a betting office) since the 2018/2019 season.
The dominant teams have always been the two Prague teams Sparta and Slavia, which usually took the first two places in the final table. While Sparta Prague won ten of the fourteen championships held by 2007 and in 2010 and 2014, Slavia Prague had to be satisfied with the runner-up eight times and only became Czech champions in 1996, 2008, 2009 and 2017. In 2004, Baník Ostrava won the title; 2002, 2006 and 2012 Slovan Liberec . Viktoria Pilsen has been the most successful since 2011, with five championship titles so far in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018.
In February 2010 it became known that Czech and Slovak officials were considering creating a joint professional league. The associations expect not only a higher sporting quality from a joint league, but also marketing opportunities. However, UEFA's approval is unlikely.
Season overview
League system
The following scheme shows the current league system in Czech football:
| 1st League | First league, currently Fortuna: called league | ||||
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| 16 teams, two relegated teams | |||||
| 2nd league |
Fotbalová národní liga 
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| 16 teams, two promoted, two relegated | |||||
| 3rd leagues | Česká fotbalová liga (ČFL) | Moravskoslezská fotbalová liga (MSFL) | |||
| One promoted, three relegated | One promoted, two relegated | ||||
| 4. Leagues | Divize A | Divize B | Divize C | MSD Divize D | MSD Divize E |
| One promoter, two or three relegators |
One promoter, two or three relegators |
One promoter, two or three relegators |
One promoted, two relegated |
One promoted, two relegated |
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- The Czech Football Association grants a license for the 1st and 2nd league after a licensing process.
- While at the end of the season the last two teams in the first division are relegated to the second division, the first two teams in the second division play in the first division in the following season. The teams that finished 15th and 16th in the second division at the end of the season are relegated to the ČFL or MSFL.
- Below the first two leagues is the third Czech division. It is played in two seasons (ČFL and MSFL). The ČFL (Bohemia) currently plays with 18 teams, the MSFL (Moravia and Silesia) with 16 clubs. The champions of the two seasons each rise to the 2nd division.
Clubs and stadiums 2019/20
| coat of arms | society | city | Stadion | capacity | Rank 2018/19 |
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Slavia Prague | Prague | Sinobo Stadium | 21,000 | 1. |
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Viktoria Plzen | Pilsen | Doosan Arena | 11,700 | 2. |
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Sparta Prague | Prague | Generali Arena | 18,944 | 3. |
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FK Jablonec | Jablonec nad Nisou | Chance arena | 6,280 | 4th |
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FC Baník Ostrava | Ostrava | Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna | 13,375 | 5. |
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Slovan Liberec | Liberec | Stadium u Nisy | 9,900 | 6th |
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FK Mladá Boleslav | Mladá Boleslav | Městský stadion Mladá Boleslav | 5,000 | 7th |
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SK Sigma Olomouc | Olomouc | Andrův stadium | 12,483 | 8th. |
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FC Fastav Zlín | Zlín | Letná Stadium | 6,375 | 9. |
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FK Teplice | Teplice | Na Stínadlech Stadium | 18,221 | 10. |
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1. FC Slovácko | Uherské Hradiště | Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty | 8,121 | 11. |
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SFC Opava | Opava | Stadión v Městských sadech | 7,758 | 12. |
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Bohemians Prague 1905 | Prague | Ďolíček Stadium | 5,000 | 13. |
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1. FK Příbram | Příbram | Adidas Aréna | 9,100 | 14th |
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MFK Karviná | Karviná | Městský stadium Karviná | 4,833 | 15th |
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Dynamo Budweis | Ceske Budejovice | Střelecký ostrov stadium | 6,681 | 1. (FNL) |
International competition
The Czech Republic is currently in 13th place in the UEFA five-year ranking (as of the end of the 2017/18 season), which entitles the champions to participate in the group stage of the Champions League . The runner-up takes part in the qualification for the Champions League. Third place in the table starts in the group stage of the Europa League , while fourth place and the winner of the cup competition take part in the qualification of the Europa League.
Never before has a Czech club reached the final of a European Cup. With their regular participation in the UEFA Champions League, Sparta Prague is the country's most internationally renowned club. The best performance since the independent Czech league was founded was elimination in the round of 16 (0-0 and 1: 4 against AC Milan ) in 2004.
Despite regular participation in the qualifying round, Slavia Prague never reached the group stage of the Champions League except in the 2007/08 season. Viktoria Pilsen, however, was able to move into the group stage of the Champions League in the 2011/12 season as champions of the preseason. This was achieved through victories over FC Pjunik Yerevan , Rosenborg Trondheim and FC Copenhagen . In the group stage, the team landed behind FC Barcelona and AC Milan , but in front of BATE Baryssau from Belarus in 3rd place and was thus allowed to continue playing in the Europa League. There they lost to FC Schalke 04 in the round of 32 after extra time in the second leg.
Three other teams from the Czech league were able to qualify for the Champions League. Runner-up FK Teplice failed twice in 1999 with 1-0 to Borussia Dortmund , while in 2004 Baník Ostrava was unable to make up a 2-1 home win in 2004 to make up for the 5-0 defeat at Bayer 04 Leverkusen . In the 2006/07 season, FK Mladá Boleslav defeated Norwegian representatives Vålerenga Oslo 3: 1 and 2: 2 in the second qualifying round , but failed in the third round to Galatasaray Istanbul with 2: 5 and 1: 1.
The greatest successes of Czech teams in the UEFA Cup were the progression to the semi-finals of Slavia Prague in 1996 and the quarter-finals of FC Slovan Liberec in 2002 .
Audience interest
Exciting championship fights are rather rare in the Czech elite class. Only four times - 2001/02, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2011/12 and the 2012/13 season - the title win was only determined on the last match day.
The number of spectators at the Czech league games is relatively small. Inadequate marketing, poor infrastructure, violent hooligans in the stands and, last but not least, cases of bribery are factors that are causing spectator interest in the league to rapidly dwindle compared to the past. Despite numerous championship titles, Sparta Prague plays its home games on average in front of around 9,000 spectators, although the home venue would allow a little more than 20,000.
Since the 2010/11 season, the league has seen increasing numbers of visitors. The biggest crowd pullers in the 2013/14 season were Sparta Prague with an average of 11,340 spectators and Viktoria Pilsen with 10,090 visitors and FK Teplice with 6,995 fans per game. The fewest visitors were in the stadiums of FK BAUMIT Jablonec (2,935), FK Dukla Prague (2,765) and the 1st SC Znojmo (1,392).
League attendance average
| season | cut | Games | total |
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| 2008/09 | 4,676 | 240 | 1,122,278 |
| 2009/10 | 4,925 | 239 | 1,177,113 |
| 2010/11 | 4,472 | 238 | 1,064,385 |
| 2011/12 | 4,724 | 240 | 1,133,701 |
| 2012/13 | 4,817 | 240 | 1,156,070 |
| 2013/14 | 5,068 | 240 | 1,216,389 |
| 2014/15 | 4,745 | 240 | 1,138,879 |
| 2015/16 | 5,080 | 240 | 1,219,366 |
| 2016/17 | 4,886 | 240 | 1,172,619 |
| 2017/18 | 5,546 | 240 | 1.330.993 |
| 2018/19 | 5,553 | 240 | 1,332,670 |
statistics
Eternal table
In the all-time table, record champions Sparta Prague are ahead of local rivals Slavia Prague and Slovan Liberec . All three clubs are the only ones that have participated in all seasons. Clubs with an orange background will play in the top division in the 2019/20 season .
Table legend
- Colored clubs play in the Fortuna League 2019/20
- Pl. = Place
- Sai. = Seasons in the Premier League
- Sp. = Games
- S. = victories
- U. = tie
- N. = defeats
- Goals + = goals scored
- Goals - = goals conceded
- TD. = Goal difference
- Pts = points
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= Championship title -
= Descents - Ø pt. per game = average number of points per game
Eternal table
| Pl. | society | Sai. | Sp. | S. | U. | N. | Goals + | Gates - | TD. | Pt. |
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Ø -point per col. |
Playing times | |
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| 1. | |
Sparta Prague | 26th | 780 | 487 | 165 | 128 | 1445 | 612 | 833 | 1628 | 12 | 0 | 2,087 | 1993– |
| 2. | |
Slavia Prague | 26th | 780 | 400 | 207 | 173 | 1266 | 742 | 524 | 1407 | 5 | 0 | 1,804 | 1993– |
| 3. | |
Slovan Liberec 1 | 26th | 780 | 341 | 220 | 219 | 1048 | 827 | 221 | 1237 | 3 | 0 | 1,586 | 1993– |
| 4th |  |
FK Jablonec | 25th | 750 | 296 | 210 | 244 | 991 | 850 | 141 | 1098 | 0 | 0 | 1,464 | 1994– |
| 5. | |
Viktoria Plzen | 22nd | 660 | 305 | 161 | 194 | 963 | 742 | 221 | 1076 | 5 | 3 | 1.63 | 1993–1999, 2000/01, 2003/04, 2005– |
| 6th | |
Sigma Olomouc 2 | 24 | 720 | 281 | 196 | 243 | 916 | 826 | 90 | 1030 | 0 | 2 | 1,431 | 1993–2014, 2015/16, 2017– |
| 7th | |
Baník Ostrava | 25th | 750 | 258 | 220 | 272 | 966 | 953 | 13 | 994 | 1 | 1 | 1,325 | 1993–2016, 2017– |
| 8th. | |
FK Teplice | 23 | 690 | 258 | 202 | 230 | 874 | 800 | 74 | 976 | 0 | 0 | 1,414 | 1996– |
| 9. |  |
FC Zbrojovka Brno | 24 | 720 | 242 | 186 | 292 | 840 | 938 | -98 | 912 | 0 | 2 | 1,267 | 1993-2011, 2012-2018 |
| 10. | |
1. FK Příbram | 21st | 630 | 179 | 164 | 287 | 650 | 907 | -257 | 701 | 0 | 1 | 1,113 | 1997–2017, 2018– |
| 11. | |
FK Mladá Boleslav | 15th | 450 | 187 | 121 | 142 | 669 | 563 | 106 | 682 | 0 | 0 | 1,516 | 2004– |
| 12. | |
1. FC Slovácko 3 | 18th | 540 | 162 | 146 | 232 | 576 | 716 | -140 | 618 | 0 | 2 | 1,144 | 1995/96, 2000–2007, 2009– |
| 13. | |
Dynamo Budweis | 18th | 540 | 151 | 153 | 236 | 551 | 798 | -247 | 606 | 0 | 5 | 1,122 | 1993–1998, 1999–2001, 2002–2005, 2006–2013, 2014/15, 2019– |
| 14th |  |
Bohemians Prague 1905 | 17th | 510 | 137 | 146 | 227 | 492 | 701 | -209 | 557 | 0 | 5 | 1,092 | 1993–1995, 1996/97, 1999–2003, 2007/08, 2009–2012, 2013– |
| 15th |  |
Viktoria Žižkov | 14th | 420 | 144 | 106 | 170 | 478 | 539 | -61 | 538 | 0 | 3 | 1,281 | 1993-2004, 2007-2009, 2011/12 |
| 16. | |
FC Fastav Zlín | 14th | 420 | 122 | 116 | 182 | 402 | 561 | -159 | 482 | 0 | 2 | 1,148 | 1993–1996, 2002–2009, 2015– |
| 17th |  |
FC Hradec Králové | 14th | 420 | 105 | 113 | 202 | 374 | 601 | -227 | 428 | 0 | 5 | 1,019 | 1993–2000, 2001–2003, 2010–2013, 2014/15, 2016/17 |
| 18th |  |
1. FK Drnovice | 10 | 300 | 114 | 67 | 119 | 392 | 398 | -6 | 409 | 0 | 2 | 1,363 | 1993-2002, 2004/05 |
| 19th |  |
FK Dukla Prague | 8th | 240 | 76 | 59 | 105 | 300 | 342 | -42 | 287 | 0 | 1 | 1,196 | 2011-2019 |
| 20th | |
SFC Opava 4 | 9 | 270 | 72 | 70 | 128 | 299 | 405 | -106 | 286 | 0 | 3 | 1,059 | 1995–2000, 2001/02, 2003–2005, 2018– |
| 21st |  |
FK Chmel Blšany | 8th | 240 | 67 | 63 | 110 | 255 | 354 | -99 | 264 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 1998-2006 |
| 22nd |  |
FC Vysočina Jihlava | 7th | 210 | 55 | 61 | 94 | 221 | 315 | -94 | 226 | 0 | 2 | 1,076 | 2005/06, 2012–2018 |
| 23. | MFK Karviná | 5 | 150 | 36 | 33 | 81 | 163 | 247 | -84 | 141 | 0 | 2 | 0.94 | 1996/97, 1998/99, 2016– | |
| 24. |  |
SK Kladno | 4th | 120 | 28 | 30th | 62 | 99 | 173 | -74 | 114 | 0 | 1 | 0.95 | 2006-2010 |
| 25th | FK Hvězda Cheb | 3 | 90 | 29 | 26th | 35 | 95 | 121 | -26 | 113 | 0 | 1 | 1,256 | 1993-1996 | |
| 26th |  |
FK Baník Most | 3 | 90 | 19th | 30th | 41 | 96 | 140 | -44 | 87 | 0 | 1 | 0.95 | 2005-2008 |
| 27. | |
FK Bohemians Prague 5 | 2 | 60 | 14th | 8th | 38 | 60 | 111 | -51 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0.583 | 2008-2010 |
| 28. |  |
1. SC Znojmo | 1 | 30th | 6th | 9 | 15th | 32 | 49 | -17 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | 2013/14 |
| 29 |  |
FK Ústí nad Labem | 1 | 30th | 4th | 7th | 19th | 22nd | 67 | -45 | 19th | 0 | 1 | 0.633 | 2010/11 |
| 30th |  |
FC Vítkovice | 1 | 30th | 3 | 7th | 20th | 22nd | 64 | -42 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0.533 | 1993/94 |
| 31. |  |
SK Benešov | 1 | 30th | 3 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 78 | -55 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 1994/95 |
| 32. |  |
AFK Atlantic Lázně Bohdaneč | 1 | 30th | 2 | 5 | 23 | 18th | 61 | -43 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0.367 | 1997/98 |
Record player
| player | societies | Period | Calls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanislav Vlček | Bohemians Prague , SK Budweis , Sigma Olmütz , Slavia Prague | 1993-2013 | 436 |
| Martin Vaniak | Sigma Olomouc, Petra Drnovice , Siad Most , Slavia Prague | 1993-2011 | 432 |
| Rudolf Otepka | Svit Zlín , Petra Drnovice, Marila Příbram , Baník Ostrava , Sigma Olomouc, Dynamo Budweis | 1995-2013 | 431 |
| Pavel Horváth | Sparta Prague , FK Jablonec , Slavia Prague, FK Teplice , Viktoria Plzen | 1993-2015 | 426 |
| Miroslav Holeňák | Svit Zlín, Petra Drnovice, Slovan Liberec , Slavia Prague | 1993-2011 | 407 |
UEFA five-year ranking
Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .
- 11.
( 14 ) Netherlands ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 32,433 - CL: 2, EL: 3
- 12.
( 11 ) Austria ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 31,250 - CL: 2, EL: 3
- 13.
( 13 ) Czech Republic ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 28,675 - CL: 2, EL: 3
- 14. ( 15 ) Greece ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 27,600 - CL: 2, EL: 3
- 15. ( 16 ) Croatia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 27.375 - CL: 1, EL: 3
Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19
See also
- Bohemian-Moravian Football Association
- Best foreign player in the top Czech football league
- List of the highest national soccer divisions
Web links
- Fortuna Liga (Czech)
Individual evidence
- ↑ rp-online.de: Czech league changes main sponsor and name Article from May 28, 2014
- ↑ synotliga.cz: Novým generálním partnerem První fotbalové ligy bude ePojisteni.cz! Article of July 28, 2016 (Czech)
- ↑ Titulární sponzor fotbalové ligy končí i kvůli Peltově aféře. Podobný krok zvažuje i Tvrdík s CEFC ( cs ) In: Künstne.cz . May 29, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ↑ Czech Republic and Slovakia are considering joint soccer league ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. radio.cz
- ↑ Rioting in football: stadium bans and tougher law should solve the problem radio.cz
- ^ Judgments in the Czech football bribery scandal finally fell harder from radio.cz
- ↑ From hand to mouth pragerzeitung.cz
- ↑ weltfussball.de: 2013/14 audience figures
- ↑ weltfussball.de: average attendance
- ↑ Disciplinárka potvrdila: Olomouc minus 9 bodů. In: idnes.cz. October 6, 2011, accessed June 19, 2015 .
- ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .
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