2021–22 Czech First League

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Czech First League
Season2021–22
Dates24 July 2021 – 14 May 2022
Matches played144
Goals scored445 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer10 goals
Jean-David Beauguel
Biggest home winPlzeň 6–0 Bohemians 1905
27 November 2021
Biggest away winLiberec 0–5 Sparta
31 July 2021
Highest scoringMladá Boleslav 3–5 Slovácko
26 September 2021
Longest winning run7 matches
Slavia
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
Slavia
Longest winless run18 matches
Karviná
Longest losing run7 matches
Teplice
Highest attendance18,179
Slavia 2–0 Plzeň
31 October 2021
Lowest attendance246
Hradec Králové 1-0 Karviná
28 November 2021
Total attendance525,467
Average attendance3,649
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All statistics correct as of 13 December 2021.

The 2021–22 Czech First League, known as the FORTUNA:LIGA is the 29th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment, in 1993. SK Slavia Prague are the reigning champions. The season has started on 24 July 2021. The first half of the season will have 19 rounds, finishing on 19 December 2021, and the other half will commence on 5 February 2022. The season is expected to end on 14 May 2022 with two extra play-out fixtures on 19 and 22 May 2022.[1]

The season format was changed back to be played with 16 clubs, each team will play in the league format home and away matches. The lowest-ranked team will be relegated directly to the second league, 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 fourth season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. All matches will be played on weekdays, no Friday fixtures are expected.[2]

Season[]

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic[]

Season summary[]

This season is the fourth season sponsored by the betting agency Fortuna with a contract valid until 2024.[3] It is also the fourth season with TV broadcasting rights held by O2 TV, which shows all eight matches per week. This is the first season, that the national broadcaster ČT Sport possesses no right to broadcast any of the fixtures. The newspaper holds rights for the highlights from all matches.[4][5] The 2021–22 season began on Saturday 24 July, just thirteen days after the final match of the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship. With most of the national team players still released for vacations, Slavia, Sparta and Viktoria started with incomplete A-team squads.

Many predicted Slavia's domination for the fourth season running, Viktoria and Sparta were considered as the candidates for a race for the title. After ten match-weeks the trio recorded one loss each, Viktoria in 6th round at Hradec Králové, Sparta in 7th round in Plzeň and Slavia in round 10 in the Prague S-derby at Letná on 3 October 2021. Sparta ended the longest non-winning streak of derby matches after five and half years at 14 matches. It was also an interruption of Slavia's record unbeaten streak of 54 matches in the first league.[6] Three weeks later Slavia defeated Plzeň and in the 15th match-week Slovácko sensationally defeated Sparta 4–0, which escalated them to 2nd place behind Slavia. Unfortunately, Slovácko did not confirm the point tally in the following matches and positioned fourth at the winter break behind the big trio.

Relegation[]

Teams[]

2021–22 Czech First League is located in Czech Republic
Prague
Prague
České Budějovice
Jablonec
Jablonec
Karviná
Liberec
Liberec
Mladá Boleslav
Olomouc
Olomouc
Hradec Králové
Baník Ostrava
Viktoria Plzeň
Slovácko
Teplice
Teplice
Zlín
Pardubice
Pardubice
Prague teams: Bohemians 1905 Slavia Prague Sparta Prague
Prague teams:
Bohemians 1905
Slavia Prague
Sparta Prague
Locations of the 2021–22 Czech First League teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)[]

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fifteen sides from the 2020–21 season and the winner of last season's second league.

Team promoted to Czech First League

Due to a reduction from 18 to 16 teams, only the winner of the FNL advanced to the first league. On 8 May 2021 Hradec Králové defeated Dukla Prague 2–1 and secured the promotion with three matches remaining.[7] Hradec Králové will participate in the top tier after four years of absence.

Teams relegated from Czech First League

The three lowest positioned teams from the last season were relegated to the Fortuna National League.

On 8 May 2021, Opava became the first team to be relegated to FNL after a 1–1 draw at Zlín with three games remaining, ending their three-year stay in the top flight.[8]

On 16 May 2021, Zbrojovka became the second team to be relegated to FNL after a 1–1 draw at Slovan Liberec with two games remaining, ending their one-year stay in the top flight.[9]

On 23 May 2021, Příbram's relegation was confirmed following a 0–1 defeat at home against Pardubice with one game remaining, ending their First League tenure after three years.[10]

Locations and stadiums[]

Personnel and kits[]

Team Head coach Head coach appointed Captain Shirt manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bohemians 1905 Czech Republic Luděk Klusáček Germany Adidas BALSHOP.cz
České Budějovice Czech Republic David Horejš Germany Adidas Budějovický Budvar
Hradec Králové Czech Republic Miroslav Koubek[27] 21 May 2021 Germany Jako Město Hradec Králové
Jablonec Czech Republic Petr Rada United States Capelli Sport MOL
Gitschberg Jochtal
Karviná Czech Republic Bohumil Páník 7 October 2021 Germany Adidas OKD
Liberec Czech Republic Luboš Kozel[28] 29 August 2021 United States Nike AAA Auto
Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic Karel Jarolím Germany Adidas Škoda Auto
Olomouc Czech Republic Václav Jílek[29] 31 May 2021 Germany Adidas Tipsport
Sigma
Ostrava Czech Republic Ondřej Smetana Germany Jako MW-Dias
Město Ostrava
Plzeň Czech Republic Michal Bílek Italy Macron Doosan
Slavia Prague Czech Republic Jindřich Trpišovský[30] 22 December 2017 Czech Republic Jan Bořil Germany Puma eToro
Slovácko Czech Republic Martin Svědík Germany Puma Z-Group
Sparta Prague Czech Republic Pavel Vrba Czech Republic Bořek Dočkal Germany Adidas Tipsport (Local)
T-Mobile (Europe)
Teplice Czech Republic Jiří Jarošík[31] 28 September 2021 Germany Puma AGC
Bílinská kyselka
Zlín Czech Republic Jan Jelínek Germany Adidas Climax Sunscreens
Pardubice Czech Republic Jaroslav Novotný
Czech Republic Jiří Krejčí 		Italy Lotto ČPP Servis

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 Czech Republic Zdenko Frťala[32] Resigned 9 May 2021 Czech Republic Miroslav Koubek[33] 21 May 2021 Undisclosed
Sigma Czech Republic Radoslav Látal[34] End of contract 3 May 2021 Czech Republic Václav Jílek[35] 31 May 2021 Summer 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
Liberec Czech Republic Pavel Hoftych[36] Mutual consent 26 August 2021 5 16 Czech Republic Luboš Kozel[37] 29 August 2021 Undisclosed
Teplice Czech Republic Radim Kučera[38] Sacked 26 September 2021 9 15 Czech Republic Jiří Jarošík[39] 28 September 2021 Summer 2024
Karviná Czech Republic Jozef Weber[40] Sacked 6 October 2021 10 16 Czech Republic Bohumil Páník[41] 7 October 2021 Undisclosed

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Prague 19 15 3 1 51 14 +37 48 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Viktoria Plzeň 19 15 2 2 36 13 +23 47 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Sparta Prague 19 14 3 2 46 22 +24 45
4 Slovácko 19 12 3 4 38 22 +16 39
5 Baník Ostrava 19 10 6 3 41 25 +16 36
6 Mladá Boleslav 19 8 2 9 29 28 +1 26
7 Hradec Králové 19 6 7 6 24 26 −2 25
8 České Budějovice 19 7 4 8 26 30 −4 25
9 Slovan Liberec 19 7 3 9 17 25 −8 24
10 Sigma Olomouc 19 5 7 7 31 28 +3 22
11 Fastav Zlín 19 5 4 10 23 37 −14 19
12 Bohemians 1905 19 5 3 11 27 44 −17 18
13 FK Pardubice 19 4 5 10 24 41 −17 17
14 Jablonec 19 3 7 9 14 34 −20 16 Qualification for the relegation play-off
15 Teplice 19 3 2 14 19 37 −18 11
16 Karviná 19 0 5 14 16 36 −20 5 Relegation to the
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. 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.[42]

Table progress[]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Slavia 3 2 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Plzeň 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2
Sparta 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
Slovácko 3 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 2 4 4 4 4
Ostrava 13 5 3 3 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Hradec Králové 9 11 9 12 13 11 8 7 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
Mladá Boleslav 12 6 6 8 7 8 10 11 12 10 8 9 7 8 7 7 7 8 6
České Budějovice 3 8 11 9 8 9 12 12 8 7 9 8 9 7 10 9 10 7 8
Liberec 13 16 15 16 16 16 16 14 13 13 13 11 10 10 8 10 8 9 9
Olomouc 11 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 9 8 9 10 10
Bohemians 9 13 13 11 12 10 7 8 9 9 10 10 12 13 11 12 11 12 12
Jablonec 3 9 7 10 11 13 11 9 10 11 11 12 13 12 13 13 12 13 14
Zlín 13 15 10 6 9 7 9 10 11 12 12 13 11 11 12 11 13 11 11
Pardubice 7 12 12 14 10 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 13
Teplice 13 14 16 13 14 15 15 16 15 15 15 15 14 16 16 16 15 15 15 15
Karviná 7 10 14 15 15 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 16 16 16 16
Notes

Italic denotes that teams have a game in hand

Results[]

Home \ Away SLA PLZ SPA SLO OST MLA HKR CBU LIB OLO ZLN BOH PCE JAB TEP KAR
Slavia Prague — 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 5–0 3–0
Viktoria Plzeň — 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 6–0 5–0 2–0
Sparta Prague 1–0 — 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 5–1 1–1 4–2 2–0
Slovácko 1–2 4–0 — 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–2
Baník Ostrava 3–3 2–2 1–2 — 1–0 4–1 5–1 4–1 3–1
Mladá Boleslav 0–2 3–5 — 3–2 3–3 1–0 4–1 2–3 3–0 3–1
Hradec Králové 1–0 2–2 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–0
České Budějovice 2–2 3–2 2–1 — 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–1
Slovan Liberec 0–1 0–5 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 — 2–0 0–1 2–1
Sigma Olomouc 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 3–3 — 1–1 3–2 4–0 2–0
Fastav Zlín 0–1 2–5 2–2 2–3 1–4 — 1–3 0–0 3–0 2–1
Bohemians 1905 1–2 3–1 2–0 — 1–2 1–2 4–2 3–0
Pardubice 0–5 0–1 2–4 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–5 0–0 3–0 — 2–2
Jablonec 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 — 0–2 1–0
Teplice 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 —
Karviná 3–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2021. Source: Fortuna Liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

As of 19 December 2021[43]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Jean-David Beauguel Plzeň 10
Czech Republic Václav Jurečka Slovácko
3 Czech Republic Jan Kuchta Slavia Prague 9
Nigeria České Budějovice
5 Slovakia Ladislav Almási Ostrava 8
6 Czech Republic Ondřej Lingr Slavia Prague 7
Czech Republic Matěj Pulkrab Sparta Prague
8 Czech Republic Martin Hála Ostrava 6
Czech Republic Jakub Pešek Sparta Prague
Slovakia Ivan Schranz Slavia Prague
Czech Republic Milan Škoda Mladá Boleslav
Czech Republic Bohemians
Brazil Ewerton Paixao da Silva Mladá Boleslav
Czech Republic Tomáš Poznar Fastav Zlín
Czech Republic Jakub Rada Hradec Králové

Hat-tricks[]

Matchweek Date Player For Against Result
2 30 July 2021 Slovakia Ivan Schranz Slavia Teplice 3–1 (A)[44]
9 26 September 2021 Brazil Ewerton Mladá Boleslav Slovácko 3–5 (H)[45]
18 12 December 2021 Czech Republic Matěj Pulkrab Sparta Bohemians 5–1 (H)[46]
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets[]

As of 19 December 2021[47]
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Czech Republic Aleš Mandous Slavia Prague 7
Czech Republic Jindřich Staněk Plzeň
3 Romania Florin Niță Sparta Prague 6
Czech Republic Filip Nguyen Slovácko
5 Czech Republic Hradec Králové 5
Czech Republic Jan Šeda Mladá Boleslav
6 Slovakia Matej Rakovan Zlín 4
Slovakia Matúš Macík Olomouc
Czech Republic Liberec

Awards[]

Monthly awards[]

Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month
Player Club Manager Club
August Slovakia Ivan Schranz Slavia Czech Republic Pavel Vrba Sparta
September Slovakia Ladislav Almási Ostrava Czech Republic Michal Bílek Plzeň
October Brazil Ewerton Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic Martin Svědík Slovácko
November Nigeria České Budějovice Czech Republic Jindřich Trpišovský Slavia
December
February
March
April
May

Annual awards[]

Award Winner Club
Player of the Season
Manager of the Season
International of the Season
Fans' Player of the Season
Newcomer of the Season
Figure of the Season
Goalkeeper of the Season
Defender of the Season
Midfield of the Season
Forward of the Season

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