Czech First League

Czech First League
Founded	1993; 29 years ago
Country	Czech Republic
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Czech National Football League
Domestic cup(s)	Czech Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League; UEFA Europa League; UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	Slavia Prague (7th title) ; (2020–21)
Most championships	Sparta Prague (12 titles)
Top goalscorer	David Lafata (198 goals)
TV partners	List of broadcasters
Website	en.fortunaliga.cz
	Current: 2021–22 Czech First League

The Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Seasons typically run from August to May, most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays with few games played on Fridays. All Fortuna liga clubs qualify for the Czech Cup.

The history of the Czech football league began with its reorganization for the 1993–94 season following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and therefore the league became the successor of the Czechoslovak League. Thirty-five clubs have competed in the Fortuna liga since its founding. Sparta Prague has won the title 12 times, the most among Czech clubs. Other clubs that were crowned as champions are Slavia Prague (reigning champions), Slovan Liberec, Baník Ostrava and Viktoria Plzeň.

Based on performances in European competitions over the past five years, the league is ranked 17th in the UEFA league rankings for the 2021–22 season.

Gambrinus liga 2013 trophy

Competition format[]

In the inaugural season, two points were awarded for a win, before switching to three points for a win in 1994.^[1] Teams are ranked by total points, in the case of two or more teams finishing with equal points, the head-to-head record between the teams is used for ranking, counting points in relevant games, then goal difference and then goals scored.

1993–2018[]

There were 16 clubs in the league. During the course of a season, which lasted from August to May, each club played the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 30 games.

New format[]

The 2018–19 season was the first season played with the new competition format. After the regular season, which lasts from July to April and involves each team playing every other team home and away, the teams are divided into three groups. The top six teams enter the championship group, with the first-placed team being named champions. The teams play against each other only once, playing total of five additional matches. Points earned are added to the points from the regular season.

The teams 7th–10th position after 30 games take part in the Europa League play-offs. The best of them play against the fourth-placed or fifth-placed (it depends on the result of the Czech Cup and on the Czech coefficient rankings between European football leagues) of the championship group to determine who will participate in the Europa League.

The teams from 11th–16th position play in the same format as the championship group. The team finishing in 16th position is relegated directly to the Czech National Football League, while teams in 15th and 14th places play relegation play-offs against teams finishing 2nd and 3rd in the Czech National Football League.

Changes in 2020/21[]

Due to positive tests for Covid-19 in the 2019–20 season the relegation group was abandoned.^[2] The league announced that due to time pressure the relegation group will remain unfinished and as a consequence, no team can be relegated and the winner of the second league should be promoted. To avoid playing the 2020–21 season with odd number of teams, the automatic promotion was granted to the second placed team as well. There were 18 clubs in the league, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 34 games. The three lowest placed teams were relegated to the second tier (Czech National Football League). From the 2021–22 season, the system returns to its previous format.

Champions[]

Year by year[]

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Top goalscorer(s) (goals)	Club(s)
1993–94	Sparta Prague (1)	Slavia Prague	Baník Ostrava	Horst Siegl (20)	Sparta Prague
1994–95	Sparta Prague (2)	Slavia Prague	Boby Brno	Radek Drulák (15)	Drnovice
1995–96	Slavia Prague (1)	Sigma Olomouc	Jablonec	Radek Drulák (22)	Drnovice
1996–97	Sparta Prague (3)	Slavia Prague	Jablonec	Horst Siegl (19)	Sparta Prague
1997–98	Sparta Prague (4)	Slavia Prague	Sigma Olomouc	Horst Siegl (13)	Sparta Prague
1998–99	Sparta Prague (5)	Teplice	Slavia Prague	Horst Siegl (18)	Sparta Prague
1999–00	Sparta Prague (6)	Slavia Prague	Drnovice	Vratislav Lokvenc (22)	Sparta Prague
2000–01	Sparta Prague (7)	Slavia Prague	Sigma Olomouc	Vítězslav Tuma (15)	Drnovice
2001–02	Slovan Liberec (1)	Sparta Prague	Viktoria Žižkov	Jiří Štajner (15)	Slovan Liberec
2002–03	Sparta Prague (8)	Slavia Prague	Viktoria Žižkov	Jiří Kowalík (16)	1. FC Synot
2003–04	Baník Ostrava (1)	Sparta Prague	Sigma Olomouc	Marek Heinz (19)	Baník Ostrava
2004–05	Sparta Prague (9)	Slavia Prague	Teplice	Tomáš Jun (14)	Sparta Prague
2005–06	Slovan Liberec (2)	Mladá Boleslav	Slavia Prague	Milan Ivana (11)	Slovácko
2006–07	Sparta Prague (10)	Slavia Prague	Mladá Boleslav	Luboš Pecka (16)	Mladá Boleslav
2007–08	Slavia Prague (2)	Sparta Prague	Baník Ostrava	Václav Svěrkoš (15)	Baník Ostrava
2008–09	Slavia Prague (3)	Sparta Prague	Slovan Liberec	Andrej Kerić (15)	Slovan Liberec
2009–10	Sparta Prague (11)	Jablonec	Baník Ostrava	Michal Ordoš (12)	Sigma Olomouc
2010–11	Viktoria Plzeň (1)	Sparta Prague	Jablonec	David Lafata (19)	Jablonec
2011–12	Slovan Liberec (3)	Sparta Prague	Viktoria Plzeň	David Lafata (25)	Jablonec
2012–13	Viktoria Plzeň (2)	Sparta Prague	Slovan Liberec	David Lafata (20)	Jablonec, Sparta Prague
2013–14	Sparta Prague (12)	Viktoria Plzeň	Mladá Boleslav	Josef Hušbauer (18)	Sparta Prague
2014–15	Viktoria Plzeň (3)	Sparta Prague	Jablonec	David Lafata (20)	Sparta Prague
2015–16	Viktoria Plzeň (4)	Sparta Prague	Slovan Liberec	David Lafata (20)	Sparta Prague
2016–17	Slavia Prague (4)	Viktoria Plzeň	Sparta Prague	Milan Škoda / David Lafata (15)	Slavia Prague / Sparta Prague
2017–18	Viktoria Plzeň (5)	Slavia Prague	Jablonec	Michael Krmenčík (16)	Viktoria Plzeň
2018–19	Slavia Prague (5)	Viktoria Plzeň	Sparta Prague	Nikolay Komlichenko (29)	Mladá Boleslav
2019–20	Slavia Prague (6)	Viktoria Plzeň	Sparta Prague	Libor Kozák / Petar Musa (14)	Sparta Prague / Slavia Prague
2020–21	Slavia Prague (7)	Sparta Prague	Jablonec	Jan Kuchta / Adam Hložek (15)	Slavia Prague / Sparta Prague

Performance by club[]

Percentage of titles won by club

Sparta Prague – 12 (42.86%)

Slavia Prague – 7 (25%)

Viktoria Plzeň – 5 (17.86%)

Slovan Liberec – 3 (10.71%)

Baník Ostrava – 1 (3.57%)

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Sparta Prague	12	10	1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2013–14
Slavia Prague	7	10	1995–96, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Viktoria Plzeň	5	4	2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
Slovan Liberec	3	0	2001–02, 2005–06, 2011–12
Baník Ostrava	1	0	2003–04
Sigma Olomouc	0	1
Teplice	0	1
Mladá Boleslav	0	1
Jablonec	0	1

Participating teams in 2021–22[]

Map[]

Prague

Jablonec

Slovan Liberec

Sigma Olomouc

Teplice

Pardubice

Prague teams:
Bohemians 1905
Slavia Prague
Sparta Prague

Locations of the 2021–22 Czech First League teams

2021–22 Season[]

The following 16 clubs are competing in the 2021–22 Czech First League.

Club	Stadium	Capacity	2020–21 position	First season	First season of current spell
1. FC Slovácko	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,121	4th	2001–02	2009–10
AC Sparta Prague	Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena	19,416	2nd	1993–94	1993–94
Bohemians 1905	Ďolíček	5,000	10th	1993–94	2013–14
FC Baník Ostrava	Městský stadion (Ostrava)	15,163	8th	1993–94	2017–18
FC Fastav Zlín	Letná Stadion	6,375	14th	1993–94	2015–16
FC Hradec Králové	Všesportovní stadion	7,220	1st (FNL)	1993–94	2021–22
FC Slovan Liberec	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	6th	1993–94	1993–94
FC Viktoria Plzeň	Doosan Arena	11,722	5th	1993–94	2005–06
FK Jablonec	Chance Arena	6,280	3rd	1994–95	1994–95
FK Mladá Boleslav	Lokotrans Aréna	5,000	11th	2004–05	2004–05
FK Teplice	Na Stínadlech	18,221	15th	1996–97	1996–97
MFK Karviná	Městský stadion (Karviná)	4,862	12th	1996–97	2016–17
SK Dynamo České Budějovice	Stadion Střelecký ostrov	6,681	13th	1993–94	2019–20
SK Sigma Olomouc	Andrův stadion	12,566	9th	1993–94	2017–18
SK Slavia Prague	Sinobo Stadium	20,800	1st	1993–94	1993–94
FK Pardubice	Ďolíček	5,000	7th	2020–21	2020–21

Managers[]

As of 31 May 2021.

Club	Coach	Appointed
Slavia Prague	Jindřich Trpišovský^[3]	22 December 2017
Sparta Prague	Pavel Vrba^[4]	3 February 2021
Jablonec	Petr Rada^[5]	14 December 2017
Slovácko	Martin Svědík^[6]	10 November 2018
Viktoria Plzeň	Michal Bílek^[7]	10 May 2021
Slovan Liberec	Pavel Hoftych^[8]	14 June 2019
Pardubice	Jiří Krejčí	30 May 2013
Baník Ostrava	Ondřej Smetana^[9]	27 February 2021
Sigma Olomouc	Václav Jílek^[10]	31 May 2021
Bohemians 1905	^[11]	10 October 2019
Mladá Boleslav	Karel Jarolím^[12]	8 December 2020
Karviná	Jozef Weber^[13]	23 March 2021
Dynamo České Budějovice	David Horejš	12 October 2015
Fastav Zlín	Bohumil Páník^[14]	10 March 2020
Teplice	Radim Kučera^[15]	30 November 2020
Hradec Králové	Miroslav Koubek^[16]	21 May 2021

Sponsorship[]

In 1997 the league started a sponsorship deal with Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s. and became known as the Gambrinus liga (after the company's Gambrinus beer).^[17] In 2008, the sponsorship was extended until the end of the 2013–14 season.^[18]

In May 2014, the league announced a four-year sponsorship deal with betting firm Synot, becoming the Synot liga.^[19] However, in January 2016 the company announced that their deal would conclude at the end of the 2015–16 season.^[20]

In July 2016 a new two-year sponsorship deal was announced, with the league partnering ePojisteni.cz, an online insurance company. The league subsequently became known as the ePojisteni.cz liga. Due to a government subsidy scandal and the arrest of FAČR chairman , ePojisteni.cz terminated the contract prematurely in May 2017.^[21]

In October 2016 FAČR, League Football Association and Czech betting company Fortuna a.s. signed a 6-year partnership deal. In accordance with this deal, the Czech First League will be called Fortuna liga from the 2018–19 season.^[22]

Media coverage[]

Country	Broadcaster
Austria	Sportdigital
Germany
Switzerland
Czech Republic	O2 TV, Tipsport, Chance, Fortuna
Russia	Telesport
Poland	Polsat Sport,
Romania	Telekom Sport
Slovakia	VOYO
Slovenia	TV 3
Albania	Arena Sport
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Serbia
Egypt

All time table[]

As of 29 May 2021.

The table counts all the seasons since the Czech First League was founded in 1993. Highlighted teams will be competing in the 2021–22 Czech First League.^[23]

Pos	Team	S	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Level
1	AC Sparta Prague	28	854	530	179	145	1600	700	900	1751	1st tier
2	SK Slavia Prague	28	854	455	224	175	1427	777	650	1573	1st tier
3	FC Slovan Liberec	28	855	372	237	246	1151	917	234	1342	1st tier
4	FK Jablonec	27	824	332	227	265	1127	952	175	1223	1st tier
5	FC Viktoria Plzeň	24	734	348	176	210	1101	816	285	1208	1st tier
6	SK Sigma Olomouc	26	789	302	221	266	998	909	89	1113	1st tier
7	FC Baník Ostrava	27	825	283	243	299	1062	1042	20	1078	1st tier
8	FK Teplice	25	759	274	223	262	946	926	20	1045	1st tier
9	FC Zbrojovka Brno	25	754	247	197	310	873	1005	−132	928	2nd tier
10	FK Mladá Boleslav	17	524	214	138	172	788	678	110	780	1st tier
11	1. FK Příbram	22	672	191	172	309	697	986	−289	745	2nd tier
12	1. FC Slovácko	19	581	192	155	234	663	723	−60	731	1st tier
13	SK Dynamo České Budějovice	20	606	173	168	265	631	894	−263	676	1st tier
14	Bohemians 1905	19	583	163	168	252	580	791	−211	649	1st tier
15	FC Fastav Zlín	16	491	141	130	220	468	670	−202	543	1st tier
16	FK Viktoria Žižkov	14	420	144	106	170	478	539	−61	526	2nd tier
17	FC Hradec Králové	14	420	105	113	202	374	601	−227	419	1st tier
18	FK Drnovice	10	300	114	67	119	392	398	−6	396	Dissolved in 2006
19	SFC Opava	11	342	83	89	170	347	532	−185	338	2nd tier
20	FK Dukla Prague	9	275	77	76	122	325	420	−95	306	2nd tier
21	FK Chmel Blšany	8	240	67	63	110	255	350	−95	264	Dissolved in 2016
22	FC Vysočina Jihlava	7	210	55	61	94	221	315	−94	226	2nd tier
23	MFK Karviná	4	128	30	33	65	138	193	−55	123	1st tier
24	SK Kladno	4	120	28	30	62	99	173	−74	114	4th tier
25	FC Union Cheb	3	90	29	26	35	95	121	−26	100	4th tier
26	FK SIAD Most	3	90	19	30	41	96	140	−44	87	Dissolved in 2016
27	FK Pardubice	1	34	15	7	12	41	42	−1	52	1st tier
28	FK Bohemians Prague	2	60	14	8	38	60	111	−51	50	Dissolved in 2016
29	FC Karviná	2	60	12	12	36	53	105	−52	48	Merged in 2008 with MFK Karviná
30	1. SC Znojmo	1	30	6	9	15	32	49	−17	27	3rd tier
31	Ústí nad Labem	1	30	4	7	19	22	67	−45	19	2nd tier
32	Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště	1	30	3	8	19	19	65	−46	17	Merged in 2000 with Slovácko
33	MFK Vítkovice	1	30	3	7	20	22	64	−42	13	2nd tier
34	FK Švarc Benešov	1	30	3	3	24	23	78	−55	12	3rd tier
35	AFK Atlantic Lázně Bohdaneč	1	30	2	5	23	18	61	−43	11	Dissolved in 2000

Point deductions are not counted in this historical table (2004–05: 1. FC Slovácko −12, SFC Opava −6, Slovan Liberec −6; 2009–10: Bohemians Praha (Střížkov) −15; 2011–12: Sigma Olomouc −9).
A win was awarded with 2 points in the 1993–94 season.

Statistics[]

UEFA coefficients[]

The following data indicates Czech coefficient rankings between European football leagues.^[24]

UEFA Country ranking: As of 23 May 2021.^[25]

15th (16) Cypriot First Division (27.750)
16th (19) Serbian SuperLiga (26.750)
17th (15) Czech First League (26.600)
18th (20) Croatian First Football League (26.275)
19th (17) Swiss Super League (26.225)

UEFA Club ranking: As of 23 May 2021.^[26]

037th Slavia Prague (42.500)
047th Viktoria Plzeň (33.500)
091th Sparta Prague (17.500)
137th Slovan Liberec (8.000)
162th Jablonec (7.000)

Attendance[]

Season	Total	Average	Highest	Home Av.	Club
1993–94	1,116,885	4,663	23,111	9,501	Brno
1994–95	1,380,060	5,750	34,770	20,523	Brno
1995–96	1,225,755	5,129	26,872	12,283	Brno
1996–97	1,710,045	7,155	44,120	21,659	Brno
1997–98	1,477,515	6,156	31,730	15,365	Brno
1998–99	1,447,875	6,033	24,400	13,207	Brno
1999–00	1,433,355	5,972	23,800	11,280	Opava
2000–01	1,091,882	4,549	16,350	7,718	Olomouc
2001–02	1,113,325	4,722	16,300	7,490	Ostrava
2002–03	935,927	3,899	18,228	6,175	Sparta Prague
2003–04	1,158,523	4,827	20,032	15,376	Ostrava
2004–05	921,658	3,840	15,419	8,028	Ostrava
2005–06	980,633	4,085	20,318	7,211	Sparta Prague
2006–07	1,173,869	4,891	20,565	11,848	Sparta Prague
2007–08	1,237,660	5,156	20,698	11,022	Ostrava
2008–09	1,119,410	4,664	20,500	11,971	Slavia Prague
2009–10	1,177,014	4,924	19,370	10,766	Sparta Prague
2010–11	1,073,690	4,473	18,873	8,665	Sparta Prague
2011–12	1,130,540	4,710	18,299	10,322	Sparta Prague
2012–13	1,151,464	4,797	19,410	10,046	Plzeň
2013–14	1,216,389	5,068	19,089	11,340	Sparta Prague
2014–15	1,137,131	4,738	18,665	10,868	Plzeň
2015–16	1,219,366	5,080	18,684	10,618	Plzeň
2016–17	1,172,619	4,886	19,084	11,625	Slavia Prague
2017–18	1,331,016	5,546	19,084	12,431	Slavia Prague
2018–19	1,533,390	5,536	19,370	13,456	Slavia Prague
2019–20	1,153,357	4,470	19,370	10,851	Slavia Prague

^[27]

Records[]

As of 21 November 2021.^[28]

Following statistics count only seasons of Czech First League since its inception in 1993.

Clubs are in order of the first appearance.

Highlighted players currently plays in the Czech First League.

Most appearances[]

#	Name	Matches	Years active	Clubs
1	Milan Petržela	437	2003–	Slovácko, Jablonec, Sparta Prague, Plzeň
2	Stanislav Vlček	436	1993–2012	Bohemians 1905, České Budějovice, Olomouc, Slavia Prague
3	Martin Vaniak	432	1993–2011	Olomouc, Drnovice, Most, Slavia Prague
3	Rudolf Otepka	432	1996–2012	Zlín, Příbram, Drnovice, Ostrava, Olomouc, České Budějovice
5	Pavel Horváth	426	1993–2015	Sparta Prague, Jablonec, Slavia Prague, Teplice, Plzeň
6	David Lafata	418	1999–2018	České Budějovice, Jablonec, Sparta Prague
7	Libor Došek	407	1998–2016	Brno, Blšany, Liberec, Sparta Prague, Teplice, Slovácko
8	David Limberský	406	2003–2021	Plzeň, Sparta Prague
9	Miroslav Holeňák	404	1993–2011	Zlín, Drnovice, Liberec, Slavia Prague
10	Jaromír Blažek	401	1993–2015	Žižkov, Bohemians 1905, Slavia Prague, Sparta Prague, Příbram, Jihlava

Most appearances (expatriate players)[]

#	Name	Matches	Years active	Clubs
1	Admir Ljevaković	305	2007–2021	Teplice
2	Karol Kisel	279	2000–2013	Bohemians 1905, Liberec, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague
3	Matúš Kozáčik	242	2003–2019	Slavia Prague, Sparta Prague, Plzeň
4	Marek Bakoš	217	2009–2019	Plzeň, Liberec
5	Alexandre Mendy	207	2003–2011	Příbram, Most, Mladá Boleslav
6	Aidin Mahmutović	206	2008–2016	Teplice, Plzeň, Olomouc, Příbram
7	Daniel Rossi Silva	205	2007–2016	Olomouc, Jablonec
8	Kennedy Chihuri	200	1996–2004	Slavia Prague, Žižkov
9	Róbert Zeher	187	2004–2012	Opava, Ostrava, Blšany, Slovácko, Jablonec
10	Rastislav Michalík	185	1997–2004	Příbram, Liberec, Sparta Prague

Appearances by age[]

#	Name	Club	Season	Age at first appearance
1	Dominik Mašek	Příbram	2010–11	15 years, 10 months, 18 days
2	Pavel Mezlík	Brno	1998–99	15 years, 10 months, 27 days
3	Patrik Svoboda	Kladno	2009–10	15 years, 11 months, 7 days

#	Name	Club	Season	Age at last appearance
1	Pavel Zavadil	Opava	2020–21	42 years, 7 months, 5 days
2	Jaromír Blažek	Jihlava	2014–15	42 years, 4 months, 24 days
3		Lázně Bohdaneč	1997–98	41 years, 6 months, 30 days

Most goals[]

#	Name	Goals	Matches	Years active	Clubs
1	David Lafata	198	418	1999–2018	České Budějovice, Jablonec, Sparta Prague
2	Horst Siegl	134	310	1993–2006	Sparta Prague, Příbram, Plzeň, Most
3	Libor Došek	125	407	1998–2016	Brno, Blšany, Liberec, Sparta Prague, Teplice, Slovácko
4	Milan Škoda	100	317	2007–	Bohemians 1905, Slavia Prague, Mladá Boleslav
5	Stanislav Vl��ek	94	436	1993–2012	Bohemians 1905, České Budějovice, Olomouc, Slavia Prague
6	Luděk Zelenka	92	342	1995–2009	Jablonec, Žižkov, Slavia Prague, Teplice, Blšany, Brno, Bohemians 1905
7	Marek Kulič	88	389	1998–2014	Lázně Bohdaneč, Drnovice, Příbram, České Budějovice, Mladá Boleslav, Sparta Prague, Hradec Králové
8	Martin Doležal	86	275	2008–	Jablonec, Olomouc
9	Vratislav Lokvenc	82	201	1993–2000	Hradec Králové, Sparta Prague
10	Pavel Horváth	82	426	1993–2015	Sparta Prague, Jablonec, Slavia Prague, Teplice, Plzeň

Most goals (expatriate players)[]

#	Name	Goals	Matches	Years active	Clubs
1	Aidin Mahmutović	70	206	2008–2016	Teplice, Plzeň, Olomouc, Příbram
2	Marek Bakoš	67	217	2009–2019	Plzeň, Liberec
3	Jean-David Beauguel	56	176	2014–	Dukla Prague, Zlín, Plzeň
4	Karol Kisel	49	279	2000–2013	Bohemians 1905, Liberec, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague
5	Nikolay Komlichenko	46	76	2016–2019	Liberec, Mladá Boleslav
6	Muris Mešanović	44	136	2012–2019	Jihlava, Slavia Prague, Mladá Boleslav
7	Michal Ďuriš	38	164	2010–2016	Plzeň, Mladá Boleslav
8	Andrej Kerić	36	135	2008–2013	Liberec, Sparta Prague, Teplice
8	Ivan Schranz	36	110	2017–	Dukla Prague, České Budějovice, Jablonec, Slavia Prague
10	Leandro Lázzaro Liuni	34	83	1998–2001	Liberec, Sparta Prague

Goal scorers by age[]

Record	Name	Club	Season	Age
Youngest scorer	Adam Hložek	Sparta Prague	2018–19	16 years, 7 months, 15 days
Oldest scorer	Pavel Zavadil	Opava	2019–20	41 years, 3 months, 19 days

Most clean sheets[]

#	Name	Clean sheets	Matches	Years active	Clubs
1	Jaromír Blažek	157	401	1993–2015	Žižkov, Bohemians 1905, Slavia Prague, Sparta Prague, Příbram, Jihlava
2	Martin Vaniak	153	432	1993–2011	Olomouc, Drnovice, Most, Slavia Prague
3	Matúš Kozáčik	111	242	2003–2019	Slavia Prague, Sparta Prague, Plzeň
4	Tomáš Poštulka	110	309	1993–2008	Drnovice, Dukla Prague, Hradec Králové, Sparta Prague, Teplice, Plzeň
5	Tomáš Grigar	104	317	2005–	Sparta Prague, Teplice
6	Michal Špit	101	300	2000–2016	Příbram, Sparta Prague, Jablonec
7	Radek Černý	90	212	1994–2014	České Budějovice, Cheb, Slavia Prague
8	Petr Drobisz	88	289	1998–2014	Jablonec, Slovácko, Olomouc, Znojmo
9	Aleš Hruška	88	307	2008–	Žižkov, Příbram, Mladá Boleslav, Plzeň
10	Vít Baránek	83	276	1995–2012	Ostrava, Opava, Zlín

Most yellow cards[]

#	Name	Yellow cards	Matches	Years active	Clubs
1	Admir Ljevaković	106	305	2007–2021	Teplice
2	Pavel Horváth	97	426	1993–2015	Sparta Prague, Jablonec, Slavia Prague, Teplice, Plzeň
3	Tomáš Hunal	89	346	1995–2010	Slavia Prague, Žižkov, Teplice, Příbram, České Budějovice

Most red cards[]

#	Name	Red cards	Matches	Years active	Clubs
1	Jaroslav Šilhavý	9	137	1993–1999	Slavia Prague, Drnovice, Žižkov
			199	1993–2002	Liberec, České Budějovice
	Marcel Mácha		235	1995–2008	Liberec, Příbram
	Miloslav Penner		249	1995–2008	Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště, FC Karviná, České Budějovice, Příbram, Zlín

Most games coached[]

#	Name	Matches	Points made	Years active	Clubs
1	Petr Rada	427	652	1997–	Slavia Prague, Teplice, Jablonec, Liberec, Jihlava, Příbram, Sparta Prague
2	Petr Uličný	413	575	1993–2012	Zlín, Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň, Žižkov, Opava, Hradec Králové, Olomouc
3	Pavel Tobiáš	406	519	1993–2016	České Budějovice, Slavia Prague, Brno, Příbram
4	Karel Jarolím	366	611	1997–	Příbram, Slavia Prague, Slovácko, Mladá Boleslav
5	Karel Večeřa	347	480	1993–2011	Brno, Drnovice, Jihlava, Ostrava
6	Jiří Kotrba	342	481	1993–2015	Žižkov, Jablonec, Příbram, Olomouc, Sparta Prague, Brno, České Budějovice, Liberec
7	Zdeněk Ščasný	339	556	1997–2019	Sparta Prague, Žižkov, Most, Mladá Boleslav, Teplice
8	Pavel Vrba	279	579	2002–	Ostrava, Plzeň, Sparta Prague
9	František Komňacký	279	416	1993–2014	Drnovice, Slovácko, Ostrava, Jablonec, Jihlava
10	Jaroslav Šilhavý	267	435	2004–2018	Sparta Prague, Kladno, Plzeň, České Budějovice, Liberec, Jablonec, Dukla Prague, Slavia Prague

References[]

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^ "Další komplikace pro fotbalovou ligu. Opava hlásí nákazu koronavirem a jde do karantény".
^ "Slavia už má náhradu za Šilhavého. Trenérem jmenovala Trpišovského". 22 December 2017.
^ "Řez ve Spartě! Odvolaného Kotala nahradil Vrba". sport.cz. 3 February 2021.
^ "Peltův překvapivý trenérský tah: Do Jablonce se vrací Rada". 14 December 2017.
^ "Slovácko má nového trenéra, přichází Svědík z Jihlavy". 5 November 2018.
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^ "Kozel na lavičce Baníku skončil. Nahradí ho Smetana".
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^ "Trenérská rošáda ve Zlíně: Odvolali Kameníka, vrací se Páník". 10 March 2020.
^ "Kučera: Chci probrat lídry, zlepšit obranu a sbírat body. Myslí i na posily".
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External links[]

Official website of Czech First League (English version)
Official website of Czech football
fotbal.iDNES.cz
První fotbalová liga at eFotbal.cz
League321.com – Czech Republic football league tables, records & statistics database. (in English)
Czech Republic – List of Champions, RSSSF.com

[threepoints-1] "A Recap: Red Cards, TV Woes, Goodbye Dukla". Prague Post. 3 August 1994. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

[2] "Další komplikace pro fotbalovou ligu. Opava hlásí nákazu koronavirem a jde do karantény".

[3] "Slavia už má náhradu za Šilhavého. Trenérem jmenovala Trpišovského". 22 December 2017.

[4] "Řez ve Spartě! Odvolaného Kotala nahradil Vrba". sport.cz. 3 February 2021.

[5] "Peltův překvapivý trenérský tah: Do Jablonce se vrací Rada". 14 December 2017.

[6] "Slovácko má nového trenéra, přichází Svědík z Jihlavy". 5 November 2018.

[7] "Bílek v Plzni potvrzen. Domluvili jsme se rychle, cílem jsou poháry, řekl". idnes.cz. 10 May 2021.

[8] "Hoftych přebírá Liberec. A když si nebudeme sedět, jdeme od sebe, říká". 14 June 2019.

[9] "Kozel na lavičce Baníku skončil. Nahradí ho Smetana".

[10] "Jílek se vrací do Olomouce. Měl jsem ji vždy v srdci, řekl staronový trenér". 31 May 2021.

[11] "Bohemians mají náhradu za Haška, za trenéra vybrali Klusáčka". 10 October 2019.

[12] ttps://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/fotbal-1-liga-rocnik-2020-21/388246/boleslav-rychle-nahradila-webera-jarolim-zpatky-na-ceske-scene.html

[13] "Karvinští fotbalisté už mají nového kouče. Do klubu se vrací Weber". 23 March 2021.

[14] "Trenérská rošáda ve Zlíně: Odvolali Kameníka, vrací se Páník". 10 March 2020.

[15] "Kučera: Chci probrat lídry, zlepšit obranu a sbírat body. Myslí i na posily".

[16] "Nováček už zná jméno nového trenéra: Hradec si plácl s Koubkem".

[17] "Gambrinus zůstává u fotbalu dalších šest let". fotbal.cz (in Czech). 28 July 2008. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

[18] "Gambrinus liga se bude hrát dalších šest let". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

[19] "Alkohol střídá hazard. Z Gambrinus ligy bude Synot liga" [Alcohol replaced by gambling. Gambrinus Liga will be Synot Liga]. Czech Radio (in Czech). 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

[20] "Synot končí s podporou fotbalové ligy. O sponzora přijde Sparta, Jablonec i Nymburk". aktualne.cz (in Czech). 21 January 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

[21] "Titulární sponzor fotbalové ligy končí i kvůli Peltově aféře. Podobný krok zvažuje i Tvrdík s CEFC". aktualne.cz (in Czech). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

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[23] "Tabulka". Fortuna liga.

[Kassies-24] "UEFA European Cup Coefficients Database". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

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[26] "Club coefficients". uefa.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

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Founded	1993; 29 years ago (1993)
Country	Czech Republic
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Czech National Football League
Domestic cup(s)	Czech Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Europa Conference League
Current champions	Slavia Prague (7th title) (2020–21)
Most championships	Sparta Prague (12 titles)
Top goalscorer	David Lafata (198 goals)
TV partners	List of broadcasters
Website	en.fortunaliga.cz
Current: 2021–22 Czech First League