# 2018–19 FC Viktoria Plzeň season

The 2018–19 season is FC Viktoria Plzeň's 26th season in the Czech First League. The team is competing in Czech First League, the Czech Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.
Pavel Vrba returned to manage the club in the summer of 2017. He had previously served as manager from 2008 to 2013 before leaving to manage the national team.

## Players

    As of 2 September 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SVK | Matúš Kozáčik |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Lukáš Hejda |
| 4 | DF | CZE | Roman Hubník (captain) |
| 6 | MF | SVK | Roman Procházka |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Tomáš Hořava |
| 8 | DF | CZE | David Limberský |
| 9 | MF | CZE | Martin Zeman |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Jan Kopic |
| 11 | MF | CZE | Milan Petržela |
| 14 | DF | CZE | Radim Řezník |
| 15 | FW | CZE | Michal Krmenčík |
| 16 | GK | CZE | Aleš Hruška |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Patrik Hrošovský |
| 18 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Chorý |
| 19 | MF | CZE | Jan Kovařík |
| 20 | MF | CZE | Pavel Bucha |
| 21 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Hájek |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Milan Havel |
| 25 | MF | CZE | Aleš Čermák |
| 26 | MF | CZE | Daniel Kolář |
| 30 | GK | CZE | Jakub Šiman |
| 37 | FW | CZE | Jakub Řezníček |
| 44 | DF | CZE | Luděk Pernica |
| 90 | MF | NGA | Ubong Moses Ekpai |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CZE | Dominik Janošek (to 1. FC Slovácko) |
| — | MF | CZE | Michal Hlavatý (to FK Baník Sokolov) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jan Suchan (to MFK Karviná) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CZE | Ondřej Štursa (to Dukla Prague) |
| — | FW | SVK | Marek Bakoš (to FC Spartak Trnava) |
| — | DF | CZE | Jiří Piroch (to MFK Karviná) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 28 May 2018 | MF | Ubong Moses Ekpai | 22 | FC Fastav Zlín | Undisclosed |
| 1 June 2018 | DF | Luděk Pernica | 27 | FK Jablonec | Undisclosed |
| 1 June 2018 | MF | Roman Procházka | 29 | PFC Levski Sofia | Free |
| 12 June 2018 | MF | Dominik Janošek | 19 | 1. FC Slovácko | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Ondřej Štursa | 18 | FC Viktoria Plzeň | Free |
| 30 June 2018 | FW | Tomáš Poznar | 29 | FC Baník Ostrava | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2018 | FW | Jakub Řezníček | 30 | SK Sigma Olomouc | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Jan Suchan | 22 | FK Senica | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2018 | GK | Jakub Šiman | 23 | TJ Jiskra Domažlice | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Jiří Piroch | 22 | FK Jablonec | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Erik Janža | 25 | Pafos FC | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Václav Pilař | 29 | FC Slovan Liberec | Loan Return |
| 9 July 2018 | MF | Pavel Bucha | 20 | SK Slavia Prague | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Andreas Ivanschitz | 34 | Unknown | Free |
| 2 July 2018 | MF | Dominik Janošek | 20 | 1. FC Slovácko | Loan |
| 4 July 2018 | MF | Václav Pilař | 29 | SK Sigma Olomouc | Undisclosed |
| 6 July 2018 | DF | Jiří Piroch | 22 | MFK Karviná | Loan |
| 14 July 2018 | MF | Jan Suchan | 22 | MFK Karviná | Loan |
| 17 July 2018 | MF | Ondřej Štursa | 18 | Dukla Prague | Loan |
| 18 July 2018 | FW | Tomáš Poznar | 29 | FC Fastav Zlín | Free |
| 25 July 2018 | DF | Erik Janža | 25 | NK Osijek | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2018 | FW | Marek Bakoš | 25 | FC Spartak Trnava | Loan |
| 30 August 2018 | MF | Diego Živulić | 26 | Pafos FC | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2018 | GK | Jakub Šiman | 23 | Olympia Radotín | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Petr Bolek | 34 | Free agent | None |

## Competitions
### Czech First League
#### Regular stage
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 72 | 23 | +49 | 72 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 68 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Jablonec | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 51 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 45 | Qualification for the championship group |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: See results

##### Results by round

| Round | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

##### Matches
#### Championship group
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slavia Prague (C) | 35 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 79 | 26 | +53 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 35 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 35 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Jablonec | 35 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs final |
| 6 | Slovan Liberec | 35 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 46 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: See results

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

##### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Roma | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 7 | Transfer to Europa League |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Viktoria Plzeň 4, CSKA Moscow 1.