# 2017–18 FC Viktoria Plzeň season

The 2017–18 season was FC Viktoria Plzeň's 25th season in the Czech First League. The team competed in Czech First League, the Czech Cup, the UEFA Europa League, 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 21 August 2017
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 | CZE | Václav Pilař |
| 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 |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Patrik Hrošovský |
| 18 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Chorý |
| 19 | MF | CZE | Jan Kovařík |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Hájek |
| 22 | DF | CZE | Jan Baránek Jr. |
| 23 | FW | SVK | Marek Bakoš |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Milan Havel |
| 25 | MF | CZE | Aleš Čermák |
| 26 | MF | CZE | Daniel Kolář |
| 28 | DF | SVK | Marián Čišovský |
| 29 | MF | CRO | Diego Živulić |
| 30 | GK | CZE | Dominik Sváček |
| 33 | MF | AUT | Andreas Ivanschitz |
| 35 | DF | CZE | Filip Vacovský |
| — | GK | CZE | Petr Bolek |
| — | GK | CZE | Jakub Šiman |
| — | MF | CZE | Michal Hlavatý |

### 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 |
| — | DF | SVN | Erik Janža (to Pafos FC) |
| — | FW | CZE | Tomáš Poznar (to FC Baník Ostrava) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jan Suchan (to FK Teplice) |
| — | MF | CZE | Lukáš Pfeifer (to TJ Jiskra Domažlice) |
| — | MF | CZE | Miloš Kratochvíl (to FC Zbrojovka Brno) |
| — | MF | CZE | Daniel Boček (to TJ Jiskra Domažlice) |
| — | DF | CZE | Jiří Piroch (to FK Pardubice) |
| — | DF | CZE | Martin Rychnovský (to FK Baník Sokolov) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CZE | Bohumil Havel (to FK Baník Sokolov) |
| — | MF | CZE | Jakub Kopřiva (to FC MAS Táborsko) |
| — | FW | CZE | Lukáš Matějka (to FK Ústí nad Labem) |
| — | MF | CZE | Lukáš Provod (to FK Baník Sokolov) |
| — | MF | CZE | Ondřej Ruml (to FK Olympia Prague) |
| — | FW | CZE | Jakub Řezníček (to SK Sigma Olomouc) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Dominik Hradecký | 23 | FK Tachov | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Jan Suchan | 21 | 1. FK Příbram | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Jurij Medvedev | 21 | FK Baník Sokolov | Loan Return |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Aleš Čermák | 22 | AC Sparta Prague | £900k |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Diego Živulić | 25 | FC Fastav Zlín | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Aleš Hruška | 31 | 1. FK Příbram | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Jakub Řezníček | 29 | FC Zbrojovka Brno | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Daniel Kolář | 31 | Free agent | None |
| 13 July 2017 | DF | Milan Havel | 22 | Bohemians 1905 | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2017 | GK | Jakub Šiman | 22 | FK Baník Sokolov | Loan Return |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Michal Hlavatý | 19 | FK Baník Sokolov | Loan Return |
| 31 December 2017 | FW | Lukáš Stratil | 23 | FK Viktoria Žižkov | Loan Return |
| 31 December 2017 | GK | Jakub Šiman | 22 | TJ Jiskra Domažlice | Loan Return |
| 31 December 2017 | GK | Petr Bolek | 33 | FK Baník Sokolov | Loan Return |
| 4 January 2018 | FW | Tomáš Chorý | 22 | Sigma Olomouc | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Martin Chrien | 21 | S.L. Benfica | £900K |
| 4 August 2017 | DF | Aleš Matějů | 21 | Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. | £2.25M |
| 21 July 2017 | DF | Jurij Medvedev | 21 | FK Senica | Free transfer |
| 21 July 2017 | MF | Dominik Hradecký | 23 | FK Slavoj Vyšehrad | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Jakub Hromada | 21 | U.C. Sampdoria | Loan Return |

#### Loans Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Tomáš Poznar | 28 | FC Baník Ostrava | Loan |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Michal Hlavatý | 19 | FK Baník Sokolov | Loan |
| 8 July 2017 | MF | Jan Suchan | 21 | FK Teplice | Loan |
| 13 July 2017 | DF | Erik Janža | 24 | Pafos FC | Loan |
| 8 September 2017 | MF | Petr Bolek | 33 | FK Baník Sokolov | Loan |
| 8 September 2017 | GK | Jakub Šiman | 22 | TJ Jiskra Domažlice | Loan |

## Competitions
### Czech First League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Viktoria Plzeň (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Jablonec | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 3 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Czech Cup, Slavia Prague, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Third qualifying round

As a result of losing the third qualifying round, FC Viktoria Plzeň was moved to the play-off round of the Europa League.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PLZ | FCSB | LUG | HBS |
| 1 | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | FCSB | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Lugano | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 9 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 2 December 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Czech First League | Czech First League | Czech Cup | Czech Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SVK | Matúš Kozáčik | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Lukáš Hejda | 25 | 3 | 15+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | CZE | Roman Hubník | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Václav Pilař | 10 | 2 | 0+4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Tomáš Hořava | 22 | 4 | 11+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | CZE | David Limberský | 18 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | CZE | Martin Zeman | 21 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Jan Kopic | 26 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | CZE | Milan Petržela | 24 | 3 | 10+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 13 | GK | CZE | Petr Bolek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | CZE | Radim Řezník | 26 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | CZE | Michal Krmenčík | 20 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 16 | GK | CZE | Aleš Hruška | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Patrik Hrošovský | 25 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CZE | Jan Kovařík | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | CZE | Tomáš Hájek | 21 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SVK | Marek Bakoš | 23 | 7 | 10+2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+4 | 4 |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Milan Havel | 16 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | CZE | Aleš Čermák | 14 | 1 | 2+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | CZE | Daniel Kolář | 25 | 6 | 13+2 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | CRO | Diego Živulić | 16 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | AUT | Andreas Ivanschitz | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | CZE | Jakub Řezníček | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Viktoria Plzeň but left during the season: ||||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

    As of match played 2 December 2017
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Czech First League | Czech Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 15 | Michal Krmenčík | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | MF | | 10 | Jan Kopic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | | 26 | Daniel Kolář | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | | 23 | Marek Bakoš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | | 7 | Tomáš Hořava | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | | 2 | Lukáš Hejda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | | 11 | Milan Petržela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | | 17 | Patrik Hrošovský | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 6 | Václav Pilař | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | | 37 | Jakub Řezníček | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 14 | Radim Řezník | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 8 | David Limberský | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 21 | Tomáš Hájek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 24 | Milan Havel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 4 | Roman Hubník | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 25 | Aleš Čermák | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 59 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 2 December 2017
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Czech First League | Czech First League | Czech Cup | Czech Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | | DF | Lukáš Hejda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Roman Hubník | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Tomáš Hořava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | | DF | David Limberský | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | | MF | Martin Zeman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Jan Kopic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | | MF | Milan Petržela | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | | GK | Petr Bolek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | | DF | Radim Řezník | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | | FW | Michal Krmenčík | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | | GK | Aleš Hruška | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Patrik Hrošovský | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | | DF | Tomáš Hájek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | DF | Tomáš Hájek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | | FW | Marek Bakoš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Milan Havel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | | MF | Aleš Čermák | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | | MF | Daniel Kolář | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | | MF | Diego Živulić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | | FW | Jakub Řezníček | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 66 | 1 |