# 2023–24 FC Baník Ostrava season

The 2023–24 season was FC Baník Ostrava's 102nd season in existence and seventh consecutive in the Czech First League. They also competed in the Czech Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 10 September 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Martin Hrubý |
| 5 | MF | CZE | Jiří Boula |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Daniel Tetour |
| 7 | DF | CZE | Karel Pojezný |
| 9 | MF | CZE | David Buchta |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Matěj Šín |
| 11 | DF | BIH | Eldar Šehić |
| 12 | MF | SVK | Tomáš Rigo |
| 13 | MF | CZE | Samuel Grygar |
| 15 | MF | GHA | Patrick Kpozo |
| 17 | DF | CZE | Michal Frydrych |
| 18 | MF | CRO | Robert Mišković |
| 19 | DF | CZE | David Lischka |
| 20 | FW | NGA | Abdullahi Tanko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | CZE | Jiří Klíma |
| 22 | MF | CZE | Filip Kaloč |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Jan Juroška |
| 26 | DF | SVK | Filip Blažek |
| 28 | FW | CZE | Filip Kubala |
| 29 | MF | CZE | Ladislav Takács |
| 30 | GK | CZE | Jiří Letáček |
| 32 | MF | BRA | Ewerton (on loan from Slavia Prague) |
| 35 | GK | CZE | Jakub Markovič |
| 37 | DF | SVK | Matej Madleňák (on loan from Ružomberok) |
| 77 | DF | ANG | Gigli Ndefe |
| 99 | FW | SVK | Ladislav Almási |
| — | MF | NGA | David Fadairo (on loan from Lagos Islanders) |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CZE | Daniel Smékal (at Skalica) |
| — | DF | CZE | Jiří Fleišman (at Karviná) |
| — | DF | CZE | Lukáš Cienciala (at Prostějov) |
| — | MF | CZE | Petr Jaroň (at Prostějov) |
| — | DF | GAM | Muhammed Sanneh (at Vlašim) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CZE | Jan Fulnek (at Kroměříž) |
| — | MF | CZE | Marek Jaroň (at Kroměříž) |
| — | GK | CZE | Michael Gergela (at Kroměříž) |
| — | DF | CZE | David Stoklásek (at Kroměříž) |
| — | MF | NGA | Stanley Charles (at Kroměříž) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Czech First League | 23 July 2023 | 27 April 2024 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 040.00 |
| Czech Cup | 29 August 2023 | 1 November 2023 | Second round | Fourth round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 042.11 |
Source: Soccerway

### Czech First League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Fortuna Liga

#### Regular season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 72 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 62 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 4 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 5 | Mladá Boleslav | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 6 | Slovácko | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 41 | Qualification for the Championship group |

##### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

##### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.

#### Championship group

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | SPA | SLA | PLZ | OST | MLA | SLO |
| 1 | Sparta Prague (C) | 35 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 82 | 30 | +52 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 76 | 24 | +52 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | — | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | — |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 35 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | — | — | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| 4 | Baník Ostrava | 35 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 49 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round | — | — | — | — | 0–1 | 6–0 |
| 5 | Mladá Boleslav (O) | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 47 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off final | 0–5 | — | — | — | — | 0–1 |
| 6 | Slovácko | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 44 | | 2–4 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — |
* ↑ Since the Europa League winners, Atalanta qualified for the Champions League via league position, Slavia Prague were promoted from the Champions League second qualifying round to the third qualifying round as one of the two teams with the highest coefficient in the second qualifying round.

##### Results by round

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