# 2023–24 FC Viktoria Plzeň season

The 2023–24 season was the FC Viktoria Plzeň's 113th year in existence and 19th consecutive season in the Czech First League.
Viktoria Plzeň started their European campaign in the second qualifying round beating Drita 2–1 and then minnows Gżira United 6–0, before defeating Tobol 5–1 in play-off round to clinch a berth to the group stage. They topped their group winning all six matches.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 8 February 2024.
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 |
| 2 | DF | CZE | Lukáš Hejda |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Robin Hranáč |
| 5 | DF | CZE | Jan Paluska |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Lukáš Červ |
| 7 | MF | CZE | Jan Sýkora |
| 9 | FW | CZE | Jan Kliment |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Jan Kopic |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Matěj Vydra |
| 12 | MF | CIV | Ibrahim Traoré |
| 13 | GK | SVK | Marián Tvrdoň |
| 14 | DF | CZE | Radim Řezník |
| 15 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Chorý |
| 16 | GK | CZE | Martin Jedlička |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Rafiu Durosinmi |
| 18 | MF | COL | Jhon Mosquera |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Cheick Souaré (on loan from Vyškov) |
| 21 | DF | CZE | Václav Jemelka |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Cadu |
| 23 | MF | CZE | Lukáš Kalvach |
| 24 | DF | CZE | Milan Havel |
| 31 | MF | CZE | Pavel Šulc |
| 32 | MF | CZE | Matěj Valenta |
| 40 | DF | LBR | Sampson Dweh (on loan from Vyškov) |
| 44 | DF | CZE | Libor Holík |
| 77 | MF | SVK | Erik Jirka |
| — | FW | CZE | Florián Višňa |

### 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 |
| — | DF | BEN | Mohamed Tijani (at Yverdon-Sport) |
| — | MF | CZE | Roman Květ (at Sivasspor) |
| — | MF | CZE | Adam Vlkanova (at Ruch Chorzów) |
| — | DF | CZE | Filip Čihák (at Hradec Králové) |
| — | DF | CZE | Josef Koželuh (at Zbrojovka Brno) |
| — | FW | CZE | Adam Kronus (at Zbrojovka Brno) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | CZE | Lukáš Matějka (at Dukla Prague) |
| — | MF | CZE | Dominik Kříž (at Varnsdorf) |
| — | MF | CZE | Alexandr Sojka (at Silon Táborsko) |
| — | DF | CZE | Václav Míka (at Chrudim) |
| — | DF | CZE | Ondřej Oravec (at Viktoria Žižkov) |
| — | FW | CZE | Pavel Hašek (at Příbram) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Ibrahim Traoré | Slavia Prague | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Rafiu Durosinmi | Karvina | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Sampson Dweh | Vyškov | Loan | 19 July 2023 |
| MF | Cheick Souaré | Vyškov | Loan | 5 January 2024 |
| MF | Matěj Valenta | Slavia Prague | Undisclosed | 5 January 2024 |
| MF | Lukáš Červ | Slavia Prague | Undisclosed | 5 January 2024 |

## 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 | 25 August 2023 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 35 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 76 | 40 | +36 | 060.00 |
| Czech Cup | 12 October 2023 | 22 May 2024 | Third round | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 080.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 18 April 2024 | Second qualifying round | Quarter finals | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 068.75 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 36 | 11 | 9 | 118 | 48 | +70 | 064.29 |
Last updated: 24 February 2024 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 |
| 1 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 70 | 26 | +44 | 76 | Qualification for the Championship group |
| 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 |

##### 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 | 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 |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | W |
| Position | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

##### 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 | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PLZ | DZG | AST | BAL |
| 1 | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 18 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Astana | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Ballkani | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: Astana 4, Ballkani 1.