# 1978–79 Czechoslovak First League

Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1978–79 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dukla Prague won the championship. Karel Kroupa and Zdeněk Nehoda were the league's top scorers with 17 goals each.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dukla Prague (C) | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 65 | 24 | +41 | 41 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 41 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Zbrojovka Brno | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Bohemians Prague | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 32 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 31 | |
| 6 | Inter Bratislava | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 30 | |
| 7 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 29 | |
| 8 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 29 | |
| 9 | Košice | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 29 | |
| 10 | Slovan Bratislava | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 28 | |
| 11 | Lokomotíva Košice | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 28 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 12 | Spartak Trnava | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 27 | |
| 13 | Jednota Trenčín | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 26 | |
| 14 | Škoda Plzeň | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 26 | |
| 15 | Tatran Prešov (R) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 25 | Relegation to Slovak National Football League |
| 16 | Sklo Union Teplice (R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 23 | Relegation to Czech National Football League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | OST | BOH | BB | DUK | INT | TRE | KOŠ | LOK | TEP | PLZ | SLA | SLO | SPA | TRN | PRE | BRN |
| Baník Ostrava | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Bohemians Prague | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–4 |
| Dukla Prague | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 8–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Inter Bratislava | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Jednota Trenčín | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Košice | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Lokomotiva Košice | 4–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Sklo Union Teplice | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 |
| Škoda Plzeň | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Slavia Prague | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Sparta Prague | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 |
| Spartak Trnava | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Tatran Prešov | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–3 |
| FC Zbrojovka Brno | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Karel Kroupa | Zbrojovka Brno | 17 |
| 1 | Zdeněk Nehoda | Dukla Prague | 17 |
| 3 | Alexander Kovács | Jednota Trenčín | 14 |
| 4 | Jozef Šálka | Tatran Prešov | 13 |
| 5 | Ladislav Józsa | Lokomotiva Košice | 12 |
| 6 | Peter Herda | Slavia Prague | 11 |
| 6 | Petr Janečka | Zbrojovka Brno | 11 |
| 6 | Verner Lička | Baník Ostrava | 11 |
| 6 | Petr Slaný | Dukla Prague | 11 |
| 6 | Ladislav Vízek | Dukla Prague | 11 |