# 2013–14 FC Viktoria Plzeň season

The 2013–14 season was Viktoria Plzeň's ninth consecutive season in the Gambrinus liga. Having won the Gambrinus liga the previous season, they entered the competition as defending champions and finished second. As league champions they also took part in the UEFA Champions League, from which they qualified for the UEFA Europa League.

## Season overview

The club's budget for the 2013–14 season was 100 million crowns, the third-highest budget in the league. This was lower than Slavia Prague (110 million) and Sparta Prague (300 million).

### Pre-season

Viktoria started pre-season training schedule on 17 June at home grounds in Plzeň and until end of June team played three matches with local teams from West Bohemia. From the beginning of July the team moved to Austrian Westendorf for a training preparation camp including three games with ex-Bundesliga side Fürth, Russian Premier League team Krasnodar and last year's Champions League participant CFR Cluj.
During the summer transfer window Viktoria introduced two new players – Tomáš Hořava from Olomouc and Milan Petržela, who returned to the club after an unsuccessful season in Augsburg.

## Players
### Squad

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Games Played | Goals Scored |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Matúš Kozáčik | GK | 2012 | (1983-12-27) 27 December 1983 (age 41) | Anorthosis | 27 | 0 |
| 13 | Petr Bolek | GK | 2012 | (1984-06-30) 30 June 1984 (age 40) | Senica | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Roman Pavlík | GK | 2010 | (1976-01-17) 17 January 1976 (age 48) | Kladno | 35 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Lukáš Hejda | CB | 2012 | (1990-03-09) 9 March 1990 (age 34) | Sparta Prague | 15 | 1 |
| 3 | Ondřej Chocholoušek | DF | 2012 | (1994-11-13) 13 November 1994 (age 30) | Youth squad | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Matěj Končal | DF | 2012 | (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 31) | Youth squad | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | David Limberský | LWB | 2008 | (1983-10-06) 6 October 1983 (age 41) | Sparta Prague | 195 | 14 |
| 14 | Radim Řezník | RWB | 2011 | (1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 35) | Ostrava | 37 | 1 |
| 21 | Václav Procházka | CB | 2012 | (1984-05-08) 8 May 1984 (age 40) | Mladá Boleslav | 116 | 8 |
| 27 | František Rajtoral | RWB / RM | 2009 | (1986-03-12) 12 March 1986 (age 38) | Ostrava | 112 | 11 |
| 28 | Marián Čišovský | CB | 2011 | (1979-11-02) 2 November 1979 (age 45) | Timișoara | 50 | 10 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 5 | Marek Hanousek | MF | 2012 | (1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 33) | Dukla | 10 | 3 |
| 5 | Tomáš Hořava | CM | 2013 | (1988-05-29) 29 May 1988 (age 36) | Olomouc | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Pavel Horváth | CM | 2008 | (1975-04-22) 22 April 1975 (age 49) | Sparta Prague | 138 | 30 |
| 11 | Milan Petržela | RM | 2013 | (1983-06-19) 19 June 1983 (age 41) | Augsburg | 118 | 22 |
| 12 | Michal Ďuriš | RM / LM | 2010 | (1988-06-01) 1 June 1988 (age 36) | Banská Bystrica | 76 | 10 |
| 16 | Vladimír Darida | CM | 2011 | (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990 (age 34) | Youth squad | 55 | 9 |
| 19 | Jan Kovařík | LM | 2013 | (1988-06-19) 19 June 1988 (age 36) | Jablonec | 14 | 1 |
| 26 | Daniel Kolář | AM | 2008 | (1985-10-27) 27 October 1985 (age 39) | Sparta Prague | 127 | 36 |
| 17 | Jakub Hora | RM / LM | 2011 | (1991-02-23) 23 February 1991 (age 33) | Most | 23 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Stanislav Tecl | FW | 2013 | (1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 34) | Jihlava | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | Marek Bakoš | FW | 2009 | (1983-04-15) 15 April 1983 (age 41) | Ružomberok | 105 | 42 |
| 15 | Tomáš Wágner | FW | 2012 | (1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 34) | Příbram | 12 | 0 |
Source: iDnes.cz

### Transfers In

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 7 | MF | | Tomáš Hořava | 25 | EU | Sigma Olomouc | Transfer | Summer | 2017 | Undisclosed | fcviktoria.cz |
| 11 | RM | | Milan Petržela | 30 | EU | FC Augsburg | Contract termination | Summer | 2016 | Free | fcviktoria.cz |
$^1$ Estimated transfer fee is 14M Kč.

### Loans Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| | LB | Radek Šírl | 32 | EU | Bohemians 1905 | Loan | Summer | N/A | fcviktoria.cz |
| | MF | Petr Trapp | 27 | EU | Veria | Loan | Summer | N/A | fcviktoria.cz |
| | DF | Adam Beránek | 22 | EU | Hradec Králové | Loan | Summer | N/A | fcviktoria.cz |
| | FW | David Vaněček | 21 | EU | Hradec Králové | Loan | Summer | N/A | fcviktoria.cz |
| 29 | RM | David Štípek | 21 | EU | Mladá Boleslav | Loan | Summer | N/A | fcviktoria.cz |
| 11 | MF | Martin Fillo | 27 | EU | Brentford | Loan | Summer | N/A | fcviktoria.cz |
| 24 | GK | Aleš Mandous | 21 | EU | Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) | Loan | Summer | N/A | fcviktoria.cz |
| 31 | MF | Matěj Kyndl | 20 | EU | Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) | Loan | Summer | N/A | fcviktoria.cz |
| | MF | Patrik Hrošovský | 21 | EU | Znojmo | Loan | Summer | N/A | fcviktoria.cz |
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

## Matches
### Gambrinus liga
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Gambrinus liga

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sparta Prague (C) | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 19 | +59 | 79 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 64 | 21 | +43 | 66 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Mladá Boleslav | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 50 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 48 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Teplice | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 46 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2013–14 Czech Cup, Sparta Prague, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, and the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team.

#### 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 | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

##### May
### Czech Supercup

As winners of the previous season's Gambrinus liga, Plzeň played defending cup winners FK Jablonec in the Czech Supercup on 12 July. Plzeň's manager Pavel Vrba left many key players on the bench before the first leg of the second qualifying round of Champions League, which was four days later.
Plzeň took an early lead and despite other chances, the first half ended 1–0. During the second half, Jablonec were the better team and scored two goals in a six-minute spell to take the lead. In the 89th minute Tomáš Wágner from Plzeň had a disallowed goal because of offside. In stoppage time Jablonec scored their third goal and although three minutes later Plzeň scored, the match finished 2–3.

### UEFA Champions League

Plzeň came through three qualifying rounds including the playoff round before reaching the group stage. The club lost all of their first five group stage matches. In the final group stage match, losing 1–0 to CSKA Moscow at home with 76 minutes played, CSKA had two players sent off and Plzeň scored two goals as the match finished 2–1. This result qualified them for the Europa League.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAY | MCI | PLZ | CSKA |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–3 | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 15 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–3 | — | 4–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 3 | Transfer to Europa League | 0–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 3 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Bayern Munich +1, Manchester City −1.
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Viktoria Plzeň 2, CSKA Moscow 1.