# 2024–25 Czech First League

The 2024–25 Czech First League, known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 32nd season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment, in 1993. Sparta Prague are the reigning champions. The season is scheduled to start in July 2024. The first half of the season will have 19 rounds, finishing in December, and the other half will commence in February 2025. The season is expected to end on 25 May 2025 with two extra play-out fixtures on 29 May and 1 June 2025.

## Format

Starting with the 2024–25 season, the league will be called "Chance Liga" after its new main sponsor, Chance betting office. The general season format is unchanged from last season, each team will play in the league format home and away matches. The lowest-ranked team will be relegated directly to the second league, and the two teams positioned 14th and 15th will play a play-out with two teams from the second league positioned 2nd and 3rd in a home and away format. The change is the cancellation of the Conference League play-off final between the 5th and 7th teams in the table. The winner of the middle group (i.e. the team placed 7th) will only receive a financial bonus.
This will be the seventh season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. The VAR central workplace in Prague 4-Michle will be used for the first time. VAR will have offside line technology available for the first time.
In the 2024–25 season, three new rules were introduced. Teams will be able to use a sixth substitution if there is a head injury or concussion. The punishment of a player in a situation where a player spoils a clear scoring opportunity with his hand will be changed, and only a yellow card will be awarded instead of a red card. The assessment of premature running of players into the penalty area during a penalty will also change.
Other changes concern the dates of matches, which is partly due to the new format of the European competitions. The spring part will start a week earlier than in previous years (on 1 February) and the exact dates of the matches will be determined further in advance than three weeks, as has been the case so far.

## Teams
### Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including thirteen sides from the 2023–24 season, the winner of last season's second league, and two winners of the play-out, determined on 2 June.

#### Team promoted to Czech First League

After being relegated in the 2018–19 season, FK Dukla Prague returns to Czech First League as the champion of the 2023–24 Czech National Football League.

#### Teams relegated from Czech First League

The lowest positioned team from the last season, FC Zlín, was relegated to the Czech National Football League.

### Locations and stadiums

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Bohemians 1905 | Prague | Ďolíček | 6,300 |
| SK Dynamo České Budějovice | České Budějovice | Stadion Střelecký ostrov | 6,681 |
| FK Dukla Prague | Prague | Stadion Juliska | 8,150 |
| FC Hradec Králové | Hradec Králové | Malšovická aréna | 9,300 |
| FK Jablonec | Jablonec nad Nisou | Stadion Střelnice | 6,108 |
| MFK Karviná | Karviná | Městský stadion (Karviná) | 4,833 |
| FC Slovan Liberec | Liberec | Stadion u Nisy | 9,900 |
| FK Mladá Boleslav | Mladá Boleslav | Lokotrans Aréna | 5,000 |
| SK Sigma Olomouc | Olomouc | Andrův stadion | 12,474 |
| FC Baník Ostrava | Ostrava | Městský stadion (Ostrava) | 15,123 |
| FK Pardubice | Pardubice | CFIG Arena | 4,620 |
| FC Viktoria Plzeň | Plzeň | Doosan Arena | 11,700 |
| SK Slavia Prague | Prague | Fortuna Arena | 19,370 |
| 1. FC Slovácko | Uherské Hradiště | Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty | 8,000 |
| AC Sparta Prague | Prague | epet ARENA | 18,944 |
| FK Teplice | Teplice | Na Stínadlech | 18,221 |
| Rank | Region | Number of teams | Club(s) |
| 1 | Prague | 4 | Bohemians 1905, Dukla Prague, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague |
| 2 | Liberec | 2 | Jablonec, Slovan Liberec |
| 2 | Moravian-Silesian | 2 | Baník Ostrava, Karviná |
| 5 | Central Bohemian | 1 | Mladá Boleslav |
| 5 | Hradec Králové | 1 | Hradec Králové |
| 5 | Olomouc | 1 | Sigma Olomouc |
| 5 | Pardubice | 1 | Pardubice |
| 5 | Plzeň | 1 | Viktoria Plzeň |
| 5 | South Bohemian | 1 | Dynamo České Budějovice |
| 5 | Ústí nad Labem | 1 | Teplice |
| 5 | Zlín | 1 | Slovácko |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Teams | Manager | Captain | Kit maker | Main sponsor |
| Bohemians | Jaroslav Veselý | Josef Jindřišek | Puma | BALshop |
| České Budějovice | Jiří Lerch | Zdeněk Ondrášek | Adidas | Tipsport |
| Dukla Prague | Petr Rada | Jan Peterka | Adidas | Carbounion |
| Hradec Králové | David Horejš | Petr Kodeš | Jako | Hradec Králové |
| Jablonec | Luboš Kozel | Nemanja Tekijaški | Capelli Sport | 24live |
| Karviná | Martin Hyský | Jaroslav Svozil | Joma | OKD |
| Slovan Liberec | Radoslav Kováč | Jan Mikula | Nike | Tipsport |
| Mladá Boleslav | Andreas Brännström | Marek Matějovský | Puma | Škoda Auto |
| Sigma Olomouc | Tomáš Janotka | Radim Breite | Adidas | Tipsport |
| Baník Ostrava | Pavel Hapal | Ewerton | Macron | Fortuna |
| Pardubice | David Střihavka | Kamil Vacek | Joma | ČPP Servis |
| Viktoria Plzeň | Miroslav Koubek | Lukáš Kalvach | Macron | Doosan Škoda Power |
| Slavia Prague | Jindřich Trpišovský | Jan Bořil | Puma | eToro |
| Slovácko | Ondřej Smetana | Stanislav Hofmann | Puma | Z-Group |
| Sparta Prague | Lars Friis | Filip Panák | Adidas | Betano |
| Teplice | Zdenko Frťala | Lukáš Mareček | Macron | AGC Glass Europe |

## Managerial changes

Ahead of the season:
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Contract valid until |
| Slovan Liberec | Luboš Kozel | End of contract | 30 June 2024 | Radoslav Kováč | 26 May 2024 | Undisclosed |
| Pardubice | Radoslav Kováč | Mutual consent | 25 May 2024 | Jiří Saňák | 27 May 2024 | Undisclosed |
| Sigma Olomouc | Jiří Saňák | Sacked | 12 May 2024 | Tomáš Janotka | 29 May 2024 | Undisclosed |
| Karviná | Marek Bielan | Sacked | 30 June 2024 | Martin Hyský | 11 June 2024 | Undisclosed |
| Sparta Prague | Brian Priske | Mutual consent | 12 June 2024 | Lars Friis | 12 June 2024 | Undisclosed |
| Slovácko | Martin Svědík | Mutual consent | 31 May 2024 | Roman West | 12 June 2024 | Undisclosed |
| Jablonec | Radoslav Látal | Sacked | 7 June 2024 | Luboš Kozel | 17 June 2024 | Undisclosed |
During the season:
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Match-week | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Contract valid until |
| České Budějovice | Jiří Lerch | Sacked | 28 July 2024 | 2 | 16th | František Straka | 28 July 2024 | Undisclosed |
| Mladá Boleslav | David Holoubek | Mutual consent | 24 August 2024 | 5 | 10th | Andreas Brännström | 24 August 2024 | Undisclosed |
| Pardubice | Jiří Saňák | Sacked | 26 October 2024 | 13 | 15th | David Střihavka | 29 October 2024 | Undisclosed |
| Slovácko | Roman West | Sacked | 27 October 2024 | 13 | 8th | Ondřej Smetana | 14 November 2024 | Summer 2027 |
| České Budějovice | František Straka | Sacked | 10 January 2025 | 19 | 16th | Jiří Lerch | 12 January 2025 | Undisclosed |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slavia Prague (Q) | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 10 | +43 | 68 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Sparta Prague (Q) | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 55 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Baník Ostrava (Q) | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 54 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Viktoria Plzeň (Q) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 53 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Jablonec | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 41 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 6 | Sigma Olomouc | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 38 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 7 | Mladá Boleslav | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 34 | Qualification for the play-off |
| 8 | Hradec Králové | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 34 | Qualification for the play-off |
| 9 | Slovan Liberec | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 33 | Qualification for the play-off |
| 10 | Bohemians 1905 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 33 | Qualification for the play-off |
| 11 | Karviná | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 12 | Teplice | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 13 | Slovácko | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 36 | −14 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 14 | Dukla Prague (Q) | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 41 | −22 | 20 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 15 | Pardubice (Q) | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 16 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 16 | České Budějovice (Q) | 26 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 71 | −58 | 4 | Qualification for the relegation group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BOH | CBU | DUK | HKR | JAB | KAR | LIB | MLA | PCE | OLO | OST | PLZ | SLA | SLO | SPA | TEP |
| Bohemians 1905 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 29 Mar |
| České Budějovice | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| Dukla Prague | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | 29 Mar | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hradec Králové | 2–2 | 30 Mar | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Jablonec | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 29 Mar | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Karviná | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 30 Mar | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Slovan Liberec | 2–2 | 5 Apr | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Mladá Boleslav | 1–2 | 4–0 | 6 Apr | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Pardubice | 5 Apr | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| Sigma Olomouc | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 6 Apr | 1–4 | 3–2 | 4–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Baník Ostrava | | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 29 Mar | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 5 Apr | 2–0 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 2–0 | 7–2 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 6 Apr | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Slavia Prague | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 5 Apr | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Slovácko | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 30 Mar | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Sparta Prague | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 30 Mar | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Teplice | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | | 6 Apr | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jan Kliment | Olomouc | 15 |
| 2 | Ewerton | Ostrava | 11 |
| 2 | Tomáš Chorý | Slavia | 11 |
| 4 | Pavel Šulc | Plzeň | 9 |
| 4 | Lukáš Haraslín | Sparta | 9 |
| 4 | Denis Višinský | Liberec | 9 |
| 4 | Filip Vecheta | Karviná | 9 |
| 8 | Mojmír Chytil | Slavia | 8 |
| 8 | Abdulla Yusuf Helal | Bohemians 1905 | 8 |
| 8 | Amar Memić | Karviná / Plzeň | 8 |
| 8 | Matyáš Vojta | Mladá Boleslav | 8 |
| 8 | Erik Prekop | Ostrava | 8 |

### Hat-tricks

| Matchweek | Date | Player | For | Against | Result |
| 2 | 28 July 2024 | Daniel Mareček | Mladá Boleslav | Slovácko | 3–0 (H) |
| 15 | 10 November 2024 | Mojmír Chytil | Slavia | Karviná | 5–1 (H) |
| 16 | 24 November 2024 | Denis Višinský | Liberec | Olomouc | 4–1 (A) |
| 18 | 8 December 2024 | Marek Matějovský | Mladá Boleslav | České Budějovice | 4–0 (A) |
| 19 | 15 December 2024 | Jan Kopic | Plzeň | České Budějovice | 7–2 (H) |
| 22 | 15 February 2025 | Lukáš Haraslín | Sparta | Karviná | 3–2 (A) |
| 26 | 16 March 2025 | Filip Vecheta | Karviná | České Budějovice | 3–2 (A) |

#### Notes

(H) – Home team, (A) – Away team

### Clean sheets

    As of 16 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Antonín Kinský | Slavia | 12 |
| 2 | Jan Hanuš | Jablonec | 11 |
| 3 | Matouš Trmal | Mladá Boleslav / Teplice | 9 |
| 4 | Adam Zadražil | Hradec Králové | 8 |
| 4 | Martin Jedlička | Plzeň | 8 |
| 6 | Milan Heča | Slovácko | 7 |
| 6 | Jakub Markovič | Ostrava | 7 |
| 6 | Peter Vindahl Jensen | Sparta | 7 |
| 6 | Jakub Lapeš | Karviná | 7 |
| 6 | Matúš Hruška | Dukla | 7 |