# 2018–19 Czech First League

The 2018–19 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions were Viktoria Plzeň, who won their fifth Czech title the previous season. The season was the first with a new league structure in which 16 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up into championship, Europa League and relegation groups. Dukla Prague lost seven consecutive games at the start of the season, becoming the first team in the Czech First League to do so.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2017–18 Czech National Football League | Relegated from 2017–18 Czech First League |
| SFC Opava 1. FK Příbram | FC Vysočina Jihlava FC Zbrojovka Brno |

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Baník Ostrava | Ostrava | Městský stadion (Ostrava) | 15,123 |
| Bohemians 1905 | Prague | Ďolíček | 5,000 |
| Dukla Prague | Prague | Stadion Juliska | 8,150 |
| Jablonec | Jablonec nad Nisou | Stadion Střelnice | 6,108 |
| Karviná | Karviná | Městský stadion (Karviná) | 4,833 |
| Mladá Boleslav | Mladá Boleslav | Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav) | 5,000 |
| Opava | Opava | Městský stadion Opava | 7,758 |
| Příbram | Příbram | Na Litavce | 9,100 |
| Sigma Olomouc | Olomouc | Andrův stadion | 12,483 |
| Slavia Prague | Prague | Eden Arena | 20,232 |
| Slovácko | Uherské Hradiště | Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty | 8,000 |
| Slovan Liberec | Liberec | Stadion u Nisy | 9,900 |
| Sparta Prague | Prague | Generali Arena | 18,887 |
| Teplice | Teplice | Na Stínadlech | 18,221 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | Plzeň | Doosan Arena | 11,700 |
| Fastav Zlín | Zlín | Letná Stadion | 5,783 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 72 | 23 | +49 | 72 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 68 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Jablonec | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 51 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 45 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 6 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 42 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 7 | Mladá Boleslav (O) | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 8 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 9 | Fastav Zlín | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 10 | Teplice | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs |
| 11 | Bohemians 1905 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 12 | Slovácko | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 13 | Opava | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 14 | Příbram | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 31 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 15 | Karviná | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation group |
| 16 | Dukla Prague | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 62 | −37 | 20 | Qualification for the relegation group |

### Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 30 matches played each.
| Home \ Away | OST | B05 | DUK | JAB | KAR | MLA | OPA | PRI | SIG | SLA | SLK | LIB | SPA | TEP | VPL | ZLN |
| Baník Ostrava | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Bohemians 1905 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| FK Dukla Prague | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–6 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Jablonec | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Karviná | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Mladá Boleslav | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Opava | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Příbram | 0–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Sigma Olomouc | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Slavia Prague | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Slovácko | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Slovan Liberec | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Sparta Prague | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Teplice | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Fastav Zlín | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — |

## Championship group

Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SLA | VPL | SPA | JAB | OST | LIB |
| 1 | Slavia Prague (C) | 35 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 79 | 26 | +53 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 35 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | — | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |
| 3 | Sparta Prague | 35 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round | — | — | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Jablonec | 35 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round | — | — | — | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 35 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League play-offs final | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | 0–1 |
| 6 | Slovan Liberec | 35 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 46 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | — | — | — |

## Europa League play-offs

Teams placed between 7th and 10th position will take part in the Europa league play-offs. The best of them will play against the fifth-placed of the championship play-offs to determine the Europa League play-off winners. The winners will qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.
| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round |
| Fastav Zlín (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Sigma Olomouc | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Sigma Olomouc | 0 | 3 | 3 | Fastav Zlín | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | | Mladá Boleslav | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Teplice | 0 | 1 | 1 | Mladá Boleslav | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Mladá Boleslav | 8 | 1 | 9 | | | | |

### Final
## Relegation group

Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | SLK | OPA | B05 | PRI | KAR | DUK |
| 11 | Slovácko | 35 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 45 | | — | 4–1 | — | 5–1 | 2–1 | — |
| 12 | Opava | 35 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 43 | | — | — | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| 13 | Bohemians 1905 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 40 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–4 | — | — |
| 14 | Příbram (O) | 35 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 73 | −30 | 40 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| 15 | Karviná (O) | 35 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 32 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs | — | — | 0–1 | — | — | 3–0 |
| 16 | Dukla Prague (R) | 35 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 72 | −42 | 22 | Relegation to FNL | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | — | — | — |

## Relegation play-offs

Teams placed 14th and 15th in the relegation group will face 2nd and 3rd teams from Czech National Football League for two spots in the next season.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Karviná | 3–2 | Vysočina Jihlava | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Zbrojovka Brno | 3–3 | Příbram | 3–3 | 0–0 |

### Match 1

MFK Karviná won 3–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Czech First League; Vysočina Jihlava remained in the 2019–20 Czech National Football League.

### Match 2

1. FK Příbram won 3–3 on aggregate with away goals and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Czech First League; FC Zbrojovka Brno remained in the 2019–20 Czech National Football League.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Name | Club(s) | Goals |
| 1 | Nikolay Komlichenko | Mladá Boleslav | 29 |
| 2 | Martin Doležal | Jablonec | 15 |
| 2 | Jean-David Beauguel | Fastav Zlín / Viktoria Plzeň | 15 |
| 4 | Tomáš Wágner | Karviná | 13 |
| 4 | Tomáš Souček | Slavia Prague | 13 |
| 6 | Miroslav Stoch | Slavia Prague | 12 |
| 6 | Guélor Kanga | Sparta Prague | 12 |
| 8 | Jakub Hora | Teplice | 11 |
| 8 | Benjamin Tetteh | Sparta Prague | 11 |
| 10 | Michal Trávník | Jablonec | 10 |
| 10 | Jan Matoušek | Příbram | 10 |

## Attendances

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Slavia Prague | 243,198 | 19,370 | 9,091 | 13,511 | +8.7%$^†$ |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 199,299 | 17,398 | 6,420 | 11,072 | −2.8%$^†$ |
| 3 | Baník Ostrava | 187,837 | 15,100 | 5,115 | 10,435 | +32.3%$^†$ |
| 4 | Viktoria Plzeň | 159,892 | 11,489 | 5,316 | 8,883 | −7.2%$^†$ |
| 5 | Slovan Liberec | 85,000 | 9,546 | 1,958 | 5,000 | +0.1%$^†$ |
| 6 | Sigma Olomouc | 74,357 | 10,667 | 2,459 | 4,647 | −12.9%$^†$ |
| 7 | Bohemians 1905 | 76,118 | 5,000 | 3,041 | 4,229 | +2.7%$^†$ |
| 8 | Slovácko | 75,345 | 6,586 | 2,823 | 4,186 | −6.9%$^†$ |
| 9 | Fastav Zlín | 65,087 | 5,898 | 3,065 | 3,829 | −8.5%$^†$ |
| 10 | Teplice | 56,694 | 15,131 | 1,187 | 3,543 | −20.1%$^†$ |
| 11 | Příbram | 58,145 | 7,132 | 1,638 | 3,420 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Opava | 57,485 | 6,385 | 953 | 3,194 | n/a$^†$ |
| 13 | Karviná | 51,835 | 4,833 | 1,942 | 3,049 | −14.2%$^†$ |
| 14 | Jablonec | 49,252 | 5,950 | 1,608 | 2,897 | −10.3%$^†$ |
| 15 | Mladá Boleslav | 49,237 | 5,000 | 1,236 | 2,896 | +0.4%$^†$ |
| 16 | Dukla Prague | 45,595 | 7,765 | 654 | 2,682 | −4.7%$^†$ |
| | League total | 1,534,376 | 19,370 | 654 | 5,539 | −0.1%$^†$ |
Source: Fortunaliga.cz