# 1973–74 Czechoslovak First League

Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1973–74 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and ŠK Slovan Bratislava won the championship. Ladislav Józsa and Přemysl Bičovský 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 | Slovan Bratislava (C) | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 37 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dukla Prague | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 34 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 34 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | ZVL Žilina | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 30 | |
| 6 | Sklo Union Teplice | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 29 | |
| 7 | Spartak Trnava | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 29 | |
| 9 | VSS Košice | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 29 | |
| 10 | Zbrojovka Brno | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 29 | |
| 11 | Nitra | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 29 | |
| 12 | Bohemians Prague | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 28 | |
| 13 | Inter Bratislava | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 28 | |
| 14 | Škoda Plzeň | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 28 | |
| 15 | Lokomotíva Košice (R) | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 27 | Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League |
| 16 | Tatran Prešov (R) | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 25 | Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | OST | BOH | DUK | INT | LOK | NIT | TEP | PLZ | SLA | SLO | SPA | TRN | PRE | KOŠ | BRN | ŽIL |
| Baník Ostrava | | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Bohemians Prague | 5–0 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Dukla Prague | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Inter Bratislava | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Lokomotíva Košice | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Nitra | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Sklo Union Teplice | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Škoda Plzeň | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Prague | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Sparta Prague | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Spartak Trnava | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Tatran Prešov | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| VSS Košice | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Zbrojovka Brno | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 |
| ZVL Žilina | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ladislav Józsa | Lokomotíva Košice | 17 |
| 1 | Přemysl Bičovský | Sklo Union Teplice | 17 |
| 3 | Dušan Herda | Slavia Prague | 15 |
| 4 | Jozef Čapkovič | Slovan Bratislava | 14 |
| 4 | Jiří Klement | Baník Ostrava | 14 |
| 6 | Ivan Bican | Škoda Plzeň | 13 |
| 6 | Štefan Slezák | ZVL Žilina | 13 |
| 8 | Jozef Levický | Inter Bratislava | 11 |
| 8 | Zdeněk Nehoda | Dukla Prague | 11 |
| 8 | Ján Švehlík | Slovan Bratislava | 11 |