# 2017–18 SK Slavia Prague season

The 2017–18 season was SK Slavia Prague's 25th season in the Czech First League. The team was competing in Czech First League, the Czech Cup, and the UEFA Champions League.
The season was Jaroslav Šilhavý's second in charge of the club after signing from FK Dukla Prague in the autumn of 2016. He was replaced by Jindřich Trpišovský in December 2017.

## Season Events

On 14 May, Slavia gathered three points against Dukla Prague (match-week 28), which was sufficient to be mathematically assured that the team will finish ahead of Sparta in the league table.

## Squad

    As of 23 February 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Ondřej Kolář |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Eduard Sobol (on loan from Shakhtar) |
| 4 | DF | CZE | Jakub Jugas |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Per-Egil Flo |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Jan Sýkora |
| 7 | MF | POR | Danny |
| 8 | MF | CZE | Jaromír Zmrhal |
| 9 | MF | TKM | Ruslan Mingazow |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Josef Hušbauer |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Stanislav Tecl |
| 12 | MF | CZE | Pavel Bucha |
| 13 | DF | CMR | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui |
| 14 | FW | NED | Mick van Buren |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Kúdela |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Miroslav Stoch |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Jan Bořil |
| 19 | DF | CIV | Simon Deli |
| 21 | FW | CZE | Milan Škoda |
| 22 | MF | CZE | Tomáš Souček |
| 24 | FW | BIH | Muris Mešanović |
| 25 | DF | CZE | Michal Frydrych |
| 26 | MF | SVK | Jakub Hromada |
| 27 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Necid (on loan from Bursaspor) |
| 28 | DF | CZE | Lukáš Pokorný |
| 30 | GK | CZE | Martin Otáhal |
| 31 | GK | CZE | Přemysl Kovář |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | CZE | Martin Berkovec (at Karviná) |
| — | GK | SVK | Martin Vantruba (at Spartak Trnava) |
| — | DF | CZE | Matěj Chaluš (at Mladá Boleslav) |
| — | MF | CRO | Marko Alvir (at Domžale) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | BIH | Jasmin Šćuk (at Erzurumspor) |
| — | MF | CZE | Daniel Trubač (at Teplice) |
| — | FW | CUW | Gino van Kessel (at Oxford United) |
| — | FW | CZE | Zdeněk Linhart (at Táborsko) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 2 June 2017 | DF | Jakub Jugas | Fastav Zlín | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2017 | MF | Jakub Hromada | Sampdoria | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2017 | GK | Jan Laštůvka | Karviná | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2017 | MF | Danny | Zenit St.Petersburg | Free |
| 28 June 2017 | MF | Halil Altıntop | Augsburg | Free |
| 28 June 2017 | MF | Ruslan Rotan | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | GK | Josef Rehak | MAS Táborsko | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Libor Holík | Karviná | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Jan Mikula | Slovan Liberec | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | FW | Zdeněk Linhart | Příbram | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Jaroslav Mihalík | KS Cracovia | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Josef Bazal | Příbram | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | FW | Emmanuel Antwi | Sigma Olomouc | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | GK | Martin Berkovec | Bohemians 1905 | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Gino van Kessel | Lechia Gdańsk | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Tomáš Souček | Slovan Liberec | Loan Return |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Daniel Trubač | Hradec Králové | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2017 | FW | Petar Musa | Inter Zaprešić | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2017 | DF | Matěj Chaluš | Příbram | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2017 | MF | Miroslav Stoch | Fenerbahçe | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2018 | GK | Martin Vantruba | Spartak Trnava | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2018 | DF | Lukáš Pokorný | Montpellier | €800,000 |
| 20 January 2018 | GK | Ondřej Kolář | Slovan Liberec | Kč 25,000,000 |
| 20 January 2018 | DF | Ondřej Kúdela | Slovan Liberec | Kč 10,000,000 |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 9 August 2017 | DF | | Eduard Sobol | Shakhtar Donetsk | End of season | |
| 1 September 2017 | FW | | Tomáš Necid | Bursaspor | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Antonín Barák | Udinese | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Jiří Pavlenka | Werder Bremen | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Michael Lüftner | Copenhagen | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Jaroslav Mihalík | KS Cracovia | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Jan Mikula | Slovan Liberec | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Josef Bazal | Viktoria Žižkov | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Emmanuel Antwi | Slavia Prague U21 | |
| 28 July 2017 | DF | Marek Kodr | Příbram | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2018 | MF | Ruslan Rotan | Dynamo Kyiv | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2018 | GK | Jan Laštůvka | Baník Ostrava | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | MF | Halil Altıntop | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Undisclosed |
| 15 February 2018 | GK | Josef Rehak | Vlašim | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Zdeněk Linhart | Příbram | 31 December 2017 |
| 12 July 2017 | GK | Martin Berkovec | Karviná | End of season |
| 18 July 2017 | GK | Josef Rehak | Viktoria Žižkov | 31 December 2017 |
| 24 July 2017 | MF | Daniel Trubač | Teplice | End of season |
| 25 July 2017 | FW | Petar Musa | Viktoria Žižkov | End of season |
| 9 August 2017 | FW | Stanislav Tecl | Jablonec | 22 January 2018 |
| 10 August 2017 | MF | Gino van Kessel | Oxford United | End of season |
| 10 September 2017 | MF | Ruslan Mingazow | Mladá Boleslav | 31 December 2017 |
| 5 January 2018 | GK | Martin Vantruba | Spartak Trnava | End of season |
| 22 February 2018 | FW | Zdeněk Linhart | Táborsko | End of season |
| 25 March 2018 | MF | Farid Nabiyev | Shevardeni-1906 | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
| 1 January 2018 | DF | | Jiří Bílek | Retired | Retired |
| 1 January 2018 | DF | | Dušan Švento | | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Czech First League | 29 July 2017 | 26 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 056.67 |
| Czech Cup | 20 September 2017 | 9 May 2018 | Third round | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 25 July 2017 | 23 August 2017 | Third qualifying round | Play-off round | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 025.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 14 September 2017 | 7 December 2017 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 73 | 32 | +41 | 055.56 |
Source: Soccerway

### Czech First League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Viktoria Plzeň (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Jablonec | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
* 1 2 3 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Czech Cup, Slavia Prague, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: See results

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIL | AST | SLP | MTA |
| 1 | Villarreal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Astana | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 4 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 26 May 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | HET liga | HET liga | MOL Cup | MOL Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Ondřej Kolář | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Eduard Sobol | 28 | 1 | 17+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CZE | Jakub Jugas | 43 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NOR | Per-Egil Flo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Jan Sýkora | 27 | 3 | 11+6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | POR | Danny | 32 | 2 | 12+9 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | CZE | Jaromír Zmrhal | 32 | 5 | 16+5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | TKM | Ruslan Mingazow | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CZE | Josef Hušbauer | 38 | 6 | 26+3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | CZE | Stanislav Tecl | 11 | 5 | 4+5 | 3 | 1+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | CZE | Pavel Bucha | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | CMR | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | 32 | 2 | 18+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | NED | Mick van Buren | 28 | 5 | 9+7 | 5 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Kúdela | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SVK | Miroslav Stoch | 41 | 6 | 22+6 | 4 | 4+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Jan Bořil | 38 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | CIV | Simon Deli | 18 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CZE | Milan Škoda | 38 | 15 | 21+7 | 12 | 1+2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CZE | Tomáš Souček | 40 | 3 | 25+3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | BIH | Muris Mešanović | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CZE | Michal Frydrych | 33 | 4 | 19+2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SVK | Jakub Hromada | 22 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | CZE | Tomáš Necid | 25 | 8 | 2+13 | 3 | 3+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 28 | DF | CZE | Lukáš Pokorný | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | CZE | Přemysl Kovář | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away from Slavia Prague on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 23 | MF | BIH | Jasmin Šćuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Slavia Prague during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | TUR | Halil Altıntop | 10 | 2 | 5+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | CZE | Jan Laštůvka | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CZE | Jiří Bílek | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Rotan | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | SVK | Dušan Švento | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | HET liga | MOL Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 21 | Milan Škoda | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 27 | Tomáš Necid | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 17 | Miroslav Stoch | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Josef Hušbauer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 26 | Mick van Buren | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Jaromír Zmrhal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Stanislav Tecl | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | DF | 25 | Michal Frydrych | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | 22 | Tomáš Souček | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 6 | Jan Sýkora | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | 5 | Halil Altıntop | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | 7 | Danny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 13 | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | 3 | Eduard Sobol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 19 | Simon Deli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 4 | Jakub Jugas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | 15 | Per-Egil Flo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 50 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 73 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | HET liga | HET liga | MOL Cup | MOL Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Ondřej Kolář | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Eduard Sobol | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jakub Jugas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jan Sýkora | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Danny | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Josef Hušbauer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Stanislav Tecl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Mick van Buren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ondřej Kúdela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Miroslav Stoch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Jan Bořil | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Simon Deli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Jiří Bílek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Milan Škoda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Tomáš Souček | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Muris Mešanović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Michal Frydrych | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Jakub Hromada | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Tomáš Necid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Lukáš Pokorný | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 23 | MF | Jasmin Šćuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Slavia Prague during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 16 | GK | Jan Laštůvka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Ruslan Rotan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 70 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 96 | 0 |