# 1979–80 Czechoslovak First League

Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1979–80 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and FC Baník Ostrava won the championship. Werner Lička was the league's top scorer with 18 goals.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Baník Ostrava (C) | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 41 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Zbrojovka Brno | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 36 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Bohemians Prague | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 34 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dukla Prague | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 33 | |
| 5 | Inter Bratislava | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 33 | |
| 6 | Plastika Nitra | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 32 | |
| 7 | Spartak Trnava | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 32 | |
| 8 | Lokomotíva Košice | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 31 | |
| 9 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 30 | |
| 10 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 30 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 11 | Slovan Bratislava | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 29 | |
| 12 | RH Cheb | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 28 | |
| 13 | Košice | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 26 | |
| 14 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 26 | |
| 15 | Jednota Trenčín (R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 63 | −36 | 20 | Relegation to Slovak National Football League |
| 16 | Škoda Plzeň (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 19 | Relegation to Czech National Football League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | OST | BOH | BB | DUK | INT | TRE | KOŠ | LOK | NIT | CHE | PLZ | SLA | SLO | SPA | TRN | BRN |
| Baník Ostrava | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Bohemians Prague | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Dukla Banská Bystrica | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Dukla Prague | 1–2 | 4–0 | 7–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Inter Bratislava | 3–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| Jednota Trenčín | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 |
| Košice | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiva Košice | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Plastika Nitra | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| RH Cheb | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 4–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Škoda Plzeň | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Slavia Prague | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Sparta Prag | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 4–3 |
| Spartak Trnava | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–3 |
| Zbrojovka Brno | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |

## Squad of the champions Baník Ostrava

Coach: Evžen Hadamczik
* Milan Albrecht
* Augustín Antalík
* Václav Daněk
* František Kadlček
* Lubomír Knapp
* Verner Lička
* Zdeněk Lorenc
* Pavel Mačák
* Jozef Marchevský
* Jan Matuštík
* Pavol Michalík
* Petr Němec
* Václav Pěcháček
* Libor Radimec
* Zdeněk Rygel
* Lubomír Šrámek
* Zdeněk Šreiner
* Dušan Šrubař
* Rostislav Vojáček

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Verner Lička | Baník Ostrava | 18 |
| 2 | Karel Kroupa | Zbrojovka Brno | 16 |
| 2 | Ladislav Vízek | Dukla Prague | 16 |
| 4 | Petr Janečka | Zbrojovka Brno | 15 |
| 5 | Dušan Borko | Plastika Nitra | 14 |
| 5 | Petr Slaný | Sparta Prague | 14 |
| 7 | Bohumil Andrejko | Košice | 13 |
| 8 | Lubomír Pokluda | RH Cheb | 11 |