Czechoslovak First League

The **Czechoslovak First League** (, ) was the top division of football in Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993.

## League Names

- 1925 First Association League () (teams from Prague only)
- 1925–29 Central Bohemian First League () (teams from Prague and Central Bohemia)
- 1929–34 First Association League () (expanded to include Moravian teams)
- 1934–38 State League () (expanded to include Slovak teams)
- 1938–44 Bohemian-Moravian League () (World War II, Czechoslovakia split)
- 1945–48 State League () (Czechoslovak Republic reinstated)
- 1949–50 First All-National Championship ()
- 1951–55 Republic Championship ()
- 1956–93 First League ()

### 1925–1938

|Season|Champions|Runner-up|Third place|Top Goalscorer|Club|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1925|**Slavia Prague**|Sparta Prague|Viktoria Žižkov|Jan Vaník (13)|Slavia Prague|
|1925–26|**Sparta Prague**|Slavia Prague|Viktoria Žižkov|Jan Dvořáček (32)|Sparta Prague|
|1927|**Sparta Prague**|Slavia Prague|Vršovice|Antonín Puč (13) Josef Šíma (13)|Slavia Prague Sparta Prague|
|1927–28|**Viktoria Žižkov**|Slavia Prague|Sparta Prague|Karel Meduna (12)|Viktoria Žižkov|
|1928–29|**Slavia Prague**|Viktoria Žižkov|Sparta Prague|Antonín Puč (13)|Slavia Prague|
|1929–30|**Slavia Prague**|Sparta Prague|Viktoria Žižkov|František Kloz (15)|Kladno|
|1930–31|**Slavia Prague**|Sparta Prague|Bohemians Vršovice|Josef Silný (18)|Sparta Prague|
|1931–32|**Sparta Prague**|Slavia Prague|Bohemians Vršovice|Raymond Braine (16)|Sparta Prague|
|1932–33|**Slavia Prague**|Sparta Prague|Viktoria Plzeň|Gejza Kocsis (23)|Teplitzer FK / Bohemians Prague|
|1933–34|**Slavia Prague**|Sparta Prague|Kladno|Raymond Braine (18) Jiří Sobotka (18)|Sparta Prague Slavia Prague|
|1934–35|**Slavia Prague**|Sparta Prague|Židenice|František Svoboda (27)|Slavia Prague|
|1935–36|**Sparta Prague**|Slavia Prague|Prostějov|Vojtěch Bradáč (42)|Slavia Prague|
|1936–37|**Slavia Prague**|Sparta Prague|Prostějov|František Kloz (28)|Kladno|
|1937–38|**Sparta Prague**|Slavia Prague|Židenice|Josef Bican (22)|Slavia Prague|

### Bohemia-Moravia 1938–1944

|Season|Champions|Runner-up|Third place|Top Goalscorer|Club|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1938–39|**Sparta Prague**|Slavia Prague|SK Pardubice|Josef Bican (29)|Slavia Prague|
|1939–40|**Slavia Prague**|Sparta Prague|SK Pardubice|Josef Bican (50)|Slavia Prague|
|1940–41|**Slavia Prague**|SK Plzeň|SK Pardubice|Josef Bican (38)|Slavia Prague|
|1941–42|**Slavia Prague**|SK Prostějov|Viktoria Plzeň|Josef Bican (45)|Slavia Prague|
|1942–43|**Slavia Prague**|Sparta Prague|Baťa Zlín|Josef Bican (39)|Slavia Prague|
|1943–44|**Sparta Prague**|Slavia Prague|Baťa Zlín|Josef Bican (57)|Slavia Prague|

### 1945–1993

|Season|Champions|Runner-up|Third place|Top Goalscorer|Club|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1945–46|**Sparta Prague**|Slavia Prague|–|Josef Bican (31)|Slavia Prague|
|1946–47|**Slavia Prague**|Sparta Prague|Kladno|Josef Bican (43)|Slavia Prague|
|1947–48|**Sparta Prague**|Slavia Prague|Bratislava|Jaroslav Cejp (21)|Sparta Prague|
|1948|_not completed_|||Josef Bican (21)|Slavia Prague|
|1949|**NV Bratislava**|Bratrstvi Sparta|Železničáři Praha|Ladislav Hlaváček (28)|Slavia Prague|
|1950|**NV Bratislava**|Bratrstvi Sparta|Železničáři Praha|Josef Bican (22)|Vítkovické železárny|
|1951|**NV Bratislava**|Sparta CKD Sokolovo|Dynamo ČSD Košice|Alois Jaroš (16)|Vodotechna Teplice|
|1952|**Sparta CKD Sokolovo**|NV Bratislava|Ingstav Teplice|Miroslav Wiecek (20)|OKD Ostrava|
|1953|**ÚDA Prague**|Spartak Praga Sokolovo|ČH Bratislava|Josef Majer (13)|Baník Kladno|
|1954|**Spartak Praga Sokolovo**|Baník Ostrava|ČH Bratislava|Jiří Pešek (13)|Spartak Praga Sokolovo|
|1955|**Slovan Bratislava**|ÚDA Prague|Spartak Praga Sokolovo|Emil Pažický (9)|Slovan Bratislava / Iskra Žilina|
|1956|**Dukla Prague**|Slovan Bratislava|Spartak Praga Sokolovo|Milan Dvořák (15) Miroslav Wiecek (15)|Dukla Prague Baník Ostrava|
|1957–58|**Dukla Prague**|Spartak Praga Sokolovo|ČH Bratislava|Miroslav Wiecek (25)|Baník Ostrava|
|1958–59|**ČH Bratislava**|Dukla Prague|Dynamo Praha|Miroslav Wiecek (20)|Baník Ostrava|
|1959–60|**Spartak Hradec Kralové**|Slovan Bratislava|Dukla Prague|Michal Pucher (18)|Slovan Nitra|
|1960–61|**Dukla Prague**|ČH Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava|Rudolf Kučera (17) Ladislav Pavlovič (17)|Dukla Prague Tatran Prešov|
|1961–62|**Dukla Prague**|Slovan Nitra|ČH Bratislava|Adolf Scherer (24)|ČH Bratislava|
|1962–63|**Dukla Prague**|Jednota Trenčín|Baník Ostrava|Karel Petroš (19)|Tatran Prešov|
|1963–64|**Dukla Prague**|Slovan Bratislava|Tatran Prešov|Ladislav Pavlovič (21)|Tatran Prešov|
|1964–65|**Sparta Prague**|Tatran Prešov|VSS Košice|Pavol Bencz (21)|Jednota Trenčín|
|1965–66|**Dukla Prague**|Sparta Prague|Slavia Prague|Ladislav Michalík (15)|Baník Ostrava|
|1966–67|**Sparta Prague**|Slovan Bratislava|Spartak Trnava|Jozef Adamec (21)|Spartak Trnava|
|1967–68|**Spartak Trnava**|Slovan Bratislava|Jednota Trenčín|Jozef Adamec (18)|Spartak Trnava|
|1968–69|**Spartak Trnava**|Slovan Bratislava|Sparta Prague|Ladislav Petráš (20)|Dukla Banská Bystrica|
|1969–70|**Slovan Bratislava**|Spartak Trnava|Sparta Prague|Jozef Adamec (18)|Spartak Trnava|
|1970–71|**Spartak Trnava**|VSS Košice|Union Teplice|Jozef Adamec (16) Zdeněk Nehoda (16)|Spartak Trnava TJ Gottwaldov|
|1971–72|**Spartak Trnava**|Slovan Bratislava|Dukla Prague|Ján Čapkovič (19)|Slovan Bratislava|
|1972–73|**Spartak Trnava**|Tatran Prešov|VSS Košice|Ladislav Józsa (21)|Lokomotíva Košice|
|1973–74|**Slovan Bratislava**|Dukla Prague|Slavia Prague|Ladislav Józsa (17) Přemysl Bičovský (17)|Lokomotíva Košice Sklo Union Teplice|
|1974–75|**Slovan Bratislava**|Inter Bratislava|Bohemians Prague|Ladislav Petráš (20)|Inter Bratislava|
|1975–76|**Baník Ostrava**|Slovan Bratislava|Slavia Prague|Dušan Galis (21)|VSS Košice|
|1976–77|**Dukla Prague**|Inter Bratislava|Slavia Prague|Ladislav Józsa (18)|Lokomotíva Košice|
|1977–78|**Zbrojovka Brno**|Dukla Prague|Lokomotíva Košice|Karel Kroupa (20)|Zbrojovka Brno|
|1978–79|**Dukla Prague**|Baník Ostrava|Zbrojovka Brno|Karel Kroupa (17) Zdeněk Nehoda (17)|Zbrojovka Brno Dukla Prague|
|1979–80|**Baník Ostrava**|Zbrojovka Brno|Bohemians Prague|Werner Lička (18)|Baník Ostrava|
|1980–81|**Baník Ostrava**|Dukla Prague|Bohemians Prague|Marián Masný (16)|Slovan Bratislava|
|1981–82|**Dukla Prague**|Baník Ostrava|Bohemians Prague|Peter Herda (15) Ladislav Vízek (15)|Slavia Prague Dukla Prague|
|1982–83|**Bohemians Prague**|Baník Ostrava|Sparta Prague|Pavel Chaloupka (17)|Bohemians Prague|
|1983–84|**Sparta Prague**|Dukla Prague|Bohemians Prague|Werner Lička (20)|Baník Ostrava|
|1984–85|**Sparta Prague**|Bohemians Prague|Slavia Prague|Ivo Knoflíček (21)|Slavia Prague|
|1985–86|**TJ Vítkovice**|Sparta Prague|Dukla Prague|Stanislav Griga (19)|Sparta Prague|
|1986–87|**Sparta Prague**|TJ Vítkovice|Bohemians Prague|Václav Daněk (24)|Baník Ostrava|
|1987–88|**Sparta Prague**|Dukla Prague|DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda|Milan Luhový (24)|Dukla Prague|
|1988–89|**Sparta Prague**|Baník Ostrava|Plastika Nitra|Milan Luhový (25)|Dukla Prague|
|1989–90|**Sparta Prague**|Baník Ostrava|Inter Bratislava|Ľubomír Luhový (20)|Inter Bratislava|
|1990–91|**Sparta Prague**|Slovan Bratislava|Sigma Olomouc|Roman Kukleta (17)|Sparta Prague|
|1991–92|**Slovan Bratislava**|Sparta Prague|Sigma Olomouc|Peter Dubovský (27)|Slovan Bratislava|
|1992–93|**Sparta Prague**|Slavia Prague|Slovan Bratislava|Peter Dubovský (24)|Slovan Bratislava|

## Performance by club

|width=150px|Club|width=40px|Winners|width=500px|Winning Years|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Sparta Prague||1925–26, 1927, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1952, 1954, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93||||
|SK Slavia Prague||1925, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1946–47||||
|Dukla Prague / ÚDA Prague||1953, 1956, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82||||
|SK Slovan Bratislava / NV Bratislava||1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1991–92||||
|FC Spartak Trnava||1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73||||
|FC Baník Ostrava||1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81||||
|TJ Vítkovice||1985–86||||
|FK Viktoria Žižkov||1927–28||||
|FC Bohemians Praha||1982–83||||
|FC Zbrojovka Brno||1977–78||||
|Spartak Hradec Králové||1959–60||||
|FK Inter Bratislava||1958–59||||

## Player records

Josef Bican was the all-time top goalscorer of the league with 447 goals in 279 matches, of which 417 goals were scored for Slavia Praha and 30 goals for FC Vítkovice.

### Top goalscorers

|#|Name|Goals|Years|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**1**|Josef Bican|447|1937–51, 1953–56|
|**2**|Vlastimil Kopecký|252|1932–51|
|**3**|František Kloz|175|1926–45|
|**4**|Ladislav Kareš|163|?|
|**5**|Vojtěch Bradáč|155|1926–36, 1937–45|
|**6**|Jiří Pešek|151|1939–65|
|**7**|Otto Hemele|133|1937–65|
|**8**|Josef Silný|127|1923–33, 1934–40|
|**9**|Antonín Puč|123|1925–40|
|**10**|Josef Kadraba|117|1953–67|

## Other websites

- Full tables on RSSSF

## Infobox (football league)

- **name**: Czechoslovak First League
- **country**: Czechoslovakia
- **confed**: UEFA
- **founded**: 1925
- **folded**: 1993
- **teams**: 16 (in 1993)
- **level**: 1
- **domest cup**: Czechoslovak Cup
- **confed cup**: UEFA Champions League, European Cup
UEFA Cup
- **most champs**: AC Sparta Prague, Sparta Prague (21 titles)
- **top goalscorer**: Josef Bican (447 goals)