Czech First League

The **Czech First League**, known as the **Chance liga** for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of association football in the Czech Republic.

### Year by year

||Season|Champions|Runners-up|Third place|Top goalscorer(s) (goals)|Club(s)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||1993–94|Sparta Prague (1)|Slavia Prague|Baník Ostrava|Horst Siegl (20)|Sparta Prague|
||1994–95|Sparta Prague (2)|Slavia Prague|Boby Brno|Radek Drulák (15)|Drnovice|
||1995–96|Slavia Prague (1)|Sigma Olomouc|Jablonec|Radek Drulák (22)|Drnovice|
||1996–97|Sparta Prague (3)|Slavia Prague|Jablonec|Horst Siegl (19)|Sparta Prague|
||1997–98|Sparta Prague (4)|Slavia Prague|Sigma Olomouc|Horst Siegl (13)|Sparta Prague|
||1998–99|Sparta Prague (5)|Teplice|Slavia Prague|Horst Siegl (18)|Sparta Prague|
||1999–00|Sparta Prague (6)|Slavia Prague|Drnovice|Vratislav Lokvenc (22)|Sparta Prague|
||2000–01|Sparta Prague (7)|Slavia Prague|Sigma Olomouc|Vítězslav Tuma (15)|Drnovice|
||2001–02|Slovan Liberec (1)|Sparta Prague|Viktoria Žižkov|Jiří Štajner (15)|Slovan Liberec|
||2002–03|Sparta Prague (8)|Slavia Prague|Viktoria Žižkov|Jiří Kowalík (16)|1. FC Synot|
||2003–04|Baník Ostrava (1)|Sparta Prague|Sigma Olomouc|Marek Heinz (19)|Baník Ostrava|
||2004–05|Sparta Prague (9)|Slavia Prague|Teplice|Tomáš Jun (14)|Sparta Prague|
||2005–06|Slovan Liberec (2)|Mladá Boleslav|Slavia Prague|Milan Ivana (11)|Slovácko|
||2006–07|Sparta Prague (10)|Slavia Prague|Mladá Boleslav|Luboš Pecka (16)|Mladá Boleslav|
||2007–08|Slavia Prague (2)|Sparta Prague|Baník Ostrava|Václav Svěrkoš (15)|Baník Ostrava|
||2008–09|Slavia Prague (3)|Sparta Prague|Slovan Liberec|Andrej Kerić (15)|Slovan Liberec|
||2009–10|Sparta Prague (11)|Jablonec|Baník Ostrava|Michal Ordoš (12)|Sigma Olomouc|
||2010–11|Viktoria Plzeň (1)|Sparta Prague|Jablonec|David Lafata (19)|Jablonec|
||2011–12|Slovan Liberec (3)|Sparta Prague|Viktoria Plzeň|David Lafata (25)|Jablonec|
||2012–13|Viktoria Plzeň (2)|Sparta Prague|Slovan Liberec|David Lafata (20)|Jablonec / Sparta Prague|
||2013–14|Sparta Prague (12)|Viktoria Plzeň|Mladá Boleslav|Josef Hušbauer (18)|Sparta Prague|
||2014–15|Viktoria Plzeň (3)|Sparta Prague|Jablonec|David Lafata (20)|Sparta Prague|
||2015–16|Viktoria Plzeň (4)|Sparta Prague|Slovan Liberec|David Lafata (20)|Sparta Prague|
||2016–17|Slavia Prague (4)|Viktoria Plzeň|Sparta Prague|Milan Škoda /  David Lafata (15)|Slavia Prague / Sparta Prague|
||2017–18|Viktoria Plzeň (5)|Slavia Prague|Jablonec|Michael Krmenčík (16)|Viktoria Plzeň|
||2018–19|Slavia Prague (5)|Viktoria Plzeň|Sparta Prague|Nikolay Komlichenko (29)|Mladá Boleslav|
||2019–20|Slavia Prague (6)|Viktoria Plzeň|Sparta Prague|Libor Kozák /  Petar Musa (14)|Sparta Prague / Slavia Prague|
||2020–21|Slavia Prague (7)|Sparta Prague|Jablonec|Jan Kuchta /  Adam Hložek (15)|Slavia Prague / Sparta Prague|
||2021–22|Viktoria Plzeň (6)|Slavia Prague|Sparta Prague|Jean-David Beauguel (19)|Viktoria Plzeň|
||2022–23|Sparta Prague (13)|Slavia Prague|Viktoria Plzeň|Václav Jurečka (20)|Slavia Prague|
||2023–24|Sparta Prague (14)|Slavia Prague|Viktoria Plzeň|Václav Jurečka (19)|Slavia Prague|

### Performance by club

|Club|Winners|Runners-up|Winning years|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Sparta Prague|||1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01,2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2022–23, 2023–24|
|Slavia Prague|||1995–96, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21|
|Viktoria Plzeň|||2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22|
|Slovan Liberec|||2001–02, 2005–06, 2011–12|
|Baník Ostrava|||2003–04|
|Sigma Olomouc||||
|Teplice||||
|Mladá Boleslav||||
|Jablonec||||

### 2024–25 season

The following 16 clubs are competing in the 2024–25 Czech First League.

|Team|Location|Manager|Stadium|Capacity|class="unsortable"|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bohemians 1905|Prague||Ďolíček|align="center"|6,300|style="text-align:center"||
|SK Dynamo České Budějovice|České Budějovice||Stadion Střelecký ostrov|align="center"|6,681|style="text-align:center"||
|FK Dukla Prague|Prague||Stadion Juliska|align="center"|8,150|style="text-align:center"||
|FC Hradec Králové|Hradec Králové||Malšovická aréna|align="center"|9,300|style="text-align:center"||
|FK Jablonec|Jablonec nad Nisou||Stadion Střelnice|align="center"|6,108|style="text-align:center"||
|MFK Karviná|Karviná||Městský stadion (Karviná)|align="center"|4,833|style="text-align:center"||
|FC Slovan Liberec|Liberec||Stadion u Nisy|align="center"|9,900|style="text-align:center"||
|FK Mladá Boleslav|Mladá Boleslav||Lokotrans Aréna|align="center"|5,000|style="text-align:center"||
|SK Sigma Olomouc|Olomouc||Andrův stadion|align="center"|12,474|style="text-align:center"||
|FC Baník Ostrava|Ostrava||Městský stadion (Ostrava)|align="center"|15,123|style="text-align:center"||
|FK Pardubice|Pardubice||CFIG Arena|align="center"|4,620|style="text-align:center"||
|FC Viktoria Plzeň|Plzeň||Doosan Arena|align="center"|11,700|style="text-align:center"||
|SK Slavia Prague|Prague||Fortuna Arena|align="center"|19,370|style="text-align:center"||
|1. FC Slovácko|Uherské Hradiště||Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty|align="center"|8,000|style="text-align:center"||
|AC Sparta Prague|Prague||epet ARENA|align="center"|18,944|style="text-align:center"||
|FK Teplice|Teplice||Na Stínadlech|align="center"|18,221|style="text-align:center"||

## All time table

_After the 2023–24 season._

The table counts all seasons since the Czech First League was founded in 1993. Highlighted teams will be competing in the 2024–25 Czech First League.

||||||||||||Current level|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|**AC Sparta Prague**|31|959|602|201|156|1830|803|1027|**1989**|1st tier|
|2|**SK Slavia Prague**|31|959|529|243|187|1681|859|822|**1814**|1st tier|
|3|**FC Slovan Liberec**|31|953|404|262|287|1278|1057|221|**1463**|1st tier|
|4|**FC Viktoria Plzeň**|27|839|413|197|229|1300|915|385|**1424**|1st tier|
|5|**FK Jablonec**|30|929|357|267|305|1248|1113|135|**1338**|1st tier|
|6|**SK Sigma Olomouc**|29|890|335|251|304|1138|1048|90|**1242**|1st tier|
|7|**FC Baník Ostrava**|30|930|323|269|338|1231|1188|43|**1224**|1st tier|
|8|**FK Teplice**|28|863|304|246|313|1059|1096|−37|**1158**|1st tier|
|9|FC Zbrojovka Brno|26|789|255|206|328|914|1069|−155|**961**|2nd tier|
|10|**FK Mladá Boleslav**|20|626|251|163|212|934|835|99|**916**|1st tier|
|11|**1. FC Slovácko**|22|686|238|179|269|807|863|−56|**893**|1st tier|
|12|**SK Dynamo České Budějovice**|23|705|200|190|315|752|1074|−322|**779**|1st tier|
|13|**Bohemians 1905**|22|688|195|197|296|715|958|−243|**774**|1st tier|
|14|FK Příbram|22|672|191|172|309|697|986|−289|**745**|3rd tier|
|15|FC Zlín|19|596|162|164|270|594|859|−265|**640**|2nd tier|
|16|**FC Hradec Králové**|17|524|141|143|240|499|742|−243|**557**|1st tier|
|17|FK Viktoria Žižkov|14|420|144|106|170|478|539|−61|**526**|2nd tier|
|18|FK Drnovice|10|300|114|67|119|392|398|−6|**396**|Dissolved in 2006|
|19|SFC Opava|11|342|83|89|170|347|532|−185|**338**|2nd tier|
|20|**FK Dukla Prague**|9|275|77|76|122|325|420|−95|**306**|1st tier|
|21|FK Chmel Blšany|8|240|67|63|110|255|350|−95|**264**|Dissolved in 2016|
|22|FC Vysočina Jihlava|7|210|55|61|94|221|315|−94|**226**|2nd tier|
|23|**MFK Karviná**|7|232|50|63|119|246|367|−121|**213**|1st tier|
|24|**FK Pardubice**|4|139|46|28|65|160|220|−60|**166**|1st tier|
|25|SK Kladno|4|120|28|30|62|99|173|−74|**114**|4th tier|
|26|FC Union Cheb|3|90|29|26|35|95|121|−26|**100**|4th tier|
|27|FK SIAD Most|3|90|19|30|41|96|140|−44|**87**|Dissolved in 2016|
|28|FK Bohemians Prague|2|60|14|8|38|60|111|−51|**50**|Dissolved in 2016|
|29|FC Karviná|2|60|12|12|36|53|105|−52|**48**|Merged with MFK Karviná in 2008|
|30|1. SC Znojmo FK|1|30|6|9|15|32|49|−17|**27**|3rd tier|
|31|FK Ústí nad Labem|1|30|4|7|19|22|67|−45|**19**|3rd tier|
|32|Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště|1|30|3|8|19|19|65|−46|**17**|Merged with Slovácko in 2000|
|33|MFK Vítkovice|1|30|3|7|20|22|64|−42|**13**|4th tier|
|34|FK Švarc Benešov|1|30|3|3|24|23|78|−55|**12**|4th tier|
|35|AFK Atlantic Lázně Bohdaneč|1|30|2|5|23|18|61|−43|**11**|Dissolved in 2000|

- Point deductions are not counted in this historical table (2004–05: 1. FC Slovácko −12, SFC Opava −6, Slovan Liberec −6; 2009–10: Bohemians Praha (Střížkov) −15; 2011–12: Sigma Olomouc −9).
- A win was awarded with 2 points in the 1993–94 season.

## Records

.
The following statistics only include seasons of Czech First League since its started in 1993. **Highlighted** players currently play in the Czech First League.

### Most appearances

|Rank|Player|Matches|
| --- | --- | --- |
|**1**|**Milan Petržela**|514|
|**2**|Václav Procházka|447|
|**3**|**Josef Jindřišek**|443|
|**4**|Stanislav Vlček|436|
|**5**|Martin Vaniak|432|
|Rudolf Otepka|||
|**7**|**Marek Matějovský**|430|
|**8**|Pavel Horváth|426|
|**9**|David Lafata|418|
|**10**|Libor Došek|407|

### Top scorers

|Rank|Player|Goals|Matches|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**1**|David Lafata|198|418|
|**2**|Horst Siegl|134|310|
|**3**|Libor Došek|125|407|
|**4**|Milan Škoda|104|344|
|**5**|**Jakub Řezníček**|96|338|
|**6**|**Jan Chramosta**|95|347|
|**7**|Stanislav Vlček|94|436|
|**8**|Luděk Zelenka|92|342|
|**9**|Marek Kulič|88|389|
|**10**|Martin Doležal|87|305|

## Other websites

- Official website of Czech football
- Czech First League – news reporting at iDNES.cz
- Czech First League at eFotbal.cz
- League321.com – Czech Republic football league tables, records & statistics database
- Czech Republic – List of Champions at RSSSF

## Infobox (football league)

- **country**: Czech Republic
- **confed**: UEFA
- **relegation**: Czech National Football League
- **level**: 1
- **teams**: 16
- **domest cup**: Czech Cup
- **confed cup**: UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Conference League
- **season**: 2023–24 Czech First League, 2023–24
- **top goalscorer**: David Lafata (198 goals)
- **tv**: OneFootball (Outside of Czech Republic)
- **current**: 2024–25 Czech First League
- **pyramid**: Czech_Republic_football_league_system
- **name**: Chance liga