2013–14 Czech First League

The 2013–14 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 21st season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The season began on 19 July 2013 and ended on 31 May 2014. Sparta Prague won their 36th title on 4 May 2014, after defending champions Plzeň drew against Jablonec. They ended the season with a Czech league record of 79 points out of a possible 90, winning all of their home games, and losing only one away game and drawing a further four.^[5] Sigma Olomouc and Znojmo were relegated, the latter having played its top flight debut, and the former having played in every Czech first league season since its establishment in 1993.

Czech First League

Season	2013–14
Champions	Sparta Prague
Relegated	Sigma Olomouc Znojmo
Champions League	Sparta Prague
Europa League	Viktoria Plzeň Mladá Boleslav Slovan Liberec
Matches played	240
Goals scored	673 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Josef Hušbauer (18 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Tomáš Vaclík (14 clean sheets)[1]
Biggest home win	Jablonec 6–0 Příbram (10 November 2013) Plzeň 6–0 Liberec (29 March 2014)
Biggest away win	Slavia 0–7 Teplice (19 August 2013)
Highest scoring	Jablonec 5–5 Znojmo (17 August 2013)
Highest attendance	19,089[2] Sparta 3–0 Slavia (12 April 2014)
Lowest attendance	155[3] Znojmo 0–2 Dukla (31 May 2014)
Average attendance	5,065[4]
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Teams

Hradec Králové and České Budějovice were relegated to the 2013–14 Czech 2. Liga after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the 2012–13 season. Hradec Králové therefore returned to the second tier after three seasons in the top league, while České Budějovice left after a seven-year spell in the top flight.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2012–13 2. Liga winners Znojmo and runners-up Bohemians 1905. Bohemians thus returned to the top flight after a one-year absence. Znojmo, having never played in the top flight before, made their top-league début.^[6]

Stadiums and locations

Prague

Brno
Znojmo

Jablonec

Jihlava

Liberec

Ml. Boleslav

Olomouc

Ostrava

Příbram

Slovácko

Teplice

Plzeň

Prague teams:
Bohemians 1905
Dukla Prague
Slavia Prague
Sparta Prague

Locations of clubs in the 2013–14 Czech First League

Club	Location	Stadion	Capacity	2012–13 position
Baník Ostrava	Ostrava	Bazaly	17,372	14th
Bohemians 1905	Prague	Ďolíček	7,500	2L, 2nd
Dukla Prague	Prague	Stadion Juliska	4,560	6th
FK Jablonec	Jablonec nad Nisou	Stadion Střelnice	6,280	4th
FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav)	5,000	8th
1. FK Příbram	Příbram	Na Litavce	9,100	11th
Sigma Olomouc	Olomouc	Andrův stadion	12,566	5th
Slavia Prague	Prague	Synot Tip Arena	21,000	7th
1. FC Slovácko	Uherské Hradiště	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,121	9th
Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	3rd
Sparta Prague	Prague	Generali Arena	20,558	2nd
FK Teplice	Teplice	Na Stínadlech	18,221	12th
Viktoria Plzeň	Plzeň	Stadion města Plzně	13,000	1st
Vysočina Jihlava	Jihlava	Stadion v Jiráskově ulici	4,075	10th
Zbrojovka Brno	Brno	Městský stadion (Brno)	12,550	13th
1. SC Znojmo	Znojmo	Městský stadion (Brno) Note 1	12,550	2L, 1st

Notes:

1. Městský stadion (Znojmo) does not meet the football association criteria, therefore Znojmo are ground-sharing in Brno.^[6] Znojmo played their final fixture against Dukla Prague at Stadion v Jiráskově ulici in Jihlava as Brno also had a home fixture on the same date.^[7]

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Baník Ostrava	Tomáš Bernady	Michal Frydrych	Nike	Vítkovice Machinery Group
Bohemians 1905	Luděk Klusáček	Josef Jindřišek	adidas	Remal
Dukla Prague	Luboš Kozel	Patrik Gedeon	adidas	Staeg
Jablonec	Roman Skuhravý	Luboš Loučka	Umbro	Baumit
Mladá Boleslav	Karel Jarolím	David Jarolím	Nike	Škoda
Příbram	Petr Čuhel	Aleš Hruška	adidas	Startip
Sigma Olomouc	Martin Kotůlek	Aleš Škerle	adidas	Sigma Group
Slavia Prague	Alex Pastoor	Fernando Maria Neves	Umbro	Chance
Slovácko	Svatopluk Habanec	Vít Valenta	Kappa	Z-GROUP Steel holding
Slovan Liberec	Jaroslav Šilhavý	Radoslav Kováč	Nike	none
Sparta Prague	Vítězslav Lavička	David Lafata	Nike	none
Teplice	Zdeněk Ščasný	Milan Matula	Umbro	AGC
Viktoria Plzeň	Dušan Uhrin, Jr.	Pavel Horváth	Puma	Doosan Group
Vysočina Jihlava	Petr Rada	Lukáš Vaculík	Hummel	PSJ
Zbrojovka Brno	Václav Kotal	Pavel Zavadil	Umbro	E-Motion
Znojmo	Leoš Kalvoda	Todor Yonov	adidas	Aventin

• ¹ According to current revision of List of Czech Football League managers

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Zbrojovka Brno	Ludevít Grmela	Sacked	3 September 2013	15th	Václav Kotal	3 September 2013[8]
Slavia Prague	Michal Petrouš	Resigned	14 September 2013	13th	Miroslav Koubek	18 September 2013[9]
Příbram	František Straka	Sacked	1 October 2013	12th	Petr Čuhel	7 October 2013[10]
Baník Ostrava	Erich Cviertna	Death	5 October 2013	9th	Tomáš Bernady	10 October 2013[11]
Viktoria Plzeň	Pavel Vrba	Signed by Czech Republic	15 December 2013	2nd	Dušan Uhrin, Jr.[12][13]	17 December 2013
Sigma Olomouc	Martin Kotůlek	Sacked	18 December 2013	9th	Zdeněk Psotka	January 2014[14][15]
Slavia Prague	Miroslav Koubek	Sacked	3 March 2014	10th	Alex Pastoor	3 March 2014[16]
Bohemians 1905	Jozef Weber	Sacked[17]	10 March 2014	16th	Luděk Klusáček[18]	10 March 2014
Slovan Liberec	Jaroslav Šilhavý	Mutual consent	16 April 2014	5th	David Vavruška[19]	16 April 2014
Sigma Olomouc	Zdeněk Psotka	Sacked	28 April 2014	13th	Ladislav Minář	28 April 2014[20]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sparta Prague (C)	30	25	4	1	78	19	+59	79	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Viktoria Plzeň	30	19	9	2	64	21	+43	66	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[a]
3	Mladá Boleslav	30	14	8	8	54	38	+16	50	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4	Slovan Liberec	30	14	6	10	37	46	−9	48
5	Teplice	30	13	7	10	51	35	+16	46
6	Slovácko	30	11	7	12	43	40	+3	40
7	Dukla Prague	30	10	8	12	35	37	−2	38
8	Vysočina Jihlava	30	10	7	13	45	50	−5	37[b]
9	Zbrojovka Brno	30	10	7	13	32	42	−10	37[b]
10	Baník Ostrava	30	8	11	11	33	43	−10	35
11	Jablonec	30	9	7	14	43	53	−10	34[c]
12	Příbram	30	9	7	14	34	49	−15	34[c]
13	Slavia Prague	30	8	6	16	24	51	−27	30[d]
14	Bohemians 1905	30	7	9	14	26	40	−14	30[d]
15	Sigma Olomouc (R)	30	7	8	15	42	60	−18	29	Relegation to FNL
16	Znojmo (R)	30	6	9	15	32	49	−17	27

Source: Fortuna liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2013–14 Czech Cup, Sparta Prague, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, and the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team.
2. Vysočina Jihlava ahead of Zbrojovka Brno on head-to-head record; Vysočina Jihlava–Zbrojovka Brno 2–1, Zbrojovka Brno–Vysočina Jihlava 1–0.
3. Jablonec ahead of Zlín on head-to-head record; Jablonec–Příbram 6–0, Příbram–Jablonec 3–0.
4. Slavia Prague ahead of Bohemians 1905 on head-to-head record; Slavia Prague–Bohemians 1905 1–0, Bohemians 1905–Slavia Prague 0–1.

Results

Home \ Away	OST	B05	DUK	JAB	MLA	PŘI	SIG	SLA	SLO	LIB	SPA	TEP	VPL	JIH	ZBR	ZNO
Baník Ostrava		1–3	2–0	0–4	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–1
Bohemians 1905	0–0		3–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0
Dukla Prague	1–0	1–1		1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	3–1	0–3	0–3	2–1	1–1
Jablonec	1–0	1–2	1–4		1–1	6–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	5–5
Mladá Boleslav	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–2		1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	4–0	0–4	1–0	1–2	3–1	5–2	5–1
Příbram	4–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	3–1		3–2	0–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	0–4	2–4	5–0	2–1	1–1
Sigma Olomouc	2–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0		5–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	4–3	2–0	2–0
Slavia Prague	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–4	3–0	2–3		1–1	2–1	0–2	0–7	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–1
Slovácko	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–0		4–2	0–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	5–0	2–0
Slovan Liberec	3–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1		1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Sparta Prague	4–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	4–1	4–0	5–0	3–0	4–1	4–1		2–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	3–0
Teplice	0–0	5–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–1		1–0	4–2	0–1	1–3
Viktoria Plzeň	4–0	5–0	0–0	6–1	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	6–0	0–0	3–0		1–1	1–1	3–2
Vysočina Jihlava	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	3–0	5–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	1–4	1–1	1–2		2–1	4–0
Zbrojovka Brno	0–0	5–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–3	3–2	1–3	1–0		2–0
Znojmo	0–4	0–0	0–2	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	4–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1

Source: Fortuna liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[21]
1	Josef Hušbauer	Sparta Prague	18
2	David Lafata	Sparta Prague	16
	Zbyněk Pospěch	Dukla Prague
4	Franci Litsingi	Teplice	14
5	Haris Harba	Vysočina Jihlava	13
6	Jasmin Šćuk	Mladá Boleslav	12
	Stanislav Tecl	Viktoria Plzeň
8	Aidin Mahmutović	Teplice	10
	Václav Vašíček	Znojmo
	Milan Kerbr	Slovácko

Average home attendance by club

Club	Average attendance[22]
Sparta Prague	11,340
Viktoria Plzeň	10,089
Teplice	6,994
Baník Ostrava	6,525
Slavia Prague	6,189
Sigma Olomouc	4,972
Slovan Liberec	4,678
Slovácko	4,660
Bohemians 1905	4,199
Zbrojovka Brno	4,176
Mladá Boleslav	3,691
Vysočina Jihlava	3,276
Příbram	3,216
Jablonec	2,869
Dukla Prague	2,765
Znojmo	1,392

See also

• 2013–14 Czech Cup
• 2013–14 Czech National Football League