2016–17 Czech First League

The 2016–17 Czech First League, known as the ePojisteni.cz liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. Slavia Prague won the league, while defending champions Viktoria Plzeň finished in second place. The season began on 29 July 2016 and ended on 27 May 2017.

Czech First League

Season	2016–17
Dates	29 July 2016 – 27 May 2017
Champions	Slavia Prague
Relegated	Hradec Králové FK Příbram
Champions League	Slavia Prague Viktoria Plzeň
Europa League	Fastav Zlín Sparta Prague Mladá Boleslav
Matches	240
Goals	597 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Milan Škoda David Lafata (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Jablonec 5–0 Jihlava
Biggest away win	Příbram 1–8 Slavia
Highest scoring	Příbram 1–8 Slavia
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 28 May 2017.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Prague

Brno

Hradec Králové

Jablonec

Karviná

Liberec

Ml. Boleslav

Příbram

Slovácko

Teplice

Plzeň

Vysočina Jihlava

Zlín

Prague teams:
Bohemians 1905
Dukla Prague
Slavia Prague
Sparta Prague

Location of teams in 2016–17 Czech First League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2015–16
Bohemians 1905	Prague	Ďolíček	5,000	9th
Dukla Prague	Prague	Stadion Juliska	8,150	10th
Hradec Králové	Hradec Králové	Všesportovní stadion	7,220	FNL, 2nd (promoted)
FK Jablonec	Jablonec nad Nisou	Stadion Střelnice	6,280	7th
Karviná	Karviná	Městský stadion	4,833	FNL, 1st (promoted)
FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav)	5,000	4th
1. FK Příbram	Příbram	Na Litavce	9,100	14th
Slavia Prague	Prague	Eden Arena	20,800	5th
1. FC Slovácko	Uherské Hradiště	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,121	8th
Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	3rd
Sparta Prague	Prague	Generali Arena	19,416	2nd
FK Teplice	Teplice	Na Stínadlech	18,221	12th
Viktoria Plzeň	Plzeň	Stadion města Plzně	11,722	1st
Vysočina Jihlava	Jihlava	Stadion v Jiráskově ulici	4,075	11th
Zbrojovka Brno	Brno	Městský stadion (Brno)	12,550	6th
FC Fastav Zlín	Zlín	Letná Stadion	6,375	13th

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Bohemians	Miroslav Koubek	Josef Jindřišek	Adidas	Remal
Dukla	Jaroslav Hynek	Marek Hanousek	Adidas	Carbounion
Hradec Králové	Milan Frimmel	Pavel Černý	Jako
Jablonec	Zdeněk Klucký	Tomáš Hübschman	Nike	TipGames ČPP
Karviná	Jozef Weber	Pavel Eismann	Adidas
Mladá Bloleslav	Leoš Kalvoda	Lukáš Magera	Adidas	Škoda
Příbram	Petr Rada		Nike	Energon Dobříš TipGames
Slavia	Jaroslav Šilhavý	Jan Bořil	Umbro	CEFC China
Slovácko	Stanislav Levý		Nike	Z-Group SynotTip
Liberec	Jindřich Trpišovský	Lukáš Pokorný	Nike	Preciosa
Sparta	Zdeněk Svoboda	David Lafata	Nike	SynotTip
Teplice	Daniel Šmejkal	Štěpán Vachoušek	Umbro	AGC Glass Speciální Stavby Most
Plzeň	Roman Pivarník	Roman Hubník	Puma	Doosan
Jihlava	Michal Bílek	Lukáš Vaculík	Adidas	PSJ
Brno	Svatopluk Habanec	Pavel Zavadil	Nike	FlatStore
Zlín	Bohumil Páník	Tomáš Poznar	Adidas	Lukrom

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Mladá Boleslav	Karel Jarolím	Mutual consent		1st	Leoš Kalvoda
Příbram	Martin Pulpit	Sacked	22 August 2016	16th	Petr Rada	22 August 2016
Slavia Prague	Dušan Uhrin Jr.		29 August 2016	10th	Jaroslav Šilhavý	5 September 2016
Dukla Prague	Jaroslav Šilhavý	Mutual consent	5 September 2016	13th	Jaroslav Hynek	15 September 2016
Jihlava	Michal Hipp	Become assistant	14 September 2016	15th	Michal Bílek	14 September 2016
Sparta Prague	Zdeněk Ščasný	Sacked	26 September 2016	4th	Zdeněk Svoboda	24 November 2016
Jablonec	Zdenko Frťala	Sacked	15 October 2016	11th	Zdeněk Klucký	5 December 2016
Mladá Boleslav	Leoš Kalvoda	Mutual consent	16 December 2016	5th	Martin Svědík	1 January 2017
Sparta Prague	Zdeněk Svoboda	Become assistant	21 December 2016	3rd	Tomáš Požár	21 December 2016
Příbram	Petr Rada	Resigned	7 January 2017	16th	Kamil Tobiáš	7 January 2017

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slavia Prague (C)	30	20	9	1	65	22	+43	69	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Viktoria Plzeň	30	20	7	3	47	21	+26	67
3	Sparta Prague	30	16	9	5	47	26	+21	57	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4	Mladá Boleslav	30	13	10	7	47	37	+10	49	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5	Teplice	30	13	9	8	38	25	+13	48
6	Fastav Zlín	30	11	8	11	34	35	−1	41	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
7	Dukla Prague	30	11	7	12	39	35	+4	40
8	Jablonec	30	9	12	9	43	38	+5	39[b]
9	Slovan Liberec	30	10	9	11	31	28	+3	39[b]
10	Karviná	30	9	7	14	39	49	−10	34
11	Zbrojovka Brno	30	6	14	10	32	45	−13	32[c]
12	Slovácko	30	6	14	10	29	38	−9	32[c]
13	Bohemians 1905	30	7	7	16	22	39	−17	28
14	Vysočina Jihlava	30	6	9	15	26	47	−21	27[d]
15	Hradec Králové (R)	30	8	3	19	29	51	−22	27[d]	Relegation to FNL
16	Příbram (R)	30	6	4	20	29	61	−32	22

Source: Fortuna liga, Soccerway
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) Goals scored; 7) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions, or relegation); 8) Draw.^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Fastav Zlín qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Czech Cup.
2. Head-to-head record: Slovan 1–1 Jablonec, Jablonec 3–0 Slovan.
3. Head-to-head record: Zbrojovka 1–0 Slovácko, Slovácko 0–0 Zbrojovka .
4. Head-to-head record: Hradec 1–0 Jihlava, Jihlava 3–1 Hradec.

Results

Home \ Away	B05	DUK	HRK	JAB	KAR	MLA	PŘI	SLA	SLK	LIB	SPA	TEP	VPL	JIH	ZBR	ZLN
Bohemians 1905	—	1–2	0–3	2–0	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–2
Dukla Prague	4–1	—	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	4–1	4–2	1–0
Hradec Králové	1–0	0–2	—	1–2	3–4	0–0	2–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2
Jablonec	0–0	1–1	2–1	—	5–3	1–2	2–4	0–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	5–0	1–2	2–0
Karviná	3–0	2–1	4–2	0–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–4	2–3	3–0	1–1	1–0
Mladá Boleslav	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	—	2–2	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–3	1–2
Příbram	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–4	4–2	0–1	—	1–8	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–3	0–0	2–3	0–2
Slavia Prague	1–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–2
Slovácko	2–0	2–2	1–3	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	—	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–3
Slovan Liberec	4–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0
Sparta Prague	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	—	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	0–0
Teplice	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–0	—	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–1	2–0	3–3	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	2–0	2–0	0–2
Vysočina Jihlava	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–4	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	—	3–0	1–3
Zbrojovka Brno	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–2	1–4	1–0	1–0	3–3	0–0	0–1	1–1	—	2–0
Zlín	1–1	0–1	1–3	2–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	—

Source: Fortuna liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2][3]
1	Milan Škoda	Slavia Prague	15
	David Lafata	Sparta Prague
3	Muris Mešanović	Slavia Prague	12
4	Michal Krmenčík	Viktoria Plzeň	10
	Michal Škoda	Zbrojovka Brno
6	Jan Chramosta	Mladá Boleslav	9
	Dāvis Ikaunieks	Vysočina Jihlava
8	Tomáš Pilík	Příbram	8
	Golgol Mebrahtu	Mladá Boleslav
	Marek Bakoš	Viktoria Plzeň
	Martin Doležal	Jablonec
	Martin Fillo	Teplice

Attendances

These are the average attendances of all the top division teams.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Slavia Prague	174,373	19,084	5,043	11,625	+30.9%†
2	Viktoria Plzeň	150,606	11,651	8,812	10,040	−5.5%†
3	Sparta Prague	150,216	18,397	7,109	10,014	+2.6%†
4	Teplice	72,943	14,782	2,088	4,863	+6.0%†
5	Zbrojovka Brno	68,552	9,223	2,918	4,570	−4.8%†
6	Slovan Liberec	67,269	8,880	1,992	4,485	−7.9%†
7	Bohemians 1905	65,659	5,000	3,504	4,373	−5.5%†
8	Zlín	65,071	5,981	2,336	4,338	+1.0%†
9	Slovácko	62,935	6,082	3,322	4,196	−10.6%†
10	Karviná	58,083	4,833	2,912	3,872	+199.2%†
11	Mladá Boleslav	50,242	5,000	1,280	3,346	+1.2%†
12	Vysočina Jihlava	43,712	4,500	2,033	2,914	−7.6%†
13	Jablonec	38,114	4,255	1,440	2,539	−10.2%†
14	Příbram	37,179	5,962	1,118	2,478	−16.8%†
15	Hradec Králové	33,786	4,561	1,146	2,324	+67.9%†
16	Dukla Prague	32,983	6,243	542	2,199	−17.1%†
	League total	1,171,723	19,084	542	4,882	−3.9%†

Updated to games played on 2 July 2017
Source: World Football and European Football Statistics and fotbal.idnes.cz
Notes:
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See also

• 2016–17 Czech Cup
• 2016–17 Czech National Football League