2023–24 FC Slovan Liberec season

The 2023–24 season is FC Slovan Liberec's 66th season in existence and 31st consecutive in the Czech First League. They will also compete in the Czech Cup.

Slovan Liberec

2023–24 season
Manager	Luboš Kozel
Stadium	Stadion u Nisy
Czech First League	7th
Czech Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Luka Kulenović (7) All: Luka Kulenović Ľubomír Tupta (7 each)
Average home league attendance	3,091
colours colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 6 September 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BEL Olivier Vliegen 2 DF  CZE Dominik Plechatý (on loan from Sparta Prague) 3 DF  CZE Jan Mikula 4 DF  BEL Milan Govaers 5 MF  CZE Denis Višinský 6 MF  UKR Ivan Varfolomeyev 7 FW  CZE Michael Rabušic 8 MF  CZE Lukáš Červ 9 MF  CZE Jakub Hudák 10 FW  SVK Ľubomír Tupta 11 MF  CZE Christián Frýdek 14 FW  CZE Filip Horský (on loan from Slavia Prague) 15 MF  CIV Mohamed Doumbia 17 DF  CZE Ondřej Lehoczki

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  CZE Michal Lexa 19 MF  CZE Nicolas Penner 20 DF  CZE Dominik Preisler 21 FW  NGA Chidera Okoh (on loan from Mosta) 22 MF  CZE Tomáš Polyák 24 DF  CZE Michal Fukala 25 MF  NGA Ahmad Ghali 26 FW  BIH Luka Kulenović 28 MF  CZE Jan Žambůrek (on loan from Viborg) 30 DF  CZE Filip Prebsl (on loan from Slavia Prague) 31 GK  CZE Hugo Jan Bačkovský 32 GK  CZE Lukáš Hasalík 33 DF  GRE Marios Pourzitidis 37 DF  CZE Matěj Chaluš (on loan from Malmö)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  CZE Lukáš Pešl (at Varnsdorf) — MF  CZE Kristian Michal (at Varnsdorf)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CZE Dominik Gembický (at Varnsdorf)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Slovan Liberec v Příbram

23 June 2023 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	2–0	Příbram	Benátky nad Jizerou
15:30				Stadium: Městský stadion

Slovan Liberec v Mladá Boleslav

24 June 2023 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	0–2	Mladá Boleslav
13:30

Lech Poznań v Slovan Liberec

1 July 2023 Friendly	Lech Poznań	1–3	Slovan Liberec	Poznań, Poland
17:00				Stadium: Boisko Treningowe przy Bułgarskiej

Slovan Liberec v FK Varnsdorf

5 July 2023 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	4–0	FK Varnsdorf	Raspenava
11:00				Stadium: Hřiště Raspenava

Slovan Liberec v Jihlava

7 July 2023 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	0–2	Jihlava	Nymburk
11:00				Stadium: Sportovní Areál Nymburk

Slovan Liberec v Puskás Akadémia

12 July 2023 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	4–1	Puskás Akadémia
17:00

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Slovan Liberec

14 July 2023 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Slovan Liberec	Bad Wimsbach, Austria
17:00				Stadium: HF-Stadion Bad Wimsbach

Chrobry Głogów v Slovan Liberec

13 October 2023 Friendly	Chrobry Głogów	0–4	Slovan Liberec	Żagań, Poland
12:15				Stadium: Arena Żagań

Slovan Liberec v Miedź Legnica

13 January 2024 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	3–0	Miedź Legnica	Liberec
12:00				Stadium: UMT Doubí

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Czech First League	23 July 2023	28 April 2024	Matchday 1	7th	30	10	10	10	46	46	+0	033.33
Czech First League play-off	5 May 2024	12 May 2024	First round	First round	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Czech Cup	30 August 2023	28 February 2024	Second round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	066.67
Total					35	12	10	13	51	52	−1	034.29

Source: Soccerway

Czech First League

Main article: 2023–24 Czech First League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	10	10	10	46	46	0	40	9	3	3	30	18	+12	1	7	7	16	28	−12

Source: Fortuna Liga

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Mladá Boleslav	30	12	8	10	50	46	+4	44	Qualification for the Championship group
6	Slovácko	30	11	8	11	39	40	−1	41
7	Slovan Liberec	30	10	10	10	46	46	0	40	Qualification for the Play-off
8	Sigma Olomouc	30	10	7	13	40	45	−5	37
9	Hradec Králové	30	9	10	11	32	38	−6	37

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) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.^[2]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D
Position	4	6	8	9	6	8	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	8	10	8	8	8	8	6	8	7	9	8	9	7	7	7	7	7
Points	3	4	4	5	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	13	14	17	18	21	22	25	25	28	28	29	29	32	32	35	38	38	39	40

Source: Fortuna Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.^[3]

Slovan Liberec v Baník Ostrava

23 July 2023 1	Slovan Liberec	3–1	Baník Ostrava	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kpozo 19' (o.g.) Červ 41',  60' Pourzitidis  49' Doumbia 64' Ghali  73'	Report	Almási  25' Tetour  29', 47' (pen.) Ewerton  73'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 3,338 Referee: Jan Petřík

Mladá Boleslav v Slovan Liberec

30 July 2023 2	Mladá Boleslav	2–2	Slovan Liberec	Mladá Boleslav
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kušej  9' Suchomel  18' Suchý  25', 88' Kostka  36' Karafiát  54' Pulkrab 78',  79' Ladra  82'	Report	Plechatý  5' Chaluš 8' Kulenović 42' Červ  82' Prebsl  88' Mikula  90'	Stadium: Lokotrans Aréna Attendance: 4,112 Referee: Daniel Vokoun

Slovan Liberec v Bohemians 1905

6 August 2023 3	Slovan Liberec	0–1	Bohemians 1905	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doumbia  44' Ghali  54'	Report	Matoušek  29' Hůlka  39' Beran  66' Kozák 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 2,958 Referee: Ladislav Szikszay

Zlín v Slovan Liberec

12 August 2023 4	Zlín	1–1	Slovan Liberec	Zlín
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Janetzký 35' Tkáč  45+2' Kovinič  90+2'	Report	Frýdek 15' Pourzitidis  30' Kozel (coach)  74' Rabušic  87'	Stadium: Letná Stadion Attendance: 2,738 Referee: Karel Rouček

Slovan Liberec v Pardubice

19 August 2023 5	Slovan Liberec	1–0	Pardubice	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Frýdek 13' Prebsl  90+1'	Report	Hlavatý  90+5'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 1,858 Referee: Dalibor Černý

Sigma Olomouc v Slovan Liberec

27 August 2023 6	Sigma Olomouc	2–0	Slovan Liberec	Olomouc
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Breite  45+2' Juliš 54' (pen.) Pokorný 65' Pospíšil  74' Muritala  82'	Report	Doumbia  38'	Stadium: Andrův stadion Attendance: 3,594 Referee: Petr Hocek

Slovan Liberec v Sparta Prague

3 September 2023 7	Slovan Liberec	0–2	Sparta Prague	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Červ  44' Prebsl  61' Pourzitidis  66'  87' Kozel (coach)  67'	Report	Zelený  44' Olatunji  50' Haraslín 69', 77'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 7,627 Referee: Ladislav Szikszay

Jablonec v Slovan Liberec

17 September 2023 8	Jablonec	1–1	Slovan Liberec	Jablonec nad Nisou
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tekijaški  8', 53' Jovović  31'	Report	Chaluš  8' Tupta 8' (pen.) Červ  61' Žambůrek  85' Hudák  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Ondřej Berka

Slovan Liberec v Teplice

23 September 2023 9	Slovan Liberec	3–3	Teplice	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chaloupek 19' (o.g.) Doumbia 27',  85' Varfolomeyev 39'	Report	Knapík 9' Havelka 11' Mareček  12' Hronek  45+1'  73' Fila 51' (pen.) Jukl  67' Yasser  89'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 2,327 Referee: Filip Kotala

Karviná v Slovan Liberec

30 September 2023 10	Karviná	5–2	Slovan Liberec	Karviná
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Čurma  2' Iván 11' Moses  27' Budínský 38' Akinyemi 41' Memić 70',  90+3' Traoré 83'	Report	Mikula 14' Tupta 47' Červ  68'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 2,212 Referee: Tomáš Klíma

Slovan Liberec v Slavia Prague

8 October 2023 11	Slovan Liberec	2–3	Slavia Prague	Liberec
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kulenović 5' Preisler 8' Červ  72' Fukala  76' Okoh  90+2' Varfolomeyev  90+6'	Report	Schranz 16',  78' van Buren 53' (pen.),  83' Ogbu  57' Zafeiris  58', 87' Provod  75'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 5,927 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

Slovan Liberec v Viktoria Plzeň

21 October 2023 12	Slovan Liberec	3–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tupta 17' Kulenović 67' Višinský  84' Červ 86' Bačkovský  90+2'	Report	Kopic  19' Kalvach  72'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Marek Radina

Slovácko v Slovan Liberec

28 October 2023 13	Slovácko	1–1	Slovan Liberec	Uherské Hradiště
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Petržela 10' Valenta  29' Juroška  76'	Report	Tupta 16',  53' Žambůrek  35' Frýdek  59' Horský  86' Pourzitidis  87'	Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty Attendance: 4,528 Referee: Ondřej Berka

Slovan Liberec v České Budějovice

5 November 2023 14	Slovan Liberec	1–0	České Budějovice	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pourzitidis  7' Kulenović 59' Višinský  71'	Report	Suchan  10' Nikl  30'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Jan Machálek

Hradec Králové v Slovan Liberec

11 November 2023 15	Hradec Králové	1–1	Slovan Liberec	Hradec Králové
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vašulín 27' Kučera  48' Čihák  63' Pilař  73' Pudhorocký  73' Sabou (sporting Director)  84'	Report	Frýdek 30' Fukala  73' Bačkovský  90+5'	Stadium: Malšovická aréna Attendance: 6,318 Referee: Ladislav Szikszay

Slovan Liberec v Mladá Boleslav

25 November 2023 16	Slovan Liberec	2–1	Mladá Boleslav	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ghali 7', 70' Prebsl  14' Mikula  21'	Report	Pulkrab 10' Sakala  56' V. Štěpán (custodian)  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 1,415 Referee: Karel Rouček

Slovan Liberec v Zlín

9 December 2023 18	Slovan Liberec	5–3	Zlín	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Žambůrek 7' Frýdek 27' (pen.) Pourzitidis 63' Červ 78' Rabušic 90'	Report	Slončík  31' Tkáč 36' Janetzký  40' Cedidla  60' Černín  62' Didiba 87',  90+1' Vukadinović 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 1,052 Referee: Vít Zaoral

Bohemians 1905 v Slovan Liberec

13 December 2023 17	Bohemians 1905	0–0	Slovan Liberec	Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hrubý  53' Hůlka  68' Vondra  82'	Report	Ghali  44'  58' P. Čvančara (fitness coach)  58' Frýdek  70' Bačkovský  90+3'	Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 2,579 Referee: Stanislav Volek
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 5 December 2023, but was postponed due to snow.[4]

Pardubice v Slovan Liberec

16 December 2023 19	Pardubice	2–0	Slovan Liberec	Pardubice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zlatohlávek 12' Patrák  37' Daněk 67',  88' Kinský  90' Mukwelle  90'	Report	Žambůrek  34' Červ  63' Mikula  75' Rabušic  90+3'	Stadium: CFIG Arena Attendance: 2,189 Referee: Marek Radina

Slovan Liberec v Sigma Olomouc

10 February 2024 20	Slovan Liberec	2–0	Sigma Olomouc	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Penner 49' Horský 80'	Report	Sláma  40' Pospíšil  45+1' Juliš  51' Singhateh  84'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 2,427 Referee: Ondřej Berka

Sparta Prague v Slovan Liberec

18 February 2024 21	Sparta Prague	2–1	Slovan Liberec	Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pešek  24' Haraslín 47' Olatunji 49' F. Hrdlička (physician)  75' Wiesner  84'	Report	Horský 68',  79'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 16,829 Referee: Jan Všetečka

Slovan Liberec v Jablonec

24 February 2024 22	Slovan Liberec	3–3	Jablonec	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mikula  31' Žambůrek  45+2' Tupta  48' Rabušic 72' (pen.) Preisler 85' Chaluš 90+1'	Report	Chramosta 13' (pen.) Kratochvíl  23' Hollý  28' Mikula 58' (o.g.) Chanturishvili 73' Štěpánek  90+6'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 4,427 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

Teplice v Slovan Liberec

3 March 2024 23	Teplice	2–0	Slovan Liberec	Teplice
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yasser 34' Fila 41',  75'	Report	Pourzitidis  18' Ghali  22' Varfolomeyev  37' Tupta  45'	Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 4,067 Referee: Dominik Starý

Slovan Liberec v Karviná

9 March 2024 24	Slovan Liberec	1–0	Karviná	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Prebsl  76' Rabušic 84' (pen.) Vliegen  90+1'	Report	Svozil  30' Bergqvist  59' Memić  61' Fleišman  84' Vlk (assistant coach)  90+3'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 1,831 Referee: Stanislav Volek

Slavia Prague v Slovan Liberec

17 March 2024 25	Slavia Prague	3–0	Slovan Liberec	Prague
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jurečka 15' (pen.), 90+1' Chytil 83'	Report	Pourzitidis  44' Chaluš  77'	Stadium: Fortuna Arena Attendance: 17,513 Referee: Dalibor Černý

Viktoria Plzeň v Slovan Liberec

30 March 2024 26	Viktoria Plzeň	1–3	Slovan Liberec	Plzeň
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hejda  2' Koubek (coach)  34' Metsoko 67' Cadu  72'	Report	Pourzitidis  30' Ghali  56' Chaluš 64' Kulenović 69', 79' Kozel (coach)  77' Žambůrek  90+2'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,718 Referee: Jan Všetečka

Slovan Liberec v Slovácko

6 April 2024 27	Slovan Liberec	4–1	Slovácko	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kulenović 6' Tupta 23' Prebsl 56' Fukala 85' Varfolomeyev  90+1'	Report	Pourzitidis 53' (o.g.) Kalabiška  59'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Jan Petřík

České Budějovice v Slovan Liberec

13 April 2024 28	České Budějovice	3–2	Slovan Liberec	České Budějovice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hellebrand 45',  75' Ondrášek 67',  71' Čermák  78' Suchan 90+6' Šigut  90+8'	Report	Žambůrek 6',  47' Mikula  23' Kulenović  54' Ghali  87' Poulolo 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov Attendance: 2,398 Referee: Vít Zaoral

Slovan Liberec v Hradec Králové

21 April 2024 29	Slovan Liberec	0–0	Hradec Králové	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pourzitidis  49' Bačkovský  55' Kozel (coach)  56' Čech (goalkeeper coach)  59' Prebsl  60'	Report	Vašulín  46'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Ondřej Berka

Baník Ostrava v Slovan Liberec

28 April 2024 30	Baník Ostrava	2–2	Slovan Liberec	Ostrava
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ewerton 20' (pen.) Kpozo 46' Adediran  85' Tanko  88'	Report	Preisler  34' Tupta  55' Prebsl 68' Tetour  68' Čech (goalkeeper coach)  88'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 10,011 Referee: Karel Rouček

Play-off

Main article: 2023–24 Czech First League Conference League play-off

First round

Teplice v Slovan Liberec

5 May 2024 First leg	Teplice	2–0	Slovan Liberec	Teplice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gning  26' Kričfaluši  45+3' Fila 56' Havelka 90+2'	Report	Mikula  32' Doumbia  88'	Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 4,954 Referee: Jan Všetečka

Slovan Liberec v Teplice

12 May 2024 Second leg	Slovan Liberec	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Teplice	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Višinský  12' Prebsl  33' Tetour  78' Pourzitidis 81',  81'	Report	Fila  6' Mićević  28', 58' Trubač 49' Chaloupek  55'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 3,266 Referee: Vít Zaoral
Note: Teplice won 4–1 on aggregate.

Czech Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Czech Cup

Kladno v Slovan Liberec

26 September 2023 Third round	Kladno	0–2	Slovan Liberec	Kladno
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Horský 80' Tupta 84'	Stadium: Stadion Františka Kloze Referee: Tomáš Klíma

Slovan Liberec v Mladá Boleslav

1 November 2023 Fourth round	Slovan Liberec	1–0	Mladá Boleslav	Liberec
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Okoh  87' Horský 90+1'	Report	Suchomel  82' Sakala  90'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Referee: Stanislav Volek

Zlín v Slovan Liberec

28 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Zlín	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Slovan Liberec	Zlín
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Schánělec 11',  59' Nombil  55' Simerský  90'  95' Janetzký 91' Vukadinović  109' Pidro  115'	Report	Žambůrek  37' Doumbia  45' Pourzitidis 83' Chaluš  105'	Stadium: Letná Stadion Referee: Vít Zaoral