2024–25 Czech First League

The 2024–25 Czech First League, known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment in 1993. Sparta Prague were the reigning champions. The first half of the season had 19 rounds, starting in July 2024 and finishing in December. The second half commenced in February 2025. The season ended on 25 May 2025 with two extra play-out fixtures on 29 May and 1 June 2025.^[1]

Czech First League

Season	2024–25
Dates	20 July 2024 – 30 May 2025
Champions	Slavia Prague (8th title)
Relegated	Č. Budějovice
Champions League	Slavia Prague, Viktoria Plzeň
Europa League	Sigma Olomouc, Baník Ostrava
UEFA Conference League	Sparta Prague
Matches played	276
Goals scored	734 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jan Kliment (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Ostrava 6–0 Dukla 9 November 2024
Biggest away win	Liberec 0–5 Jablonec 6 October 2024 Olomouc 0–5 Slavia 26 April 2025
Highest scoring	Plzeň 7–2 Č. Budějovice 15 December 2024
Total attendance	1,704,832
Average attendance	6,177
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

Format

From the start of the 2024–25 season, the league became known as the "Chance Liga" after its new main sponsor, Chance betting office.^[2] The general season format is unchanged from last season, the 16 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up in championship, play-off and relegation groups. The lowest-ranked team will be relegated directly to the second league, and the two teams positioned 14th and 15th will play a play-out with two teams from the second league positioned 2nd and 3rd in a home and away format. The change is the cancellation of the Conference League play-off final between the teams finishing 5th and the team winning the play-off group. The winner of the middle group (i.e. the team placed 7th) will only receive a financial bonus.^[3]

This is the seventh season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. The VAR central workplace in the Michle district of Prague was used for the first time. VAR had offside line technology available for the first time.^[4]

In the 2024–25 season, three new rules were introduced. The first is the ability for teams to use a sixth substitution if there is a head injury or concussion. Secondly, the punishment for a player in a situation where that player spoils a clear scoring opportunity with his hand was changed, and only a yellow card was awarded instead of a red card. Finally, the assessment of premature running of players into the penalty area during a penalty also changed.^[5]

Other changes concern the dates of matches, which is partly due to the new format of the European competitions. The spring part started a week earlier than in previous years (on 1 February) and the exact dates of the matches were determined further in advance than three weeks, as has been the case so far.^[1]

Events

SK Dynamo České Budějovice became the first team in the history of the Czech First League to not win any match in the regular season.^[6] After continuing the run in the season-ending relegation group, in which they picked up a solitary point, the club finished their 35-game season without winning (29 losses, 6 draws).^[7]

Teams

Prague

České Budějovice

Jablonec

Karviná

Liberec

Mladá Boleslav

Olomouc

Hradec Králové

Baník Ostrava

Viktoria Plzeň

Slovácko

Teplice

Pardubice

Prague teams:
Bohemians 1905
Dukla Prague
Slavia Prague
Sparta Prague

Locations of the 2024–25 Czech First League teams

Bohemians

Slavia

Sparta

Dukla Prague

Prague teams in 2024–25 Czech First League

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including 15 sides from the 2023–24 season and the winner of last season's second league.

Team promoted to Czech First League

After being relegated in the 2018–19 season, FK Dukla Prague returned to Czech First League as the champion of the 2023–24 Czech National Football League.^[8]

Teams relegated from Czech First League

The lowest positioned team from the last season, FC Zlín, was relegated to the Czech National Football League.

Locations and stadiums

Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref. Bohemians 1905 Prague Ďolíček 6,300 [9] SK Dynamo České Budějovice České Budějovice Stadion Střelecký ostrov 6,681 [10] FK Dukla Prague Prague Stadion Juliska 8,150 [11] FC Hradec Králové Hradec Králové Malšovická aréna 9,300 [12] FK Jablonec Jablonec nad Nisou Stadion Střelnice 6,108 [13] MFK Karviná Karviná Městský stadion (Karviná) 4,833 [14] FC Slovan Liberec Liberec Stadion u Nisy 9,900 [15] FK Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Lokotrans Aréna 5,000 [16] SK Sigma Olomouc Olomouc Andrův stadion 12,474 [17] FC Baník Ostrava Ostrava Městský stadion (Ostrava) 15,123 [18] FK Pardubice Pardubice CFIG Arena 4,620 [19] FC Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň Doosan Arena 11,700 [20] SK Slavia Prague Prague Fortuna Arena 19,370 [21] 1. FC Slovácko Uherské Hradiště Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty 8,000 [22] AC Sparta Prague Prague epet ARENA 18,944 [23] FK Teplice Teplice Na Stínadlech 18,221 [24]

Rank Region Number of teams Club(s) 1  Prague 4 Bohemians 1905, Dukla Prague, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague 2  Liberec 2 Jablonec, Slovan Liberec  Moravian-Silesian Baník Ostrava, Karviná 4  Central Bohemian 1 Mladá Boleslav  Hradec Králové Hradec Králové  Olomouc Sigma Olomouc  Pardubice Pardubice  Plzeň Viktoria Plzeň  South Bohemian Dynamo České Budějovice  Ústí nad Labem Teplice  Zlín Slovácko

Personnel and sponsoring

Teams	Manager	Captain	Kit maker	Main sponsor
Bohemians	Jaroslav Veselý	Josef Jindřišek	Puma	BALshop
České Budějovice	Jiří Lerch	Zdeněk Ondrášek	Adidas	Tipsport
Dukla Prague	Petr Rada	Jan Peterka	Adidas	Carbounion
Hradec Králové	David Horejš	Petr Kodeš	Jako	Hradec Králové
Jablonec	Luboš Kozel	Nemanja Tekijaški	Capelli Sport	24live
Karviná	Martin Hyský	Jaroslav Svozil	Joma	OKD
Slovan Liberec	Radoslav Kováč	Jan Mikula	Nike	Tipsport
Mladá Boleslav	Josef Jinoch Pavel Malura Jakub Harant	Marek Matějovský	Puma	Škoda Auto
Sigma Olomouc	Tomáš Janotka	Radim Breite	Adidas	Tipsport
Baník Ostrava	Pavel Hapal	Ewerton	Macron	Fortuna
Pardubice	David Střihavka	Kamil Vacek	Joma	ČPP Servis
Viktoria Plzeň	Miroslav Koubek	Lukáš Kalvach	Macron	Doosan Škoda Power
Slavia Prague	Jindřich Trpišovský	Jan Bořil	Puma	eToro
Slovácko	Tomáš Palinek	Stanislav Hofmann	Puma	Z-Group
Sparta Prague	Luboš Loučka	Filip Panák	Adidas	Betano
Teplice	Zdenko Frťala	Lukáš Mareček	Macron	AGC Glass Europe

Managerial changes

Ahead of the season:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Contract valid until
Slovan Liberec	Luboš Kozel[25]	End of contract	30 June 2024	Radoslav Kováč[25]	26 May 2024	Undisclosed
Pardubice	Radoslav Kováč[26]	Mutual consent	25 May 2024	Jiří Saňák[26]	27 May 2024	Undisclosed
Sigma Olomouc	Jiří Saňák[27]	Sacked	12 May 2024	Tomáš Janotka[27]	29 May 2024	Undisclosed
Karviná	Marek Bielan[28]	Sacked	30 June 2024	Martin Hyský[28]	11 June 2024	Undisclosed
Sparta Prague	Brian Priske[29]	Mutual consent	12 June 2024	Lars Friis[29]	12 June 2024	Undisclosed
Slovácko	Martin Svědík[30]	Mutual consent	31 May 2024	Roman West[30]	12 June 2024	Undisclosed
Jablonec	Radoslav Látal[31]	Sacked	7 June 2024	Luboš Kozel[32]	17 June 2024	Undisclosed

During the season:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Match-week	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Contract valid until
České Budějovice	Jiří Lerch[33]	Sacked	28 July 2024	2	16th	František Straka[33]	28 July 2024	Undisclosed
Mladá Boleslav	David Holoubek[34]	Mutual consent	24 August 2024	5	10th	Andreas Brännström[34]	24 August 2024	Undisclosed
Pardubice	Jiří Saňák[35]	Sacked	26 October 2024	13	15th	David Střihavka[36]	29 October 2024	Undisclosed
Slovácko	Roman West[37]	Sacked	27 October 2024	13	8th	Ondřej Smetana[38]	14 November 2024	Summer 2027
České Budějovice	František Straka[39]	Sacked	10 January 2025	19	16th	Jiří Lerch[40]	12 January 2025	Undisclosed
Slovácko	Ondřej Smetana[41]	Sacked	31 March 2025	27	13th	Tomáš Palinek[41]	31 March 2025	End of the season
Mladá Boleslav	Andreas Brännström[42]	Mutual consent	8 April 2025	28	10th	Josef Jinoch Pavel Malura Jakub Harant[42]	8 April 2025	End of the season
Sparta Prague	Lars Friis[43]	Sacked	15 May 2025	33	4th	Luboš Loučka[43]	15 May 2025	End of the season

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slavia Prague	30	25	3	2	61	11	+50	78	Qualification for the championship group
2	Viktoria Plzeň	30	20	5	5	59	28	+31	65
3	Baník Ostrava	30	20	4	6	52	26	+26	64
4	Sparta Prague	30	19	5	6	56	33	+23	62
5	Jablonec	30	15	6	9	47	25	+22	51
6	Sigma Olomouc	30	12	7	11	46	41	+5	43
7	Slovan Liberec	30	11	9	10	45	31	+14	42	Qualification for the middle group
8	Karviná	30	11	8	11	40	52	−12	41
9	Hradec Králové	30	11	7	12	33	31	+2	40
10	Bohemians 1905	30	8	10	12	32	42	−10	34[a]
11	Mladá Boleslav	30	9	7	14	40	40	0	34[a]	Qualification for the relegation group
12	Teplice	30	9	7	14	32	42	−10	34[a]
13	Slovácko	30	7	9	14	25	51	−26	30
14	Dukla Prague	30	5	9	16	23	47	−24	24
15	Pardubice	30	4	7	19	22	49	−27	19
16	České Budějovice	30	0	5	25	14	78	−64	5

Source: Chance 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.^[44]
Notes:

1. Head to head points: Bohemians 1905 8, Mladá Boleslav 7, Teplice 1.

Results

Home \ Away	BOH	CBU	DUK	HKR	JAB	KAR	LIB	MLA	PCE	OLO	OST	PLZ	SLA	SLO	SPA	TEP
Bohemians 1905	—	1–0	3–1	0–3	1–2	3–3	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–4	3–3	1–2	1–1
České Budějovice	0–0	—	0–0	0–2	2–3	2–3	0–0	0–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	0–3	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–1
Dukla Prague	1–0	3–0	—	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1
Hradec Králové	2–2	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–0
Jablonec	0–1	5–0	2–1	2–0	—	5–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	4–2	1–2	3–0
Karviná	1–2	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–3	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–4	2–0	2–3	1–1
Slovan Liberec	2–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–5	2–3	—	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	3–0
Mladá Boleslav	1–2	4–0	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	—	2–2	1–3	0–0	0–2	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–1
Pardubice	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	—	2–2	2–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–1
Sigma Olomouc	1–3	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–4	3–2	4–0	—	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1
Baník Ostrava	1–0	2–1	6–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	5–2	1–0	—	1–3	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0
Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	7–2	4–2	1–0	3–2	5–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	—	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–1
Slavia Prague	2–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	5–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	—	2–0	2–1	2–1
Slovácko	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–5	0–0	2–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	—	0–2	0–2
Sparta Prague	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–3	2–4	2–0	2–2	—	1–1
Teplice	1–2	5–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–4	—

Source: Chance 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.

Championship group

Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		SLA	PLZ	OST	SPA	JAB	OLO
1	Slavia Prague (C)	35	29	3	3	77	18	+59	90	Qualification for the Champions League league phase		—	4–3	3–0	2–1	—	—
2	Viktoria Plzeň	35	23	5	7	71	36	+35	74	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		—	—	1–2	2–0	4–1	—
3	Baník Ostrava	35	22	5	8	58	34	+24	71	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round		—	—	—	3–2	1–2	0–0
4	Sparta Prague	35	19	6	10	61	44	+17	63	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round		—	—	—	—	1–3	1–1
5	Jablonec	35	19	6	10	60	33	+27	63			3–2	—	—	—	—	4–0
6	Sigma Olomouc	35	12	9	14	48	53	−5	45	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[a]		0–5	1–2	—	—	—	—

Source: Chance Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Points earned in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points (regular season); 4) Head-to-head goal difference (regular season); 5) Head-to-head goals scored (regular season); 5) Goal difference (all matches); 6) Goals scored (all matches); 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. The winner of the 2024–25 Czech Cup (Sigma Olomouc) qualifies for the Europa League play-off round.

Middle group

Teams will play a group for placement. Starting in the 2024–25 season, the group winner will no longer be awarded the Conference League play-off against the fourth-placed or fifth-placed of the championship group and will only receive a financial bonus.

	First round						Second round
	Bohemians 1905	4	0	4
	Slovan Liberec	1	1	2
							Bohemians 1905	1	0	1
							Hradec Králové	0	2	2
	Hradec Králové	1	4	5
	Karviná	0	0	0

Relegation group

Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		TEP	MLA	SLO	DUK	PCE	CBU
11	Teplice	35	12	8	15	41	45	−4	44			—	—	1–0	2–2	3–0	—
12	Mladá Boleslav	35	11	8	16	48	48	0	41			1–0	—	2–2	2–3	—	—
13	Slovácko	35	9	11	15	31	56	−25	38			—	—	—	3–2	1–0	0–0
14	Dukla Prague (O)	35	8	10	17	34	55	−21	34	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		—	—	—	—	2–0	2–1
15	Pardubice (O)	35	6	7	22	25	56	−31	25			—	2–1	—	—	—	1–0
16	České Budějovice (R)	35	0	6	29	16	86	−70	6	Relegation to FNL		0–3	1–2	—	—	—	—

Source: Chance Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Points earned in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points (regular season); 4) Head-to-head goal difference (regular season); 5) Head-to-head goals scored (regular season); 5) Goal difference (all matches); 6) Goals scored (all matches); 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

Teams placed 14th and 15th in the relegation group faced the teams placed 2nd and 3rd in the Czech National Football League for two spots in the next season.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vyškov	1–1 (2–4 p)	Dukla Prague	0–0	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Pardubice	2–1	Chrudim	2–0	0–1

Season statistics

Top scorers

Final standings^[45]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jan Kliment	Olomouc	18
2	Pavel Šulc	Plzeň	15
3	Tomáš Chorý	Slavia	14
4	Filip Vecheta	Karviná	13
	Ewerton	Ostrava
	Vasil Kušej	Mladá Boleslav / Slavia
7	Lukáš Haraslín	Sparta	11
8	Matyáš Vojta	Mladá Boleslav	10
	Amar Memić	Karviná / Plzeň
	Matěj Vydra	Plzeň

Hat-tricks

Matchweek	Date	Player	For	Against	Result
2	28 July 2024	Daniel Mareček	Mladá Boleslav	Slovácko	3–0 (H)[46]
15	10 November 2024	Mojmír Chytil	Slavia	Karviná	5–1 (H)[47]
16	24 November 2024	Denis Višinský	Liberec	Olomouc	4–1 (A)[48]
18	8 December 2024	Marek Matějovský	Mladá Boleslav	České Budějovice	4–0 (A)[49]
19	15 December 2024	Jan Kopic	Plzeň	České Budějovice	7–2 (H)[50]
22	15 February 2025	Lukáš Haraslín	Sparta	Karviná	3–2 (A)[51]
26	16 March 2025	Filip Vecheta	Karviná	České Budějovice	3–2 (A)[52]
31	26 April 2025	Vasil Kušej	Slavia	Olomouc	5–1 (H)[53]

Notes

(H) – Home team, (A) – Away team

Clean sheets

Final standings^[54]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Jan Hanuš	Jablonec	16
2	Matouš Trmal	Mladá Boleslav / Teplice	13
3	Antonín Kinský	Slavia	12
	Adam Zadražil	Hradec Králové
5	Matúš Hruška	Dukla	10
6	Martin Jedlička	Plzeň	9
	Jindřich Staněk	Slavia
7	Peter Vindahl	Sparta	8
9	Milan Heča	Slovácko	7
	Jakub Markovič	Ostrava / Slavia
	Jakub Lapeš	Karviná
	Dominik Holec	Ostrava

See also

• 2024–25 Czech National Football League
• 2024–25 Czech Cup