Czech First League

For Czechoslovak top tier association football competition 1925–1993, see Czechoslovak 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.

Chance liga

Founded	1993; 32 years ago (1993)
Country	Czech Republic
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Czech National Football League
Domestic cup(s)	Czech Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League
Current champions	Sparta Prague (14th title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Sparta Prague (14 titles)
Top goalscorer	David Lafata (198 goals)
TV partners	OneFootball (Outside of Czech Republic)
Website	en.fortunaliga.cz
Current: 2024–25 Czech First League

Champions

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

Percentage of titles won by club

  Sparta Prague – 14 (41.38%)

  Slavia Prague – 7 (24.13%)

  Viktoria Plzeň – 6 (20.69%)

  Slovan Liberec – 3 (10.35%)

  Baník Ostrava – 1 (3.45%)

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years
Sparta Prague	14	10	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	7	13	1995–96, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Viktoria Plzeň	6	4	2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22
Slovan Liberec	3	0	2001–02, 2005–06, 2011–12
Baník Ostrava	1	0	2003–04
Sigma Olomouc	0	1
Teplice	0	1
Mladá Boleslav	0	1
Jablonec	0	1

Participating teams in 2024–25

Czech First League trophy (2013)

Map

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

2024–25 season

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

Team	Location	Manager	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
Bohemians 1905	Prague	Jaroslav Veselý[1]	Ďolíček	6,300	[2]
SK Dynamo České Budějovice	České Budějovice	František Straka[3]	Stadion Střelecký ostrov	6,681	[4]
FK Dukla Prague	Prague	Petr Rada[5]	Stadion Juliska	8,150	[6]
FC Hradec Králové	Hradec Králové	David Horejš[7]	Malšovická aréna	9,300	[8]
FK Jablonec	Jablonec nad Nisou	Luboš Kozel[9]	Stadion Střelnice	6,108	[10]
MFK Karviná	Karviná	Martin Hyský[11]	Městský stadion (Karviná)	4,833	[12]
FC Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Radoslav Kováč[13]	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	[14]
FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Andreas Brännström[15]	Lokotrans Aréna	5,000	[16]
SK Sigma Olomouc	Olomouc	Tomáš Janotka[17]	Andrův stadion	12,474	[18]
FC Baník Ostrava	Ostrava	Pavel Hapal[19]	Městský stadion (Ostrava)	15,123	[20]
FK Pardubice	Pardubice	Jiří Saňák[21]	CFIG Arena	4,620	[22]
FC Viktoria Plzeň	Plzeň	Miroslav Koubek[23]	Doosan Arena	11,700	[24]
SK Slavia Prague	Prague	Jindřich Trpišovský[25]	Fortuna Arena	19,370	[26]
1. FC Slovácko	Uherské Hradiště	Roman West[27]	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,000	[28]
AC Sparta Prague	Prague	Lars Friis[29]	epet ARENA	18,944	[30]
FK Teplice	Teplice	Zdenko Frťala[31]	Na Stínadlech	18,221	[32]

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.^[33]

Pos	Team	S	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	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

As of 27 August 2024.^[34][35]

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