Czech First League
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 28 May 2023
ChampionsSparta Prague
RelegatedZbrojovka Brno
Champions LeagueSparta Prague
Europa LeagueSlavia Prague
Europa Conference LeagueViktoria Plzeň
Bohemians 1905
Matches played276
Goals scored819 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerVáclav Jurečka (20 goals)
Biggest home winSlavia 7–0 Pardubice
21 August 2022
Biggest away winTeplice 0–5 Ostrava
5 February 2023
Highest scoringBohemians 1905 2–6 Sparta
12 February 2023
Longest winning runSparta
(9 matches)
Longest unbeaten runSparta
(21 matches)
Longest winless runTeplice
(8 matches)
Longest losing runPardubice
(7 matches)
Highest attendance19,370
Slavia 4–0 Sparta
23 October 2022
Lowest attendance550
Hradec Králové 0–0 Jablonec
18 September 2022

The 2022–23 Czech First League, known as the FORTUNA:LIGA for sponsorship reason, is the 30th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment, in 1993. FC Viktoria Plzeň are the reigning champions. The season started on 30 July 2022. The first half of the season will have 16 rounds, finishing on 13 November 2022 because of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the other half will commence on 28 January 2023. The season is expected to end on 28 May 2023 with two extra play-out fixtures on 1 and 4 June 2023.[1]

The season format is unchanged from last season, each team will play in the league format home and away matches. The lowest-ranked team will be relegated directly to the second league, 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. This will be the fifth season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. The year-to-year changes in the format of the competition are only cosmetic, the most significant change being the expansion of the number of substitutes on the substitute bench to 11.[2]

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fifteen sides from the 2021–22 season and the winner of last season's second league.

Team promoted to Czech First League

After being relegated in the 2020–21 season, Zbrojovka Brno returns to Czech First League as the champion of the 2021–22 Czech National Football League.[3]

Teams relegated from Czech First League

The lowest positioned team from the last season, MFK Karviná, was relegated to the Czech National Football League. The 14th-placed Bohemians 1905 and 15th-placed FK Teplice successfully defended their spots in the first league by winning the relegation play-offs.

Locations and stadiums

Managerial changes

Ahead of the season:

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Contract valid until
Sparta PragueCzech Republic Michal Horňák[22]End of contract18 May 2022Denmark Brian Priske[23]31 May 2022Undisclosed

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
PardubiceCzech Republic Jiří Krejčí & Jaroslav Novotný[24]Sacked29 August 2022516thCzech Republic Radoslav Kováč[25]13 September 2022June 2024
Baník OstravaCzech Republic Pavel Vrba[26]Mutual consent10 October 20221114thCzech Republic Pavel Hapal[27]12 October 2022Undisclosed
Dynamo České BudějoviceCzech Republic Jozef Weber[28]Sacked31 October 20221414thCzech Republic Marek Nikl & Tomáš Zápotočný[29]13 November 2022Undisclosed
Trinity ZlínCzech Republic Jan Jelínek[30]14 November 20221615thCzech Republic Pavel Vrba[31]28 November 2022Undisclosed
TepliceCzech Republic Jiří Jarošík[32]4 March 20232214thSlovakia Zdenko Frťala[33]6 March 2023Undisclosed
Zbrojovka BrnoCzech Republic Richard Dostálek[34]11 April 20232613thCzech Republic Martin Hašek[34]11 April 2023Undisclosed

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sparta Prague 30 20 8 2 70 29 +41 68 Qualification for the championship group
2 Slavia Prague 30 20 6 4 81 25 +56 66
3 Viktoria Plzeň 30 17 6 7 55 29 +26 57
4 Bohemians 1905 30 14 6 10 53 49 +4 48
5 Slovácko 30 13 7 10 36 38 −2 46
6 Sigma Olomouc 30 10 11 9 45 40 +5 41
7 Slovan Liberec 30 10 8 12 39 43 −4 38 Qualification for the play-off
8 Hradec Králové 30 11 5 14 34 40 −6 38
9 Mladá Boleslav 30 9 10 11 39 42 −3 37
10 České Budějovice 30 10 5 15 35 54 −19 35
11 Jablonec 30 9 8 13 46 57 −11 35 Qualification for the relegation group
12 Baník Ostrava 30 9 8 13 43 42 +1 35
13 Teplice 30 8 8 14 38 63 −25 32
14 Zbrojovka Brno 30 8 7 15 40 56 −16 31
15 Pardubice 30 8 4 18 29 58 −29 28
16 Trinity Zlín 30 5 11 14 37 55 −18 26
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.[35]

Results

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

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 SPA SLA PLZ BOH SLO OLO
1 Sparta Prague (C) 35 23 9 3 76 33 +43 78 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round — 3–2 0–1 2–1 — —
2 Slavia Prague 35 24 6 5 98 31 +67 78 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] — — 2–1 6–0 4–0 —
3 Viktoria Plzeň 35 18 7 10 60 38 +22 61 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round — — — 0–2 2–2 1–3
4 Bohemians 1905 35 15 7 13 56 58 −2 52 — — — — 0–0 0–1
5 Slovácko 35 13 11 11 40 46 −6 50 0–0 — — — — 2–2
6 Sigma Olomouc 35 12 12 11 53 47 +6 48 0–1 2–3 — — — —
Source: Fortuna 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. ↑ Slavia Prague qualified for the Europa League as Czech Cup winners.

Play-off

Because only four teams advance to the European Cups from the Czech First League due to a low national coefficient, the winner of the play-off will only receive a cash bonus and a bye in the second round of the 2023–24 Czech Cup.

First roundSecond round
          
 
Mladá Boleslav000
 
Hradec Králové02 2
Hradec Králové033
 
Slovan Liberec42 6
České Budějovice303
Slovan Liberec24 6

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 OST TEP JAB PCE ZLN BRN
11 Baník Ostrava 35 11 9 15 53 50 +3 42 — 2–1 — 2–4 — 4–0
12 Teplice 35 11 9 15 45 67 −22 42 — — — 1–0 2–1 1–1
13 Jablonec 35 10 10 15 49 63 −14 40 1–1 0–2 — — — 1–0
14 Pardubice (O) 35 11 4 20 38 63 −25 37 Qualification for the relegation play-offs — — 2–0 — 1–2 —
15 Trinity Zlín (O) 35 7 13 15 43 60 −17 34 2–1 — 1–1 — — —
16 Zbrojovka Brno (R) 35 8 9 18 41 64 −23 33 Relegation to the FNL — — — 0–2 0–0 —
Source: Fortuna 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
Viagem Příbram 0–2 Pardubice 0–2 0–0
Trinity Zlín 1–0 Vyškov 1–0 0–0

Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Viagem Příbram0–2Pardubice
  • Sychra 49'
  • Janošek 62' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ondřej Berka
Pardubice0–0Viagem Příbram
Attendance: 4,350

Pardubice won 2–0 on aggregate.

Trinity Zlín1–0Vyškov
Attendance: 5,442
Referee: Dalibor Černý
Vyškov0–0Trinity Zlín
Sportovní areál Drnovice, Vyškov
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Ondřej Berka

Trinity Zlín won 1–0 on aggregate.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

MatchweekDatePlayerForAgainstResult
26 August 2022Netherlands Mick van BurenLiberecTeplice5–1 (H)[38]
421 August 2022Czech Republic Stanislav TeclSlaviaPardubice7–0 (H)[39]
102 October 2022Czech Republic Filip ŽákTeplicePardubice5–1 (H)[40]
119 October 2022Czech Republic Roman KvětBohemians 1905Slovácko4–2 (A)[41]
1322 October 2022Czech Republic Jakub ŘezníčekBrnoPardubice3–1 (A)[42]
3030 April 2023Nigeria Muhamed TijaniOstravaOlomouc4–1 (A)[43]
317 May 2023Czech Republic Václav Jurečka4SlaviaBohemians 19056–0 (H)[44]
3527 May 2023Czech Republic Václav Jurečka4SlaviaSlovácko4–0 (H)[44]
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

Final standing[45]

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Czech Republic Filip Nguyen Slovácko 11
2 Czech Republic Ondřej Kolář Slavia 10
Czech Republic Matěj Kovář Sparta
Czech Republic Jindřich Staněk Plzeň
5 Czech Republic Jan Šeda Mladá Boleslav 6
Czech Republic Michal Reichl Hradec Králové
Czech Republic Jakub Trefil Olomouc
8 Belgium Olivier Vliegen Liberec 5
Czech Republic Martin Jedlička Bohemians 1905
Czech Republic Jan Hanuš Jablonec

See also

References

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