2017–18 Czech First League

Czech First League
Season2017–18
Dates28 July 2017 – 26 May 2018
ChampionsViktoria Plzeň
RelegatedVysočina Jihlava
Zbrojovka Brno
Champions LeagueViktoria Plzeň
Slavia Prague
Europa LeagueJablonec
Sparta Prague
Sigma Olomouc
Matches240
Goals572 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerMichal Krmenčík (16 goals)
Biggest home winJablonec 5–0 Vysočina Jihlava
(17 September 2017)
Slavia Prague 5–0 Dukla Prague
(18 November 2017)
Biggest away winZlín 1–5 Mladá Boleslav
(22 October 2017)
Zlín 0–4 Jablonec (3 March 2018)
Vysočina Jihlava 0–4 Jablonec
(17 March 2018)
Dukla Prague 1–5 Viktoria Plzeň
(26 May 2018)
Highest scoringKarviná 3–5 Sigma Olomouc
(16 September 2017)

The 2017–18 Czech First League, known as the HET liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions were Slavia Prague, who won their fourth Czech title the previous season. The season began on 28 July 2017 and ended on 26 May 2018.

Viktoria Plzeň made a league record by winning their first 14 league games of the season.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2016–17 Czech National Football League		 Relegated from
2016–17 Czech First League
SK Sigma Olomouc
FC Baník Ostrava		 FC Hradec Králové
1. FK Příbram

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref.
Baník Ostrava Ostrava Městský stadion (Ostrava) 15,123
Bohemians 1905 Prague Ďolíček 5,000
Dukla Prague Prague Stadion Juliska 8,150
Jablonec Jablonec nad Nisou Stadion Střelnice 6,108
Karviná Karviná Městský stadion (Karviná) 4,833
Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav) 5,000
Sigma Olomouc Olomouc Andrův stadion 12,483
Slavia Prague Prague Eden Arena 20,232
Slovácko Uherské Hradiště Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty 8,000
Slovan Liberec Liberec Stadion u Nisy 9,900
Sparta Prague Prague Generali Arena 18,887
Teplice Teplice Na Stínadlech 18,221
Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň Doosan Arena 11,700
Vysočina Jihlava Jihlava Stadion v Jiráskově ulici 4,500
Zbrojovka Brno Brno Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská 10,200
Fastav Zlín Zlín Letná Stadion 5,783

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit maker Shirt sponsor
FC Baník Ostrava Czech Republic Bohumil Páník Czech Republic Milan Baroš Adidas MW-DIAS
Bohemians 1905 Czech Republic Martin Hašek Czech Republic Josef Jindřišek Adidas Remal, Eltodo, Lion Sport
FK Dukla Prague Czech Republic Jaroslav Hynek Czech Republic Marek Hanousek Adidas Carbounion
FK Jablonec Czech Republic Zdeněk Klucký Czech Republic Tomáš Hübschman Nike Tipgames, CPP, SaM Česká Lípa
MFK Karviná Czech Republic Josef Mucha Czech Republic Pavel Eismann Adidas OKD
FK Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic Jozef Weber Czech Republic Marek Matějovský Adidas Škoda Auto, ŠKO-ENERGO
SK Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic Václav Jílek Czech Republic Miloš Buchta Adidas Sigma Group, Olomouc, Gambrinus, GEMO Olomouc, Litovel
SK Slavia Prague Czech Republic Jindřich Trpišovský Czech Republic Jiří Bílek Umbro CEFC China
1. FC Slovácko Czech Republic Stanislav Levý North Macedonia Veliče Šumulikoski Nike Z-Group, Synottip
FC Slovan Liberec Czech Republic David Holoubek Czech Republic Vladimír Coufal Nike Preciosa
AC Sparta Prague Czech Republic Pavel Hapal Czech Republic David Lafata Nike Sazka BET
FK Teplice Czech Republic Daniel Šmejkal Bosnia and Herzegovina Admir Ljevaković Puma AGC, Umbro
FC Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic Pavel Vrba Czech Republic Roman Hubník Puma Doosan
FC Vysočina Jihlava Czech Republic Ivan Kopecký Czech Republic Lukáš Vaculík Adidas PSJ, Jihlava
FC Zbrojovka Brno Slovakia Roman Pivarník Czech Republic Petr Pavlík Nike Synerga
FC Fastav Zlín Czech Republic Vlastimil Petržela Czech Republic Tomáš Poznar Adidas Lukrom

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Viktoria Plzeň (C) 30 20 6 4 55 23 +32 66 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Slavia Prague 30 17 8 5 50 19 +31 59 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Jablonec 30 16 8 6 49 27 +22 56 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4 Sigma Olomouc 30 15 10 5 41 22 +19 55 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Sparta Prague 30 14 11 5 43 25 +18 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 Slovan Liberec 30 13 7 10 37 35 +2 46
7 Bohemians 1905 30 9 11 10 30 29 +1 38
8 Teplice 30 8 10 12 32 40 −8 34
9 Mladá Boleslav 30 9 7 14 31 43 −12 34
10 Fastav Zlín 30 8 9 13 31 48 −17 33
11 Dukla Prague 30 9 5 16 32 55 −23 32
12 Slovácko 30 6 13 11 23 32 −9 31
13 Baník Ostrava 30 7 10 13 36 43 −7 31
14 Karviná 30 7 9 14 32 40 −8 30
15 Vysočina Jihlava (R) 30 8 6 16 30 48 −18 30 Relegation to FNL
16 Zbrojovka Brno (R) 30 6 6 18 20 43 −23 24
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Czech Cup, Slavia Prague, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 30 matches played each.

Home \ Away OST B05 DUK JAB KAR MLA SIG SLA SLK LIB SPA TEP VPL JIH ZBR ZLN
Baník Ostrava — 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–3 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–2
Bohemians 1905 2–1 — 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 5–2 1–1 1–0 1–1
Dukla Prague 2–0 2–0 — 0–1 3–2 4–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–5 1–3 2–1 1–0
Jablonec 2–0 2–1 2–2 — 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 0–1 5–0 1–0 2–0
Karviná 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 — 1–1 3–5 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 4–0
Mladá Boleslav 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 — 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 0–1
Sigma Olomouc 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 — 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–0
Slavia Prague 2–1 1–0 5–0 1–3 3–2 4–0 3–1 — 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–2
Slovácko 5–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 — 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–4 2–1 1–0 1–1
Slovan Liberec 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 — 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 2–0 1–0
Sparta Prague 3–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 2–0 — 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
Teplice 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 3–0 2–1 1–1 — 0–0 3–1 1–4 2–1
Viktoria Plzeň 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 — 0–1 3–0 2–1
Vysočina Jihlava 2–1 2–4 3–2 0–4 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 — 0–2 1–1
Zbrojovka Brno 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 — 1–1
Fastav Zlín 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–5 1–4 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 —
Source: Fortuna liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Czech Republic Michal Krmenčík Viktoria Plzeň 16
2 Czech Republic Milan Škoda Slavia Prague 11
Czech Republic Stanislav Tecl Jablonec
Czech Republic Jakub Plšek Sigma Olomouc
5 Czech Republic David Vaněček Teplice 10
Czech Republic Matěj Pulkrab Slovan Liberec
Latvia Dāvis Ikaunieks Vysočina Jihlava
8 Czech Republic Milan Baroš Baník Ostrava 9
Czech Republic Josef Šural Sparta Prague
Czech Republic Tomáš Wágner Karviná

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Slavia Prague 186,040 19,084 9,623 12,431 +6.9%†
2 Sparta Prague 170,876 17,134 6,234 11,392 +13.8%†
3 Viktoria Plzeň 143,643 11,640 4,138 9,576 −4.6%†
4 Baník Ostrava 118,340 15,020 3,916 7,889 n/a†
5 Sigma Olomouc 80,052 11,028 2,456 5,337 n/a†
6 Slovan Liberec 74,892 9,900 2,446 4,993 +11.3%†
7 Slovácko 67,425 6,127 3,594 4,495 +7.1%†
8 Teplice 66,562 10,142 2,072 4,437 −8.8%†
9 Zbrojovka Brno 65,021 8,026 2,216 4,335 −5.1%†
10 Fastav Zlín 62,774 5,898 2,102 4,185 −4.6%†
11 Bohemians 1905 61,755 5,000 1,905 4,117 −5.9%†
12 Karviná 53,306 4,833 2,245 3,554 −8.2%†
13 Jablonec 48,457 5,426 1,710 3,230 +27.1%†
14 Vysočina Jihlava 45,995 4,500 2,063 3,066 +5.2%†
15 Mladá Boleslav 43,256 5,000 1,017 2,884 −13.9%†
16 Dukla Prague 42,202 7,324 827 2,813 +27.9%†
League total 1,331,016 19,084 827 5,546 +13.5%†

Source: FortunaLiga.cz

Number of teams by region

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
Zlín Fastav Zlín, Slovácko
5 Central Bohemian 1 Mladá Boleslav
Olomouc Sigma Olomouc
Plzeň Viktoria Plzeň
South Moravian Zbrojovka Brno
Ústí nad Labem Teplice
Vysočina Vysočina Jihlava

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Slavia na Strahově rozstřílela Brno 4:0 a po osmi letech dosáhla na titul" [Slavia Strahov blasted Brno 4:0 after eight years and reached the title]. ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Plzeň equal club record of 16 wins in succession". Radio Prague International. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Informace o klubu FC Baník Ostrava" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Informace o klubu Bohemians Praha 1905" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Informace o klubu Dukla Praha" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Informace o klubu FK Jablonec" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Informace o klubu MFK Karviná" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Informace o klubu FK Mladá Boleslav" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Informace o klubu SK Sigma Olomouc" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  10. ↑ "Informace o klubu SK Slavia Praha" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  11. ↑ "Informace o klubu 1. FC Slovácko" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Informace o klubu FC Slovan Liberec" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Informace o klubu AC Sparta Praha" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Informace o klubu FK Teplice" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  15. ↑ "Informace o klubu FC Viktoria Plzeň" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "Informace o klubu FC Vysočina Jihlava" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  17. ↑ "Informace o klubu FC Zbrojovka Brno" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  18. ↑ "Informace o klubu FC Fastav Zlín" (in Czech). HET Liga. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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