2019–20 Czech First League

The 2019–20 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 27th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions are Slavia Prague, who won their fifth Czech title in previous season. This season is the second one with a new league structure in which 16 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up in championship, Europa League and relegation groups.[3]

Czech First League
Season2019–20
Dates12 July 2019 – 12 March 2020[1];
23 May – 14 June[2]
Matches played208
Goals scored557 (2.68 per match)
Biggest home winJablonec 6–0 Slovácko,
Mladá Boleslav 6–0 Příbram,
Viktoria Plzeň 7–1 Mladá Boleslav
Biggest away winTeplice 1–5 Slavia Prague
Highest scoringViktoria Plzeň 7–1 Mladá Boleslav
Highest attendance19,370
Slavia Prague 1–1 Sparta Prague
8 March 2020
Lowest attendance252
Slavia Prague 1–0 Slovan Liberec
10 August 2019
All statistics correct as of 1 June 2020.

Season events

On 12 March, the League Football Association announced that all Fortuna liga games had been postponed for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

After 2 months, on 12 May, the League Football Association announced that the Fortuna liga would resume on 25 May.[5]

Teams

Team changes
Promoted from
2018–19 Czech National Football League		 Relegated from
2018–19 Czech First League
České Budějovice Dukla Prague

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2019–20 Czech First League teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref.
Bohemians 1905 Prague Ďolíček 5,000 [6]
SK Dynamo České Budějovice České Budějovice Stadion Střelecký ostrov 6,681 [7]
FK Jablonec Jablonec nad Nisou Stadion Střelnice 6,108 [8]
MFK Karviná Karviná Městský stadion (Karviná) 4,833 [9]
FC Slovan Liberec Liberec Stadion u Nisy 9,900 [10]
FK Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Lokotrans Aréna 5,000 [11]
SK Sigma Olomouc Olomouc Andrův stadion 12,483 [12]
SFC Opava Opava Městský stadion (Opava) 7,758 [13]
FC Baník Ostrava Ostrava Městský stadion (Ostrava) 15,123 [14]
FC Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň Doosan Arena 11,700 [15]
1. FK Příbram Příbram Na Litavce 9,100 [16]
SK Slavia Prague Prague Sinobo Stadium 19,370 [17]
1. FC Slovácko Uherské Hradiště Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty 8,000 [18]
AC Sparta Prague Prague Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena 18,944 [19]
FK Teplice Teplice Na Stínadlech 18,221 [20]
FC Fastav Zlín Zlín Letná Stadion 5,783 [21]

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Prague 30 22 6 2 58 10 +48 72 Qualification for the championship group
2 Viktoria Plzeň 30 20 6 4 60 22 +38 66
3 Sparta Prague 30 14 8 8 55 35 +20 50
4 Jablonec 30 14 7 9 46 41 +5 49
5 Slovan Liberec 30 14 5 11 50 38 +12 47
6 Baník Ostrava 30 12 9 9 42 34 +8 45
7 České Budějovice 30 13 4 13 46 45 +1 43 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs
8 Bohemians 1905 30 12 6 12 38 41 −3 42[lower-alpha 1]
9 Slovácko 30 11 9 10 35 35 0 42[lower-alpha 1]
10 Mladá Boleslav 30 11 7 12 48 52 −4 40
11 Sigma Olomouc 30 8 12 10 36 37 −1 36 Qualification for the relegation group
12 Teplice 30 7 10 13 29 49 −20 31
13 Fastav Zlín 30 7 6 17 25 47 −22 27
14 Karviná 30 5 11 14 23 39 −16 26
15 Opava 30 5 8 17 16 47 −31 23
16 Příbram 30 5 6 19 19 54 −35 21
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.[22]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Bohemians 1905 4, Slovácko 1.

Results

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

Home \ Away B05 CBU JAB KAR LIB MLA OLO OPA OST PLZ PRI SLA SLO SPA TEP ZLN
Bohemians 1905 — 3–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 4–0 2–2
České Budějovice 3–2 — 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–0 0–3 2–0 2–2 3–1 2–0
Jablonec 2–0 0–1 — 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 0–2 6–0 2–2 4–1 1–0
Karviná 0–0 0–0 0–1 — 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–4 3–0 2–0
Liberec 3–1 4–2 2–2 3–0 — 2–2 0–1 4–0 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–3 3–1 3–1 1–1 5–0
Mladá Boleslav 2–1 4–2 2–3 1–0 1–3 — 0–2 4–1 2–0 2–1 6–0 0–1 0–0 4–3 3–1 1–1
Olomouc 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 — 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0
Opava 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 — 0–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–3
Ostrava 4–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–3 2–2 0–0 — 0–2 3–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–1 4–0
Plzeň 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–2 4–1 7–1 3–1 4–0 3–0 — 4–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–0
Příbram 3–2 2–0 4–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 — 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 0–0
Slavia Prague 4–0 4–1 5–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 3–1 — 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0
Slovácko 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 — 0–2 1–1 1–0
Sparta Prague 4–0 3–3 2–0 4–0 0–2 5–2 3–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 0–2 — 3–0 2–2
Teplice 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–5 0–0 1–1 — 2–1
Fastav Zlín 2–3 2–3 0–1 1–4 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 —
Source: Fortuna Liga
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
1 Slavia Prague (C, Q) 32 24 6 2 62 11 +51 78 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Viktoria Plzeň (Q) 32 21 6 5 62 23 +39 69 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Sparta Prague 32 16 8 8 62 38 +24 56 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Jablonec 32 14 8 10 47 44 +3 50 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs final
5 Slovan Liberec 32 14 6 12 52 43 +9 48
6 Baník Ostrava 32 12 9 11 45 40 +5 45
Updated to match(es) played on 24 June 2020. Source:
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.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Europa League play-offs

Teams placed between 7th and 10th position will take part in the Europa league play-offs. The best of them will play against the fifth-placed of the championship play-offs to determine the Europa League play-off winners. The winners will qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

First roundSecond round
          
 
Slovácko1-—
 
Bohemians 19052- —
 
 
 
Mladá Boleslav2-—
České Budějovice1- —

Final
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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
11 Sigma Olomouc 32 8 13 11 36 39 −3 37
12 Teplice 32 8 11 13 33 50 −17 35
13 Fastav Zlín 32 9 6 17 29 48 −19 33
14 Karviná 32 5 12 15 24 43 −19 27 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15 Opava 32 5 9 18 17 50 −33 24[lower-alpha 1]
16 Příbram 32 6 6 20 21 55 −34 24[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to the FNL
Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2020. Source:
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.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Opava 4, Příbram 1.

Number of teams by region
Rank Region Number of teams Club(s)
1  Prague 3 Bohemians 1905, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague
 Moravian-Silesian Baník Ostrava, Karviná, Opava
3  Central Bohemia 2 Mladá Boleslav, Příbram
 Liberec Jablonec, Slovan Liberec
 Zlín Fastav Zlín, Slovácko
6  Olomouc 1 Sigma Olomouc
 Plzeň Viktoria Plzeň
 Ústí nad Labem Teplice
 South Bohemia České Budějovice

Top scorers
As of matches played 23 June 2020
RankNameClubGoals
1 Guélor KangaSparta Prague12
Libor KozákSparta Prague
3 Lukáš BudínskýMladá Boleslav11
Petar MusaSlovan Liberec / Slavia Prague
5 Nikolay KomlichenkoMladá Boleslav10
Martin DoležalJablonec
Michael KrmenčíkViktoria Plzeň
Pavel BuchaMladá Boleslav / Viktoria Plzeň
Roman PotočnýSlovan Liberec / Baník Ostrava
10 Ivan SchranzDynamo České Budějovice9
Jakub ŘezníčekTeplice

See also

References
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  2. https://www.fortunaliga.cz/clanek/16027-restart-profesionalnich-soutezi-schvalen-sezona-se-znovu-rozebehne-dohravkou-v-teplicich
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  4. "LFA odkládá profesionální soutěže do odvolání". fortunaliga.cz/ (in Czech). Fortuna Liga. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
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  9. "Club info MFK Karviná". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  10. "Club info FC Slovan Liberec". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  11. "Club info FK Mladá Boleslav". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  12. "Club info SK Sigma Olomouc". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  13. "Club info SFC Opava". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  14. "Club info FC Baník Ostrava". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  15. "Club info FC Viktoria Plzeň". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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  17. "Club info SK Slavia Prague". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  18. "Club info 1. FC Slovácko". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  19. "Club info AC Sparta Prague". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  20. "Club info FK Teplice". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  21. "Club info FC Fastav Zlín". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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