2018–19 Czech First League

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Příbram
Biggest away winTeplice 0–8 Mladá Boleslav
Highest scoringTeplice 0–8 Mladá Boleslav,
Dukla Prague 2–6 Jablonec
Longest winning run6 matches
Slavia Prague,
Viktoria Plzeň
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Viktoria Plzeň
Longest winless run10 matches
Dukla Prague
Longest losing run7 matches
Dukla Prague
Highest attendance19,370
Lowest attendance654
Average attendance5,539
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The 2018–19 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions were Viktoria Plzeň, who won their fifth Czech title the previous season.[1] The season was the first with a new league structure in which 16 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up into championship, Europa League and relegation groups.[2] Dukla Prague lost seven consecutive games at the start of the season, becoming the first team in the Czech First League to do so.[3]

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2017–18 Czech National Football League 		Relegated from
2017–18 Czech First League
1. FK Příbram
 FC Vysočina Jihlava
FC Zbrojovka Brno

Stadiums and locations

Fastav Zlín
Prague teams: Bohemians 1905 Dukla Prague Slavia Prague Sparta Prague
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Locations of the 2018–19 Czech First League teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref.
Baník Ostrava Ostrava Městský stadion (Ostrava) 15,123 [4]
Bohemians 1905 Prague Ďolíček 5,000 [5]
Dukla Prague Prague Stadion Juliska 8,150 [6]
Jablonec Jablonec nad Nisou Stadion Střelnice 6,108 [7]
Karviná Karviná Městský stadion (Karviná) 4,833 [8]
Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav
Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav)
 5,000 [9]
Opava Opava Městský stadion Opava 7,758 [10]
Příbram
 Příbram Na Litavce 9,100 [11]
Sigma Olomouc Olomouc Andrův stadion 12,483 [12]
Slavia Prague Prague
Eden Arena
 20,232 [13]
Slovácko Uherské Hradiště Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty 8,000 [14]
Slovan Liberec Liberec Stadion u Nisy 9,900 [15]
Sparta Prague Prague
Generali Arena
 18,887 [16]
Teplice Teplice Na Stínadlech 18,221 [17]
Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň Doosan Arena 11,700 [18]
Fastav Zlín
 Zlín
Letná Stadion
 5,783 [19]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Prague 30 23 3 4 72 23 +49 72 Qualification for the championship group
2 Viktoria Plzeň 30 21 5 4 47 27 +20 68
3 Sparta Prague 30 17 6 7 52 27 +25 57
4 Jablonec 30 15 6 9 53 26 +27 51
5 Baník Ostrava 30 13 6 11 38 36 +2 45
6 Slovan Liberec 30 11 9 10 33 28 +5 42
7 Mladá Boleslav (O) 30 11 9 10 52 44 +8 42 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs
8 Sigma Olomouc 30 12 4 14 37 43 −6 40
9
Fastav Zlín
 30 12 3 15 32 40 −8 39
10 Teplice 30 10 6 14 32 42 −10 36
11 Bohemians 1905 30 8 10 12 29 37 −8 34 Qualification for the relegation group
12 Slovácko 30 10 4 16 32 45 −13 34
13 Opava 30 9 6 15 39 49 −10 33
14
Příbram
 30 8 7 15 33 63 −30 31
15 Karviná 30 8 5 17 39 53 −14 29
16 Dukla Prague 30 5 5 20 25 62 −37 20
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) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.[20]
(O) Play-off winners

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 OPA
PRI
 SIG SLA SLK LIB SPA TEP VPL
ZLN
Baník Ostrava — 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–2
Bohemians 1905 0–1 — 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 0–1
FK Dukla Prague 1–1 0–1 — 2–6 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–4 1–5 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–1
Jablonec 4–0 3–1 2–1 — 4–1 0–3 2–2 3–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 4–0
Karviná 2–0 0–3 0–2 2–1 — 3–4 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–0
Mladá Boleslav 2–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 — 6–1 2–0 0–4 0–1 5–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0
Opava 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 — 5–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–2 1–2
Příbram
 0–2 4–2 4–0 0–6 2–1 3–0 3–1 — 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2
Sigma Olomouc 1–4 2–3 1–0 1–2 3–2 0–4 2–2 2–0 — 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1
Slavia Prague 4–0 1–0 4–1 0–2 4–0 3–2 3–1 4–1 2–1 — 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–1
Slovácko 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–3 — 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–4
Slovan Liberec 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 3–0 0–1 3–2 — 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0
Sparta Prague 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 4–1 — 0–1 4–0 2–0
Teplice 0–1 1–2 5–2 1–2 2–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–4 — 2–1 2–1
Viktoria Plzeň 2–1 3–2 4–0 1–0 2–1 6–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–0
Fastav Zlín
 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 —
Source: Fortuna liga, Soccerway
Legend: 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 SLA VPL SPA JAB OST LIB
1 Slavia Prague (C) 35 26 5 4 79 26 +53 83 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round — 3–1 2–1 2–1 — —
2 Viktoria Plzeň 35 24 6 5 57 32 +25 78 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round — — 4–0 2–1 1–1 —
3 Sparta Prague 35 20 6 9 59 33 +26 66 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round — — — 2–0 3–0 1–0
4 Jablonec 35 17 6 12 58 32 +26 57 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round — — — — 2–0 1–0
5 Baník Ostrava 35 13 8 14 39 43 −4 47 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs final 0–0 — — — — 0–1
6 Slovan Liberec 35 12 10 13 34 32 +2 46 0–0 0–2 — — — —
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) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.[20]
(C) Champions

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 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.

First roundSecond round
          
 
Fastav Zlín (a)
123
 
Sigma Olomouc03 3
Fastav Zlín
303
 
Mladá Boleslav13 4
Teplice011
Mladá Boleslav81 9

Final

Baník Ostrava0–1Mladá Boleslav
Report
Attendance: 10,368
Referee: Pavel Franěk

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 SLK OPA B05
PRI
 KAR DUK
11 Slovácko 35 13 6 16 43 47 −4 45 — 4–1 — 5–1 2–1 —
12 Opava 35 12 7 16 47 57 −10 43 — — — 2–1 1–0 3–2
13 Bohemians 1905 35 9 13 13 33 43 −10 40 0–0 2–1 — 1–4 — —
14
Příbram
(O) 		35 11 7 17 43 73 −30 40 Qualification for the relegation play-offs — — — — 1–0 3–2
15 Karviná (O) 35 9 5 21 42 58 −16 32 — — 0–1 — — 3–0
16 Dukla Prague (R) 35 5 7 23 30 72 −42 22 Relegation to FNL 0–0 — 1–1 — — —
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) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.[20]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

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

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Karviná 3–2
Vysočina Jihlava
 2–1 1–1
Zbrojovka Brno 3–3
Příbram
 		3–3 0–0

Match 1

Vysočina Jihlava
 Report
Attendance: 3,456
Referee: Milan Matějček
Vysočina Jihlava
1–1Karviná
 Report
Attendance: 3,150
Referee: Martin Nenadál

MFK Karviná won 3–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Czech First League; Vysočina Jihlava remained in the 2019–20 Czech National Football League.

Match 2

Příbram
 Report
Attendance: 8,523
Referee: Ondřej Berka
Příbram
0–0Zbrojovka Brno
Report
Attendance: 4,852

1. FK Příbram won 3–3 on aggregate with away goals and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Czech First League; FC Zbrojovka Brno remained in the 2019–20 Czech National Football League.

Top scorers

Rank Name Club(s) Goals
1 Russia Nikolay Komlichenko Mladá Boleslav 29
2 Czech Republic Martin Doležal Jablonec 15
France Jean-David Beauguel
Fastav Zlín / Viktoria Plzeň
4 Czech Republic Tomáš Wágner Karviná 13
Czech Republic Tomáš Souček Slavia Prague
6 Slovakia Miroslav Stoch Slavia Prague 12
Gabon Guélor Kanga Sparta Prague
8 Czech Republic Jakub Hora Teplice 11
Ghana Benjamin Tetteh Sparta Prague
10 Czech Republic Michal Trávník Jablonec 10
Czech Republic Jan Matoušek
Příbram

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Slavia Prague 243,198 19,370 9,091 13,511 +8.7%†
2 Sparta Prague 199,299 17,398 6,420 11,072 −2.8%†
3 Baník Ostrava 187,837 15,100 5,115 10,435 +32.3%†
4 Viktoria Plzeň 159,892 11,489 5,316 8,883 −7.2%†
5 Slovan Liberec 85,000 9,546 1,958 5,000 +0.1%†
6 Sigma Olomouc 74,357 10,667 2,459 4,647 −12.9%†
7 Bohemians 1905 76,118 5,000 3,041 4,229 +2.7%†
8 Slovácko 75,345 6,586 2,823 4,186 −6.9%†
9
Fastav Zlín
 65,087 5,898 3,065 3,829 −8.5%†
10 Teplice 56,694 15,131 1,187 3,543 −20.1%†
11
Příbram
 58,145 7,132 1,638 3,420 n/a†
12 Opava 57,485 6,385 953 3,194 n/a†
13 Karviná 51,835 4,833 1,942 3,049 −14.2%†
14 Jablonec 49,252 5,950 1,608 2,897 −10.3%†
15 Mladá Boleslav 49,237 5,000 1,236 2,896 +0.4%†
16 Dukla Prague 45,595 7,765 654 2,682 −4.7%†
League total 1,534,376 19,370 654 5,539 −0.1%†

Source: Fortunaliga.cz

See also

References

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