2021–22 FC Viktoria Plzeň season

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Viktoria Plzeň
2021–22 season
PresidentAdolf Šádek
Head coachMichal Bílek
StadiumDoosan Arena
Czech First League1st
Czech CupFourth round
UEFA Europa Conference LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jean-David Beauguel (19)

All:
Jean-David Beauguel (21)
2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 110th season in the existence of FC Viktoria Plzeň and the club's 29th consecutive season in the top flight of Czech football. In addition to the domestic league, Viktoria Plzeň participated in this season's editions of the Czech Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 4 March 2022.[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Czech Republic CZE Lukáš Hejda
4 DF Czech Republic CZE Luděk Pernica
7 MF Czech Republic CZE Jan Sýkora (on loan from Lech Poznań)
9 FW France FRA Jean-David Beauguel
10 MF Czech Republic CZE Jan Kopic
11 FW Slovakia SVK Matej Trusa
12 MF Czech Republic CZE Roman Potočný (on loan from Baník Ostrava)
13 GK Slovakia SVK Marián Tvrdoň
14 DF Czech Republic CZE Radim Řezník
15 FW Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Chorý
16 GK Czech Republic CZE Aleš Hruška
18 MF Colombia COL Jhon Mosquera
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Czech Republic CZE Pavel Bucha
23 MF Czech Republic CZE Lukáš Kalvach
24 DF Czech Republic CZE Milan Havel
25 MF Czech Republic CZE Aleš Čermák
31 MF Czech Republic CZE Pavel Šulc
33 DF Brazil BRA Eduardo Santos (on loan from Karviná)
35 DF Czech Republic CZE Filip Kaša
36 GK Czech Republic CZE Jindřich Staněk
44 DF Czech Republic CZE Libor Holík (on loan from Jablonec)
57 MF Czech Republic CZE Ondřej Pachlopník (on loan from Zbrojovka Brno)
66 MF Slovakia SVK Miroslav Káčer

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Joel Ngandu Kayamba (at Samsunspor)
MF Croatia CRO Marko Alvir (at Maribor)
MF Senegal SEN Modou N'Diaye (at Karviná)
MF Czech Republic CZE Šimon Falta (at Baník Ostrava)
MF Czech Republic CZE Dominik Janošek (at Baník Ostrava)
DF Czech Republic CZE Robin Hranáč (at Pardubice)
FW Czech Republic CZE Lukáš Matějka (at Pardubice)
MF Czech Republic CZE Michal Hlavatý (at Mladá Boleslav)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Czech Republic CZE Ondřej Mihálik (at České Budějovice)
DF Czech Republic CZE Matěj Hybš (at Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza)
GK Czech Republic CZE Dominik Sváček (at Liptovský Mikuláš)
GK Czech Republic CZE Jakub Šiman (at Zbrojovka Brno)
FW Czech Republic CZE Adam Alexandr (at
Příbram
)
DF Czech Republic CZE Šimon Gabriel (at Viktoria Žižkov)
DF Czech Republic CZE Josef Koželuh (at Chrudim)
DF Czech Republic CZE Václav Míka (at Chrudim)

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

26 June 2021 Friendly Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 4–1 Slovakia Spartak Trnava Plzeň, Czech Republic
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Luční ulice
3 July 2021 Friendly Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic Cancelled Germany Erzgebirge Aue Plzeň, Czech Republic
--:-- CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Luční ulice
3 July 2021 Friendly Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 4–2 Czech Republic Jiskra Domažlice Plzeň, Czech Republic
10:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadion Luční ulice
Note: Four halves of 30 minutes.
8 July 2021 Friendly Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 1–1 Romania Sepsi Waidring, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Waldstadion Waidring
12 July 2021 Friendly Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 0–2 Russia Ufa Kössen, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Kaiserwinkl Arena
15 July 2021 Friendly Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 1–0 Russia Arsenal Tula Austria
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Czech First League 25 July 2021 15 May 2022 Matchday 1 Winners 35 26 7 2 61 21 +40 074.29
Czech Cup 21 September 2021 27 October 2021 Third round Fourth round 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 050.00
UEFA Europa Conference League 22 July 2021 26 August 2021 Second qualifying round Play-off round 6 4 0 2 11 10 +1 066.67
Total 43 31 7 5 74 34 +40 072.09

Source: Soccerway

Czech First League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Prague 30 23 4 3 71 19 +52 73 Qualification for the championship group
2 Viktoria Plzeň 30 22 6 2 53 19 +34 72
3 Sparta Prague 30 20 6 4 65 32 +33 66
4 Slovácko 30 18 5 7 50 30 +20 59
5 Baník Ostrava 30 14 9 7 54 39 +15 51
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.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation PLZ SLA SPA SLO OST HKR
1 Viktoria Plzeň (C) 35 26 7 2 63 21 +42 85 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round 3–0 3–1 1–0
2 Slavia Prague 35 24 6 5 80 27 +53 78 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round 1–1 1–2 3–0
3 Sparta Prague 35 22 7 6 72 40 +32 73 1–2 3–1 1–1
4 Slovácko 35 21 5 9 59 38 +21 68 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a] 3–1 3–0
5 Baník Ostrava 35 15 10 10 60 48 +12 55 1–1 3–1
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. ^ Slovácko qualified for the Europa League as Czech Cup winners.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation PCE
ZLN
JAB BOH TEP KAR
11 Pardubice 35 9 10 16 42 68 −26 37 1–1 2–0
12
Fastav Zlín
35 9 9 17 43 60 −17 36 1–1 1–4 3–0
13 Jablonec 35 6 16 13 27 48 −21 34 0–1 1–1 2–0
14 Bohemians 1905 (O) 35 8 10 17 45 61 −16 34 Qualification for the relegation play-offs 0–1 4–0
15 Teplice (O) 35 8 5 22 33 59 −26 29 0–2 0–1 2–2
16 Karviná (R) 35 3 10 22 33 63 −30 19 Relegation to the FNL 1–1 2–2
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

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
35 26 7 2 63 21  +42 85 16 2 0 42 9  +33 10 5 2 21 12  +9

Last updated: 15 May 2022.
Source: Fortuna Liga

Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2022. Source: Fortuna Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

25 July 2021 1 Viktoria Plzeň 2–1 Mladá Boleslav Plzeň
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 4,321
Referee: Ondřej Berka
1 August 2021 2 Bohemians 1–2 Viktoria Plzeň Prague
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ďolíček
Attendance: 3,584
Referee: Jan Machálek
8 August 2021 3 Viktoria Plzeň 2–1 Slovácko Plzeň
19:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Doosan Arena
15 August 2021 4 Slovan Liberec 0–1 Viktoria Plzeň Liberec
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadion u Nisy
Attendance: 3,892
Referee: Czech Republic Karel Hrubeš
22 August 2021 5 Viktoria Plzeň 2–0 Karviná Plzeň
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 6,520
Referee: Czech Republic Ondřej Pechanec
29 August 2021 6 Hradec Králové 1–0 Viktoria Plzeň Mladá Boleslav
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Petr Kodeš Yellow card 19'
  • Dvořák Yellow card 26'
  • Král Yellow card 37'
  • Rada 58'
  • Michal Leibl Yellow card 60'
  • Štěpán Harazim Yellow card 90+6'
  • Vilém Fendrich Yellow card 90+7'
Report
Stadium: Lokotrans Aréna
Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Czech Republic Tomáš Klíma
11 September 2021 7 Viktoria Plzeň 3–2 Sparta Prague Plzeň
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 10,584
Referee: Czech Republic Ondřej Berka
18 September 2021 8 Viktoria Plzeň 2–1 České Budějovice Plzeň
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
  • Patrik Čavoš Yellow card 34'
  • Fortune Bassey 53'
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 9,312
Referee: Czech Republic Jan Petřík
25 September 2021 9 Pardubice 0–1 Viktoria Plzeň Prague
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Dominik Kostka Yellow card 79'
Report
Stadium: Ďolíček
Attendance: 1,562
Referee: Czech Republic Petr Hocek
2 October 2021 10 Viktoria Plzeň 2–1
Zlín
Plzeň
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 6,121
Referee: Czech Republic Pavel Franěk
17 October 2021 11 Teplice 0–1 Viktoria Plzeň Teplice
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Fortelný Yellow card 45'
  • Jan Knapík Yellow card 90+2'
  • David Černý Yellow card 90+4'
Report
Stadium: AGC Aréna Na Stínadlech
Attendance: 3,362
Referee: Czech Republic Pavel Julínek
24 October 2021 12 Viktoria Plzeň 5–0 Jablonec Plzeň
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 7,607
Referee: Czech Republic Karel Hrubeš
31 October 2021 13 Slavia Prague 2–0 Viktoria Plzeň Prague
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium:
Sinobo Stadium
Attendance: 18,179
Referee: Czech Republic
Pavel Franěk
6 November 2021 14 Viktoria Plzeň 0–0 Sigma Olomouc Plzeň
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 5,015
Referee: Czech Republic Ondřej Ginzel
20 November 2021 15 Baník Ostrava 2–2 Viktoria Plzeň Ostrava
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 6,774
Referee: Czech Republic Jan Petřík
27 November 2021 16 Viktoria Plzeň 6–0 Bohemians 1905 Plzeň
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Czech Republic Ondřej Berka
5 December 2021 17 Slovácko 1–2 Viktoria Plzeň Uherské Hradiště
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty
Attendance: 991
Referee: Czech Republic Ondřej Pechanec
11 December 2021 18 Viktoria Plzeň 2–0 Slovan Liberec Plzeň
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Czech Republic Dalibor Černý
18 December 2021 19 Karviná 0–1 Viktoria Plzeň Karviná
15:00 CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Městský stadion
Attendance: 912
Referee: Czech Republic Tomáš Klíma
6 February 2022 20 Viktoria Plzeň 1–0 Hradec Králové Plzeň
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Czech Republic Jan Machálek
13 February 2022 21 Sparta Prague 2–2 Viktoria Plzeň Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Czech Republic Ondřej Berka
19 February 2022 22 České Budějovice 0–1 Viktoria Plzeň České Budějovice
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov
Attendance: 3,278
Referee: Czech Republic Tomáš Klíma
26 February 2022 23 Viktoria Plzeň 4–0 Pardubice Plzeň
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
  • Filip Čihák Yellow card 7' Yellow-red card 20'
  • Dominik Kostka Yellow card 66'
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 6,184
Referee: Czech Republic Josef Krejsa
5 March 2022 24
Zlín
1–2 Viktoria Plzeň Zlín
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Letná Stadion
Attendance: 3,312
Referee: Czech Republic Dalibor Černý
12 March 2022 25 Viktoria Plzeň 1–0 Teplice Plzeň
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 9,560
Referee: Czech Republic Marek Radina
19 March 2022 26 Jablonec 0–0 Viktoria Plzeň Jablonec nad Nisou
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
  • Silný Yellow card 68'
  • Dominik Pleštil Yellow card 79'
Report
Stadium: Stadion Střelnice
Attendance: 2,175
Referee: Czech Republic Jan Machálek
3 April 2022 27 Viktoria Plzeň 1–1 Slavia Prague Plzeň
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 11,384
Referee: Poland Paweł Raczkowski
9 April 2022 28 Sigma Olomouc 1–1 Viktoria Plzeň Olomouc
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Andrův stadion
Attendance: 4,078
Referee: Czech Republic Petr Hocek
17 April 2022 29 Viktoria Plzeň 2–1 Baník Ostrava Plzeň
17:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 10,726
Referee: Czech Republic Ondřej Berka
20 April 2022 30 Mladá Boleslav 0–2 Viktoria Plzeň Mladá Boleslav
18:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Lokotrans Aréna
Attendance: 2,467
Referee: Czech Republic Dalibor Černý

Championship Group

24 April 2022 31 Viktoria Plzeň 3 - 1 Slovácko Plzeň
16:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 7,213
Referee: Czech Republic Tomáš Klíma
1 May 2022 32 Slavia Prague 1 - 1 Viktoria Plzeň Prague
19:00 CET
Report
Stadium:
Sinobo Stadium
Attendance: 18,732
Referee: Poland Bartosz Frankowski
8 May 2022 33 Viktoria Plzeň 3 - 0 Sparta Prague Plzeň
16:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 11,385
Referee: Czech Republic Dalibor Černý
11 May 2022 34 Hradec Králové 0 - 2 Viktoria Plzeň Mladá Boleslav
19:00 CET Report
Stadium: Lokotrans Aréna
Attendance: 3,294
Referee: Czech Republic Ondřej Berka
15 May 2022 35 Viktoria Plzeň 1 - 0 Baník Ostrava Plzeň
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 11,293
Referee: Czech Republic Dominik Starý

Czech Cup

21 September 2021 Third Round Viktoria Plzeň 2 - 1
Příbram
Plzeň
17:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 1,831
Referee: Czech Republic Ondřej Pechanec
27 October 2021 Round Of 16 Mladá Boleslav 2 - 0 Viktoria Plzeň Mladá Boleslav
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Lokotrans Aréna
Referee: Czech Republic Jan Petřík

UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 16 June 2021.[3]

22 July 2021 First leg Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 2–1 Belarus Dynamo Brest Plzeň, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Attendance: 4,468[4]
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)
29 July 2021 Second leg Dynamo Brest Belarus 1–2
(2–4 agg.)
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Technical Center-Academy
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)
Note: Dynamo Brest played their home match at Technical Center-Academy in Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Regional Sport Complex Brestsky in Brest, as in June 2021 UEFA suspended most matches to be played in Belarus, due to European Union sanctions in response to the Ryanair Flight 4978 incident which banned European Union airlines from flying over Belarusian airspace.[5]
Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2021.[6]

5 August 2021 First leg The New Saints Wales 4–2 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Cardiff, Wales
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium:
Park Hall, Oswestry
due to UEFA requirements.
12 August 2021 Second leg Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 3–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–5 agg.)
(4–1 p)
Wales The New Saints Plzeň, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Doosan Arena
Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Germany)
Penalties

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 2 August 2021.[7]

19 August 2021 First leg Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 2–0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Plzeň, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Doosan Arena
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
26 August 2021 Second leg CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 3–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 agg.)
Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Sofia, Bulgaria
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium
Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

References

  1. ^ "A tým 2021/2022". FC Viktoria Plzeň.
  2. ^ "Czech Liga 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Viktoria Plzeň vs. Dynamo Brest" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ "УЕФА отказался проводить в Беларуси все мероприятия под своей эгидой". Bytribuna. 16 June 2021.
  6. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  7. ^ "UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.