2019–20 Czech First League

Czech First League
Season2019–20
Dates12 July 2019 – 26 July 2020
ChampionsSlavia Prague
6th Czech First League title
20th Czech title
RelegatedNo relegation
Champions LeagueSlavia Prague
Viktoria Plzeň
Europa LeagueSparta Prague
Jablonec
Slovan Liberec
Matches played271
Goals scored708 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerLibor Kozák, Petar Musa
(14 goals)
Best goalkeeperOndřej Kolář
(19 clean sheets)
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
Longest winning run8
Slavia Prague
Longest unbeaten run20
Slavia Prague
Longest winless run18
Příbram
Longest losing run6
Příbram
Highest attendance19,370
Slavia Prague 1–1 Sparta Prague
8 March 2020
Lowest attendance25
Karviná 1–4 Sparta
31 May 2020
Total attendance1,153,357
Average attendance4,470

The 2019–20 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 27th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions were Slavia Prague, who won their fifth Czech title in the previous season. This season was 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.[1]

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.[2]

After 2 months, on 12 May, the League Football Association announced that the Fortuna liga would resume on 25 May.[3] The regular season concluded on 14 June 2020.[4]

On 23 July, when the Champions group and the Europa League playoffs had already been finalized, SFC Opava - a team holding 15th place in the table had a suspected coronavirus case among their team members. The Czech League Football Association said it was not possible to complete the league's relegation group as a result of this, and the team was forced to quarantine. None of the three teams in danger of being relegated to the second league, namely Karviná, Opava and Příbram, would be relegated. From the Second League, the victorious Pardubice, and second-placed Zbrojovka Brno would advance to the first league, while third-placed Dukla Praha would not. The relegation group matches were suspended and no team was relegated.[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

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Locations of the 2019–20 Czech First League teams
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Prague teams in 2019–20 Czech First League


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[a]
9 Slovácko 30 11 9 10 35 35 0 42[a]
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. ^ a b 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
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 PLZ SPA JAB LIB OST
1 Slavia Prague (C) 35 26 7 2 69 12 +57 85 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round — 1–0 0–0 4–0 — —
2 Viktoria Plzeň 35 23 7 5 68 24 +44 76 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round — — 2–1 2–0 4–0 —
3 Sparta Prague 35 17 9 9 66 40 +26 60 Qualification for the Europa League group stage — — — 3–0 4–1 3–2
4 Jablonec 35 14 9 12 48 52 −4 51 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round — — — — 1–1 1–1
5 Slovan Liberec (O) 35 15 6 14 55 51 +4 51 Qualification for the Europa League play-offs final 1–3 — — — — 2–1
6 Baník Ostrava 35 12 11 12 47 43 +4 47 1–3 0–0 — — — —
Source: [citation needed]
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.[23]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

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 fourth-placed or 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
          
 
Mladá Boleslav224
 
České Budějovice10 1
Mladá Boleslav314
 
Bohemians 190502 2
Slovácko112
Bohemians 190522 4

Final

Slovan Liberec2–0Mladá Boleslav
Pešek 62'
Mara 90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 2,488

Relegation group

Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season. The relegation group was scheduled to conclude on 7 July but due to three players from MFK Karviná testing positive for COVID-19, the last two rounds of matches were postponed to 23 and 26 July.[24] Then, due to one player from SFC Opava testing positive for COVID-19, the last two rounds of matches were not played. As a consequence, no team was relegated and number of teams for 2020–2021 season was increased from 16 to 18.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts OLO TEP ZLN KAR OPA PRI
11 Sigma Olomouc 33 9 13 11 39 40 −1 40 — 0–0 — 3–1 — —
12 Teplice 33 9 11 13 37 51 −14 38 — — 4–1 4–1 — —
13 Fastav Zlín 33 9 6 18 30 52 −22 33 — — — — 3–1 1–0
14 Karviná 33 5 12 16 25 46 −21 27 — — — — 0–0 —
15 Opava 33 5 10 18 17 50 −33 25[a] — — — — — 0–0
16 Příbram 33 6 7 20 21 55 −34 25[a] 2–0 — — — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2020. Source: [citation needed]
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. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Opava 4, Příbram 1.

Top scorers

As of matches played 6 July 2020
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Croatia Petar Musa Slovan Liberec / Slavia Prague 14
Czech Republic Libor Kozák Sparta Prague
3 Czech Republic Lukáš Budínský Mladá Boleslav 13
4 Gabon Guélor Kanga Sparta Prague 12
Czech Republic Jakub Řezníček Teplice
6 Russia Nikolay Komlichenko Mladá Boleslav 10
Czech Republic Martin Doležal Jablonec
Czech Republic Michael Krmenčík Viktoria Plzeň
Czech Republic Pavel Bucha Mladá Boleslav / Viktoria Plzeň
Czech Republic Roman Potočný Slovan Liberec / Baník Ostrava

Awards

Monthly Awards

Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month
Player Club Manager Club
July Czech Republic Jan Kopic Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic Pavel Vrba Viktoria Plzeň
August Czech Republic Jakub Plšek Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic Jindřich Trpišovský Slavia Prague
September Czech Republic Jakub Mareš Teplice Czech Republic Jindřich Trpišovský Slavia Prague
October Czech Republic Tomáš Souček Slavia Prague Czech Republic Martin Svědík Slovácko
November Czech Republic Jaroslav Drobný České Budějovice Czech Republic David Horejš České Budějovice
December Czech Republic Milan Škoda Slavia Prague Czech Republic Martin Svědík Slovácko
February Czech Republic Pavel Bucha Viktoria Plzeň Slovakia Adrián Guľa Viktoria Plzeň
May Czech Republic Aleš Čermák Viktoria Plzeň Slovakia Adrián Guľa Viktoria Plzeň
June Czech Republic Jakub Řezníček FK Teplice Czech Republic Jindřich Trpišovský Slavia Prague

Annual awards

Award Winner Club
Player of the season Czech Republic Ondřej Kolář Slavia Prague
Manager of the season Czech Republic Jindřich Trpišovský Slavia Prague
International of the season Romania Nicolae Stanciu Slavia Prague
Fans' Player of the season Czech Republic Adam Hložek Sparta Prague
Newcomer of the season Czech Republic Pavel Bucha Viktoria Plzeň
Figure of the season Czech Republic Josef Jindřišek Bohemians 1905
Goalkeeper of the season Czech Republic Ondřej Kolář Slavia Prague
Defender of the season Czech Republic Jakub Brabec Viktoria Plzeň
Midfield of the season Romania Nicolae Stanciu Slavia Prague
Forward of the season Croatia Petar Musa Slovan Liberec / Slavia Prague

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Slavia Prague 184,466 19,370 90 10,851 −19.7%†
2 Sparta Prague 146,777 17,292 120 8,634 −22.0%†
3 Viktoria Plzeň 123,440 11,625 160 7,261 −18.3%†
4 Baník Ostrava 120,278 13,535 1,722 8,019 −23.2%†
5 Slovan Liberec 58,895 8,765 150 3,272 −34.6%†
6 České Budějovice 58,530 6,681 120 3,658 n/a†
7 Slovácko 55,011 7,288 100 3,667 −12.4%†
8 Teplice 54,972 13,112 140 3,436 −3.0%†
9 Bohemians 1905 54,179 6,277 125 3,386 −19.9%†
10 Sigma Olomouc 51,402 8,119 114 3,024 −34.9%†
11 Fastav Zlín 49,243 5,898 125 3,078 −19.6%†
12 Opava 42,235 6,087 55 2,640 −17.3%†
13 Mladá Boleslav 40,788 5,000 287 2,719 −6.1%†
14 Karviná 40,213 4,833 25 2,681 −12.1%†
15 Jablonec 37,124 4,863 100 2,320 −19.9%†
16 Příbram 35,804 5,862 120 2,238 −34.6%†
League total 1,153,357 19,370 25 4,470 −19.3%†

Source: [1]

See also

References

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