Czech First League

Football league
FORTUNA:LIGA
Founded1993; 31 years ago (1993)
CountryCzech Republic
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams16
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toCzech National Football League
Domestic cup(s)Czech Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
Current championsSparta Prague (13th title)
(2022–23)
Most championshipsSparta Prague (13 titles)
Top goalscorerDavid Lafata (198 goals)
TV partnersOneFootball (Outside of Czech Republic)
Websiteen.fortunaliga.cz
Current: 2023–24 Czech First League

The Czech First League, known as the FORTUNA:LIGA for sponsorship reasons, is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Seasons typically run from August to May, most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays with few games played on Fridays. All Fortuna liga clubs qualify for the Czech Cup.

The history of the Czech football league began with its reorganization for the 1993–94 season following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and therefore the league became the successor of the Czechoslovak League. Thirty-five clubs have competed in the Czech First League since its founding. Sparta Prague has won the title 12 times, the most among Czech clubs and are the reigning champions. Other clubs that were crowned as champions are Slavia Prague, Slovan Liberec, Baník Ostrava and Viktoria Plzeň.

Based on performances in European competitions over the past five years, the league is ranked 15th in the UEFA league rankings for the 2023–24 season.

Gambrinus liga 2013 trophy

Competition format

In the inaugural season, two points were awarded for a win, before switching to three points for a win in 1994.[1] Teams are ranked by total points, in the case of two or more teams finishing with equal points, the head-to-head record between the teams is used for ranking, counting points in relevant games, then goal difference and then goals scored.

1993–2018

There were 16 clubs in the league. During the course of a season, which lasted from August to May, each club played the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 30 games.

New format

The 2018–19 season was the first season played with the new competition format. After the regular season, which lasts from July to April and involves each team playing every other team home and away, the teams are divided into three groups. The top six teams enter the championship group, with the first-placed team being named champions. The teams play against each other only once, playing total of five additional matches. Points earned are added to the points from the regular season.

The teams 7th–10th position after 30 games take part in the Europa League play-offs. The best of them play against the fourth-placed or fifth-placed (it depends on the result of the Czech Cup and on the Czech coefficient rankings between European football leagues) of the championship group to determine who will participate in the Europa League.

The teams from 11th–16th position play in the same format as the championship group. The team finishing in 16th position is relegated directly to the Czech National Football League, while teams in 15th and 14th places play relegation play-offs against teams finishing 2nd and 3rd in the Czech National Football League.

Changes in 2020–21

Due to positive tests for Covid-19 in the 2019–20 season the relegation group was abandoned.[2] The league announced that due to time pressure the relegation group will remain unfinished and as a consequence, no team can be relegated and the winner of the second league should be promoted. To avoid playing the 2020–21 season with odd number of teams, the automatic promotion was granted to the second placed team as well. There were 18 clubs in the league, each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 34 games. The three lowest placed teams were relegated to the second tier (Czech National Football League). From the 2021–22 season, the system returns to its previous format.

Champions

Year by year

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Top goalscorer(s) (goals) Club(s)
  1993–94 Sparta Prague (1) Slavia Prague Baník Ostrava Czech Republic Horst Siegl (20) Sparta Prague
  1994–95 Sparta Prague (2) Slavia Prague Boby Brno Czech Republic Radek Drulák (15) Drnovice
  1995–96 Slavia Prague (1) Sigma Olomouc Jablonec Czech Republic Radek Drulák (22) Drnovice
  1996–97 Sparta Prague (3) Slavia Prague Jablonec Czech Republic Horst Siegl (19) Sparta Prague
  1997–98 Sparta Prague (4) Slavia Prague Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic Horst Siegl (13) Sparta Prague
  1998–99 Sparta Prague (5) Teplice Slavia Prague Czech Republic Horst Siegl (18) Sparta Prague
  1999–00 Sparta Prague (6) Slavia Prague Drnovice Czech Republic Vratislav Lokvenc (22) Sparta Prague
  2000–01 Sparta Prague (7) Slavia Prague Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic Vítězslav Tuma (15) Drnovice
  2001–02 Slovan Liberec (1) Sparta Prague Viktoria Žižkov Czech Republic Jiří Štajner (15) Slovan Liberec
  2002–03 Sparta Prague (8) Slavia Prague Viktoria Žižkov Czech Republic Jiří Kowalík (16) 1. FC Synot
  2003–04 Baník Ostrava (1) Sparta Prague Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic Marek Heinz (19) Baník Ostrava
  2004–05 Sparta Prague (9) Slavia Prague Teplice Czech Republic Tomáš Jun (14) Sparta Prague
  2005–06 Slovan Liberec (2) Mladá Boleslav Slavia Prague Slovakia Milan Ivana (11) Slovácko
  2006–07 Sparta Prague (10) Slavia Prague Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic Luboš Pecka (16) Mladá Boleslav
  2007–08 Slavia Prague (2) Sparta Prague Baník Ostrava Czech Republic Václav Svěrkoš (15) Baník Ostrava
  2008–09 Slavia Prague (3) Sparta Prague Slovan Liberec Croatia Andrej Kerić (15) Slovan Liberec
  2009–10 Sparta Prague (11) Jablonec Baník Ostrava Czech Republic Michal Ordoš (12) Sigma Olomouc
  2010–11 Viktoria Plzeň (1) Sparta Prague Jablonec Czech Republic David Lafata (19) Jablonec
  2011–12 Slovan Liberec (3) Sparta Prague Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic David Lafata (25) Jablonec
  2012–13 Viktoria Plzeň (2) Sparta Prague Slovan Liberec Czech Republic David Lafata (20) Jablonec / Sparta Prague
  2013–14 Sparta Prague (12) Viktoria Plzeň Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic Josef Hušbauer (18) Sparta Prague
  2014–15 Viktoria Plzeň (3) Sparta Prague Jablonec Czech Republic David Lafata (20) Sparta Prague
  2015–16 Viktoria Plzeň (4) Sparta Prague Slovan Liberec Czech Republic David Lafata (20) Sparta Prague
  2016–17 Slavia Prague (4) Viktoria Plzeň Sparta Prague Czech Republic Milan Škoda / Czech Republic David Lafata (15) Slavia Prague / Sparta Prague
  2017–18 Viktoria Plzeň (5) Slavia Prague Jablonec Czech Republic Michael Krmenčík (16) Viktoria Plzeň
  2018–19 Slavia Prague (5) Viktoria Plzeň Sparta Prague Russia Nikolay Komlichenko (29) Mladá Boleslav
  2019–20 Slavia Prague (6) Viktoria Plzeň Sparta Prague Czech Republic Libor Kozák / Croatia Petar Musa (14) Sparta Prague / Slavia Prague
  2020–21 Slavia Prague (7) Sparta Prague Jablonec Czech Republic Jan Kuchta / Czech Republic Adam Hložek (15) Slavia Prague / Sparta Prague
  2021–22 Viktoria Plzeň (6) Slavia Prague Sparta Prague France Jean-David Beauguel (19) Viktoria Plzeň
  2022–23 Sparta Prague (13) Slavia Prague Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic Václav Jurečka (20) Slavia Prague

Performance by club

Percentage of titles won by club

  Sparta Prague – 13 (41.38%)
  Slavia Prague – 7 (24.13%)
  Viktoria Plzeň – 6 (20.69%)
  Slovan Liberec – 3 (10.35%)
  Baník Ostrava – 1 (3.45%)
Club Winners Runners-up Winning years
Sparta Prague
13
10
1993–94, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00,
2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2022–23
Slavia Prague
7
12
1995–96, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Viktoria Plzeň
6
4
2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2021–22
Slovan Liberec
3
0
2001–02, 2005–06, 2011–12
Baník Ostrava
1
0
2003–04
Sigma Olomouc
0
1
Teplice
0
1
Mladá Boleslav
0
1
Jablonec
0
1

Participating teams in 2023–24

Map

2023–24 season

The following 16 clubs are competing in the 2023–24 Czech First League.

Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref.
Bohemians 1905 Prague Ďolíček 6,300 [3]
SK Dynamo České Budějovice České Budějovice Stadion Střelecký ostrov 6,681 [4]
FC Hradec Králové Hradec Králové Malšovická aréna 9,300 [5]
FK Jablonec Jablonec nad Nisou Stadion Střelnice 6,108 [6]
MFK Karviná Karviná Městský stadion (Karviná) 4,833 [7]
FC Slovan Liberec Liberec Stadion u Nisy 9,900 [8]
FK Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Lokotrans Aréna 5,000 [9]
SK Sigma Olomouc Olomouc Andrův stadion 12,483 [10]
FC Baník Ostrava Ostrava Městský stadion (Ostrava) 15,123 [11]
FC Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň Doosan Arena 11,700 [12]
SK Slavia Prague Prague Fortuna Arena 19,370 [13]
1. FC Slovácko Uherské Hradiště Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty 8,000 [14]
AC Sparta Prague Prague epet ARENA 18,944 [15]
FK Teplice Teplice Na Stínadlech 18,221 [16]
FC Zlín Zlín Letná Stadion 5,783 [17]
FK Pardubice Pardubice CFIG Arena 4,600 [18]

Managers

As of 20 March 2024.
Club Coach Appointed
Sparta Prague Denmark Brian Priske[19] 31 May 2022
Slavia Prague Czech Republic Jindřich Trpišovský[20] 22 December 2017
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic Miroslav Koubek[21] 5 June 2023
Bohemians 1905 Czech Republic Jaroslav Veselý[22] 21 March 2022
Slovácko Czech Republic Martin Svědík[23] 10 November 2018
Sigma Olomouc TBA TBA
Slovan Liberec Czech Republic Luboš Kozel[24] 31 August 2021
Hradec Králové Czech Republic David Horejš[25] 28 February 2024
Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic David Holoubek[26] 2 January 2024
Dynamo České Budějovice Czech Republic Jiří Lerch[27] 13 December 2023
Baník Ostrava Czech Republic Pavel Hapal[28] 12 October 2022
Teplice Slovakia Zdenko Frťala[29] 6 March 2023
Jablonec Czech Republic Radoslav Látal[30] 30 June 2023
Pardubice Czech Republic Radoslav Kováč[31] 13 September 2022
Zlín Czech Republic Bronislav Červenka[32] 25 October 2023
Karviná Czech Republic Marek Bielan[33] 12 March 2024

Sponsorship

In 1997 the league started a sponsorship deal with Plzeňský Prazdroj, a. s. and became known as the Gambrinus liga (after the company's Gambrinus beer).[34] In 2008, the sponsorship was extended until the end of the 2013–14 season.[35]

In May 2014, the league announced a four-year sponsorship deal with betting firm Synot, becoming the Synot liga.[36] However, in January 2016 the company announced that their deal would conclude at the end of the 2015–16 season.[37]

In July 2016 a new two-year sponsorship deal was announced, with the league partnering ePojisteni.cz, an online insurance company. The league subsequently became known as the ePojisteni.cz liga. Due to a government subsidy scandal and the arrest of FAČR chairman Miroslav Pelta [cs], ePojisteni.cz terminated the contract prematurely in May 2017.[38] The league was then renamed HET liga for the 2017–18 season, after paint manufacturer HET.[39]

In October 2016 FAČR, League Football Association and Czech betting company Fortuna a.s. signed a 6-year partnership deal. In accordance with this deal, the Czech First League will be called Fortuna liga from the 2018–19 season.[40]

Media coverage

Country Broadcaster
 Austria Sportdigital, DAZN, Sport1 Extra
 Germany
 Switzerland
 Czech Republic O2 TV, Tipsport, Chance, Fortuna
 Russia Telesport
 Belarus Belarus 5
 Russia
 Estonia
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Ukraine
 Poland Polsat Sport, Ipla
 Romania Telekom Sport
 Slovakia VOYO
 Slovenia TV 3
 Albania Arena Sport
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Montenegro
 North Macedonia
 Serbia
 Egypt Time Sports
Rest of the World OneFootball

All time table

As of 29 May 2023.

The table counts all the seasons since the Czech First League was founded in 1993. Highlighted teams will be competing in the 2023–24 Czech First League.[41]

Pos Team S Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Current level
1 AC Sparta Prague 30 924 575 195 154 1748 773 975 1902 1st tier
2 SK Slavia Prague 30 924 503 236 185 1605 835 770 1729 1st tier
3 FC Slovan Liberec 30 921 394 252 275 1231 1007 224 1423 1st tier
4 FC Viktoria Plzeň 26 804 392 190 222 1224 875 349 1354 1st tier
5 FK Jablonec 29 894 348 253 293 1203 1063 140 1297 1st tier
6 SK Sigma Olomouc 28 858 325 244 289 1096 997 99 1205 1st tier
7 FC Baník Ostrava 29 895 309 262 324 1175 1140 35 1175 1st tier
8 FK Teplice 27 829 293 237 299 1024 1052 −28 1116 1st tier
9 FC Zbrojovka Brno 26 789 255 206 328 914 1069 −155 961 2nd tier
10 FK Mladá Boleslav 19 590 237 155 198 880 775 105 866 1st tier
11 1. FC Slovácko 21 651 226 171 254 762 807 −45 849 1st tier
12 SK Dynamo České Budějovice 22 670 193 182 295 711 1004 −293 750 1st tier
13 FK Příbram 22 672 191 172 309 697 986 −289 745 2nd tier
14 Bohemians 1905 21 653 186 185 282 681 910 −229 735 1st tier
15 FC Zlín 18 561 157 152 252 554 790 −236 613 1st tier
16 FK Viktoria Žižkov 14 420 144 106 170 478 539 −61 526 2nd tier
17 FC Hradec Králové 16 489 128 133 228 457 699 −242 508 1st tier
18 FK Drnovice 10 300 114 67 119 392 398 −6 396 Dissolved in 2006
19 SFC Opava 11 342 83 89 170 347 532 −185 338 2nd tier
20 FK Dukla Prague 9 275 77 76 122 325 420 −95 306 2nd tier
21 FK Chmel Blšany 8 240 67 63 110 255 350 −95 264 Dissolved in 2016
22 FC Vysočina Jihlava 7 210 55 61 94 221 315 −94 226 2nd tier
23 MFK Karviná 6 197 42 55 100 208 305 −97 181 1st tier
24 FK Pardubice 3 104 35 21 48 121 173 −52 126 1st tier
25 SK Kladno 4 120 28 30 62 99 173 −74 114 4th tier
26 FC Union Cheb 3 90 29 26 35 95 121 −26 100 4th tier
27 FK SIAD Most 3 90 19 30 41 96 140 −44 87 Dissolved in 2016
28 FK Bohemians Prague 2 60 14 8 38 60 111 −51 50 Dissolved in 2016
29 FC Karviná 2 60 12 12 36 53 105 −52 48 Merged with MFK Karviná in 2008
30 1. SC Znojmo FK 1 30 6 9 15 32 49 −17 27 3rd tier
31 FK Ústí nad Labem 1 30 4 7 19 22 67 −45 19 3rd tier
32 Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště 1 30 3 8 19 19 65 −46 17 Merged with Slovácko in 2000
33 MFK Vítkovice 1 30 3 7 20 22 64 −42 13 4th tier
34 FK Švarc Benešov 1 30 3 3 24 23 78 −55 12 4th tier
35 AFK Atlantic Lázně Bohdaneč 1 30 2 5 23 18 61 −43 11 Dissolved in 2000
  • Point deductions are not counted in this historical table (2004–05: 1. FC Slovácko −12, SFC Opava −6, Slovan Liberec −6; 2009–10: Bohemians Praha (Střížkov) −15; 2011–12: Sigma Olomouc −9).
  • A win was awarded with 2 points in the 1993–94 season.

Statistics

UEFA coefficients

The following data indicates Czech coefficient rankings between European football leagues.[42]

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
UEFA Country ranking
As of 15 December 2023.[43]
UEFA Club ranking
As of 15 December 2023.[44]

Attendance

[45]

Season Total Average Highest Home Av. Club
1993–94 1,116,885 4,663 23,111 9,501 Brno
1994–95 1,380,060 5,750 34,770 20,523 Brno
1995–96 1,225,755 5,129 26,872 12,283 Brno
1996–97 1,710,045 7,155 44,120 21,659 Brno
1997–98 1,477,515 6,156 31,730 15,365 Brno
1998–99 1,447,875 6,033 24,400 13,207 Brno
1999–00 1,433,355 5,972 23,800 11,280 Opava
2000–01 1,091,882 4,549 16,350 7,718 Olomouc
2001–02 1,113,325 4,722 16,300 7,490 Ostrava
2002–03 935,927 3,899 18,228 6,175 Sparta Prague
2003–04 1,158,523 4,827 20,032 15,376 Ostrava
2004–05 921,658 3,840 15,419 8,028 Ostrava
2005–06 980,633 4,085 20,318 7,211 Sparta Prague
2006–07 1,173,869 4,891 20,565 11,848 Sparta Prague
2007–08 1,237,660 5,156 20,698 11,022 Ostrava
2008–09 1,119,410 4,664 20,500 11,971 Slavia Prague
2009–10 1,177,014 4,924 19,370 10,766 Sparta Prague
2010–11 1,073,690 4,473 18,873 8,665 Sparta Prague
2011–12 1,130,540 4,710 18,299 10,322 Sparta Prague
2012–13 1,151,464 4,797 19,410 10,046 Plzeň
2013–14 1,216,389 5,068 19,089 11,340 Sparta Prague
2014–15 1,137,131 4,738 18,665 10,868 Plzeň
2015–16 1,219,366 5,080 18,684 10,618 Plzeň
2016–17 1,172,619 4,886 19,084 11,625 Slavia Prague
2017–18 1,331,016 5,546 19,084 12,431 Slavia Prague
2018–19 1,533,390 5,536 19,370 13,456 Slavia Prague
2019–20 1,153,357 4,470 19,370 10,851 Slavia Prague
2020–21 165,502 600 9,285 3,709 Slavia Prague
2021–22 1,055,806 3,825 19,370 10,989 Slavia Prague
2022–23 1,525,708 5,528 19,370 14,729 Slavia Prague

Records

As of 4 March 2024.[46]

Following statistics count only seasons of Czech First League since its inception in 1993.

Clubs are in order of the first appearance.

Highlighted players currently plays in the Czech First League.

Most appearances

# Name Matches Years active Clubs
1 Czech Republic Milan Petržela 503 2003– Slovácko, Jablonec, Sparta, Plzeň
2 Czech Republic Václav Procházka 447 2003–2023 Plzeň, Slovácko, Mladá Boleslav, Ostrava, Zlín
3 Czech Republic Josef Jindřišek 442 2003– Jablonec, Olomouc, Bohemians 1905
4 Czech Republic Stanislav Vlček 436 1993–2012 Bohemians 1905, České Budějovice, Olomouc, Slavia
5 Czech Republic Martin Vaniak 432 1993–2011 Olomouc, Drnovice, Most, Slavia
Czech Republic Rudolf Otepka 1996–2012 Zlín, Příbram, Drnovice, Ostrava, Olomouc, České Budějovice
7 Czech Republic Pavel Horváth 426 1993–2015 Sparta, Jablonec, Slavia, Teplice, Plzeň
8 Czech Republic Marek Matějovský 421 2001– Jablonec, Mladá Boleslav, Sparta
9 Czech Republic David Lafata 418 1999–2018 České Budějovice, Jablonec, Sparta
10 Czech Republic Libor Došek 407 1998–2016 Brno, Blšany, Liberec, Sparta, Teplice, Slovácko

Most appearances (expatriate players)

# Name Matches Years active Clubs
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Admir Ljevaković 306 2007–2022 Teplice
2 Slovakia Karol Kisel 279 2000–2013 Bohemians 1905, Liberec, Sparta, Slavia
3 Slovakia Jakub Považanec 272 2014–2023 Dukla, Jablonec
4 Slovakia Matúš Kozáčik 242 2003–2019 Slavia, Sparta, Plzeň
5 Serbia Vukadin Vukadinović 229 2013– Jablonec, Slavia, Zlín, Sparta, Karviná, Teplice
6 Slovakia Marek Bakoš 217 2009–2019 Plzeň, Liberec
7 France Alexandre Mendy 207 2003–2011 Příbram, Most, Mladá Boleslav
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Aidin Mahmutović 206 2008–2016 Teplice, Plzeň, Olomouc, Příbram
9 Brazil Daniel Rossi Silva 205 2007–2016 Olomouc, Jablonec
10 Zimbabwe Kennedy Chihuri 200 1996–2004 Slavia, Žižkov

Most appearances by country

Country Name Matches Goals Notes
 Albania Kristi Qose 72 9
 Angola Gigli Ndefe 140 2 Born in the Netherlands, he represents Angola
 Argentina Leandro Lázzaro 83 34
 Armenia Edgar Malakyan 11 0
 Australia Golgol Mebrahtu 42 14 Born in Sudan, he represents Australia
 Austria Niklas Hoheneder 31 0
 Azerbaijan Kamran Agayev 5 0
 Bahrain Abdulla Yusuf Helal 99 18
 Belarus Vitali Trubila 109 5
 Belgium Olivier Vliegen 45 0
 Benin Mohamed Tijani 41 1 Born in Ivory Coast, he represents Benin
 Bolivia Sergio Bastida 8 0 Born in Argentina, he represents Bolivia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Admir Ljevaković 306 14 Most appearances among the expatriate players
 Brazil Daniel Rossi 205 11
 Bulgaria Martin Minchev 70 10
 Burkina Faso Ismaël Ouedraogo 14 1
 Burundi Bienvenue Kanakimana 3 0
 Cameroon Joss Didiba 76 2
 Canada André Hainault 48 1
 Cape Verde Nando Maria Neves 88 8
 Colombia Jhon Mosquera 171 30
 Congo Francis Litsingi 84 24
 Costa Rica Winston Parks 17 2
 Croatia Andrej Kerić 135 36
 Curaçao Rigino Cicilia 59 12
 DR Congo Joel Ngandu Kayamba 89 6
 Denmark Asger Sørensen 49 6
 Ecuador Augusto Batioja 40 1
 Egypt Mohamed Yasser 28 5
 England Byron Webster 23 4
 Estonia Vlasiy Sinyavskiy 87 8
 Ethiopia Fikru Teferra 9 0
 Finland Kaan Kairinen 35 3
 France Alexandre Mendy 207 24
 Gabon Guélor Kanga 69 28
 Gambia Lamin Jawo 100 13
 Georgia Vakhtang Chanturishvili 137 8
 Germany Till Schumacher 57 2
 Ghana Benjamin Tetteh 98 21
 Greece Marios Pourzitidis 87 2
 Guadeloupe Kévin Malpon 7 0 Born in Martinique, he represents Guadeloupe
 Guinea Kamso Mara 97 11
 Haiti Kevin Lafrance 22 2 Born in France, he represents Haiti
 Honduras Luis Ramos 10 0
 Hungary Ferenc Róth 70 3
 Iraq Merchas Doski 45 4 Born in Germany, he represents Iraq
 Israel Tal Ben Haim 20 0
 Italy Marco Ferrara 8 0
 Ivory Coast Ibrahim Traoré 181 14
 Jamaica Rolando Aarons 12 0
 Japan Hidetoshi Wakui 10 0
 Kenya Patrick Oboya 27 2
 Kosovo Herolind Shala 27 6 Born in Norway, he represents Kosovo
 Kuwait Aziz Mashaan 31 2
 Latvia Dāvis Ikaunieks 113 22
 Liberia Oscar Dorley 151 6
 Lithuania Tomas Radzinevičius 64 9
 Malaysia Dion Cools 8 0
 Mali Bassirou Dembélé 9 0
 Martinique Florent Poulolo 76 3
 Mexico Cesáreo Victorino 4 0
 Moldova Valeriu Andronic 18 1
 Mongolia Tuguldur Gantogtokh 1 0
 Montenegro Vladimir Jovović 150 18
 Netherlands Mick van Buren 154 34
 North Macedonia Veliče Šumulikoski 169 8
 Niger Soune Soungole 55 0 Born in Ivory Coast, he represents Niger
 Nigeria Peter Olayinka 144 38
 Northern Ireland Paul Munster 3 0
 Norway Andreas Vindheim 44 3
 Peru Matías Succar 11 1
 Poland Bartosz Pikul 33 2
 Portugal Danny 21 1
 Romania Florin Niță 109 0
 Russia Vladislav Levin 112 2
 Senegal Dame Diop 119 24
 Serbia Vukadin Vukadinović 229 21
 Slovakia Karol Kisel 279 49
 Slovenia Elvis Bratanović 43 8
 South Africa Keegan Ritchie 4 0
 South Korea Seung-bin Kim 28 3
 Spain Pablo González 93 13
 Sweden David Moberg Karlsson 71 19
  Switzerland Mauro Lustrinelli 25 5
 Togo Francis Koné 52 6 Born in Ivory Coast, he represents Togo
 Trinidad and Tobago Lester Peltier 5 0
 Tunisia Tijani Belaïd 64 15 Born in France, he represents Tunisia
 Turkey Semih Kaya 28 2
 Turkmenistan Ruslan Mingazow 86 19
 Uganda Edrisa Lubega 9 2
 Ukraine Taras Kacharaba 132 5
 United States Nana Akosah-Bempah 9 0
 Uruguay Rafael Acosta 73 9
 Uzbekistan Aziz Ibragimov 38 1
 Venezuela Eric Ramírez 30 3
 Zambia Benson Sakala 17 0
 Zimbabwe Kennedy Chihuri 200 25

Appearances by age

# Name Club Season Age at first appearance
1 Czech Republic Dominik Mašek Příbram 2010–11 15 years, 10 months, 18 days
2 Czech Republic Pavel Mezlík Brno 1998–99 15 years, 10 months, 27 days
3 Czech Republic Patrik Svoboda Kladno 2009–10 15 years, 11 months, 7 days
# Name Club Season Age at last appearance
1 Czech Republic Josef Jindřišek Bohemians 1905 2023–24 43 years, 0 months, 10 days
2 Czech Republic Pavel Zavadil Opava 2020–21 42 years, 7 months, 5 days
3 Czech Republic Jaromír Blažek Jihlava 2014–15 42 years, 4 months, 24 days

Most goals

# Name Goals Matches Years active Clubs
1 Czech Republic David Lafata 198 418 1999–2018 České Budějovice, Jablonec, Sparta
2 Czech Republic Horst Siegl 134 310 1993–2006 Sparta, Příbram, Plzeň, Most
3 Czech Republic Libor Došek 125 407 1998–2016 Brno, Blšany, Liberec, Sparta, Teplice, Slovácko
4 Czech Republic Milan Škoda 104 344 2007–2023 Bohemians 1905, Slavia, Mladá Boleslav
5 Czech Republic Jakub Řezníček 96 336 2007–2023 Příbram, Mladá Boleslav, České Budějovice, Sparta,
Brno, Plzeň, Olomouc, Teplice
6 Czech Republic Stanislav Vlček 94 436 1993–2012 Bohemians 1905, České Budějovice, Olomouc, Slavia
7 Czech Republic Jan Chramosta 94 341 2009– Mladá Boleslav, Plzeň, Jablonec, Bohemians 1905
8 Czech Republic Luděk Zelenka 92 342 1995–2009 Jablonec, Žižkov, Slavia, Teplice, Blšany, Brno, Bohemians 1905
9 Czech Republic Marek Kulič 88 389 1998–2014 Lázně Bohdaneč, Drnovice, Příbram, České Budějovice,
Mladá Boleslav, Sparta, Hradec Králové
10 Czech Republic Martin Doležal 87 299 2008– Jablonec, Olomouc, Karviná

Most goals (expatriate players)

# Name Goals Matches Years active Clubs
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Aidin Mahmutović 70 206 2008–2016 Teplice, Plzeň, Olomouc, Příbram
2 Slovakia Marek Bakoš 67 217 2009–2019 Plzeň, Liberec
3 France Jean-David Beauguel 66 194 2014–2022 Dukla, Zlín, Plzeň
4 Slovakia Karol Kisel 49 279 2000–2013 Bohemians 1905, Liberec, Sparta, Slavia
5 Russia Nikolay Komlichenko 46 76 2016–2019 Liberec, Mladá Boleslav
Slovakia Ivan Schranz 163 2017– Dukla, České Budějovice, Jablonec, Slavia
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Muris Mešanović 44 136 2012–2019 Jihlava, Slavia, Mladá Boleslav
8 Slovakia Michal Ďuriš 38 164 2010–2016 Plzeň, Mladá Boleslav
Nigeria Peter Olayinka 144 2016–2023 Dukla, Slavia
10 Croatia Andrej Kerić 36 135 2008–2013 Liberec, Sparta, Teplice

Goal scorers by age

Record Name Club Season Age
Youngest scorer Czech Republic Adam Hložek Sparta 2018–19 16 years, 7 months, 15 days
Oldest scorer Czech Republic Josef Jindřišek Bohemians 1905 2022–23 42 years, 2 months, 16 days

Fastest goals

Source:[47]

Time (s) Scorer Match Season
10.5 Czech Republic Vratislav Lokvenc Liberec vs Hradec Králové 1–2 1993–94
11 Switzerland Mauro Lustrinelli Sparta vs Jablonec 3–0 2005–06
12 Czech Republic Radek Voltr Jablonec vs Karviná 5–3 2016–17

Most clean sheets

# Name Clean sheets Matches Years active Clubs
1 Czech Republic Jaromír Blažek 157 401 1993–2015 Žižkov, Bohemians 1905, Slavia, Sparta, Příbram, Jihlava
2 Czech Republic Martin Vaniak 153 432 1993–2011 Olomouc, Drnovice, Most, Slavia
3 Czech Republic Tomáš Grigar 117 375 2005– Sparta, Teplice
4 Slovakia Matúš Kozáčik 111 242 2003–2019 Slavia, Sparta, Plzeň
5 Czech Republic Tomáš Poštulka 110 309 1993–2008 Drnovice, Dukla, Hradec Králové, Sparta, Teplice, Plzeň
6 Czech Republic Michal Špit 101 300 2000–2016 Příbram, Sparta, Jablonec
7 Czech Republic Radek Černý 90 212 1994–2014 České Budějovice, Cheb, Slavia
Czech Republic Ondřej Kolář 185 2014– Liberec, Slavia
9 Czech Republic Jan Laštůvka 89 275 2001– Ostrava, Karviná
10 Czech Republic Petr Drobisz 88 289 1998–2014 Jablonec, Slovácko, Olomouc, Znojmo
Czech Republic Aleš Hruška 308 2008–2021 Žižkov, Příbram, Mladá Boleslav, Plzeň

Most yellow cards

# Name Yellow cards Matches Years active Clubs
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Admir Ljevaković 106 306 2007–2022 Teplice
2 Czech Republic Marek Matějovský 104 421 2001– Jablonec, Mladá Boleslav, Sparta
3 Czech Republic Pavel Horváth 97 426 1993–2015 Sparta, Jablonec, Slavia, Teplice, Plzeň

Most red cards

# Name Red cards Matches Years active Clubs
1 Czech Republic Jaroslav Šilhavý 9 137 1993–1999 Slavia, Drnovice, Žižkov
Czech Republic Stanislav Marek 199 1993–2002 Liberec, České Budějovice
Czech Republic Marcel Mácha 235 1995–2008 Liberec, Příbram
Czech Republic Miloslav Penner 249 1995–2008 Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště, FC Karviná,
České Budějovice, Příbram, Zlín

Most games coached

# Name Matches Points made Years active Clubs
1 Czech Republic Petr Rada 442 664 1997–2022 Slavia, Teplice, Jablonec, Liberec,
Jihlava, Příbram, Sparta
2 Czech Republic Petr Uličný 413 575 1993–2012 Zlín, Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň, Žižkov,
Opava, Hradec Králové, Olomouc
3 Czech Republic Pavel Tobiáš 406 519 1993–2016 České Budějovice, Slavia, Brno, Příbram
4 Czech Republic Karel Jarolím 373 618 1997–2022 Příbram, Slavia, Slovácko, Mladá Boleslav
5 Czech Republic Karel Večeřa 347 480 1993–2011 Brno, Drnovice, Jihlava, Ostrava
6 Czech Republic Jiří Kotrba 342 481 1993–2015 Žižkov, Jablonec, Příbram, Olomouc, Sparta,
Brno, České Budějovice, Liberec
7 Czech Republic Zdeněk Ščasný 339 556 1997–2019 Sparta, Žižkov, Most, Mladá Boleslav, Teplice
Czech Republic Pavel Vrba 655 2002–2023 Ostrava, Plzeň, Sparta, Zlín
9 Czech Republic Jindřich Trpišovský 287 620 2015– Liberec, Slavia
10 Czech Republic František Komňacký 279 416 1993–2014 Drnovice, Slovácko, Ostrava, Jablonec, Jihlava

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