2019–20 Czech First League
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 12 July 2019 – 26 July 2020 |
Champions | Slavia Prague 6th Czech First League title 20th Czech title |
Relegated | No relegation |
Champions League | Slavia Prague Viktoria Plzeň |
Europa League | Sparta Prague Jablonec Slovan Liberec |
Matches played | 271 |
Goals scored | 708 (2.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Libor Kozák, Petar Musa (14 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Ondřej Kolář (19 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win | Jablonec 6–0 Slovácko, Mladá Boleslav 6–0 Příbram, Viktoria Plzeň 7–1 Mladá Boleslav |
Biggest away win | Teplice 1–5 Slavia Prague |
Highest scoring | Viktoria Plzeň 7–1 Mladá Boleslav |
Longest winning run | 8 Slavia Prague |
Longest unbeaten run | 20 Slavia Prague |
Longest winless run | 18 Příbram |
Longest losing run | 6 Příbram |
Highest attendance | 19,370 Slavia Prague 1–1 Sparta Prague 8 March 2020 |
Lowest attendance | 25 Karviná 1–4 Sparta 31 May 2020 |
Total attendance | 1,153,357 |
Average attendance | 4,470 |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Team changes
[edit]Promoted from 2018–19 Czech National Football League | Relegated from 2018–19 Czech First League |
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České Budějovice | Dukla Prague |
Stadiums and locations
[edit]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Ref. |
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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
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
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:
Results
[edit]Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 30 matches played each.
Championship group
[edit]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 | |
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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 | — | — | — | — |
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
[edit]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 round | Second round | |||||||||
Mladá Boleslav | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
České Budějovice | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Mladá Boleslav | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
Bohemians 1905 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Slovácko | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Bohemians 1905 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
Final
[edit]Slovan Liberec | 2–0 | Mladá Boleslav |
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Pešek ![]() Mara ![]() | Report |
Relegation group
[edit]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 | |
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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 | — | — | — | — | — |
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:
Top scorers
[edit]- As of matches played 6 July 2020
Awards
[edit]Monthly Awards
[edit]Month | Player of the Month | Manager of the Month | ||
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Player | Club | Manager | Club | |
July | ![]() | Viktoria Plzeň | ![]() | Viktoria Plzeň |
August | ![]() | Sigma Olomouc | ![]() | Slavia Prague |
September | ![]() | Teplice | ![]() | Slavia Prague |
October | ![]() | Slavia Prague | ![]() | Slovácko |
November | ![]() | České Budějovice | ![]() | České Budějovice |
December | ![]() | Slavia Prague | ![]() | Slovácko |
February | ![]() | Viktoria Plzeň | ![]() | Viktoria Plzeň |
May | ![]() | Viktoria Plzeň | ![]() | Viktoria Plzeň |
June | ![]() | FK Teplice | ![]() | Slavia Prague |
Annual awards
[edit]Award | Winner | Club |
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Player of the season | ![]() | Slavia Prague |
Manager of the season | ![]() | Slavia Prague |
International of the season | ![]() | Slavia Prague |
Fans' Player of the season | ![]() | Sparta Prague |
Newcomer of the season | ![]() | Viktoria Plzeň |
Figure of the season | ![]() | Bohemians 1905 |
Goalkeeper of the season | ![]() | Slavia Prague |
Defender of the season | ![]() | Viktoria Plzeň |
Midfield of the season | ![]() | Slavia Prague |
Forward of the season | ![]() | Slovan Liberec / Slavia Prague |
Attendances
[edit]Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Nový herní formát" [New season structure]. Ligová fotbalová asociace (in Czech). Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Restart profesionálních soutěží schválen! Sezóna se znovu rozeběhne dohrávkou v Teplicích". fortunaliga.cz (in Czech). Fortuna Liga. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Slavia se k výhře protrápila, Sparta je třetí a Příbram zase poslední". idnes.cz (in Czech). 14 June 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Football: Czech season ending early due to coronavirus". 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Club info Bohemians 1905". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info SK Dynamo České Budějovice". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info FK Jablonec". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info MFK Karviná". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info FC Slovan Liberec". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info FK Mladá Boleslav". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info SK Sigma Olomouc". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info SFC Opava". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info FC Baník Ostrava". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info FC Viktoria Plzeň". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info 1. FK Příbram". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info SK Slavia Prague". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info 1. FC Slovácko". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info AC Sparta Prague". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info FK Teplice". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Club info FC Fastav Zlín". fortunaliga.cz. Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Czech Liga 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Herní model". Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Karvinští fotbalisté jsou zdraví, dohrání ligy nic nebrání". idnes.cz (in Czech). 15 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Czech)