2025–26 Czech First League

The 2025–26 Czech First League, known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment, in 1993. Slavia Prague are the reigning champions. The season is scheduled to start in July 2025. The first half of the season will have 19 rounds, finishing in December, and the other half will commence on 31 January 2026. The season is expected to end on 24 May 2026 with two extra play-out fixtures on 26–27 and 30–31 May 2026.^[1]^[2]

Season2025–26

Dates18 July 2025 – 24 May 2026

ChampionsSlavia Prague (9th title)

RelegatedKarviná
Dukla Prague

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Czech First League
Season	2025–26
Dates	18 July 2025 – 24 May 2026
Champions	Slavia Prague (9th title)
Relegated	Karviná Dukla Prague
Champions League	Slavia Prague Sparta Prague
Europa League	Viktoria Plzeň Hradec Králové
Conference League	Jablonec
Matches	276
Goals	721 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tomáš Chorý (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Liberec 6–0 Karviná 9 November 2025
Biggest away win	Mladá Boleslav 0–5 Plzeň 19 August 2025
Highest scoring	Plzeň 3–5 Slavia 9 November 2025
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

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Format

The general season format is unchanged from last season. The 16 clubs will play each other home and away, until the league is split up in championship, play-off and relegation groups. The lowest-ranked team will be relegated directly to the second league, and the two teams positioned 14th and 15th will play a play-out with two teams from the second league positioned 2nd and 3rd in a home and away format.

This will be the eighth season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. There are no changes in the rules. The schedule also has not changed compared to last season.^[2]

Teams

Prague

Prague teams:
Bohemians 1905
Dukla Prague
Slavia Prague
Sparta Prague

Locations of the 2025–26 Czech First League teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including thirteen sides from the 2024–25 season, the winner of last season's second league, and two winners of the play-out, determined on 1 June 2025.

Team promoted to Czech First League

After being relegated in the 2023–24 season, FC Zlín returns to Czech First League as the champion of the 2024–25 Czech National Football League.^[3]

Teams relegated from Czech First League

The lowest positioned team from the last season, SK Dynamo České Budějovice, was relegated to the Czech National Football League.

Locations and stadiums

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref.
Bohemians 1905	Prague (Vršovice)	Ďolíček	6,300	^[4]
FK Dukla Prague	Prague (Dejvice)	Stadion Juliska	8,150	^[5]
FC Hradec Králové	Hradec Králové	Malšovická aréna	9,300	^[6]
FK Jablonec	Jablonec nad Nisou	Stadion Střelnice	5,690	^[7]
MFK Karviná	Karviná	Městský stadion (Karviná)	4,833	^[8]
FC Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	^[9]
FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Lokotrans Aréna	5,000	^[10]
SK Sigma Olomouc	Olomouc	Andrův stadion	12,474	^[11]
FC Baník Ostrava	Ostrava	Městský stadion (Ostrava)	15,081	^[12]
FK Pardubice	Pardubice	CFIG Arena	4,620	^[13]
FC Viktoria Plzeň	Plzeň	Doosan Arena	11,597	^[14]
SK Slavia Prague	Prague (Vršovice)	Fortuna Arena	19,370	^[15]
1. FC Slovácko	Uherské Hradiště	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,000	^[16]
AC Sparta Prague	Prague (Letná)	epet ARENA	18,349	^[17]
FK Teplice	Teplice	Na Stínadlech	17,078	^[18]
FC Zlín	Zlín	Letná Stadion	5,898

Rank	Region	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	Prague	4	Bohemians 1905, Dukla Prague, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague
2	Liberec	2	Jablonec, Slovan Liberec
	Moravian-Silesian		Baník Ostrava, Karviná
	Zlín		Slovácko, Zlín
5	Central Bohemian	1	Mladá Boleslav
	Hradec Králové		Hradec Králové
	Olomouc		Sigma Olomouc
	Pardubice		Pardubice
	Plzeň		Viktoria Plzeň
	Ústí nad Labem		Teplice

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Managerial changes

Pre-season:

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Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Contract valid until
Mladá Boleslav	Josef Jinoch	End of caretaker spell	25 May 2025	Aleš Majer^[19]	2 June 2024	Undisclosed
Slovácko	Tomáš Palinek	End of caretaker spell	25 May 2025	Jan Kameník^[20]	5 June 2025	Undisclosed
Sparta Prague	Luboš Loučka	End of caretaker spell	24 May 2025	Brian Priske^[21]	8 June 2025	Undisclosed
Dukla Prague	Petr Rada	End of contract	2 June 2025	David Holoubek^[22]	16 June 2025	Undisclosed

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During the season:

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Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Match-week	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Contract valid until
Viktoria Plzeň	Miroslav Koubek^[23]	Mutual consent	29 September 2025	10	5th	Marek Bakoš^[23] (caretaker)	29 September 2025	Undisclosed
Pardubice	David Střihavka^[24]	Sacked	29 September 2025	10	16th	Jiří Krejčí^[24] (caretaker)	29 September 2025	Undisclosed
Baník Ostrava	Pavel Hapal^[25]	Mutual consent	11 October 2025	12	11th	Tomáš Galásek^[26]	12 October 2025	Undisclosed
Pardubice	Jiří Krejčí^[27]	End of caretaker spell	14 October 2025	12	16th	Jan Trousil^[27]	14 October 2025	Undisclosed
Karviná	Martin Hyský^[28]	Signed by Viktoria Plzeň	15 October 2025	12	8th	Marek Jarolím^[28]	15 October 2025	Undisclosed
Viktoria Plzeň	Marek Bakoš^[29]	End of caretaker spell	15 October 2025	12	6th	Martin Hyský^[29]	15 October 2025	2028
Slovácko	Jan Kameník^[30]	Sacked	3 November 2025	14	16th	Roman Skuhravý^[31]	18 November 2025	Undisclosed
Dukla Prague	David Holoubek^[32]	Sacked	10 February 2026	21	16th	Pavel Šustr^[33]	12 February 2026	Undisclosed
Baník Ostrava	Tomáš Galásek^[34]	Sacked	16 February 2026	22	14th	Ondřej Smetana^[34]	16 February 2026	Undisclosed
Sigma Olomouc	Tomáš Janotka^[35]	Sacked	12 April 2026	29	7th	Pavel Hapal^[35] (caretaker)	12 April 2026	Undisclosed
Baník Ostrava	Ondřej Smetana^[36]	Sacked	26 April 2026	30	16th	Josef Dvorník^[36]	26 April 2026	Undisclosed

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Regular season

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slavia Prague	30	21	8	1	63	23	+40	71	Qualification for the championship group
2	Sparta Prague	30	19	6	5	60	33	+27	63
3	Viktoria Plzeň	30	15	8	7	50	34	+16	53
4	Jablonec	30	15	6	9	41	33	+8	51
5	Hradec Králové	30	14	7	9	43	34	+9	49
6	Slovan Liberec	30	12	10	8	43	30	+13	46
7	Sigma Olomouc	30	12	7	11	34	34	0	43	Qualification for the middle group
8	Pardubice	30	11	8	11	39	46	−7	41	Qualification for the middle group
9	Karviná (D, R)	30	12	3	15	43	51	−8	39	Relegated to the FNL^[a]
10	Bohemians 1905	30	10	6	14	26	35	−9	36	Qualification for the middle group
11	Mladá Boleslav	30	8	11	11	44	52	−8	35	Qualification for the relegation group
12	Zlín	30	9	7	14	37	48	−11	34
13	Teplice	30	6	11	13	29	38	−9	29
14	Dukla Prague	30	4	11	15	20	42	−22	23^[b]
15	Slovácko	30	5	8	17	26	45	−19	23^[b]
16	Baník Ostrava	30	5	7	18	25	45	−20	22

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Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Chance 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.^[38]
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
Karviná was administratively relegated to the FNL by the FAČR due to alleged match-fixing.^[37]. Karviná initially also qualified for the Europa League play-off round as winners of the 2025–26 Czech Cup, but was subsequently disqualified as a result of the alleged match-fixing.
[b]
Head-to-head points: Dukla Prague 6, Slovácko 0.

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Results

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Home \ Away	BOH	DUK	HKR	JAB	KAR	LIB	MLA	OLO	OST	PCE	PLZ	SLA	SLO	SPA	TEP	ZLN
Bohemians 1905	—	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1
Dukla Prague	0–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–3	0–0
Hradec Králové	2–0	3–0	—	2–0	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Jablonec	1–0	0–0	2–0	—	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	4–1	3–2	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–3
Karviná	1–2	2–0	4–3	1–2	—	3–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–1	4–1	0–1
Slovan Liberec	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	6–0	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0
Mladá Boleslav	2–2	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–4	3–3	—	1–4	1–1	2–0	0–5	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–1
Sigma Olomouc	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–4	—	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0
Baník Ostrava	0–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	2–0	—	1–4	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	6–2
Pardubice	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–4	2–1	2–1	0–1	—	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–1
Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	—	3–5	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1
Slavia Prague	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–3	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	—	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–0
Slovácko	1–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–3	2–2	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–1	—	0–0	2–1	2–0
Sparta Prague	2–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	5–2	2–4	2–1	1–1	5–2	—	2–2	3–1
Teplice	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	—	1–3
Zlín	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–3	1–0	3–2	5–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–3	3–2	—

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Source: Chance Liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Championship group

Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	SLA	SPA	PLZ	HKR	JAB	LIB
1	Slavia Prague (C)	35	24	8	3	74	31	+43	80	Qualification for the Champions League league phase	—	0–3^[a]	3–0	—	5–1	—
2	Sparta Prague	35	23	7	5	69	34	+35	76	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round	—	—	0–0	2–1	2–0	—
3	Viktoria Plzeň	35	18	9	8	60	38	+22	63	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round	—	—	—	3–1	5–0	2–0
4	Hradec Králové	35	16	8	11	50	41	+9	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round	3–1	—	—	—	—	1–0
5	Jablonec	35	16	7	12	45	47	−2	55	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round	—	—	—	1–1	—	2–1
6	Slovan Liberec	35	12	10	13	45	39	+6	46		1–2	0–2	—	—	—	—

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Source: Chance 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

Middle group

Teams will play a group for placement. The group winner will receive a financial bonus (3 mil. CZK) and will be rewarded with a favorable starting position in the 2026–27 Czech Cup.^[41]

First round				Second round



Bohemians 1905	1	2	3

Sigma Olomouc (a.e.t.)	3	1	4
				Karviná	1	0	1

				Sigma Olomouc	3	4	7
Karviná (a.e.t.)	1	3	4

Pardubice	2	1	3

Relegation group

Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	TEP	ZLN	MLA	SLO	OST	DUK
11	Teplice	35	10	12	13	40	42	−2	42		—	—	—	1–1	2–1	2–0
12	Zlín	35	11	8	16	43	56	−13	41		2–4	—	—	1–0	—	2–1
13	Mladá Boleslav	35	9	13	13	49	57	−8	40		0–2	1–1	—	—	—	1–2
14	Slovácko (O)	35	7	9	19	30	51	−21	30	Qualification for the relegation play-offs	—	—	0–3	—	2–1	—
15	Baník Ostrava (O)	35	7	8	20	32	49	−17	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs	—	2–0	0–0	—	—	—
16	Dukla Prague (R)	35	5	11	19	23	51	−28	26	Relegation to FNL	—	—	—	0–1	0–3	—

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Source: Chance 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

Relegation play-offs

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

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Artis Brno	1−7	Slovácko	1–4	0−3
Baník Ostrava	8–0	Táborsko	3–0	5–0

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Season statistics

Top scorers

Final standings^[42]

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tomáš Chorý	Slavia	17
2	Vojtěch Patrák	Pardubice	13
	Lukáš Haraslín	Sparta
	Mojmír Chytil	Slavia
5	Jan Kuchta	Sparta	12
5	Dávid Krčík	Karviná / Plzeň	12
7	Vladimír Darida	Hradec Králové	11
7	Albion Rrahmani	Sparta	11
9	Jan Chramosta	Jablonec	10
9	Ondřej Mihálik	Hradec Králové	10

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Hat-tricks

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Matchweek	Date	Player	For	Against	Result
5	17 August 2025	Solomon John	Mladá Boleslav	Hradec Králové	3–2 (H)^[43]
3	19 August 2025	Denis Višinský	Plzeň	Mladá Boleslav	5–0 (A)^[44]
16	23 November 2025	Emmanuel Ayaosi	Karviná	Hradec Králové	4–3 (H)^[45]
19	14 December 2025	Stanislav Petruta	Zlín	Olomouc	5–0 (H)^[46]
25	8 March 2026	Václav Jurečka	Ostrava	Zlín	6–2 (H)^[47]

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Clean sheets

Final standings^[48]

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Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Adam Zadražil	Hradec Králové	12
2	Tomáš Koubek	Liberec	11
2	Matouš Trmal	Teplice	11
4	Jan Hanuš	Jablonec	10
4	Florian Wiegele	Plzeň	10
6	Jan Koutný	Olomouc	9
	Jiří Floder	Mladá Boleslav
	Stanislav Dostál	Zlín
	Michal Jedlička	Plzeň / Ostrava
10	Peter Vindahl	Sparta	7
10	Jakub Markovič	Slavia	7

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Notes

[a]
Match was abandoned at 3–2 to Slavia Prague in stoppage time after Slavia fans stormed the pitch.^[39] On 12 May, the League Football Association awarded a 3–0 win to Sparta.^[40]

2025–26 Czech First League

Format

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Locations and stadiums

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Championship group

Middle group

Relegation group

Relegation play-offs

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

See also

Notes

References

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