The 2018–19 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions were Viktoria Plzeň, who won their fifth Czech title the previous season. The season was the first with a new league structure in which 16 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up into championship, Europa League and relegation groups. Dukla Prague lost seven consecutive games at the start of the season, becoming the first team in the Czech First League to do so.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from2017–18 Czech National Football League Relegated from2017–18 Czech First League SFC Opava1. FK Příbram FC Vysočina JihlavaFC Zbrojovka Brno
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Baník Ostrava Ostrava Městský stadion (Ostrava) 15,123 Bohemians 1905 Prague Ďolíček 5,000 Dukla Prague Prague Stadion Juliska 8,150 Jablonec Jablonec nad Nisou Stadion Střelnice 6,108 Karviná Karviná Městský stadion (Karviná) 4,833 Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav) 5,000 Opava Opava Městský stadion Opava 7,758 Příbram Příbram Na Litavce 9,100 Sigma Olomouc Olomouc Andrův stadion 12,483 Slavia Prague Prague Eden Arena 20,232 Slovácko Uherské Hradiště Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty 8,000 Slovan Liberec Liberec Stadion u Nisy 9,900 Sparta Prague Prague Generali Arena 18,887 Teplice Teplice Na Stínadlech 18,221 Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň Doosan Arena 11,700 Fastav Zlín Zlín Letná Stadion 5,783
Regular season League table
Results Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 30 matches played each.
Championship group Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.
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 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 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.
Final
Relegation group Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.
Relegation play-offs Teams placed 14th and 15th in the relegation group will face 2nd and 3rd teams from Czech National Football League for two spots in the next season.
Match 1
MFK Karviná won 3–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Czech First League; Vysočina Jihlava remained in the 2019–20 Czech National Football League.
Match 2
1. FK Příbram won 3–3 on aggregate with away goals and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Czech First League; FC Zbrojovka Brno remained in the 2019–20 Czech National Football League.
Top scorers Rank Name Club(s) Goals 1 Nikolay Komlichenko Mladá Boleslav 29 2 Martin Doležal Jablonec 15 Jean-David Beauguel Fastav Zlín / Viktoria Plzeň 4 Tomáš Wágner Karviná 13 Tomáš Souček Slavia Prague 6 Miroslav Stoch Slavia Prague 12 Guélor Kanga Sparta Prague 8 Jakub Hora Teplice 11 Benjamin Tetteh Sparta Prague 10 Michal Trávník Jablonec 10 Jan Matoušek Příbram
Attendances
See also 2018–19 Czech Cup 2018–19 Czech National Football League
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