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.
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.
After 2 months, on 12 May, the League Football Association announced that the Fortuna liga would resume on 25 May. The regular season concluded on 14 June 2020.
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.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from2018–19 Czech National Football League Relegated from2018–19 Czech First League České Budějovice Dukla Prague
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Bohemians 1905 Prague Ďolíček 5,000 SK Dynamo České Budějovice České Budějovice Stadion Střelecký ostrov 6,681 FK Jablonec Jablonec nad Nisou Stadion Střelnice 6,108 MFK Karviná Karviná Městský stadion (Karviná) 4,833 FC Slovan Liberec Liberec Stadion u Nisy 9,900 FK Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Lokotrans Aréna 5,000 SK Sigma Olomouc Olomouc Andrův stadion 12,483 SFC Opava Opava Městský stadion (Opava) 7,758 FC Baník Ostrava Ostrava Městský stadion (Ostrava) 15,123 FC Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň Doosan Arena 11,700 1. FK Příbram Příbram Na Litavce 9,100 SK Slavia Prague Prague Sinobo Stadium 19,370 1. FC Slovácko Uherské Hradiště Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty 8,000 AC Sparta Prague Prague Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena 18,944 FK Teplice Teplice Na Stínadlech 18,221 FC 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 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.
Final
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. 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.
Top scorers
Rank Name Club Goals 1 Petar Musa Slovan Liberec / Slavia Prague 14 Libor Kozák Sparta Prague 3 Lukáš Budínský Mladá Boleslav 13 4 Guélor Kanga Sparta Prague 12 Jakub Řezníček Teplice 6 Nikolay Komlichenko Mladá Boleslav 10 Martin Doležal Jablonec Michael Krmenčík Viktoria Plzeň Pavel Bucha Mladá Boleslav / Viktoria Plzeň Roman Potočný Slovan Liberec / Baník Ostrava
Awards
Monthly Awards Month Player of the Month Manager of the MonthPlayerClubManagerClubJuly Jan Kopic Viktoria Plzeň Pavel Vrba Viktoria PlzeňAugust Jakub Plšek Sigma Olomouc Jindřich Trpišovský Slavia PragueSeptember Jakub Mareš Teplice Jindřich Trpišovský Slavia PragueOctober Tomáš Souček Slavia Prague Martin Svědík SlováckoNovember Jaroslav Drobný České Budějovice David Horejš České BudějoviceDecember Milan Škoda Slavia Prague Martin Svědík SlováckoFebruary Pavel Bucha Viktoria Plzeň Adrián Guľa Viktoria PlzeňMay Aleš Čermák Viktoria Plzeň Adrián Guľa Viktoria PlzeňJune Jakub Řezníček FK Teplice Jindřich Trpišovský Slavia Prague
Annual awards Award Winner Club Player of the season Ondřej Kolář Slavia Prague Manager of the season Jindřich Trpišovský Slavia Prague International of the season Nicolae Stanciu Slavia Prague Fans' Player of the season Adam Hložek Sparta Prague Newcomer of the season Pavel Bucha Viktoria Plzeň Figure of the season Josef Jindřišek Bohemians 1905 Goalkeeper of the season Ondřej Kolář Slavia Prague Defender of the season Jakub Brabec Viktoria Plzeň Midfield of the season Nicolae Stanciu Slavia Prague Forward of the season Petar Musa Slovan Liberec / Slavia Prague
Attendances
See also 2019–20 Czech Cup 2019–20 Czech National Football League
References
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