The 2022–23 Czech First League, known as the FORTUNA:LIGA for sponsorship reason, is the 30th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its 1993 establishment. FC Viktoria Plzeň are the reigning champions. The season started on 30 July 2022. The first half of the season will have 16 rounds, finishing on 13 November 2022 because of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the other half will commence on 28 January 2023. The season is expected to end on 28 May 2023 with two extra play-out fixtures on 1 and 4 June 2023.
The season format is unchanged from last season, 16 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up in championship, play-off and relegation groups. The lowest-ranked team was relegated directly to the second league, the two teams positioned 14th and 15th played a play-out with two teams from the second league positioned 2nd and 3rd in a home and away format. This was the fifth season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. The year-to-year changes in the format of the competition are only cosmetic, the most significant change being the increase of the number of substitutes permitted on the substitute bench to 11.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season) A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including fifteen sides from the 2021–22 season and the winner of last season's second league.
Team promoted to Czech First League After being relegated in the 2020–21 season, Zbrojovka Brno returned to Czech First League as the champion of the 2021–22 Czech National Football League.
Teams relegated from Czech First League The lowest positioned team from the last season, MFK Karviná, was relegated to the Czech National Football League. The 14th-placed Bohemians 1905 and 15th-placed FK Teplice successfully defended their spots in the first league by winning the relegation play-offs.
Locations and stadiums
Team Location Stadium Capacity Bohemians 1905 Prague Ďolíček 6,300 FC Zbrojovka Brno Brno Srbská 12,550 SK Dynamo České Budějovice České Budějovice Stadion Střelecký ostrov 6,681 FC Hradec Králové Hradec Králové Lokotrans Aréna 5,000 FK Jablonec Jablonec nad Nisou Stadion Střelnice 6,108 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 FC Baník Ostrava Ostrava Městský stadion (Ostrava) 15,123 FC Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň Doosan Arena 11,700 SK Slavia Prague Prague Fortuna Arena 19,370 1. FC Slovácko Uherské Hradiště Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty 8,000 AC Sparta Prague Prague epet ARENA 18,944 FK Teplice Teplice Na Stínadlech 18,221 FC Trinity Zlín Zlín Letná Stadion 5,783 FK Pardubice Pardubice CFIG Arena 4,600
Rank Region Number of teams Club(s)1 3 Bohemians 1905, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague2 2 Jablonec, Slovan Liberec Trinity Zlín, Slovácko4 1 Mladá Boleslav Hradec Králové Baník Ostrava Sigma Olomouc Pardubice Viktoria Plzeň Dynamo České Budějovice Zbrojovka Brno Teplice
Managerial changes Ahead of the season: Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Contract valid until Sparta Prague End of contract Undisclosed
During the season: Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Match-week Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Contract valid until Pardubice & Sacked 5 16th June 2024 Baník Ostrava Mutual consent 11 14th Undisclosed Dynamo České Budějovice Sacked 14 14th & 13 November 2022 Undisclosed Trinity Zlín 16 15th 28 November 2022 Undisclosed Teplice 22 14th Undisclosed Zbrojovka Brno 26 13th Undisclosed
Regular season League table
Results
Championship group Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.
Play-off Because only four teams advance to the European Cups from the Czech First League due to a low national coefficient, the winner of the play-off will only receive a cash bonus and a bye in the third round of the 2023–24 Czech Cup.
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 faced the teams placed 2nd and 3rd in the Czech National Football League for two spots in the next season.
Matches All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Pardubice won 2–0 on aggregate.
Trinity Zlín won 1–0 on aggregate.
Season statistics
Top scorers Final standing Rank Player Club Goals1 Václav Jurečka Slavia202 Jakub Řezníček Brno193 Jan Chramosta Jablonec154 Mick van Buren Liberec / Slavia14 Jan Kuchta Sparta6 Tomáš Chorý Plzeň13 Ladislav Krejčí Sparta8 Tomáš Čvančara Sparta12 Mojmír Chytil Olomouc10 Roman Květ Bohemians 1905 / Plzeň11 Peter Olayinka Slavia Stanislav Tecl Slavia Ondřej Lingr Slavia Muhamed Tijani Ostrava
Top assists Final standing RankPlayerClubAssists1 Marek Matějovský Mladá Boleslav92 Casper Højer Nielsen Sparta83 Stanislav Tecl Slavia7 Jakub Hora České Budějovice Robert Hrubý Zlín Nemanja Kuzmanović Ostrava David Jurásek Slavia
Hat-tricks Matchweek Date Player For Against Result 2 Liberec Teplice 5–1 (H) 4 Slavia Pardubice 7–0 (H) 10 Teplice Pardubice 5–1 (H) 11 Bohemians 1905 Slovácko 4–2 (A) 13 Brno Pardubice 3–1 (A) 30 Ostrava Olomouc 4–1 (A) 31 4 Slavia Bohemians 1905 6–0 (H) 35 4 Slavia Slovácko 4–0 (H)
Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals(H) – Home team(A) – Away team
Clean sheets Final standing RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Filip Nguyen Slovácko112 Ondřej Kolář Slavia10 Matěj Kovář Sparta Jindřich Staněk Plzeň5 Jan Šeda Mladá Boleslav6 Michal Reichl Hradec Králové Jakub Trefil Olomouc8 Olivier Vliegen Liberec5 Martin Jedlička Bohemians 1905 Jan Hanuš Jablonec
Attendances
Rank Club Average Highest 1 Slavia Praha 14,729 19,370 2 Sparta Praha 14,347 18,305 3 Viktoria Plzeň 8,577 11,103 4 Baník Ostrava 6,808 13,099 5 Zbrojovka Brno 5,778 10,200 6 Bohemians 5,046 6,088 7 Slovácko 4,910 8,000 8 Sigma Olomouc 4,431 9,364 9 Teplice 3,749 10,555 10 České Budějovice 3,400 6,681 11 Zlín 3,312 5,112 12 Slovan Liberec 3,081 7,258 13 Pardubice 2,809 4,620 14 Jablonec 2,379 5,238 15 Mladá Boleslav 2,213 4,851 16 Hradec Králové 1,533 5,000
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See also 2022–23 Czech Cup 2022–23 Czech National Football League
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