2019–20 Czech First League


The 2019–20 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 27th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions are Slavia Prague, who won their fifth Czech title in previous season. This season is 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 have already been finalized, the SFC Opava - a team currently holding 15th place in the table has been suspected for corona virus by one of their team members. The Czech League Football Association said it is not possible to complete the league's group rescue as a result of this, and the team was forced to quarantine. None of the three teams in danger of falling into the second league, namely Karviná, Opava and Příbram, will be relegated. The victorious Pardubice, and the second-place Zbrojovka Brno will advance to the first league, while third-place Dukla Praha will not. The relegation group matches have been suspended and no team was relegated.

Teams

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Bohemians 1905PragueĎolíček5,000
SK Dynamo České BudějoviceČeské BudějoviceStadion Střelecký ostrov6,681
FK JablonecJablonec nad NisouStadion Střelnice6,108
MFK KarvináKarvináMěstský stadion 4,833
FC Slovan LiberecLiberecStadion u Nisy9,900
FK Mladá BoleslavMladá BoleslavLokotrans Aréna5,000
SK Sigma OlomoucOlomoucAndrův stadion12,483
SFC OpavaOpavaMěstský stadion 7,758
FC Baník OstravaOstravaMěstský stadion 15,123
FC Viktoria PlzeňPlzeňDoosan Arena11,700
1. FK PříbramPříbramNa Litavce9,100
SK Slavia PraguePragueSinobo Stadium19,370
1. FC SlováckoUherské HradištěMěstský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty8,000
AC Sparta PraguePragueGenerali Česká pojišťovna Arena18,944
FK TepliceTepliceNa Stínadlech18,221
FC Fastav ZlínZlínLetná Stadion5,783

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.

Number of teams by region

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Petar MusaSlovan Liberec / Slavia Prague14
1 Libor KozákSparta Prague14
3 Lukáš BudínskýMladá Boleslav13
4 Guélor KangaSparta Prague12
4 Jakub ŘezníčekTeplice12
6 Nikolay KomlichenkoMladá Boleslav10
6 Martin DoležalJablonec10
6 Michael KrmenčíkViktoria Plzeň10
6 Pavel BuchaMladá Boleslav / Viktoria Plzeň10
6 Roman PotočnýSlovan Liberec / Baník Ostrava10

Awards

Monthly Awards

Annual awards

Attendances