2017–18 FC Viktoria Plzeň season

Viktoria Plzeň
2017–18 season
President	Adolf Šádek
Head coach	Pavel Vrba
Stadium	Doosan Arena
Czech First League	1st (champions)
Czech Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Michael Krmenčík (16); All: ; Michael Krmenčík (22)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2017–18 season was FC Viktoria Plzeň's 25th season in the Czech First League. The team competed in Czech First League, the Czech Cup, the UEFA Europa League, and the UEFA Champions League.

Pavel Vrba returned to manage the club in the summer of 2017. He had previously served as manager from 2008 to 2013 before leaving to manage the national team.

Players

As of 21 August 2017[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SVK	Matúš Kozáčik
2	DF	CZE	Lukáš Hejda
4	DF	CZE	Roman Hubník (captain)
6	MF	CZE	Václav Pilař
7	MF	CZE	Tomáš Hořava
8	DF	CZE	David Limberský
9	MF	CZE	Martin Zeman
10	MF	CZE	Jan Kopic
11	MF	CZE	Milan Petržela
14	DF	CZE	Radim Řezník
15	FW	CZE	Michal Krmenčík
16	GK	CZE	Aleš Hruška
17	MF	SVK	Patrik Hrošovský
18	FW	CZE	Tomáš Chorý
19	MF	CZE	Jan Kovařík


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	CZE	Tomáš Hájek
22	DF	CZE	Jan Baránek Jr.
23	FW	SVK	Marek Bakoš
24	DF	CZE	Milan Havel
25	MF	CZE	Aleš Čermák
26	MF	CZE	Daniel Kolář
28	DF	SVK	Marián Čišovský
29	MF	CRO	Diego Živulić
30	GK	CZE	Dominik Sváček
33	MF	AUT	Andreas Ivanschitz
35	DF	CZE	Filip Vacovský
—	GK	CZE	Petr Bolek
—	GK	CZE	Jakub Šiman
—	MF	CZE	Michal Hlavatý

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	SVN	Erik Janža (to Pafos FC)
—	FW	CZE	Tomáš Poznar (to FC Baník Ostrava)
—	MF	CZE	Jan Suchan (to FK Teplice)
—	MF	CZE	Lukáš Pfeifer (to TJ Jiskra Domažlice)
—	MF	CZE	Miloš Kratochvíl (to FC Zbrojovka Brno)
—	MF	CZE	Daniel Boček (to TJ Jiskra Domažlice)
—	DF	CZE	Jiří Piroch (to FK Pardubice)
—	DF	CZE	Martin Rychnovský (to FK Baník Sokolov)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CZE	Bohumil Havel (to FK Baník Sokolov)
—	MF	CZE	Jakub Kopřiva (to FC MAS Táborsko)
—	FW	CZE	Lukáš Matějka (to FK Ústí nad Labem)
—	MF	CZE	Lukáš Provod (to FK Baník Sokolov)
—	MF	CZE	Ondřej Ruml (to FK Olympia Prague)
—	FW	CZE	Jakub Řezníček (to SK Sigma Olomouc)

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee
30 June 2017	MF	Dominik Hradecký	23	FK Tachov	Loan Return
30 June 2017	MF	Jan Suchan	21	1. FK Příbram	Loan Return
30 June 2017	DF	Jurij Medvedev	21	FK Baník Sokolov	Loan Return
1 July 2017	MF	Aleš Čermák	22	AC Sparta Prague	£900k
1 July 2017	MF	Diego Živulić	25	FC Fastav Zlín	Free transfer
1 July 2017	GK	Aleš Hruška	31	1. FK Příbram	Free transfer
1 July 2017	FW	Jakub Řezníček	29	FC Zbrojovka Brno	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	MF	Daniel Kolář	31	Free agent	None
13 July 2017	DF	Milan Havel	22	Bohemians 1905	Undisclosed
7 September 2017	GK	Jakub Šiman	22	FK Baník Sokolov	Loan Return
31 December 2017	MF	Michal Hlavatý	19	FK Baník Sokolov	Loan Return
31 December 2017	FW	Lukáš Stratil	23	FK Viktoria Žižkov	Loan Return
31 December 2017	GK	Jakub Šiman	22	TJ Jiskra Domažlice	Loan Return
31 December 2017	GK	Petr Bolek	33	FK Baník Sokolov	Loan Return
4 January 2018	FW	Tomáš Chorý	22	Sigma Olomouc

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee
1 July 2017	MF	Martin Chrien	21	S.L. Benfica	£900K
4 August 2017	DF	Aleš Matějů	21	Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.	£2.25M
21 July 2017	DF	Jurij Medvedev	21	FK Senica	Free transfer
21 July 2017	MF	Dominik Hradecký	23	FK Slavoj Vyšehrad	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	MF	Jakub Hromada	21	U.C. Sampdoria	Loan Return

Loans Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee
1 July 2017	FW	Tomáš Poznar	28	FC Baník Ostrava	Loan
1 July 2017	MF	Michal Hlavatý	19	FK Baník Sokolov	Loan
8 July 2017	MF	Jan Suchan	21	FK Teplice	Loan
13 July 2017	DF	Erik Janža	24	Pafos FC	Loan
8 September 2017	MF	Petr Bolek	33	FK Baník Sokolov	Loan
8 September 2017	GK	Jakub Šiman	22	TJ Jiskra Domažlice	Loan

Pre-season and friendlies

21 June 2017 Friendly	FC Rokycany	1–10	Viktoria Plzeň	Rokycany
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Grambal 82'	Report	Kolář 8' Řezníček 15', 37', 39', 44' Pfeifer 29' Pilař 31' Bakoš 55' Řezník 61' Vlastní 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion pod Husovými sady

24 June 2017 Friendly	Petřín Plzeň	0–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Plzeň
10:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Levý 37' Bakoš	Stadium: Stadion TJ Dynamo ZČE Plzeň Attendance: 500

28 June 2017 Friendly	Viktoria Plzeň	8–1	Ústí nad Labem	Roudná
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Krmenčík 5', 29' Kopic 20' Bakoš 35' Kolář 62' Ivanschitz 75' Petržela 81' Řezníček 88'	Report	Richter 12'

1 July 2017 Friendly	Viktoria Plzeň	3–2	Baník Sokolov	Plzeň
10:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Šiman 48' (o.g.) Suchan 60' Krmenčík	Report	Machek 79' Ševčík 88'	Stadium: Doosan Arena

5 July 2017 Friendly	Viktoria Plzeň	5–1	Dynamo České Budějovice	Roudná
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Krmenčík 22' Kolář 53', 65' Bakoš 75' Suchan 81'	Report	Benát 84'	Attendance: 1,004 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

11 July 2017 Friendly	Viktoria Plzeň	1–5	Greuther Fürth	Westendorf, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kopic 60'	Report	Dursun 15', 18', 52' Omladič 34' Ernst 61'	Stadium: Waldstadion Westendorf Attendance: 189

15 July 2017 Friendly	Viktoria Plzeň	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Westendorf, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bakoš 64'	Report	Dicko 17' Doherty 30'	Stadium: Waldstadion Westendorf Attendance: 300

18 July 2017 Friendly	Viktoria Plzeň	0–1	Watford	Wörgl, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Okaka 79'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Wörgl Attendance: 235

Competitions

Czech First League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viktoria Plzeň (C)	30	20	6	4	55	23	+32	66	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Slavia Prague	30	17	8	5	50	19	+31	59	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	Jablonec	30	16	8	6	49	27	+22	56	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4	Sigma Olomouc	30	15	10	5	41	22	+19	55	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5	Sparta Prague	30	14	11	5	43	25	+18	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Fortuna liga, Soccerway
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) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions, or relegation); 8) Draw.[2]
(C) Champion
Notes:

Since the winners of the 2017–18 Czech Cup, Slavia Prague, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	20	6	4	55	23	+32	66	10	3	2	28	11	+17	10	3	2	27	12	+15

Source: See results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

29 July 2017 1	Viktoria Plzeň	4–0	Dukla Prague	Plzeň
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hejda 11' Hrošovský 16' Krmenčík 33' Hořava 42'	Report	Hanousek 19' Kušnír 81'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,624 Referee: Radek Příhoda

6 August 2017 2	Jablonec	0–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Jablonec nad Nisou
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kubista 66' Mihálik 74' Trávník 79'	Report	Hájek 11' Živulić 34' Kolář 74' Zeman 75' Hruška 80'	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 3,870 Referee: Pavel Královec

12 August 2017 3	Viktoria Plzeň	1–0	Sigma Olomouc	Plzeň
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pilař 69' Čermák 90'	Report	Chorý 45+3' Jemelka 64' Kalvach 90+1'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,135 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

20 August 2017 4	Vysočina Jihlava	1–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Jihlava
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ikaunieks 1' Zoubele 54' Vaculík 90'	Report	Hrošovský 64' Hájek 78' Řezník 84' Bakoš 90'	Stadium: Stadion v Jiráskově ulici Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Pavel Julinek

27 August 2017 5	Viktoria Plzeň	3–0	Baník Ostrava	Plzeň
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Hubník 5' Limberský 64' Krmenčík 78' Kolář 85'	Report	Azatskyi 67'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,407 Referee: Karel Hrubes

9 September 2017 6	Slovan Liberec	0–3	Viktoria Plzeň	Liberec
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Folprecht 24' Karafiát 32'	Report	Krmenčík 7' Petržela 20' Kolář 61' Kopic 78' Hájek 87'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 6,530 Referee: Emanuel Marek

18 September 2017 7	Viktoria Plzeň	2–1	Fastav Zlín	Plzeň
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kolář 12' Krmenčík 15' Bakoš 90'	Report	Bačo 21' Hájek 43' (o.g.) Matejov 74' Džafić 90+2'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,128 Referee: Martin Nenadál

23 September 2017 8	Mladá Boleslav	0–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Mladá Boleslav
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mareš 33' Magera 58' Fleišman 60'	Report	Krmenčík 3', 14' Limberský 33' Hrošovský 47' Petržela 52'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 3,098 Referee: Pavel Franěk

1 October 2017 9	Viktoria Plzeň	2–1	Bohemians 1905	Plzeň
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Krmenčík 53' Havel 69' 83' Kopic 88'	Report	Mašek 42' Luts 62' Nečas 62' Kabaev 66' Dostál 85'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,712 Referee: Ondřej Berka

14 October 2017 10	Sparta Prague	0–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Prague
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	V.Kadlec 10'	Report	Krmenčík 21' Kolář 38' Hejda 75' Havel 84' Hrošovský 90+2' Zeman 90+3'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 17,134 Referee: Radek Prihoda

21 October 2017 11	Viktoria Plzeň	3–0	Zbrojovka Brno	Plzeň
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Krmenčík 30' Hořava 42' Kopic 45' Hájek 72'	Report	Juhar 24' Pavlík 64'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,740 Referee: Ondej Ginzel

28 October 2017 12	MFK Karviná	1–3	Viktoria Plzeň	Karviná
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Wágner 49' 86'	Report	Kopic 11' Krmenčík 34' Limberský 44' Řezník 51' Kolář 63' 69'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 3,746 Referee: Zbynek Proske

4 November 2017 13	Viktoria Plzeň	1–0	Slavia Prague	Plzeň
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hájek 30' Kolář 79'	Report	Bořil 45' van Buren 51'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 11,640 Referee: Radek Prihoda

18 November 2017 14	Slovácko	1–4	Viktoria Plzeň	Uherské Hradiště
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kubala 86' Reinberk 90' Navrátil 90+10'	Report	Kopic 13' 17', 71' Limberský 27' Řezník 36' Hejda 57'	Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty Attendance: 4,302 Referee: Pavel Franek

25 November 2017 15	Teplice	0–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Teplice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Susnjar 10' Král 76'	Report	Limberský 11' Petržela 38' Hořava 78'	Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 6,183 Referee: Karel Hrubes

2 December 2017 16	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	Jablonec	Plzeň
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Krmenčík 18', 80' Hubník 83'	Report	Holeš 22' Zelený 49' Jovović 83'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 8,132 Referee: Ondřej Berka

17 February 2018 17	Sigma Olomouc	0–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Olomouc
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sladký 77' Moulis 89'	Report	Kolář 64' Hrošovský 87' Chorý 90'	Stadium: Andrův stadion Attendance: 6,867 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

26 February 2018 18	Viktoria Plzeň	0–1	Vysočina Jihlava	Plzeň
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Limberský 36' Zeman 62' Hrošovský 89' Řezník 90'	Report	Tlustý 22' Levin 42' Ikaunieks 89'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 4,138 Referee: Pavel Orel

3 March 2018 19	Baník Ostrava	0–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Ostrava
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fillo 69'	Report	Petržela 62' Řezník 71'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 8,005 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

10 March 2018 20	Viktoria Plzeň	2–2	Slovan Liberec	Plzeň
17:15 CET (UTC+1)	Chorý 21' Krmenčík 40'	Report	Pulkrab 38' Breite 74'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,245 Referee: Emanuel Marek

17 March 2018 21	Fastav Zlín	0–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Zlín
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hronek 80'	Report	Kolář 12' Hejda 34' Chorý 45' Hájek 47' Kopic 78'	Stadium: Letná Stadion Attendance: 3,612 Referee: Pavel Franek

31 March 2018 22	Viktoria Plzeň	1–2	Mladá Boleslav	Plzeň
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakoš 89' Chorý 90'	Report	Mareš 40' Susnjar 46' Přikryl 50' Komlichenko 52' 58' Hubínek 79' Polaček 90'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 8,722 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

7 April 2018 23	Bohemians 1905	5–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Vršovice
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Šmíd 12' Reiter 23' Mašek 36', 38' Tetteh 57' 71'	Report	Kocić 37' (o.g.) Kopic 41' Hořava 42' Kovařík 66' Hrošovský 79' Hájek 84'	Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Karel Hrubeš

14 April 2018 24	Viktoria Plzeň	2–2	Sparta Prague	Plzeň
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Řezník 30' 77' Krmenčík 31' Hořava 52' Hubník 82'	Report	Kadlec 9' Plavšić 12' Štetina 28' Niță 31' Frýdek 47' Hovorka 66'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 11,623 Referee: Zbyněk Proske

21 April 2018 25	Zbrojovka Brno	1–3	Viktoria Plzeň	Brno
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Sukup 2' Melichárek 27' Škoda 63' Ashiru 81'	Report	Čermák 26', 32', 48' Kozáčik 82' Havel 89'	Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská Attendance: 5,137 Referee: Pavel Orel

28 April 2018 26	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	MFK Karviná	Plzeň
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Hořava 39', 90'	Report		Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,378 Referee: Ondřej Berka

5 May 2018 27	Slavia Prague	2–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Prague
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Řezník 16' (o.g.) Frydrych 54' Tecl 58' Hušbauer 66' Sýkora 70'	Report	Bakoš 9' Hubník 36' Havel 52' Hořava 53' Limberský 59'	Stadium: Eden Arena Attendance: 15,674 Referee: Pavel Franěk

12 May 2018 28	Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	Slovácko	Plzeň
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zeman 58' Chorý 78'	Report	Reinberk 52' Navrátil 60' Kubala 70' Janošek 76' Šimko 81' Břečka 84' Juroška 90' Heča 90'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,108 Referee: Radek Příhoda

19 May 2018 29	Viktoria Plzeň	2–1	Teplice	Plzeň
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Krmenčík 24' Řezník 51' Petržela 61'	Report	Ljevaković 63' Kodeš 72' Vaněček 85'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,911 Referee: Pavel Julínek

26 May 2018 30	Dukla Prague	1–5	Viktoria Plzeň	Dejvice
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Preisler 37'	Report	Krmenčík 3', 14', 59' Čermák 30' Štursa 66'	Stadium: Stadion Juliska Attendance: 2,841 Referee: Radek Dubravský

Czech Cup

5 October 2017 Third round	Viktoria Plzeň	4–1	SFC Opava	Plzeň
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Řezníček 3', 83' Pilař 16' Bakoš 81'	Report	T.Smola 59'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 3,883 Referee: Radek Dubravský

10 November 2017 Fourth round	Viktoria Plzeň	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Slovácko	Plzeň
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hubník 37' Bakoš 54' Čermák 92' Řezníček 112'	Report	Kubala 19' Sadílek 63' Hofmann 110'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 3,775 Referee: Emanuel Marek

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

25 July 2017 First leg	FCSB	2–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Bucharest, Romania
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Budescu 37' Pintilii 47' Alibec 52' Teixeira 61' Gnohéré 79'	Report	Krmenčík 23' 38' Petržela 26' Hájek 36' Havel 44' Kopic 53' 90+1'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 33,795[3] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

2 August 2017 Second leg	Viktoria Plzeň	1–4 (3–6 agg.)	FCSB	Plzeň, Czech Republic
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Petržela 24' Řezník 26' Živulić 39' Havel 48' Krmenčík 61' 89' 64' Hrošovský 72' Bolek 79' Bakoš 83'	Report	Bălașa 27' 67' Popescu 50' Teixeira 71' Tănase 76' Alibec 79' (pen.) 84'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,802[3] Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

As a result of losing the third qualifying round, FC Viktoria Plzeň was moved to the play-off round of the Europa League.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Play-off round

17 August 2017 First leg	Viktoria Plzeň	3–1	AEK Larnaca	Plzeň, Czech Republic
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Bakoš 29', 74' (pen.) 34' Kolář 36' 85'	Report	Acorán 8' Truyols 28' Laban 73' Mojsov 87'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,031[4] Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

24 August 2017 Second leg	AEK Larnaca	0–0 (1–3 agg.)	Viktoria Plzeň	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Truyols 39'	Report	Bakoš 26' Hrošovský 45+1' Hruška 52' Zeman 53' Petržela 81' Limberský 86'	Stadium: AEK Arena Attendance: 5,300[4] Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Viktoria Plzeň	6	4	0	2	13	8	+5	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	FCSB	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase
3	Lugano	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9
4	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 September 2017 1	FCSB	3–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Bucharest, Romania
21:05 CEST (UTC+2)	Budescu 21' (pen.), 44' 55' Alibec 72'	Report	Hrošovský 34' Bakoš 90+3'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 20,717[5] Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

28 September 2017 2	Viktoria Plzeň	3–1	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Plzeň, Czech Republic
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Petržela 29' Havel 55' Kopic 76' Bakoš 89'	Report	Sahar 47' Nwakaeme 69' Taha 86'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,314[6] Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

19 October 2017 3	Lugano	3–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Lucerne, Switzerland
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Piccinocchi 29' Črnigoj 48' Bottani 63' Mariani 65' Carlinhos 69' Gerndt 88' Daprelà 90+1'	Report	Bakoš 39' 90' Krmenčík 76' Zeman 90+1'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 2,530[7] Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Note: Lugano played their home matches at Swissporarena, Lucerne, instead of their regular stadium Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano.

2 November 2017 4	Viktoria Plzeň	4–1	Lugano	Plzeň, Czech Republic
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Krmenčík 4', 19' Hořava 45' Čermák 56' Petržela 72' Limberský 78'	Report	Mariani 15' Carlinhos 60' Daprelà 79' Sulmoni 85'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,483[8] Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

23 November 2017 5	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	FCSB	Plzeň, Czech Republic
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Petržela 49' Kopic 76'	Report	Man 45+1' Enache 67' Budescu 84'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,197[9] Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

7 December 2017 6	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0–2	Viktoria Plzeň	Be'er Sheva, Israel
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Einbinder 53' Brown 55' Taha 76'	Report	Hejda 28' Hruška 62' Krmenčík 68' Limberský 75' Čermák 80' Hořava 83'	Stadium: Turner Stadium Attendance: 10,542[10] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

15 February 2018 First leg	Partizan	1–1	Viktoria Plzeň	Belgrade, Serbia
21:05 CET (UTC+1)	Mitrović 53' 85' Tawamba 58'	Report	Řezník 81' Hrošovský 84'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Attendance: 17,165[11] Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

22 February 2018 Second leg	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Partizan	Plzeň, Czech Republic
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Krmenčík 67' Čermák 90'	Report	Pantić 73' Tošić 88'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 10,185[12] Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Round of 16

8 March 2018 First leg	Sporting CP	2–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Lisbon, Portugal
15:05 GMT (UTC)	Montero 45+1' (49) Battaglia 62' Coates 67' Carvalho 73'	Report	Hořava 65' Limberský 86'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Attendance: 26,090[13] Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov

14 March 2018 Second leg	Viktoria Plzeň	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Sporting CP	Plzeň, Czech Republic
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bakoš 6' (65) Řezník 90+1' Hájek 90+5' Petržela 108'	Report	Ruiz 78' Battaglia 105+2' Dost 120+1'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,370[14] Referee: Tobias Stieler

Squad statistics

As of match played 2 December 2017

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Czech First League		Czech Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SVK	Matúš Kozáčik	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	CZE	Lukáš Hejda	25	3	15+1	2	2	0	1	0	6	1
4	DF	CZE	Roman Hubník	10	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	5	0
6	MF	CZE	Václav Pilař	10	2	0+4	1	2	1	0	0	2+2	0
7	MF	CZE	Tomáš Hořava	22	4	11+3	2	0+1	0	0+1	0	5+1	2
8	DF	CZE	David Limberský	18	1	10+1	1	0	0	1	0	6	0
9	MF	CZE	Martin Zeman	21	0	6+6	0	2	0	0+2	0	2+3	0
10	MF	CZE	Jan Kopic	26	8	16	5	0	0	2	1	6+2	2
11	MF	CZE	Milan Petržela	24	3	10+3	1	0+2	0	2	0	6+1	2
13	GK	CZE	Petr Bolek	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	DF	CZE	Radim Řezník	26	1	16	1	0	0	2	0	8	0
15	FW	CZE	Michal Krmenčík	20	16	14	11	0	0	2	2	3+1	3
16	GK	CZE	Aleš Hruška	13	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
17	MF	SVK	Patrik Hrošovský	25	2	15	2	0	0	2	0	8	0
19	MF	CZE	Jan Kovařík	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	CZE	Tomáš Hájek	21	1	13	1	1	0	2	0	5	0
23	FW	SVK	Marek Bakoš	23	7	10+2	1	2	2	0+2	0	3+4	4
24	DF	CZE	Milan Havel	16	1	6+4	1	2	0	2	0	2	0
25	MF	CZE	Aleš Čermák	14	1	2+4	0	1+1	0	0	0	3+3	1
26	MF	CZE	Daniel Kolář	25	6	13+2	5	0+1	0	2	0	7	1
29	MF	CRO	Diego Živulić	16	0	7+1	0	2	0	2	0	1+3	0
33	MF	AUT	Andreas Ivanschitz	5	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
37	FW	CZE	Jakub Řezníček	17	2	9	0	2	2	0+1	0	2+3	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Viktoria Plzeň but left during the season:

Goal scorers

As of match played 2 December 2017

Place	Position	Number	Name	Czech First League	Czech Cup	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW	15	Michal Krmenčík	11	2	2	3	18
2	MF	10	Jan Kopic	5	0	1	2	8
3	MF	26	Daniel Kolář	5	0	0	1	6
4	FW	23	Marek Bakoš	1	0	0	4	5
5	MF	7	Tomáš Hořava	2	0	0	2	4
6	DF	2	Lukáš Hejda	2	0	0	1	3
6	MF	11	Milan Petržela	1	0	0	2	3
8	MF	17	Patrik Hrošovský	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	6	Václav Pilař	1	1	0	0	2
	FW	37	Jakub Řezníček	0	2	0	0	2
11	DF	14	Radim Řezník	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	8	David Limberský	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	21	Tomáš Hájek	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	24	Milan Havel	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	4	Roman Hubník	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	25	Aleš Čermák	0	0	0	1	1
Total				34	6	3	16	59

Disciplinary record

As of match played 2 December 2017

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Czech First League		Czech Cup		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League		Total
Number	Nation	Position	Name
2		DF	Lukáš Hejda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Roman Hubník	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Tomáš Hořava	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		DF	David Limberský	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
9		MF	Martin Zeman	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
10		MF	Jan Kopic	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
11		MF	Milan Petržela	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6	0
13		GK	Petr Bolek	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Radim Řezník	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
15		FW	Michal Krmenčík	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	1
16		GK	Aleš Hruška	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
17		MF	Patrik Hrošovský	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
18		DF	Tomáš Hájek	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21		DF	Tomáš Hájek	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
23		FW	Marek Bakoš	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	6	0
24		DF	Milan Havel	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	0
25		MF	Aleš Čermák	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
26		MF	Daniel Kolář	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
29		MF	Diego Živulić	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
37		FW	Jakub Řezníček	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total				32	0	2	0	13	1	19	0	66	1

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.15386667901364-2] Since the winners of the 2017–18 Czech Cup, Slavia Prague, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

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