2021–22 Czech First League

The 2021–22 Czech First League, known as the FORTUNA:LIGA is the 29th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment, in 1993. SK Slavia Prague are the reigning champions. The season has started on 24 July 2021. The first half of the season will have 19 rounds, finishing on 19 December 2021, and the other half will commence on 5 February 2022. The season is expected to end on 14 May 2022 with two extra play-out fixtures on 19 and 22 May 2022.[1]

Czech First League
Season2021–22
Dates24 July 2021 – 14 May 2022
Matches played192
Goals scored552 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer17 goals
Jurečka
Biggest home winPlzeň 6–0 Bohemians 1905
27 November 2021
Biggest away winLiberec 0–5 Sparta
31 July 2021
Highest scoringMladá Boleslav 3–5 Slovácko
26 September 2021
Longest winning run7 matches
Slavia
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Plzeň
sill ongoing as at 6 March 2022
Longest winless run19 matches
Karviná
Longest losing run7 matches
Teplice & Karviná
Highest attendance19,370
Slavia 2–0 Sparta
6 March 2022
Lowest attendance246
Hradec Králové 1–0 Karviná
28 November 2021
Total attendance646,213
Average attendance3,366
2022–23
All statistics correct as of 10 March 2021.

The season format was changed back to be played with 16 clubs, each team will play in the league format home and away matches. The lowest-ranked team will be relegated directly to the second league, the two teams positioned 14th and 15th will play a play-out with two teams from the second league positioned 2nd and 3rd in a home and away format. This will be the fourth season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. All matches will be played on weekdays, no Friday fixtures are expected.[2]

Season summary

This season is the fourth season sponsored by the betting agency Fortuna with a contract valid until 2024.[3] It is also the fourth season with TV broadcasting rights held by O2 TV, which shows all eight matches per week. This is the first season, that the national broadcaster ČT Sport possesses no right to broadcast any of the fixtures. The newspaper iSport.cz holds rights for the highlights from all matches.[4][5] The 2021–22 season began on Saturday 24 July, just thirteen days after the final match of the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship. With most of the national team players still released for vacations, Slavia, Sparta and Viktoria started with incomplete A-team squads.

Many predicted Slavia's domination for the fourth season running, Viktoria and Sparta were considered as the candidates for a race for the title. After ten match-weeks the trio recorded one loss each, Viktoria in 6th round at Hradec Králové, Sparta in 7th round in Plzeň and Slavia in round 10 in the Prague S-derby at Letná on 3 October 2021. Sparta ended the longest non-winning streak of derby matches after five and half years at 14 matches. It was also an interruption of Slavia's record unbeaten streak of 54 matches in the first league.[6] Three weeks later Slavia defeated Plzeň and in the 15th match-week Slovácko sensationally defeated Sparta 4–0, which escalated them to 2nd place behind Slavia. Unfortunately, Slovácko did not confirm the point tally in the following matches and positioned fourth at the winter break behind the big trio.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fifteen sides from the 2020–21 season and the winner of last season's second league.

Team promoted to Czech First League

Due to a reduction from 18 to 16 teams, only the winner of the FNL advanced to the first league. On 8 May 2021 Hradec Králové defeated Dukla Prague 2–1 and secured the promotion with three matches remaining.[7] Hradec Králové will participate in the top tier after four years of absence.

Teams relegated from Czech First League

The three lowest positioned teams from the last season were relegated to the Fortuna National League.

On 8 May 2021, Opava became the first team to be relegated to FNL after a 1–1 draw at Zlín with three games remaining, ending their three-year stay in the top flight.[8]

On 16 May 2021, Zbrojovka became the second team to be relegated to FNL after a 1–1 draw at Slovan Liberec with two games remaining, ending their one-year stay in the top flight.[9]

On 23 May 2021, Příbram's relegation was confirmed following a 0–1 defeat at home against Pardubice with one game remaining, ending their First League tenure after three years.[10]

Locations and stadiums

Personnel and kits

Team Head coach Head coach appointed Shirt manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bohemians 1905 Jaroslav Veselý[27] 21 March 2022 Adidas BALSHOP.cz
České Budějovice David Horejš Adidas Budějovický Budvar
Hradec Králové Miroslav Koubek[28] 21 May 2021 Jako Město Hradec Králové
Jablonec Petr Rada Capelli Sport MOL
Gitschberg Jochtal
Karviná Bohumil Páník 7 October 2021 Adidas OKD
Liberec Luboš Kozel[29] 29 August 2021 Nike AAA Auto
Mladá Boleslav Pavel Hoftych[30] 23 February 2022 Adidas Škoda Auto
Olomouc Václav Jílek[31] 31 May 2021 Adidas Tipsport
Sigma
Ostrava Ondřej Smetana Jako MW-Dias
Město Ostrava
Plzeň Michal Bílek Macron Doosan
Slavia Prague Jindřich Trpišovský[32] 22 December 2017 Puma eToro
Slovácko Martin Svědík Puma Z-Group
Sparta Prague Pavel Vrba Adidas Tipsport (Local)
T-Mobile (Europe)
Teplice Jiří Jarošík[33] 28 September 2021 Puma AGC
Bílinská kyselka
Zlín Jan Jelínek Adidas Climax Sunscreens
Pardubice Jaroslav Novotný
Jiří Krejčí
Lotto ČPP Servis

Managerial changes

Ahead of the season:

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Contract valid until
Hradec Králové Zdenko Frťala[34]Resigned9 May 2021 Miroslav Koubek[35]21 May 2021Undisclosed
Sigma Radoslav Látal[36]End of contract3 May 2021 Václav Jílek[37]31 May 2021Summer 2023

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
Liberec Pavel Hoftych[38]Mutual consent26 August 2021516 Luboš Kozel[39]29 August 2021Undisclosed
Teplice Radim Kučera[40]Sacked26 September 2021915 Jiří Jarošík[41]28 September 2021Summer 2024
Karviná Jozef Weber[42]Sacked6 October 20211016 Bohumil Páník[43]7 October 2021Undisclosed
Mladá Boleslav Karel Jarolím[44]Sacked23 February 2022226 Pavel Hoftych23 February 2022Undisclosed
Bohemians Luděk Klusáček[45]Mutual consent23 February 20222613 Jaroslav Veselý21 March 2022End-of-season

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Prague 30 23 4 3 71 19 +52 73 Qualification for the championship group
2 Viktoria Plzeň 30 22 6 2 53 19 +34 72
3 Sparta Prague 30 20 6 4 65 32 +33 66
4 Slovácko 30 18 5 7 50 30 +20 59
5 Baník Ostrava 30 14 9 7 54 39 +15 51
6 Hradec Králové 30 9 13 8 38 40 2 40
7 Mladá Boleslav 30 11 5 14 45 48 3 38 Qualification for the play-off
8 Slovan Liberec 30 10 7 13 29 38 9 37
9 Sigma Olomouc 30 9 10 11 39 37 +2 37
10 České Budějovice 30 9 9 12 40 46 6 36
11 Fastav Zlín 30 8 6 16 36 53 17 30 Qualification for the relegation group
12 Teplice 30 8 3 19 29 49 20 27
13 Jablonec 30 4 14 12 22 45 23 26
14 Bohemians 1905 30 6 8 16 34 56 22 26
15 Pardubice 30 5 9 16 35 67 32 24
16 Karviná 30 3 8 19 30 52 22 17
Source: Fortuna Liga
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) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.[46]

Table progress

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435
Plzeň23211211111112322221222211122211
Slavia32443332233421111112111122211122
Sparta111221233222434333333333333333333
Slovácko34554455554334244445555554444444444
Ostrava13533554444555555555444444555555555
Hradec Králové91191213118778766666667887889666666666
Mladá Boleslav1266878101112108978777866767681010777
Liberec1316151616161614131313111010810899910101010689988
Olomouc117876666666789989101010999910778109
České Budějovice3811989121287989710910787686779810910
Zlín1315106979101112121311111211131111111311111111111111111111
Teplice131416131415151615151515141616161515151514131214141413141412
Jablonec39710111311910111112131213131213141212141312131212121213
Bohemians9131311121078991010121311121112121311121413121314131314
Pardubice71212141012131314141414151414141414131415151515151515151515
Karviná710141515141415161616161615151516161616161616161616161616161616

Results

Home \ Away SLA PLZ SPA SLO OST HKR MLA LIB OLO CBU ZLN TEP JAB BOH PCE KAR
Slavia Prague 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 4–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 1–0 4–0 0–1
Viktoria Plzeň 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 5–0 6–0 4–0 2–0
Sparta Prague 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 4–2 1–1 5–1 3–1 2–0
Slovácko 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–1
Baník Ostrava 3–3 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 5–1 2–4 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–3
Hradec Králové 1–5 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0
Mladá Boleslav 0–2 0–2 0–3 3–5 2–3 3–2 3–3 3–3 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 4–1 2–3 1–0
Slovan Liberec 1–0 0–1 0–5 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 2–1
Sigma Olomouc 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 3–2 2–0
České Budějovice 2–2 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–1
Fastav Zlín 0–1 1–2 2–5 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–2 2–0 1–4 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–3 4–1 2–1
Teplice 1–3 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0
Jablonec 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–0
Bohemians 1905 1–5 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–2 3–0
Pardubice 0–5 0–1 2–4 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–5 3–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2
Karviná 3–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–2
Source: Fortuna Liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Championship group

Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation PLZ SLA SPA SLO OST HKR
1 Viktoria Plzeň (X) 32 23 7 2 57 21 +36 76 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round 8 May 3–1 15 May
2 Slavia Prague (X) 32 23 5 4 75 24 +51 74 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 15 May 8 May
3 Sparta Prague (X) 32 21 7 4 69 34 +35 70 11 May 3–1 1–1
4 Slovácko (T) 32 19 5 8 54 34 +20 62 3–1 15 May
5 Baník Ostrava 32 14 9 9 56 45 +11 51 11 May 7 May
6 Hradec Králové 32 10 14 8 43 44 1 44 11 May 4–3
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Fortuna Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Points earned in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points (regular season); 4) Head-to-head goal difference (regular season); 5) Head-to-head goals scored (regular season); 5) Goal difference (all matches); 6) Goals scored (all matches); 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.
(T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (X) Assured a place at least of the Europa Conference League
Notes:
  1. The cup winner, Slovácko or Sparta Prague, will enter the third qualifying round of the ECL if they do not win the league; otherwise the 2nd place team will enter that slot.

Play-off

Because only four teams advance to the European Cups from the Czech First League due to a lower national coefficient, the winner of the play-off will only receive a cash bonus and better position in 2022–23 Czech Cup.[47]

First roundSecond round
          
 
Sigma Olomouc123
 
Slovan Liberec00 0
Sigma Olomouc
 
Mladá Boleslav
České Budějovice202
Mladá Boleslav31 4

Relegation group

Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation ZLN PCE JAB TEP BOH KAR
11 Fastav Zlín (Y) 32 9 7 16 40 54 14 34 14 May 3–0 7 May
12 Pardubice 32 7 9 16 37 67 30 30 10 May 7 May
13 Jablonec 32 5 14 13 24 46 22 29 0–1 10 May 2–0
14 Teplice 32 8 4 20 31 54 23 28 Qualification for the relegation play-off 14 May 7 May 2–2
15 Bohemians 1905 32 6 9 17 36 59 23 27 0–1 14 May
16 Karviná 32 3 9 20 31 55 24 18 Relegation to the FNL 1–1 10 May
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Fortuna Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Total points; 2) Points earned in regular season; 3) Head-to-head points (regular season); 4) Head-to-head goal difference (regular season); 5) Head-to-head goals scored (regular season); 5) Goal difference (all matches); 6) Goals scored (all matches); 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.
(Y) Safe from direct relegation, but not yet from relegation play-off

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 1 May 2022[48]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Václav Jurečka Slovácko 17
2 Jean-David Beauguel Plzeň 16
3 Ladislav Almási Ostrava 14
4 Ondřej Lingr Slavia Prague 13
5 Tomáš Čvančara Jablonec / Sparta Prague 11
6 Ewerton Mladá Boleslav 10
Ivan Schranz Slavia Prague
David Douděra Mladá Boleslav
9 Jan Kuchta Slavia Prague 9
Fortune Bassey České Budějovice
Jakub Rada Hradec Králové

Hat-tricks

MatchweekDatePlayerForAgainstResult
230 July 2021 Ivan SchranzSlaviaTeplice3–1 (A)[49]
926 September 2021 EwertonMladá BoleslavSlovácko3–5 (H)[50]
1812 December 2021 Matěj PulkrabSpartaBohemians5–1 (H)[51]
3230 April 2022 Václav JurečkaSlováckoOstrava3–1 (H)[52]
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

As of 1 May 2022[53]
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Jindřich Staněk Plzeň 12
2 Aleš Mandous Slavia Prague 9
Matúš Macík Olomouc
4 Jan Šeda Mladá Boleslav 8
5 Filip Nguyen Slovácko 7
Jan Laštůvka Baník Ostrava
Matej Rakovan Zlín
8 Florin Niță Sparta Prague 6
Vilém Fendrich Hradec Králové
Ondřej Kolář Slavia Prague
Jan Hanuš Jablonec

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month
Player Club Manager Club
August Ivan Schranz Slavia Pavel Vrba Sparta
September Ladislav Almási Ostrava Michal Bílek Plzeň
October Ewerton Mladá Boleslav Martin Svědík Slovácko
November Fortune Bassey České Budějovice Jindřich Trpišovský Slavia
December Matěj Pulkrab Sparta Michal Bílek Plzeň
February Jan Fortelný Teplice Jiří Jarošík Teplice
March Ondřej Lingr Slavia Miroslav Koubek Hradec Králové
April
May

Annual awards

Award Winner Club
Player of the Season
Manager of the Season
International of the Season
Fans' choice Player of the Season
Newcomer of the Season
Figure of the Season
Goalkeeper of the Season
Defender of the Season
Midfield of the Season
Forward of the Season

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