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2023–24 Czech First League
| Season |
|---|
| 22 July 2023 – 31 May 2024 |
| Sparta |
| Zlín |
| Sparta, Slavia |
| Plzeň |
| Ostrava, Mladá Boleslav |
| 277 |
| 804 (2.9 per match) |
| Václav Jurečka (19 goals) |
| Ostrava 6–0 Slovácko26 May 2024 |
| Zlín 1–7 Plzeň17 September 2023 |
| Zlín 5–9 Mladá Boleslav21 October 2023 |
| Sparta(9 matches) |
| Slavia(13 matches) |
| Zlín & České Budějovice(8 matches) |
| České Budějovice(7 matches) |
| 19,370Slavia 1–1 Sparta24 September 2023 |
| 783Č. Budějovice 0–2 Hr. Králové13 December 2023 |
| 1,782,387 |
| 6,435 |
| ← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
The 2023–24 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment in 1993. Sparta Prague were the reigning champions. The season started in July 2023. The first half of the season had 19 rounds, finishing in December, and the other half commenced in February 2024. The season ended on 31 May 2024, with two extra play-out fixtures on 29 May and 2 June 2024.
In the 12th round, the highest number of goals in one game in the history of the Czech First League was seen in the match Zlín against Mladá Boleslav, which ended 5–9.
The season format remained unchanged from last season, 16 clubs played each other home and away, until the league was split up in championship, Conference League and relegation groups. The lowest-ranked team was relegated directly to the second league, and the two teams positioned 14th and 15th played a play-off with two teams from the second league positioned 2nd and 3rd in a home and away format. This was the sixth season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. The only change in the rules was the limited number of players that could be sent on loan.
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including fifteen sides from the 2022–23 season and the winner of last season's second league.
Team promoted to Czech First League
After being relegated in the 2021–22 season, MFK Karviná returned to Czech First League as the champion of the 2022–23 Czech National Football League.
Teams relegated from Czech First League
The lowest positioned team from the last season, Zbrojovka Brno, was relegated to the Czech National Football League.
Ahead of the season:
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Contract valid until |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hradec Králové | Miroslav Koubek | End of contract | 30 June 2023 | Jozef Weber | 10 May 2023 | Undisclosed |
| Viktoria Plzeň | Michal Bílek | Miroslav Koubek | 5 June 2023 | June 2024 | ||
| Jablonec | David Horejš | Sacked | 29 May 2023 | Radoslav Látal | 30 June 2023 | Undisclosed |
| Mladá Boleslav | Pavel Hoftych | Mutual consent | 26 May 2023 | Marek Kulič | 26 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hradec Králové | Jozef Weber | Sacked | 18 September 2023 | 8 | 11th | Václav Kotal | 18 September 2023 | Undisclosed |
| Karviná | Tomáš Hejdušek | 8 | 15th | Juraj Jarábek | 27 September 2023 | |||
| Zlín | Pavel Vrba | 23 October 2023 | 12 | 16th | Bronislav Červenka | 25 October 2023 | ||
| České Budějovice | Marek Nikl | 15 | None | None | None | |||
| Tomáš Zápotočný | Mutual consent | 13 December 2023 | 18 | Jiří Lerch | 13 December 2023 | Undisclosed | ||
| Mladá Boleslav | Marek Kulič | Sacked | 30 December 2023 | 19 | 7th | David Holoubek | 2 January 2024 | June 2028 |
| Sigma Olomouc | Václav Jílek | 26 February 2024 | 22 | 8th | Jiří Saňák | 26 February 2024 | Undisclosed | |
| Hradec Králové | Václav Kotal | Mutual consent | 28 February 2024 | 12th | David Horejš | 28 February 2024 | ||
| Karviná | Juraj Jarábek | Sacked | 12 March 2024 | 25 | 16th | Marek Bielan | 12 March 2024 | June 2024 |
Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.
Teams placed between 7th and 10th position took part in the Conference League play-off. The play-off winner faced the fifth-placed team of the championship group to determine the Conference League play-off winners. The winners qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League.
Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.
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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vyškov | 0–2 | Karviná | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| České Budějovice | 3–2 | Silon Táborsko | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Václav Jurečka | Slavia | 19 |
| 2 | Pavel Šulc | Plzeň | 18 |
| 3 | Jan Kuchta | Sparta | 17 |
| 4 | Veljko Birmančević | 16 | |
| Mojmír Chytil | Slavia | ||
| 6 | Ewerton | Ostrava | 14 |
| 7 | Lukáš Haraslín | Sparta | 12 |
| Marek Havlík | Slovácko | ||
| Lukáš Juliš | Olomouc | ||
| Tomáš Chorý | Plzeň |
| Matchweek | Date | Player | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 13 August 2023 | Pavel Šulc | Plzeň | České Budějovice | 5–2 (A) |
| 18 | 9 December 2023 | Marek Havlík4 | Slovácko | Bohemians 1905 | 5–2 (H) |
| 22 | 25 February 2024 | Mojmír Chytil | Slavia | Pardubice | 3–0 (H) |
| 32 | 11 May 2024 | Pavel Šulc | Plzeň | Slovácko | 4–2 (H) |
| 34 | 18 May 2024 | Jan Kuchta4 | Sparta | Mladá Boleslav | 5–0 (A) |
| 34 | 19 May 2024 | Ladislav Krobot | Pardubice | Karviná | 4–0 (H) |
Notes
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Jedlička | Bohemians 1905 / Plzeň | 13 |
| 2 | Peter Vindahl | Sparta | 12 |
| 3 | Jiří Letáček | Ostrava | 9 |
| 4 | Milan Heča | Slovácko | 8 |
| Jindřich Staněk | Plzeň / Slavia | ||
| Aleš Mandous | Slavia | ||
| Adam Zadražil | Hradec Králové | ||
| 8 | Jan Hanuš | Jablonec | 7 |
| 9 | Tomáš Grigar | Teplice | 6 |
| 10 | Pavol Bajza | Hradec Králové | 5 |
| Hugo Jan Bačkovský | Liberec | ||
| Dominik Holec | Karviná | ||
| Antonín Kinský | Pardubice |
| Rank | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slavia Praha | 17,688 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 17,084 |
| 3 | Baník Ostrava | 9,366 |
| 4 | Viktoria Plzeň | 8,778 |
| 5 | Hradec Králové | 7,303 |
| 6 | Teplice | 5,641 |
| 7 | Slovácko | 5,299 |
| 8 | Bohemians | 4,998 |
| 9 | Sigma Olomouc | 4,540 |
| 10 | Zlín | 3,740 |
| 11 | Pardubice | 3,346 |
| 12 | České Budějovice | 3,335 |
| 13 | Slovan Liberec | 3,092 |
| 14 | Mladá Boleslav | 2,837 |
| 15 | Karviná | 2,686 |
| 16 | Jablonec | 2,342 |
Source:
- 2023–24 Czech National Football League
- 2023–24 Czech Cup
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