2016–17 Czech First League

The 2016–17 Czech First League, known as the ePojisteni.cz liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. Slavia Prague won the league, while defending champions Viktoria Plzeň finished in second place. The season began on 29 July 2016 and ended on 27 May 2017.

Czech First League
Season2016–17
Dates29 July 2016 – 27 May 2017
ChampionsSlavia Prague
RelegatedHradec Králové
FK Příbram
Champions LeagueSlavia Prague
Viktoria Plzeň
Europa LeagueFastav Zlín
Sparta Prague
Mladá Boleslav
Matches played240
Goals scored597 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorerMilan Škoda
David Lafata
(15 goals)
Biggest home winJablonec 5–0 Jihlava
Biggest away winPříbram 1–8 Slavia
Highest scoringPříbram 1–8 Slavia
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2017.

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in 2016–17 Czech First League
Club Location Stadium Capacity 2015–16
Bohemians 1905 Prague Ďolíček 5,000 9th
Dukla Prague Prague Stadion Juliska 8,150 10th
Hradec Králové Hradec Králové Všesportovní stadion 7,220 FNL, 2nd (promoted)
FK Jablonec Jablonec nad Nisou Stadion Střelnice 6,280 7th
Karviná Karviná Městský stadion 4,833 FNL, 1st (promoted)
FK Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav) 5,000 4th
1. FK Příbram Příbram Na Litavce 9,100 14th
Slavia Prague Prague Eden Arena 20,800 5th
1. FC Slovácko Uherské Hradiště Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty 8,121 8th
Slovan Liberec Liberec Stadion u Nisy 9,900 3rd
Sparta Prague Prague Generali Arena 19,416 2nd
FK Teplice Teplice Na Stínadlech 18,221 12th
Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň Stadion města Plzně 11,722 1st
Vysočina Jihlava Jihlava Stadion v Jiráskově ulici 4,075 11th
Zbrojovka Brno Brno Městský stadion (Brno) 12,550 6th
FC Fastav Zlín Zlín Letná Stadion 6,375 13th

Personnel and kits
Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Bohemians Miroslav Koubek Josef Jindřišek Adidas Remal
Dukla Jaroslav Hynek Marek Hanousek Adidas Carbounion
Hradec Králové Milan Frimmel Pavel Černý Jako
Jablonec Zdeněk Klucký Tomáš Hübschman Nike TipGames
ČPP
Karviná Jozef Weber Pavel Eismann Adidas
Mladá Bloleslav Leoš Kalvoda Lukáš Magera Adidas Škoda
Příbram Petr Rada Nike Energon Dobříš
TipGames
Slavia Jaroslav Šilhavý Jan Bořil Umbro CEFC China
Slovácko Stanislav Levý Nike Z-Group
SynotTip
Liberec Jindřich Trpišovský Lukáš Pokorný Nike Preciosa
Sparta Zdeněk Svoboda David Lafata Nike SynotTip
Teplice Daniel Šmejkal Štěpán Vachoušek Umbro AGC Glass
Speciální Stavby Most
Plzeň Roman Pivarník Roman Hubník Puma Doosan
Jihlava Michal Bílek Lukáš Vaculík Adidas PSJ
Brno Svatopluk Habanec Pavel Zavadil Nike FlatStore
Zlín Bohumil Páník Tomáš Poznar Adidas Lukrom

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Mladá Boleslav Karel Jarolím Mutual consent 1st Leoš Kalvoda
Příbram Martin Pulpit Sacked 22 August 2016 16th Petr Rada 22 August 2016
Slavia Prague Dušan Uhrin Jr. 29 August 2016 10th Jaroslav Šilhavý 5 September 2016
Dukla Prague Jaroslav Šilhavý Mutual consent 5 September 2016 13th Jaroslav Hynek 15 September 2016
Jihlava Michal Hipp Become assistant 14 September 2016 15th Michal Bílek 14 September 2016
Sparta Prague Zdeněk Ščasný Sacked 26 September 2016 4th Zdeněk Svoboda 24 November 2016
Jablonec Zdenko Frťala Sacked 15 October 2016 11th Zdeněk Klucký 5 December 2016
Mladá Boleslav Leoš Kalvoda Mutual consent 16 December 2016 5th Martin Svědík 1 January 2017
Sparta Prague Zdeněk Svoboda Become assistant 21 December 2016 3rd Tomáš Požár 21 December 2016
Příbram Petr Rada Resigned 7 January 2017 16th Kamil Tobiáš 7 January 2017

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Prague (C) 30 20 9 1 65 22 +43 69 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Viktoria Plzeň 30 20 7 3 47 21 +26 67
3 Sparta Prague 30 16 9 5 47 26 +21 57 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4 Mladá Boleslav 30 13 10 7 47 37 +10 49 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
5 Teplice 30 13 9 8 38 25 +13 48
6 Fastav Zlín 30 11 8 11 34 35 −1 41 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
7 Dukla Prague 30 11 7 12 39 35 +4 40
8 Jablonec 30 9 12 9 43 38 +5 39[lower-alpha 2]
9 Slovan Liberec 30 10 9 11 31 28 +3 39[lower-alpha 2]
10 Karviná 30 9 7 14 39 49 −10 34
11 Zbrojovka Brno 30 6 14 10 32 45 −13 32[lower-alpha 3]
12 Slovácko 30 6 14 10 29 38 −9 32[lower-alpha 3]
13 Bohemians 1905 30 7 7 16 22 39 −17 28
14 Vysočina Jihlava 30 6 9 15 26 47 −21 27[lower-alpha 4]
15 Hradec Králové (R) 30 8 3 19 29 51 −22 27[lower-alpha 4] Relegation to the FNL
16 Příbram (R) 30 6 4 20 29 61 −32 22
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.[1]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Fastav Zlín qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2016–17 Czech Cup.
  2. Head-to-head record: Slovan 1–1 Jablonec, Jablonec 4–0 Slovan.
  3. Head-to-head record: Zbrojovka 1–0 Slovácko, Slovácko 0–0 Zbrojovka .
  4. Head-to-head record: Hradec 1–0 Jihlava, Jihlava 3–1 Hradec.

Results
Home \ Away B05 DUK HRK JAB KAR MLA PŘI SLA SLK LIB SPA TEP VPL JIH ZBR ZLN
Bohemians 1905 — 1–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–2
Dukla Prague 4–1 — 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 4–1 4–2 1–0
Hradec Králové 1–0 0–2 — 1–2 3–4 0–0 2–0 0–3 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2
Jablonec 0–0 1–1 2–1 — 5–3 1–2 2–4 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 5–0 1–2 2–0
Karviná 3–0 2–1 4–2 0–2 — 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 2–3 3–0 1–1 1–0
Mladá Boleslav 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 — 2–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–3 1–2
Příbram 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–4 4–2 0–1 — 1–8 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–3 0–0 2–3 0–2
Slavia Prague 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–2
Slovácko 2–0 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 — 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–3
Slovan Liberec 4–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 — 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0
Sparta Prague 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 3–0 2–2 4–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 — 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–0
Teplice 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 — 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Viktoria Plzeň 1–1 2–0 4–1 3–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 — 2–0 2–0 0–2
Vysočina Jihlava 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 — 3–0 1–3
Zbrojovka Brno 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–4 1–0 1–0 3–3 0–0 0–1 1–1 — 2–0
Zlín 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–4 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 —
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.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[2][3]
1 Milan Škoda Slavia Prague 15
David Lafata Sparta Prague
3 Muris Mešanović Slavia Prague 12
4 Michal Krmenčík Viktoria Plzeň 10
Michal Škoda Zbrojovka Brno
6 Jan Chramosta Mladá Boleslav 9
Dāvis Ikaunieks Vysočina Jihlava
8 Tomáš Pilík Příbram 8
Golgol Mebrahtu Mladá Boleslav
Marek Bakoš Viktoria Plzeň
Martin Doležal Jablonec
Martin Fillo Teplice

Attendances

These are the average attendances of all the top division teams.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Slavia Prague 174,373 19,084 5,043 11,625 +30.9%†
2 Viktoria Plzeň 150,606 11,651 8,812 10,040 −5.5%†
3 Sparta Prague 150,216 18,397 7,109 10,014 +2.6%†
4 Teplice 72,943 14,782 2,088 4,863 +6.0%†
5 Zbrojovka Brno 68,552 9,223 2,918 4,570 −4.8%†
6 Slovan Liberec 67,269 8,880 1,992 4,485 −7.9%†
7 Bohemians 1905 65,659 5,000 3,504 4,373 −5.5%†
8 Zlín 65,071 5,981 2,336 4,338 +1.0%†
9 Slovácko 62,935 6,082 3,322 4,196 −10.6%†
10 Karviná 58,083 4,833 2,912 3,872 +199.2%†
11 Mladá Boleslav 50,242 5,000 1,280 3,346 +1.2%†
12 Vysočina Jihlava 43,712 4,500 2,033 2,914 −7.6%†
13 Jablonec 38,114 4,255 1,440 2,539 −10.2%†
14 Příbram 37,179 5,962 1,118 2,478 −16.8%†
15 Hradec Králové 33,786 4,561 1,146 2,324 +67.9%†
16 Dukla Prague 32,983 6,243 542 2,199 −17.1%†
League total 1,171,723 19,084 542 4,882 −3.9%†

Updated to games played on 2 July 2017
Source: World Football and European Football Statistics and fotbal.idnes.cz
Notes:
†

See also

References
  1. "Czech Liga 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. "Czech first league: Top Scorers - World Match Centre - FIFA.com". Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. "Czech first league: Top Scorers". Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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