2016–17 in Czech football

The 2016–17 season is the 24th season of competitive football in the Czech Republic.

Football in Czech Republic

Season	2016–17
Men's football
Czech First League	Slavia Prague
Czech National Football League	Sigma Olomouc
Czech Cup	Zlín
Women's football
Czech First Division	Slavia Praha
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Promotion and relegation

Pre–season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Czech First League	MFK Karviná FC Hradec Králové	SK Sigma Olomouc FC Baník Ostrava
Czech National Football League	1. SK Prostějov MFK Vítkovice	SK Sigma Olomouc FK Slavoj Vyšehrad
Czech First Division (women)	FC Zbrojovka Brno Hradec Králové	FK Bohemians Prague SK DFO Pardubice

Post–season

League	Promoted to League	Relegated from League
Czech First League	SK Sigma Olomouc FC Baník Ostrava	FC Hradec Králové 1. FK Příbram
Czech National Football League		1. SK Prostějov
Czech First Division (women)	Lokomotiva Brno H. H.	FC Zbrojovka Brno

National Teams

Czech Republic national football team

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying

2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying UEFA Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	10	0	0	43	4	+39	30	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup
2	Northern Ireland	10	6	1	3	17	6	+11	19	Advance to second round
3	Czech Republic	10	4	3	3	17	10	+7	15
4	Norway	10	4	1	5	17	16	+1	13
5	Azerbaijan	10	3	1	6	10	19	−9	10
6	San Marino	10	0	0	10	2	51	−49	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 September 2016	Czech Republic	0–0	Northern Ireland	Generali Arena, Prague
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Attendance: 10,731 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

8 October 2016	Germany	3–0	Czech Republic	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Müller  13', 65' Kroos  49'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Attendance: 51,299 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

11 October 2016	Czech Republic	0–0	Azerbaijan	Municipal Stadium, Ostrava
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)		Attendance: 12,148 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

11 November 2016	Czech Republic	2–1	Norway	Eden Arena, Prague
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Krmenčík  11' Zmrhal  47'	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	King  87'	Attendance: 16,411 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

26 March 2017	San Marino	0–6	Czech Republic	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle
18:00 (18:00 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Barák  17', 24' Darida  19', 77' (pen.) Gebre Selassie  26' Krmenčík  43'	Attendance: 1,023 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

10 June 2017	Norway	1–1	Czech Republic	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Søderlund  55' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)	Gebre Selassie  36'	Attendance: 12,179 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 November 2016	Czech Republic	1-1	Denmark	Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav
14:30 (14:30 UTC+1)	Barák  8'	Report	Jørgensen  38'	Attendance: 1,763 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Czech Republic women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	8	8	0	0	34	3	+31	24	Final tournament
2	Italy	8	6	0	2	26	8	+18	18
3	Czech Republic	8	3	1	4	13	18	−5	10
4	Northern Ireland	8	2	1	5	10	22	−12	7
5	Georgia	8	0	0	8	2	34	−32	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

3 August 2016	Northern Ireland	1–1	Czech Republic	Mourneview Park, Lurgan
20:30	Furness  55' (pen.)	Report	Chlastáková  35'	Attendance: 332 Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

20 September 2016	Italy	3–1	Czech Republic	Stadio Silvio Piola, Vercelli
19:00	Mauro  6', 14' Guagni  62'	Report	Voňková  13'	Attendance: 2,731 Referee: Sandra Bastos (Portugal)

Cyprus Women's Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of Ireland	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
Wales	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
Hungary	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source:

  Win   Draw   Loss

1 March 2017 Group Stage	Czech Republic	0–2	Republic of Ireland	Tasos Markos Stadium
14:30			Stephanie Roche  25' Áine O'Gorman  87'

3 March 2017 Group Stage	Wales	0–0	Czech Republic	Tasos Markos Stadium
14:30

6 March 2017 Group Stage	Czech Republic	1–2	Hungary	Tasos Markos Stadium
17:30

8 March 2017 11th Place Game	Italy	6–2	Czech Republic	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
11:00	Girelli  38', 40' Parisi  45' Bonansea  49' Gabbiadini  55' Giugliano  90+3'	Report	Chlastáková  9' Svitková  83' (pen.)

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 October 2016	Slovenia	1-0	Czech Republic	National Training Center, Poprad
11:00 (11:00 UTC+1)		Report

League season

Czech First League

Standings

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.

Czech National Football League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sigma Olomouc (C, P)	30	21	6	3	59	22	+37	69	Promotion to 2017–18 I. liga
2	Baník Ostrava (P)	30	18	10	2	48	20	+28	64
3	Opava	30	19	6	5	61	33	+28	63
4	Vlašim	30	16	6	8	61	34	+27	54
5	Dynamo České Budějovice	30	12	10	8	39	31	+8	46
6	Znojmo	30	11	8	11	49	47	+2	41
7	Pardubice	30	10	9	11	31	33	−2	39
8	Ústí nad Labem	30	10	7	13	34	41	−7	37
9	Viktoria Žižkov[lower-alpha 1]	30	10	9	11	49	41	+8	36
10	Táborsko	30	9	9	12	38	48	−10	36
11	Varnsdorf	30	10	5	15	44	46	−2	35
12	Fotbal Třinec	30	9	6	15	40	52	−12	33
13	Baník Sokolov	30	7	11	12	28	44	−16	32
14	Vítkovice	30	9	4	17	35	47	−12	31
15	Frýdek-Místek[lower-alpha 2]	30	7	8	15	40	57	−17	29
16	Prostějov (R)	30	3	3	24	20	80	−60	12	Relegation to 2017–18 MSFL

Source: Fortuna národní liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Viktoria Žižkov were deducted 3 points after the season due to late payments of debts to the Czech FA.[2]
2. Frýdek-Místek were spared from relegation after MSFL winners SK Uničov and next three best-placed teams refused promotion.[3]

Czech First Division

Czech First Division Standings

Regular Season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slavia Praha	14	12	2	0	84	8	+76	38	Championship round
2	Sparta Praha	14	11	2	1	72	6	+66	35
3	Slovácko	14	10	1	3	46	17	+29	31
4	Slovan Liberec	14	6	0	8	21	36	−15	18
5	Viktoria Plzeň	14	5	2	7	20	41	−21	17	Relegation round
6	Dukla Praha	14	5	1	8	19	29	−10	16
7	Hradec Králové	14	2	0	12	12	62	−50	6
8	Brno	14	1	0	13	11	86	−75	3

Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2017. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Championship Round

League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Slavia Praha (C, Q) 6 6 0 0 113 12 +101 37 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League 2 Sparta Praha (Q) 6 3 1 2 90 12 +78 28 3 Slovácko 6 2 1 3 57 31 +26 23 4 Liberec 6 0 0 6 23 72 −49 9 Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2017. Source: Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored (C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Relegation Group

League table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Dukla Praha 6 4 1 1 32 32 0 21 2 Viktoria Plzeň 6 3 2 1 32 45 −13 20 3 Hradec Králové 6 2 1 3 25 73 −48 10 4 Zbrojovka Brno (R) 6 1 0 5 15 110 −95 5 Relegation to 2017–18 II.liga Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2017. Source: Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored (R) Relegated.

Czech clubs in Europe

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Viktoria Plzeň	1–1 (a)	Qarabağ	0–0	1–1
Sparta Prague	1–3	Steaua București	1–1	0–2

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ludogorets Razgrad	4–2	Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	2–2

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levadia Tallinn	3–3 (a)	Slavia Prague	3–1	0–2

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Prague	1–1 (a)	Rio Ave	0–0	1–1
Shkëndija	2–1	Mladá Boleslav	2–0	0–1
Admira Wacker Mödling	1–4	Slovan Liberec	1–2	0–2

Group stage

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Roma	6	3	3	0	16	7	+9	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Astra Giurgiu	6	2	2	2	7	10	−3	8
3	Viktoria Plzeň	6	1	3	2	7	10	−3	6
4	Austria Wien	6	1	2	3	11	14	−3	5

Source: UEFA

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiorentina	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	PAOK	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
3	Qarabağ	6	2	1	3	7	12	−5	7
4	Slovan Liberec	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4

Source: UEFA

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sparta Prague	6	4	0	2	8	6	+2	12	Advance to knockout phase
2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
3	Southampton	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2	8
4	Internazionale	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	6

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rostov	5–1	Sparta Prague	4–0	1–1

UEFA Women's Champions League

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Twente	5-1	Sparta Praha	2-1	3–1
Apollon Limassol	3-4	Slavia Praha	1-1	2-3

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Praha	1-6	Rosengård	1-3	0-3

References

1. "Czech Liga 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
2. "Žižkov přišel za dluhy u FAČR ve druhé lize o tři body". Aktuálně.cz. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
3. "Z MSFL zaznělo čtyřikrát ne, Frýdek-Místek zůstává ve Fortuna národní lize". Fortuna národní liga. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.