2025–26 Czech First League
The 2025–26 Czech First League, known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment, in 1993. Slavia Prague are the reigning champions. The season is scheduled to start in July 2025. The first half of the season will have 19 rounds, finishing in December, and the other half will commence on 31 January 2026. The season is expected to end on 25 May 2026 with two extra play-out fixtures on 28 and 31 May 2026.
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2025–26 Czech First League
The 2025–26 Czech First League, known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment, in 1993. Slavia Prague are the reigning champions. The season is scheduled to start in July 2025. The first half of the season will have 19 rounds, finishing in December, and the other half will commence on 31 January 2026. The season is expected to end on 25 May 2026 with two extra play-out fixtures on 28 and 31 May 2026.
Format
2025–26 Czech First League
The general season format is unchanged from last season. The 16 clubs will play each other home and away, until the league is split up in championship, play-off and relegation groups. The lowest-ranked team will be relegated directly to the second league, and 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 eighth season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. There are no changes in the rules. The schedule also has not changed compared to last season.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including thirteen sides from the 2024–25 season, the winner of last season's second league, and two winners of the play-out, determined on 1 June 2025.
After being relegated in the 2023–24 season, FC Zlín returns to Czech First League as the champion of the 2024–25 Czech National Football League.
The lowest positioned team from the last season, SK Dynamo České Budějovice, was relegated to the Czech National Football League.
Managerial changes
2025–26 Czech First League
<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing manager</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Replaced by</th><th>Date of appointment</th><th>Contract valid until</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Mladá Boleslav</td><td>Josef Jinoch</td><td>End of caretaker spell</td><td>25 May 2025</td><td>Aleš Majer</td><td>2 June 2024</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr><tr><td>Slovácko</td><td>Tomáš Palinek</td><td>End of caretaker spell</td><td>25 May 2025</td><td>Jan Kameník</td><td>5 June 2025</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr><tr><td>Sparta Prague</td><td>Luboš Loučka</td><td>End of caretaker spell</td><td>24 May 2025</td><td>Brian Priske</td><td>8 June 2025</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr><tr><td>Dukla Prague</td><td>Petr Rada</td><td>End of contract</td><td>2 June 2025</td><td>David Holoubek</td><td>16 June 2025</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing manager</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Match-week</th><th>Position in table</th><th>Replaced by</th><th>Date of appointment</th><th>Contract valid until</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Viktoria Plzeň</td><td>Miroslav Koubek</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>29 September 2025</td><td>10</td><td>5th</td><td>Marek Bakoš (caretaker)</td><td>29 September 2025</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr><tr><td>Pardubice</td><td>David Střihavka</td><td>Sacked</td><td>29 September 2025</td><td>10</td><td>16th</td><td>Jiří Krejčí (caretaker)</td><td>29 September 2025</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr><tr><td>Baník Ostrava</td><td>Pavel Hapal</td><td>Mutual consent</td><td>11 October 2025</td><td>12</td><td>11th</td><td>Tomáš Galásek</td><td>12 October 2025</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr><tr><td>Pardubice</td><td>Jiří Krejčí</td><td>End of caretaker spell</td><td>14 October 2025</td><td>12</td><td>16th</td><td>Jan Trousil</td><td>14 October 2025</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr><tr><td>Karviná</td><td>Martin Hyský</td><td>Signed by Viktoria Plzeň</td><td>15 October 2025</td><td>12</td><td>8th</td><td>Marek Jarolím</td><td>15 October 2025</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr><tr><td>Viktoria Plzeň</td><td>Marek Bakoš</td><td>End of caretaker spell</td><td>15 October 2025</td><td>12</td><td>6th</td><td>Martin Hyský</td><td>15 October 2025</td><td>2028</td></tr><tr><td>Slovácko</td><td>Jan Kameník</td><td>Sacked</td><td>3 November 2025</td><td>14</td><td>16th</td><td>Roman Skuhravý</td><td>18 November 2025</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr><tr><td>Dukla Prague</td><td>David Holoubek</td><td>Sacked</td><td>10 February 2026</td><td>21</td><td>16th</td><td>Pavel Šustr</td><td>12 February 2026</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr><tr><td>Baník Ostrava</td><td>Tomáš Galásek</td><td>Sacked</td><td>16 February 2026</td><td>22</td><td>14th</td><td>Ondřej Smetana</td><td>16 February 2026</td><td>Undisclosed</td></tr></tbody></table>
Regular season
League table
<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification or relegation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Slavia Prague (Q)</td><td>26</td><td>19</td><td>7</td><td>0</td><td>58</td><td>20</td><td>+38</td><td>64</td><td>Qualification for the championship group</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Sparta Prague (Q)</td><td>26</td><td>16</td><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>54</td><td>30</td><td>+24</td><td>54</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Viktoria Plzeň</td><td>26</td><td>14</td><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>47</td><td>31</td><td>+16</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Jablonec</td><td>26</td><td>13</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>32</td><td>27</td><td>+5</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Sigma Olomouc</td><td>26</td><td>11</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>28</td><td>25</td><td>+3</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Slovan Liberec</td><td>26</td><td>10</td><td>9</td><td>7</td><td>38</td><td>25</td><td>+13</td><td>39</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Hradec Králové</td><td>26</td><td>10</td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>35</td><td>32</td><td>+3</td><td>37</td><td>Qualification for the play-off</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Karviná</td><td>26</td><td>10</td><td>3</td><td>13</td><td>38</td><td>44</td><td>−6</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Zlín</td><td>26</td><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>11</td><td>32</td><td>38</td><td>−6</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Pardubice</td><td>26</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>11</td><td>31</td><td>44</td><td>−13</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Teplice</td><td>26</td><td>6</td><td>10</td><td>10</td><td>25</td><td>31</td><td>−6</td><td>28</td><td>Qualification for the relegation group</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Bohemians 1905</td><td>26</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>13</td><td>20</td><td>32</td><td>−12</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Mladá Boleslav</td><td>26</td><td>6</td><td>9</td><td>11</td><td>36</td><td>49</td><td>−13</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Slovácko</td><td>26</td><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>13</td><td>22</td><td>36</td><td>−14</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Baník Ostrava</td><td>26</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>14</td><td>24</td><td>36</td><td>−12</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Dukla Prague</td><td>26</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td>13</td><td>16</td><td>36</td><td>−20</td><td>19</td></tr></tbody></table>
Season statistics
Top scorers
<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Tomáš Chorý</td><td>Slavia</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Lukáš Haraslín</td><td>Sparta</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Mojmír Chytil</td><td>Slavia</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Daniel Vašulín</td><td>Olomouc / Plzeň</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Vojtěch Patrák</td><td>Pardubice</td></tr><tr><td>Albion Rrahmani</td><td>Sparta</td></tr><tr><td>Jan Chramosta</td><td>Jablonec</td></tr><tr><td>Abdallah Gning</td><td>Karviná / Ostrava</td></tr><tr><td>Dávid Krčík</td><td>Karviná / Plzeň</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Lamin Jawo</td><td>Jablonec</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Vladimír Darida</td><td>Hradec Králové</td></tr><tr><td>Michal Bílek</td><td>Teplice</td></tr><tr><td>Jan Kuchta</td><td>Sparta</td></tr></tbody></table>
Hat-tricks
<table><thead><tr><th>Matchweek</th><th>Date</th><th>Player</th><th>For</th><th>Against</th><th>Result</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>5</td><td>17 August 2025</td><td>Solomon John</td><td>Mladá Boleslav</td><td>Hradec Králové</td><td>3–2 (H)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>19 August 2025</td><td>Denis Višinský</td><td>Plzeň</td><td>Mladá Boleslav</td><td>5–0 (A)</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>23 November 2025</td><td>Emmanuel Ayaosi</td><td>Karviná</td><td>Hradec Králové</td><td>4–3 (H)</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>14 December 2025</td><td>Stanislav Petruta</td><td>Zlín</td><td>Olomouc</td><td>5–0 (H)</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>8 March 2026</td><td>Václav Jurečka</td><td>Ostrava</td><td>Zlín</td><td>6–2 (H)</td></tr></tbody></table>
Clean sheets
<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Clean sheets</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Tomáš Koubek</td><td>Liberec</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Matouš Trmal</td><td>Teplice</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Jan Hanuš</td><td>Jablonec</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Jan Koutný</td><td>Olomouc</td></tr><tr><td>Adam Zadražil</td><td>Hradec Králové</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Stanislav Dostál</td><td>Zlín</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Peter Vindahl</td><td>Sparta</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Jindřich Staněk</td><td>Slavia</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Martin Jedlička</td><td>Plzeň / Ostrava</td></tr><tr><td>Jiří Floder</td><td>Mladá Boleslav</td></tr></tbody></table>