2025–26 Czech First League

Czech First League
Season2025–26
Dates18 July 2025 – 24 May 2026
Matches played30
Goals scored78 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerJan Chramosta (4 goals)
Biggest home winTeplice 3–0 Bohemians 1905
2 August 2025
Biggest away winPardubice 1–5 Plzeň
18 July 2025
Highest scoringPardubice 1–5 Plzeň
18 July 2025
Mladá Boleslav 3–3 Liberec
20 July 2025
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 3 August 2025.

The 2025–26 Czech First League, known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, will be the 33nd 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.[1][2]

Format

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.[2]

Teams

Locations of the 2025–26 Czech First League 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.

Team promoted to Czech First League

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.[3]

Teams relegated from Czech First League

The lowest positioned team from the last season, SK Dynamo České Budějovice, was relegated to the Czech National Football League.

Locations and stadiums

Managerial changes

Pre-season:

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Contract valid until
Mladá Boleslav Czech Republic Josef Jinoch End of caretaker spell 25 May 2025 Czech Republic Aleš Majer[19] 2 June 2024 Undisclosed
Slovácko Czech Republic Tomáš Palinek End of caretaker spell 25 May 2025 Czech Republic Jan Kameník[20] 5 June 2025 Undisclosed
Sparta Prague Czech Republic Luboš Loučka End of caretaker spell 24 May 2025 Denmark Brian Priske[21] 8 June 2025 Undisclosed
Dukla Prague Czech Republic Petr Rada End of contract 2 June 2025 Czech Republic David Holoubek[22] 16 June 2025 Undisclosed

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Prague 5 3 2 0 9 3 +6 11 Qualification for the championship group
2 Sparta Prague 4 3 1 0 8 4 +4 10
3 Zlín 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10
4 Sigma Olomouc 5 3 1 1 4 2 +2 10
5 Jablonec 5 2 3 0 6 3 +3 9
6 Karviná 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 9
7 Slovan Liberec 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7 Qualification for the play-off
8 Viktoria Plzeň 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5
9 Slovácko 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 5
10 Dukla Prague 5 1 2 2 3 5 −2 5
11 Mladá Boleslav 4 1 1 2 10 11 −1 4 Qualification for the relegation group
12 Teplice 4 1 0 3 5 8 −3 3
13 Bohemians 1905 4 1 0 3 1 6 −5 3
14 Hradec Králové 5 0 2 3 6 10 −4 2
15 Baník Ostrava 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
16 Pardubice 4 0 1 3 4 11 −7 1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. Source: Chance 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.[23]

Results

Home \ Away BOH DUK HKR JAB KAR LIB MLA OLO OST PCE PLZ SLA SLO SPA TEP ZLN
Bohemians 1905 — 0–1 24 Aug 1–0 26 Jul 14 Sep
Dukla Prague — 30 Aug 1–1 2–0
Hradec Králové — 1–2 24 Aug 1–1 14 Sep
Jablonec 2–0 — 14 Sep 1–1 1–1
Karviná 17 Aug 2–0 — 30 Aug 0–1
Slovan Liberec 2–0 — 2–1 31 Aug 17 Aug
Mladá Boleslav 3–2 3–3 — 19 Aug 30 Aug
Sigma Olomouc 0–0 2–1 — 31 Aug 1–0
Baník Ostrava 1–2 13 Sep — 24 Aug
Pardubice 30 Aug — 1–5 1–3
Viktoria Plzeň 1–1 23 Aug 13 Sep — 1–1
Slavia Prague 2–2 13 Sep 23 Aug — a 3–0
Slovácko 30 Aug 0–1 0–1 — 2–1
Sparta Prague 24 Aug 3–2 1–0 a — 31 Aug
Teplice 3–0 23 Aug 13 Sep — 1–3
Zlín 13 Sep 23 Aug 3–2 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. Source: Chance 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.

Season statistics

As of 16 August 2025[24]

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Czech Republic Jan Chramosta Jablonec 4
2 Czech Republic Matěj Vydra Plzeň 3
Kosovo Albion Rrahmani Sparta
Nigeria Solomon John Mladá Boleslav

Hat-tricks

Matchweek Date Player For Against Result
5 17 August 2025 Nigeria Football Federation Solomon John Mladá Boleslav Hradec Králové 3–2 (H)[25]

Clean sheets

As of 16 August 2025[26]
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Football Association of the Czech Republic Jindřich Staněk Slavia 3
2 Football Association of the Czech Republic Jan Hanuš Jablonec 2
Football Association of the Czech Republic Jan Koutný Olomouc
Latvian Football Federation Rihards Matrevics Dukla

See also

References

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