| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 July 2025 – 24 May 2026 |
| Matches | 168 |
| Goals | 439 (2.61 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Tomáš Chorý (12 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Liberec 6–0Karviná 9 November 2025 |
| Biggest away win | Mladá Boleslav 0–5Plzeň 19 August 2025 |
| Highest scoring | Plzeň 3–5Slavia 9 November 2025 |
2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 8 February 2026. | |
The2025–26 Czech First League, known as theChance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of theCzech Republic's top-tierfootball 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]
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 useVAR, featuring it in all matches played. There are no changes in the rules. The schedule also has not changed compared to last season.[2]
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 the2023–24 season,FC Zlín returns to Czech First League as the champion of the2024–25 Czech National Football League.[3]
The lowest positioned team from thelast season,SK Dynamo České Budějovice, was relegated to the Czech National Football League.
Pre-season:
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Contract valid until |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mladá Boleslav | End of caretaker spell | 25 May 2025 | 2 June 2024 | Undisclosed | ||
| Slovácko | End of caretaker spell | 25 May 2025 | 5 June 2025 | Undisclosed | ||
| Sparta Prague | End of caretaker spell | 24 May 2025 | 8 June 2025 | Undisclosed | ||
| Dukla Prague | End of contract | 2 June 2025 | 16 June 2025 | Undisclosed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktoria Plzeň | Mutual consent | 29 September 2025 | 10 | 5th | 29 September 2025 | Undisclosed | ||
| Pardubice | Sacked | 29 September 2025 | 10 | 16th | 29 September 2025 | Undisclosed | ||
| Baník Ostrava | Mutual consent | 11 October 2025 | 12 | 11th | 12 October 2025 | Undisclosed | ||
| Pardubice | End of caretaker spell | 14 October 2025 | 12 | 16th | 14 October 2025 | Undisclosed | ||
| Karviná | Signed by Viktoria Plzeň | 15 October 2025 | 12 | 8th | 15 October 2025 | Undisclosed | ||
| Viktoria Plzeň | End of caretaker spell | 15 October 2025 | 12 | 6th | 15 October 2025 | 2028 | ||
| Slovácko | Sacked | 3 November 2025 | 14 | 16th | 18 November 2025 | Undisclosed | ||
| Dukla Prague | Sacked | 10 February 2026 | 21 | 16th | 12 February 2026 | Undisclosed |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slavia Prague | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 18 | +31 | 52 | Qualification for thechampionship group |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 44 | |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 41 | |
| 4 | Jablonec | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 39 | |
| 5 | Slovan Liberec | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 34 | |
| 6 | Karviná | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 32 | |
| 7 | Hradec Králové | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 30 | Qualification for theplay-off |
| 8 | Sigma Olomouc | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 30 | |
| 9 | Zlín | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 27 | |
| 10 | Pardubice | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 25 | |
| 11 | Teplice | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 24 | Qualification for therelegation group |
| 12 | Bohemians 1905 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 23 | |
| 13 | Baník Ostrava | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 18 | |
| 14 | Mladá Boleslav | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 18 | |
| 15 | Slovácko | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 29 | −15 | 16 | |
| 16 | Dukla Prague | 22 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 15 |
| Home \ Away | BOH | DUK | HKR | JAB | KAR | LIB | MLA | OLO | OST | PCE | PLZ | SLA | SLO | SPA | TEP | ZLN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohemians 1905 | — | 22 Feb | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||
| Dukla Prague | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | ||||
| Hradec Králové | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 21 Feb | ||||
| Jablonec | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 21 Feb | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |||
| Karviná | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | ||||
| Slovan Liberec | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 6–0 | — | 1–0 | 15 Feb | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | ||||
| Mladá Boleslav | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | — | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 15 Feb | 3–1 | |||
| Sigma Olomouc | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||||
| Baník Ostrava | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 22 Feb | 2–0 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | ||||
| Pardubice | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 15 Feb | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |||
| Viktoria Plzeň | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–5 | 1–1 | 22 Feb | 0–1 | |||
| Slavia Prague | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 21 Feb | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–0 | a | 3–0 | 0–0 | ||
| Slovácko | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 21 Feb | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |||
| Sparta Prague | 2–1 | 3–2 | 15 Feb | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | ||||
| Teplice | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 22 Feb | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | |||
| Zlín | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slavia | 12 | |
| 2 | Olomouc /Plzeň | 9 | |
| 3 | Pardubice | 8 | |
| Jablonec | |||
| Jablonec | |||
| Karviná /Ostrava | |||
| Hradec Králové | |||
| Sparta | |||
| Slavia | |||
| Karviná / Plzeň |
| Matchweek | Date | Player | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 17 August 2025 | Mladá Boleslav | Hradec Králové | 3–2 (H)[36] | |
| 3 | 19 August 2025 | Plzeň | Mladá Boleslav | 5–0 (A)[37] | |
| 16 | 23 November 2025 | Karviná | Hradec Králové | 4–3 (H)[38] | |
| 19 | 14 December 2025 | Zlín | Olomouc | 5–0 (H)[39] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jablonec | 9 | |
| 2 | Olomouc | 8 | |
| Liberec | |||
| Teplice | |||
| 5 | Sparta | 7 | |
| 6 | Hradec Králové | 6 | |
| Zlín | |||
| 8 | Bohemians 1905 | 5 | |
| Plzeň /Ostrava | |||
| Slavia |