| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 July 2017 – 26 May 2018 |
| Champions | Viktoria Plzeň |
| Relegated | Vysočina Jihlava Zbrojovka Brno |
| Champions League | Viktoria Plzeň Slavia Prague |
| Europa League | Jablonec Sparta Prague Sigma Olomouc |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 572 (2.38 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Michal Krmenčík (16 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Jablonec 5–0 Vysočina Jihlava (17 September 2017) Slavia Prague 5–0Dukla Prague (18 November 2017) |
| Biggest away win | Zlín 1–5Mladá Boleslav (22 October 2017) Zlín 0–4 Jablonec(3 March 2018) Vysočina Jihlava 0–4 Jablonec (17 March 2018) Dukla Prague 1–5 Viktoria Plzeň (26 May 2018) |
| Highest scoring | Karviná 3–5 Sigma Olomouc (16 September 2017) |
2018–19 → | |
The2017–18 Czech First League, known as theHET liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of theCzech Republic's top-tierfootball league. The defending champions wereSlavia Prague, who won their fourth Czech title theprevious season.[1] The season began on 28 July 2017 and ended on 26 May 2018.
Viktoria Plzeň made a league record by winning their first 14 league games of the season.[2]
| Promoted from 2016–17 Czech National Football League | Relegated from 2016–17 Czech First League |
|---|---|
| SK Sigma Olomouc FC Baník Ostrava | FC Hradec Králové 1. FK Příbram |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktoria Plzeň(C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 66 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 59 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Jablonec | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 56 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 55 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round[a] |
| 5 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 53 | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round[a] |
| 6 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 46 | |
| 7 | Bohemians 1905 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 38 | |
| 8 | Teplice | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 34 | |
| 9 | Mladá Boleslav | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 34 | |
| 10 | Fastav Zlín | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 33 | |
| 11 | Dukla Prague | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 32 | |
| 12 | Slovácko | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 31 | |
| 13 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 31 | |
| 14 | Karviná | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 30 | |
| 15 | Vysočina Jihlava(R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 30 | Relegation toFNL |
| 16 | Zbrojovka Brno(R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 24 |
Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 30 matches played each.
| Home \ Away | OST | B05 | DUK | JAB | KAR | MLA | SIG | SLA | SLK | LIB | SPA | TEP | VPL | JIH | ZBR | ZLN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baník Ostrava | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Bohemians 1905 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Dukla Prague | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Jablonec | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Karviná | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Mladá Boleslav | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Sigma Olomouc | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Slavia Prague | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Slovácko | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Slovan Liberec | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Sparta Prague | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Teplice | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Vysočina Jihlava | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Zbrojovka Brno | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Fastav Zlín | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slavia Prague | 186,040 | 19,084 | 9,623 | 12,431 | +6.9%† |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 170,876 | 17,134 | 6,234 | 11,392 | +13.8%† |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 143,643 | 11,640 | 4,138 | 9,576 | −4.6%† |
| 4 | Baník Ostrava | 118,340 | 15,020 | 3,916 | 7,889 | n/a† |
| 5 | Sigma Olomouc | 80,052 | 11,028 | 2,456 | 5,337 | n/a† |
| 6 | Slovan Liberec | 74,892 | 9,900 | 2,446 | 4,993 | +11.3%† |
| 7 | Slovácko | 67,425 | 6,127 | 3,594 | 4,495 | +7.1%† |
| 8 | Teplice | 66,562 | 10,142 | 2,072 | 4,437 | −8.8%† |
| 9 | Zbrojovka Brno | 65,021 | 8,026 | 2,216 | 4,335 | −5.1%† |
| 10 | Fastav Zlín | 62,774 | 5,898 | 2,102 | 4,185 | −4.6%† |
| 11 | Bohemians 1905 | 61,755 | 5,000 | 1,905 | 4,117 | −5.9%† |
| 12 | Karviná | 53,306 | 4,833 | 2,245 | 3,554 | −8.2%† |
| 13 | Jablonec | 48,457 | 5,426 | 1,710 | 3,230 | +27.1%† |
| 14 | Vysočina Jihlava | 45,995 | 4,500 | 2,063 | 3,066 | +5.2%† |
| 15 | Mladá Boleslav | 43,256 | 5,000 | 1,017 | 2,884 | −13.9%† |
| 16 | Dukla Prague | 42,202 | 7,324 | 827 | 2,813 | +27.9%† |
| League total | 1,331,016 | 19,084 | 827 | 5,546 | +13.5%† |
Source:FortunaLiga.cz