2017–18 Czech First League
# 2017–18 Czech First League

The 2017–18 Czech First League, known as the HET liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions were Slavia Prague, who won their fourth Czech title the previous season. 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.

## Teams

### Team changes

| 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 |

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Baník Ostrava | Ostrava | Městský stadion (Ostrava) | 15,123 |
| Bohemians 1905 | Prague | Ďolíček | 5,000 |
| Dukla Prague | Prague | Stadion Juliska | 8,150 |
| Jablonec | Jablonec nad Nisou | Stadion Střelnice | 6,108 |
| Karviná | Karviná | Městský stadion (Karviná) | 4,833 |
| Mladá Boleslav | Mladá Boleslav | Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav) | 5,000 |
| Sigma Olomouc | Olomouc | Andrův stadion | 12,483 |
| Slavia Prague | Prague | Eden Arena | 20,232 |
| Slovácko | Uherské Hradiště | Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty | 8,000 |
| Slovan Liberec | Liberec | Stadion u Nisy | 9,900 |
| Sparta Prague | Prague | Generali Arena | 18,887 |
| Teplice | Teplice | Na Stínadlech | 18,221 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | Plzeň | Doosan Arena | 11,700 |
| Vysočina Jihlava | Jihlava | Stadion v Jiráskově ulici | 4,500 |
| Zbrojovka Brno | Brno | Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská | 10,200 |
| Fastav Zlín | Zlín | Letná Stadion | 5,783 |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit maker | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| FC Baník Ostrava | Bohumil Páník | Milan Baroš | Adidas | MW-DIAS |
| Bohemians 1905 | Martin Hašek | Josef Jindřišek | Adidas | Remal, Eltodo, Lion Sport |
| FK Dukla Prague | Jaroslav Hynek | Marek Hanousek | Adidas | Carbounion |
| FK Jablonec | Zdeněk Klucký | Tomáš Hübschman | Nike | Tipgames, CPP, SaM Česká Lípa |
| MFK Karviná | Josef Mucha | Pavel Eismann | Adidas | OKD |
| FK Mladá Boleslav | Jozef Weber | Marek Matějovský | Adidas | Škoda Auto, ŠKO-ENERGO |
| SK Sigma Olomouc | Václav Jílek | Miloš Buchta | Adidas | Sigma Group, Olomouc, Gambrinus, GEMO Olomouc, Litovel |
| SK Slavia Prague | Jindřich Trpišovský | Jiří Bílek | Umbro | CEFC China |
| 1. FC Slovácko | Stanislav Levý | Veliče Šumulikoski | Nike | Z-Group, Synottip |
| FC Slovan Liberec | David Holoubek | Vladimír Coufal | Nike | Preciosa |
| AC Sparta Prague | Pavel Hapal | David Lafata | Nike | Sazka BET |
| FK Teplice | Daniel Šmejkal | Admir Ljevaković | Puma | AGC, Umbro |
| FC Viktoria Plzeň | Pavel Vrba | Roman Hubník | Puma | Doosan |
| FC Vysočina Jihlava | Ivan Kopecký | Lukáš Vaculík | Adidas | PSJ, Jihlava |
| FC Zbrojovka Brno | Roman Pivarník | Petr Pavlík | Nike | Synerga |
| FC Fastav Zlín | Vlastimil Petržela | Tomáš Poznar | Adidas | Lukrom |

## League table

| 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 the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Jablonec | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 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 to the FNL |
| 16 | Zbrojovka Brno (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 24 | Relegation to the FNL |

* 1 2 3 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Czech Cup, Slavia Prague, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team was passed to the fifth-placed team.

## Results

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 | — |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Michal Krmenčík | Viktoria Plzeň | 16 |
| 2 | Milan Škoda | Slavia Prague | 11 |
| 2 | Stanislav Tecl | Jablonec | 11 |
| 2 | Jakub Plšek | Sigma Olomouc | 11 |
| 5 | David Vaněček | Teplice | 10 |
| 5 | Matěj Pulkrab | Slovan Liberec | 10 |
| 5 | Dāvis Ikaunieks | Vysočina Jihlava | 10 |
| 8 | Milan Baroš | Baník Ostrava | 9 |
| 8 | Josef Šural | Sparta Prague | 9 |
| 8 | Tomáš Wágner | Karviná | 9 |

## Attendances

| 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

## Number of teams by region

| Rank | Region | Number of teams | Club(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Prague | 4 | Bohemians 1905, Dukla Prague, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague |
| 2 | Liberec | 2 | Jablonec, Slovan Liberec |
| 2 | Moravian-Silesian | 2 | Baník Ostrava, Karviná |
| 2 | Zlín | 2 | Fastav Zlín, Slovácko |
| 5 | Central Bohemian | 1 | Mladá Boleslav |
| 5 | Olomouc | 1 | Sigma Olomouc |
| 5 | Plzeň | 1 | Viktoria Plzeň |
| 5 | South Moravian | 1 | Zbrojovka Brno |
| 5 | Ústí nad Labem | 1 | Teplice |
| 5 | Vysočina | 1 | Vysočina Jihlava |
