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Czech First League

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The Czech First League (Czech: 1. česká fotbalová liga), also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from August to May, most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays with few games played on Fridays. All Chance Liga clubs qualify for the Czech Cup.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1993Founded1

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The Czech First League (Czech: 1. česká fotbalová liga), also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from August to May, most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays with few games played on Fridays. All Chance Liga clubs qualify for the Czech Cup.2

The story

1993–2018

There were 16 clubs in the league. During the course of a season, which lasted from August to May, each club played the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 30 games.

Changes in 2020–21

Due to positive tests for COVID-19 in the 2019–20 season, the relegation group was abandoned. The league announced that due to time pressure the relegation group would remain unfinished and as a consequence, no team could be relegated. As the winner of the second league should be promoted, and to avoid playing the 2020–21 season with an odd number of teams, automatic promotion was granted to the second placed team as well. There were 18 clubs in the league, each club played the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 34 games. The three lowest placed teams were relegated to the second tier (Czech National Football League). From the 2021–22 season, the system returned to its previous format.

Participating teams in 2026–27

2026–27 season

The following 16 clubs are competing in the 2026–27 Czech First League.

Managers

As of 7 September 2026.

From Wikipedia’s article on Czech First League, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Czechoslovak First League1

Timeline

  1. 2018Renamed Name changed to Fortuna:Liga1
  2. 2017Renamed Name changed to HET liga1
  3. Jul 2016Renamed Name changed to ePojisteni.cz liga1
  4. 2014Renamed Name changed to Synot liga1
  5. 1993Founded Founded1

Sources

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