2016–17 Czech First League

Czech First League 2016–17
Season information
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Season statistics
Matches played	70
Goals scored	183
Top goalscorer	Jan Chramosta (6 goals)
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The 2016–17 Czech First League, known as the ePojisteni.cz liga for sponsorship reasons, is the 24th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions are Viktoria Plzeň, who won their fourth Czech title the previous season. The season began on 29 July 2016 and is scheduled to end on 26 May 2017.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2015–16
Bohemians 1905	Prague	Ďolíček	5,000	9th
Dukla Prague	Prague	Stadion Juliska	8,150	10th
Hradec Králové	Hradec Králové	Všesportovní stadion	7,220	FNL, 1st (promoted)
FK Jablonec	Jablonec nad Nisou	Stadion Střelnice	6,280	7th
Karviná	Karviná	Městský stadion	4,833	FNL, 2nd (promoted)
FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav)	5,000	4th
1. FK Příbram	Příbram	Na Litavce	9,100	14th
Slavia Prague	Prague	Eden Arena	20,800	5th
1. FC Slovácko	Uherské Hradiště	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,121	8th
Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	3rd
Sparta Prague	Prague	Generali Arena	19,416	2nd
FK Teplice	Teplice	Na Stínadlech	18,221	12th
Viktoria Plzeň	Plzeň	Stadion města Plzně	11,722	1st
Vysočina Jihlava	Jihlava	Stadion v Jiráskově ulici	4,075	11th
Zbrojovka Brno	Brno	Městský stadion (Brno)	12,550	6th
FC Fastav Zlín	Zlín	Letná Stadion	6,375	13th

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Bohemians	Miroslav Koubek	Josef Jindřišek	Adidas	Remal
Dukla	Jaroslav Hynek	Marek Hanousek	Adidas	Carbounion
Hradec Králové	Milan Frimmel	Pavel Černý
Jablonec	Zdenko Frťala	Tomáš Hübschman	Nike	TipGames ČPP
Karviná	Jozef Weber	Pavel Eismann
Mladá Bloleslav	Leoš Kalvoda	Lukáš Magera	Adidas	Škoda
Příbram	Petr Rada		Adidas	Energon Dobříš TipGames
Slavia	Jaroslav Šilhavý	Jan Bořil	Umbro	CEFC China
Slovácko	Stanislav Levý		Nike	Z-Group SynotTip
Slovan	Jindřich Trpišovský	Lukáš Pokorný	Nike	Preciosa
Sparta	Vacant	David Lafata	Nike	SynotTip
Teplice	Daniel Šmejkal	Štěpán Vachoušek	Umbro	AGC Glass Speciální Stavby Most
Viktoria	Roman Pivarník	Roman Hubník	Puma	Doosan
Vysočina	Michal Bílek	Lukáš Vaculík	Adidas	PSJ
Zbrojovka	Svatopluk Habanec	Pavel Zavadil	Nike	FlatStore
Zlín	Bohumil Páník	Tomáš Poznar	Saller	Lukrom

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Mladá Boleslav	Jarolím, KarelKarel Jarolím	Mutual consent		1st	Kalvoda, LeošLeoš Kalvoda
Příbram	Pulpit, MartinMartin Pulpit	Sacked	22 August 2016	16th	Rada, PetrPetr Rada	22 August 2016
Slavia Prague	Uhrin Jr., DušanDušan Uhrin Jr.		29 August 2016	10th	Šilhavý, JaroslavJaroslav Šilhavý	5 September 2016
Dukla Prague	Šilhavý, JaroslavJaroslav Šilhavý	Mutual consent	5 September 2016	13th	Hynek, JaroslavJaroslav Hynek	15 September 2016
Jihlava	Hipp, MichalMichal Hipp	Become assistant	14 September 2016	15th	Bílek, MichalMichal Bílek	14 September 2016
Sparta Prague	Ščasný, ZdeněkZdeněk Ščasný	Sacked	26 September 2016	4th	TBD	TBD

League table

2016–17 Czech First League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slavia Prague  (C)	30	20	9	1	65	22	+43	69	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Viktoria Plzeň	30	20	7	3	47	21	+26	67
3	Sparta Prague	30	16	9	5	47	26	+21	57	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4	Mladá Boleslav	30	13	10	7	47	37	+10	49	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5	Teplice	30	13	9	8	38	25	+13	48
6	Zlín	30	11	8	11	34	35	−1	41	Qualification to Europa League group stage
7	Dukla Prague	30	11	7	12	39	35	+4	40
8	Jablonec	30	9	12	9	43	38	+5	39
9	Slovan Liberec	30	10	9	11	31	28	+3	39
10	Karviná	30	9	7	14	39	49	−10	34
11	Zbrojovka Brno	30	6	14	10	32	45	−13	32
12	Slovácko	30	6	14	10	29	38	−9	32
13	Bohemians 1905	30	7	7	16	22	39	−17	28
14	Vysočina Jihlava	30	6	9	15	26	47	−21	27
15	Hradec Králové  (R)	30	8	3	19	29	50	−21	27	Relegation to 2017–18 FNL
16	Příbram  (R)	30	6	4	20	29	61	−32	22

Source: ePojisteni.cz liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Home \ Away

B05

DUK

ZLN

HRK

JAB

KAR

MLA

PŘI

SLA

SLO

LIB

SPA

TEP

VPL

JIH

ZBR

Bohemians 1905

0–3

2–0

1–0

0–2

3–0

Dukla Prague

4–1

3–0

0–2

0–1

4–2

Zlín

2–2

3–0

2–0

2–1

1–1

Hradec Králové

0–2

1–2

2–0

1–0

Jablonec

1–1

5–3

1–2

2–2

Karviná

2–1

3–0

1–1

Mladá Boleslav

1–0

2–0

1–2

3–0

3–0

Příbram

0–1

0–1

0–1

3–2

0–3

Slavia Prague

2–2

1–0

3–0

1–0

Slovácko

2–0

2–2

1–3

1–1

Slovan Liberec

2–0

1–2

1–1

0–0

Sparta Prague

3–0

2–2

0–2

3–2

Teplice

1–2

2–2

0–0

0–1

Viktoria Plzeň

1–1

0–2

4–1

2–0

3–1

Vysočina Jihlava

0–2

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–2

Zbrojovka Brno

1–1

1–0

3–3

0–0

Updated to games played on 2 October 2016
Source: ePojisteni.cz liga
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top scorers

As of 25 September 2016.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jan Chramosta	Mladá Boleslav	6
2	Dame Diop	Fastav Zlín	4
	Golgol Mebrahtu	Mladá Boleslav
	Muris Mešanović	Slavia Prague
	Tomáš Wágner	Jablonec
6	Néstor Albiach	Dukla Prague	3
	Jaroslav Diviš	Slovácko
	Bořek Dočkal	Sparta Prague
	Dāvis Ikaunieks	Vysočina Jihlava
	Jakub Jugas	Fastav Zlín
	Pavol Jurčo	Karviná
	David Lafata	Sparta Prague
	Lukáš Magera	Mladá Boleslav
	Jan Pázler	Hradec Králové
	Michal Škoda	Zbrojovka Brno

External links

• Official website (Czech)

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