2016–17 Czech First League

Czech First League

Season	2016–17
Matches played	97
Goals scored	257 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Lafata (8 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 4 November 2016.

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

Stadiums and locations

Bohemians
Dukla
Slavia
Sparta

Brno

Hradec Králové

Jablonec

Karviná

Liberec

Ml. Boleslav

Příbram

Slovácko

Teplice

Plzeň

Vysočina Jihlava

Zlín

Location of teams in 2016–17 Czech First League

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	Jako
Jablonec	Vacant	Tomáš Hübschman	Nike	TipGames ČPP
Karviná	Jozef Weber	Pavel Eismann	Adidas
Mladá Bloleslav	Leoš Kalvoda	Lukáš Magera	Adidas	Škoda
Příbram	Petr Rada		Nike	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	Zdeněk Svoboda	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	Adidas	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	Svoboda, ZdeněkZdeněk Svoboda	24 November 2016
Jablonec	Frťala, ZdenkoZdenko Frťala	Sacked	15 October 2016	11th	TBD	TBD

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viktoria Plzeň	12	9	2	1	21	8	+13	29	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Mladá Boleslav	13	8	2	3	25	14	+11	26
3	Slavia Prague	12	7	4	1	21	9	+12	25	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4	Zlín	12	7	4	1	22	11	+11	25	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5	Sparta Prague	12	6	4	2	23	11	+12	22
6	Karviná	12	5	2	5	18	21	−3	17
7	Bohemians 1905	12	5	2	5	14	17	−3	17
8	Teplice	12	4	4	4	15	12	+3	16
9	Jablonec	12	3	5	4	19	21	−2	14
10	Dukla Prague	12	3	4	5	16	14	+2	13
11	Slovan Liberec	12	3	4	5	9	11	−2	13
12	Zbrojovka Brno	12	2	7	3	15	21	−6	13
13	Slovácko	12	2	5	5	13	18	−5	11
14	Hradec Králové	12	3	1	8	12	23	−11	10
15	Vysočina Jihlava	13	1	6	6	9	20	−11	9	Relegation to 2017–18 FNL
16	Příbram	12	1	0	11	5	26	−21	3

Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2016. Source: ePojisteni.cz liga (Czech), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions, or relegation); 8) Draw.^[1]

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

1–3

1–0

2–1

0–2

3–0

Dukla Prague

4–1

3–0

0–0

0–2

0–1

0–1

4–2

Zlín

1–1

2–2

3–0

2–0

2–1

1–1

Hradec Králové

0–2

1–2

3–4

2–0

0–3

1–0

Jablonec

1–1

5–3

1–2

0–0

2–2

1–2

Karviná

2–1

2–0

0–0

1–4

3–0

1–1

Mladá Boleslav

1–0

1–2

2–0

1–2

3–0

3–0

3–3

Příbram

2–4

0–1

0–1

0–1

3–2

0–3

Slavia Prague

2–2

1–0

3–0

1–0

1–0

a

Slovácko

2–0

2–2

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

Slovan Liberec

2–0

2–0

1–2

1–1

0–0

Sparta Prague

3–0

2–2

4–0

0–2

3–2

3–0

Teplice

2–0

1–2

2–2

0–0

0–1

Viktoria Plzeň

1–1

0–2

4–1

2–0

3–1

1–0

Vysočina Jihlava

0–2

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

0–2

1–2

Zbrojovka Brno

1–1

1–4

1–0

3–3

0–0

1–1

Updated to games played on 4 November 2016.
Source: ePojisteni.cz liga (Czech)
1 ^{^} The 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 26 October 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[2]
1	Jan Chramosta	Mladá Boleslav	7
2	Michal Škoda	Zbrojovka Brno	6
3	David Lafata	Sparta Prague	5
	Muris Mešanović	Slavia Prague
	David Vaněček	Teplice
6	Dame Diop	Fastav Zlín	4
	Bořek Dočkal	Sparta Prague
	Michal Krmenčík	Viktoria Plzeň
	Golgol Mebrahtu	Mladá Boleslav
	Milan Škoda	Slavia Prague
	Tomáš Wágner	Jablonec

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
0	Viktoria Plzeň					n/a^†
0	Sparta Prague					n/a^†
0	Slavia Prague					n/a^†
0	Slovan Liberec					n/a^†
0	Zbrojovka Brno					n/a^†
0	Slovácko					n/a^†
0	Hradec Králové					n/a^1
0	Bohemians 1905					n/a^†
0	Teplice					n/a^†
0	Karviná					n/a^1
0	Zlín					n/a^†
0	Mladá Boleslav					n/a^†
0	Vysočina Jihlava					n/a^†
0	Příbram					n/a^†
0	Jablonec					n/a^†
0	Dukla Prague					n/a^†
	League total					n/a^†

Updated to games played on pre-season
Source: synotliga.cz
Notes:
1: Team played last season in FNL

References

1. "Czech Liga 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
2. "Czech first league: Top Scorers - World Match Centre - FIFA.com". Retrieved 7 April 2016.

External links

• Official website (Czech)