The 2013–14 season was Viktoria Plzeň's ninth consecutive season in the

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. Having won the Gambrinus liga the previous season, they entered the competition as defending champions and finished second. As league champions they also took part in the

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, from which they qualified for the

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Season overview

The club's budget for the 2013–14 season was 100 million

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, the third-highest budget in the league. This was lower than Slavia Prague (110 million) and Sparta Prague (300 million).

Pre-season

Viktoria started pre-season training schedule on 17 June at home grounds in

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and until end of June team played three matches with local teams from West Bohemia. From the beginning of July the team moved to Austrian Westendorf for a training preparation camp including three games with ex-

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side

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team

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and last year's Champions League participant

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. During the summer transfer window Viktoria introduced two new players – Tomáš Hořava from

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and

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, who returned to the club after an unsuccessful season in

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Players

Squad

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Transfers In

¹ Estimated transfer fee is 14M Kč.

Loans Out

Matches

Friendlies

Pre-season

Gambrinus liga

Results summary

League table

Results by round

Matches

=July

=August

=September

=October

=November

=December

=February

=March

=April

=May

Czech Supercup

As winners of the previous season's

, Plzeň played defending cup winners

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in the

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on 12 July. Plzeň's manager Pavel Vrba left many key players on the bench before the first leg of the second qualifying round of Champions League, which was four days later. Plzeň took an early lead and despite other chances, the first half ended 1–0. During the second half, Jablonec were the better team and scored two goals in a six-minute spell to take the lead. In the 89th minute

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from Plzeň had a disallowed goal because of offside. In stoppage time Jablonec scored their third goal and although three minutes later Plzeň scored, the match finished 2–3.

UEFA Champions League

Plzeň came through three qualifying rounds including the playoff round before reaching the group stage. The club lost all of their first five group stage matches. In the final group stage match, losing 1–0 to CSKA Moscow at home with 76 minutes played, CSKA had two players sent off and Plzeň scored two goals as the match finished 2–1. This result qualified them for the Europa League.

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play off round

Group stage

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

=Round of 32

=Round of 16

Notes

References

External links

Official Website
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Viktoria Plzeň Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but may also refer to: Places * FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov * Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin * Viktoriastadt, now known as Victoria ...