The Czechoslovak First League ( cs, 1. fotbalová liga, sk, 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the

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from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of

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. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren leagues on occupied territories. Until the 1934-35 season, no teams from Slovakia participated in the league. Czechs were allowed to run their own league in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, while Slovaks were granted their own independent Slovak State and created their own league. After the

the league was recreated.

Description

The league was dominated by clubs from

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with

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winning 19 titles,

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11 and

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9. The attendance record for the league was set on 4 September 1965, when 50,105 spectators attended a match between rivals Sparta and Slavia in Prague. The Czechoslovak First League was succeeded in 1993 by the

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in the Czech Republic and the

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in Slovakia.

Names

* 1925 First Association League ( cs, Asociační liga) (teams from Prague only) * 1925–29 Central Bohemian First League ( cs, Středočeská liga) (teams from Prague and Central Bohemia) * 1929–34 First Association League ( cs, Asociační liga) (expanded to include Moravian teams) * 1934–38 State League ( cs, Státní liga) (expanded to include Slovak teams) * 1938–44 Bohemian-Moravian League ( cs, Národní liga) (World War II, Czechoslovakia split) * 1945–48 State League ( cs, Státní liga) (Czechoslovak Republic reinstated) * 1949–50 First All-National Championship ( cs, Celostátní mistrovství) * 1951–55 Republic Championship ( cs, Mistrovství republiky (1951–52), Přebor republiky (1953–55)) * 1956–93 First League ( cs, I. liga)

Champions

1925–1938

Bohemia-Moravia 1938–1944

1945–1993

Performance by club

Player records

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was the all-time top goalscorer of the league with 447 goals in 279 matches, of which 417 goals were scored for Slavia Praha and 30 goals for FC Vítkovice. The list below is not the leagues top goalscorers all in all, only players who at some point played for Slavia Praha.

Top goalscorers (players who played for Slavia Praha only)

References

External links

Full tables on RSSSF
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