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2023–24 Czech National Football League
The 2023–24 Czech National Football League (known as the ''Fortuna národní liga'' for sponsorship reasons) is the 31st season of the Czech Republic's second tier football league. The season started on 21 July 2023. The season format was unchanged from the previous season, with each team playing in the league format home and away matches. The top-ranked team was promoted to the Czech First League, the two teams positioned 2nd and 3rd played a play-out with two teams from the first league positioned 14th and 15th in a home and away format. The two lowest-ranked teams were relegated directly to the third tier. Team changes From FNL *MFK Karviná (promoted to 2023–24 Czech First League) * FK Třinec (relegated to Moravian-Silesian Football League) * SK Slavia Prague B (relegated to Bohemian Football League) To FNL *FC Zbrojovka Brno (relegated from 2022–23 Czech First League) *FK Viktoria Žižkov (promoted from 2022–23 Bohemian Football League) * SK Hanácká Slavia Kromě ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech National Football League
The Czech National Football League (, ''FNL''), known as Chance Národní Liga due to sponsorship reasons, is the second level professional association football league in the Czech Republic. Before 2013 it was known as 2. liga or Druhá liga. The top team each season is eligible for promotion to the Czech First League, while the second and third placed teams enter play offs for possible promotion. The league replaced the I.ČNL (I. Česká národní liga; First Czech National League), which had been established following the end of the nationwide Czechoslovak Second League in 1977. The league became known as simply ''II. liga'' (Second League) in 1993 following the establishment of the Czech Republic as an independent state. Structure There are 16 clubs in the FNL. During the season, which runs from August to May or June, with a winter break between November and February or March, each club plays each of the other clubs twice (once at home, once away) and is awarded three points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MFK Karviná
MFK Karviná is a professional football club located in Karviná, Czech Republic. It plays in the Czech First League. The team's colours are green and white. History Karviná as a multi-ethnic city of Cieszyn Silesia was a home to many football clubs, which were established by particular ethnic groups after World War I. At that time many football clubs of Polish, German, Czech and Jewish communities were founded. Most known and strongest Polish club was Polonia Karwina founded in 1919. After World War II German and Jewish clubs were not re-established. Czech and Polish clubs still existed until the 1950s, when as a part of communist unification of sport life in Czechoslovakia Czech clubs were joined to ZSJ OKD Mír Karviná and Polish Polonia Karwina incorporated into that club. The club played at the top national level of competition in the 1996–97 Czech First League and 1998–99 Czech First League, being relegated on each occasion. In the 2000–01 Czech 2. Liga, Karvin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drnovice (Vyškov District)
Drnovice (; ) is a municipality and village in Vyškov District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants. Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Drn, meaning "the village of Drn's people". Geography Drnovice is located about west of Vyškov and east of Brno. It lies on the border between the Vyškov Gate and Drahany Highlands, on the edge of the fertile Haná region. The highest point is the hill Rozepře at above sea level. A dominant feature of the landscape near the village is the hill Chocholík at . The Drnůvka Stream flows through the municipality. History The first written mention of Drnovice is from 1104, when it was a property of the Benedictines, Benedictine monastery in Třebíč. From the 13th century until the second half of the 19th century, it was part of the Račice-Pístovice, Račice estate. Demographics Transport The Brno–Olomouc railway passes through the south of the territory, but there is no st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportovní Areál Drnovice
Sportovní areál Drnovice is a football stadium in Drnovice, in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The game hosted two friendly matches of the Czech Republic national football team. History The stadium opened in 1955. It was used in the Czech First League between 1993 and 2002, and again in the 2004–05 season. It hosted UEFA Cup matches in the 2000–01 season, including against TSV 1860 Munich. The stadium hosted Drnovice's matches in the second tier for the last time in the 2005–06 season. The stadium was sold by auction in March 2016. MFK Vyškov of the second-tier Czech National Football League started using Sportovní areál Drnovice for their league matches from the start of the 2021–22 season. This arrangement continued until the end of the 2024–25 season, by which time, the stadium was non-compliant with key league requirements including under-soil heating and artificial lighting. By 2023, the stadium's capacity had been reduced to 4,500 seats. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MFK Vyškov
MFK Vyškov is a Czech football club located in the town of Vyškov in the South Moravian Region. From 2021 to 2025, it played in the Czech National Football League, the second level of Czech football. Because the club does not have a stadium that would allow it to play professional league matches, it has decided to play only in lower amateur tiers from 2025. History The club changed names on 1 January 2012, changing from SK Rostex Vyškov to MFK Vyškov. In 2020, the club was owned by Rainbow World Group, also owners of Cameroonian side Rainbow FC. In the 2020–21 season of the MSFL, which was unfinished because of the COVID-19 pandemic measures, Vyškov finished first in the incomplete table and was offered participation in the Czech National Football League, which the club accepted. On 15 January 2024, the club announced their new owner American investment group Blue Crow Sports Group who also own Spanish LaLiga club CD Leganés. Historical names * 1931–1938: SK Vyškov * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Varnsdorf
FK Varnsdorf is a Czech professional football club located in Varnsdorf, Czech Republic. In 2011 the club changed its name from SK Slovan Varnsdorf to FK Varnsdorf. The team's biggest success in recent history was finishing 2nd in the 2014–15 Czech National Football League and earning promotion to the Czech First League The Czech First League () 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 A ... for the first time in club history. However, they forfeited the promotion due to their stadium Městský stadion v Kotlině failing to meet league requirements. Varnsdorf spent 15 seasons in the second-tier Czech National Football League before being relegated at the end of the 2024–25 season. Historical names * 1938 ''SK Hraničáři Varnsdorf'' * 194? ''Sokol Elite Varnsdorf'' * 1953 ''DSO Jiskra Varnsdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Silon Táborsko
FC Silon Táborsko is a football club located in Tábor, Czech Republic. It plays in the Czech National Football League (2nd tier). History The club was formerly located at Soukenik stadium in nearby Sezimovo Ústí. Lower squads of the team, as well the youth teams still play their games there. In June 2011, FK Spartak MAS Sezimovo Ústí owner Jiří Smrž bought the rights to neighbouring team FK Tábor and at the end of 2011, the club announced that they would compete from 2012, including the remainder of the season in progress, as FC MAS Táborsko. In 2022, the club got a new main sponsor and changed its name to FC Silon Táborsko. Historical names * ?–2011: ''FK Spartak MAS Sezimovo Ústí'' * 2012–2022: ''FC MAS Táborsko'' * 2022–: ''FC Silon Táborsko'' Players Current squad . Out on loan Notable former players Honours *Bohemian Football League 3rd Bohemian Football League (; ČFL) is one of the third level football leagues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SFC Opava
Slezský FC Opava is a professional football club based in Opava, Czech Republic. The club plays in the Czech National Football League, the second of Czech football after being relegated from the Czech First League at the end of the 2020–21 season. History The club was in the Czech First League at the top tier of Czech football from 1995 to 2000, getting relegated in 2000 but returning to the top flight the following season in 2001. After another relegation they returned again in 2003 and had a two-year spell in the top division, but internal issues led to a slow decline of the club and relegation to the regional division. The club celebrated a return to the Second Division in 2011, but after just two seasons, they were relegated back to the Moravian–Silesian Football League (MSFL) in 2013. The club won promotion back into the second level of football in their first season in the MSFL. They won the Czech National Football League in 2018, securing promotion to the top flight. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Czech First League
The 2022–23 Czech First League, known as the FORTUNA:LIGA for sponsorship reason, is the 30th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its 1993 establishment. FC Viktoria Plzeň are the reigning champions. The season started on 30 July 2022. The first half of the season will have 16 rounds, finishing on 13 November 2022 because of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the other half will commence on 28 January 2023. The season is expected to end on 28 May 2023 with two extra play-out fixtures on 1 and 4 June 2023. The season format is unchanged from last season, 16 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up in championship, play-off and relegation groups. The lowest-ranked team was relegated directly to the second league, the two teams positioned 14th and 15th played a play-out with two teams from the second league positioned 2nd and 3rd in a home and away format. This was the fifth season to use VAR, featuring it in all match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Zbrojovka Brno
FC Zbrojovka Brno is a professional football club based in the city of Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic and named after Zbrojovka Brno, a firearms manufacturer. Founded in 1913 as SK Židenice, the club later became known as Zbrojovka Brno. Brno won the Czechoslovak First League in the 1977–78 season and finished as runners-up in 1979–80. History The club, initially known as SK Židenice, played in the top tier of Czechoslovak football from 1933 until suffering relegation in the 1946–47 Czechoslovak First League. During this period, the club entered the Mitropa Cup three times, reaching the quarter-finals in 1935 as well as taking part in the competition in 1936 and 1938. Between 1950 and 1962 the club played outside the top tier, returning in the 1962–63 Czechoslovak First League. Five seasons elapsed before the club was again relegated, in 1967. They then spent four years in the second tier of Czechoslovak football before returning to the top flight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohemian Football League
3rd Bohemian Football League (; ČFL) is one of the third level football leagues of the Czech Republic (the other is the Moravian-Silesian Football League). The league comprises teams from the historic Bohemia region. History The league was formed in 1991 during the Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ... era, replacing the former ''II. ČNL'' (II. Česká národni liga; Second Czech National League) at the third tier of Czechoslovak football alongside sister league MSFL. In 2024, the league was renamed 3. Česká fotbalová liga to include a number indicating the level in the system of Czech football competitions in accordance with the new regulations. Competition format The winner of ČFL is promoted to Czech National Football League. In total three clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SK Slavia Prague B
Sportovní klub Slavia Praha B, commonly known as Slavia Prague B, is the reserve team of Czech First League club SK Slavia Prague. The team currently play in the Czech National Football League. History Formed shortly after Slavia Prague's footballing department, Slavia Prague B entered the Mistrovství Čech a Moravy in the springtime of 1897, finishing second behind the first team. Slavia's B team competed in the tournament until 1909. In 1949, the team entered the Oblastní soutěž, the second tier of Czechoslovak football, winning the title in 1958. During the 1960s, Slavia Prague B competed in the Second League, the Prague Championship and Divize B and Divize C, competing in the latter two competitions during the 1970s, before withdrawing from football from 1977 to 1984. During the 1980s, the team bounced between the third and the fourth tiers of Czech football, before the formation of the Bohemian Football League. Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, Slav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
