The 2018–19 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the

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's top-tier

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league. The defending champions were

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, who won their fifth Czech title the previous season. The season was the first with a new league structure in which 16 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up into championship, Europa League and relegation groups.

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lost seven consecutive games at the start of the season, becoming the first team in the Czech First League to do so.

Teams

Team changes

Stadiums and locations

Regular season

League table

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 30 matches played each.

Championship group

Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.

Europa League play-offs

Teams placed between 7th and 10th position will take part in the Europa league play-offs. The best of them will play against the fifth-placed of the championship play-offs to determine the Europa League play-off winners. The winners will qualify for the

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of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.

Final

Relegation group

Points and goals were carried over in full from the regular season.

Relegation play-offs

Teams placed 14th and 15th in the relegation group will face 2nd and 3rd teams from

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for two spots in the next season.

Match 1

---- ''MFK Karviná won 3–2 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Czech First League; Vysočina Jihlava remained in the 2019–20 Czech National Football League.''

Match 2

---- ''1. FK Příbram won 3–3 on aggregate with away goals and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Czech First League; FC Zbrojovka Brno remained in the 2019–20 Czech National Football League.''

Top scorers

Attendances

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Czech First League, 2018-19 2018–19 in European association football leagues 1 2018-19