The 2022–23 Czech First League, known as the FORTUNA:LIGA for sponsorship reason, is the 30th season of the

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's top-tier

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for professional clubs since its 1993 establishment.

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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

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, 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 matches played. The year-to-year changes in the format of the competition are only cosmetic, the most significant change being the increase of the number of substitutes permitted on the substitute bench to 11.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including fifteen sides from the 2021–22 season and the winner of last season's second league. ;Team promoted to Czech First League After being relegated in the 2020–21 season,

Zbrojovka Brno Zbrojovka Brno, s.r.o is a maker of small arms in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic, wholly owned by Colt CZ Group, Colt-CZ Group. In the past it also made light artillery, cars, motorcycles, tractors and various tools, such as typewriters and early c ...

returned to Czech First League as the champion of the 2021–22 Czech National Football League. ;Teams relegated from Czech First League The lowest positioned team from the last season,

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 ...

, was relegated to the Czech National Football League. The 14th-placed

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and 15th-placed

FK Teplice FK Teplice is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Teplice. The club competes in Czech First League, the top tier of Czech football. The club was founded after World War II in 1945. The club advanced to the Czechoslovak First ...

successfully defended their spots in the first league by winning the

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Locations and stadiums

Managerial changes

Ahead of the season: During the season:

Regular season

League table

Results

Championship group

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

Play-off

Because only four teams advance to the European Cups from the Czech First League due to a low national coefficient, the winner of the play-off will only receive a cash bonus and a bye in the third round of the

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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 faced the teams placed 2nd and 3rd in the

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for two spots in the next season.

Matches

''All times

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)'' ''Pardubice won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Trinity Zlín won 1–0 on aggregate.''

Season statistics

Top scorers

Final standing

Top assists

Final standing

Hat-tricks

;Notes ⁴ Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

Final standing

References

External links

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Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Locations and stadiums

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Championship group

Play-off

Relegation group

Relegation play-offs

Matches

Season statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

See also

References

External links