The 2023–24 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 31st season of the

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's top-tier

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for professional clubs since its establishment in 1993.

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were the reigning champions. The season started in July 2023. The first half of the season had 19 rounds, finishing in December, and the other half commenced in February 2024. The season ended on 31 May 2024, with two extra play-out fixtures on 29 May and 2 June 2024. In the 12th round, the highest number of goals in one game in the history of the Czech First League was seen in the match Zlín against Mladá Boleslav, which ended 5–9.

Format

The season format remained unchanged from last season, 16 clubs played each other home and away, until the league was split up in championship, Conference League and relegation groups. The lowest-ranked team was relegated directly to the second league, and the two teams positioned 14th and 15th played a play-off with two teams from the second league positioned 2nd and 3rd in a home and away format. This was be the sixth season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. The only change in the rules was the limited number of players that could be sent on loan.

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including fifteen sides from the 2022–23 season and the winner of last season's second league. ;Team promoted to Czech First League After being relegated in the 2021–22 season,

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returned to Czech First League as the champion of the

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. ;Teams relegated from Czech First League The lowest positioned team from the last season,

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, was relegated to the Czech National Football League.

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.

Conference League play-off

Teams placed between 7th and 10th position took part in the Conference League play-off. The play-off winner faced the fifth-placed team of the championship group to determine the Conference League play-off winners. The winners qualified for the

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of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League.

Final

Relegation group

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

Relegation play-offs

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for two spots in the next season.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

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

Clean sheets

References

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