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for professional clubs since its establishment in 1993.

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are the reigning champions. The first half of the season had 19 rounds, starting in July 2024 and finishing in December. The second half commenced in February 2025. The season is expected to end on 25 May 2025 with two extra play-out fixtures on 29 May and 1 June 2025.

Format

From the start of the 2024–25 season, the league became known as the "Chance Liga" after its new main sponsor, Chance betting office. The general season format is unchanged from last season, the 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 will be relegated directly to the second league, and the two teams positioned 14th and 15th will play a play-out with two teams from the second league positioned 2nd and 3rd in a home and away format. The change is the cancellation of the Conference League play-off final between the teams finishing 5th and the team winning the play-off group. The winner of the middle group (i.e. the team placed 7th) will only receive a financial bonus. This is the seventh season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. The VAR central workplace in the Michle district of Prague was used for the first time. VAR had offside line technology available for the first time. In the 2024–25 season, three new rules were introduced. The first is the ability for teams to use a sixth substitution if there is a head injury or concussion. Secondly, the punishment for a player in a situation where that player spoils a clear scoring opportunity with his hand was changed, and only a yellow card was awarded instead of a red card. Finally, the assessment of premature running of players into the penalty area during a

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also changed. Other changes concern the dates of matches, which is partly due to the new format of the European competitions. The spring part started a week earlier than in previous years (on 1 February) and the exact dates of the matches were determined further in advance than three weeks, as has been the case so far.

Events

SK Dynamo České Budějovice became the first team in the history of the Czech First League to not win any match in the regular season. After continuing the run in the season-ending relegation group, in which they picked up a solitary point, the club finished their 35-game season without winning (29 losses, 6 draws).

Teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-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

Personnel and sponsoring

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.

Middle group

Teams will play a group for placement. Starting in the 2024–25 season, the group winner will no longer be awarded the Conference League play-off against the fourth-placed or fifth-placed of the championship group and will only receive a financial bonus.

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

Final standings

Hat-tricks

;Notes (H) – Home team, (A) – Away team

Clean sheets