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Czech First League
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gambrinus Liga, Fortuna:Liga, Czech Fortuna Liga, Czech Fortunaliga, Fortunaliga.cz, Chance Liga
Czech association football top league
Key facts
- Organising body
- Czech Football League Association
- Founded
- 1993 ; 33 years ago ( 1993 )
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Confederation
- UEFA
- Relegation to
- Czech National Football League
- Domestic cup
- Czech Cup
- International cup s
- UEFA Champions League , UEFA Europa League , UEFA Conference League
- Current champions
- Slavia Prague (9th title) , ( 2025–26 )
- Most championships
- Sparta Prague (14 titles)
- Top scorer
- David Lafata (198 goals)
- Website
- en .chanceliga .cz
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Czech First League (Czech: 1. česká fotbalová liga) 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 August to May, most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays with few games played on Fridays. All Chance Liga clubs qualify for the Czech Cup.
The history of the Czech football league began with its reorganization for the 1993–94 season following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and therefore the league became the successor of the Czechoslovak League. Thirty-five clubs have competed in the Czech First League since its founding. Sparta Prague has won the title 14 times, the most among Czech clubs and are the reigning champions. Other clubs that were crowned as champions are Slavia Prague, Slovan Liberec, Baník Ostrava and Viktoria Plzeň.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Czech First League” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.