The Czech First League, known as the Chance liga for sponsorship reasons, is the top of the Czech 🇨🇿 football league system. Seasons typically run from August to May. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays with few games played on Fridays. See below for our Czech football predictions ⚽️ – generated from our machine learning algorithm, and updated daily 🔥.
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The history of the Czech football league began with its reorganization for the 1993–94 season. This was 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. Other clubs that were crowned as champions are Slavia Prague, Slovan Liberec, Baník Ostrava and Viktoria Plzeň. Based on performances in European competitions over the past five years, the league is ranked 10th in the UEFA league rankings for the 2024–25 season.
FORMAT
The 2018–19 season was the first season played with the new competition format. After the regular season, which lasts from July to April and involves each team playing every other team home and away, the teams are divided into three groups. Subsequently, the top six teams enter the championship group, with the first-placed team being named champions.
Comparatively, the teams 7th–10th position after 30 games take part in the Europa League play-offs. Afterwards, the best of them play against the fourth-placed or fifth-placed of the championship group to determine who will participate in the Europa League.
The teams from 11th to 16th position play in the same format as the championship group. Subsequently, the team finishing in 16th position is relegated directly to the Czech National Football League, while teams in 15th and 14th places play relegation play-offs against teams finishing 2nd and 3rd in the Czech National Football League.
So, see below for Czech football predictions and forecasts across the top leagues.
