Football in the Czech Republic

Football in the Czech Republic

Eden Arena, SK Slavia’s Stadium.
Country Czech Republic
Governing body FAČR
National team Czech Republic
First played 1892
Registered players 280,000
Clubs 15,378

This article discusses the structure of football leagues in the Czech Republic.[1] These leagues are organised by The Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR) (Czech: Fotbalová asociace České republiky).[2]

League system

The highest level is also known as 1st league (Czech: První liga) - officially Synot liga.[3] The winner and team finishing second are promoted from the 2nd Division.

The 2. liga (Second Division) is at the second tier of the football pyramid. The winners of the ČFL and MSFL are promoted to this division, making two clubs in total. Sometimes when two clubs are relegated to the same 3rd division (for example to MSFL), the MSFL relegates three clubs instead of the usual two. (example: We have got two downward clubs from 2nd league - from Moravia - to MSFL. From MSFL one club will be promoted and three clubs will be relegated to Moravia-Silesia Divisions (D and E) for the next season. Normally two teams are relegated from the MSFL and three from the ČFL).

Winners of the Czech Fourth Division Bohemian groups (A,B,C) are promoted to the ČFL, whilst in Moravia-Silesia groups (D,E) the teams are promoted to the MSFL.

Winners of Regional Championships are promoted to the Fourth Division. (Example: Winner of the Prague Championship is promoted to Division A)

Level League(s)/Division(s)
1 Czech First League
16 clubs
2 Czech Second Division
16 clubs
3 ČFL (Bohemian Football League)
18 clubs		 MSFL (Moravian–Silesian Football League)
16 clubs
4 Czech Division A
16 clubs		 Czech Division B
16 clubs		 Czech Division C
16 clubs		 Moravia-Silesia Division D
16 clubs		 Moravia-Silesia Division E
16 clubs
5 Prague Championship
16 clubs		 Přebor Středočeského kraje
16 clubs		 Přebor Jihočeského kraje
16 clubs		 Přebor Plzeňského kraje
16 clubs		 Přebor Karlovarského kraje
18 clubs		 Přebor Ústeckého kraje
16 clubs		 Přebor Libereckého kraje
14 clubs		 Přebor Královéhradeckého kraje
16 clubs		 Přebor Pardubického kraje
16 clubs		 Přebor kraje Vysočina
14 clubs		 Přebor Jihomoravského kraje
16 clubs		 Přebor Zlínského kraje
16 clubs		 Přebor Olomouckého kraje
16 clubs		 Přebor Moravskoslezského kraje
16 clubs
6 Level A2 - I.A třída
7 Level A3 - I.B třída
8 Level A4 - II. třída
9 Level A5 - III. třída

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Football in Prague - Sports and Recreation Articles for Prague, Czech Republic". Prague.tv. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  2. ↑ "A new chapter for the Czech Republic :: Total Football Magazine - Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, Non-League News". Totalfootballmag.com. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  3. ↑ "When Saturday Comes - Czech Republic – Corruption sweeps the country". Wsc.co.uk. 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2014-04-12.

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