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Chance liga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2025-2026

Location

Czechia

Abbreviation

CZE1

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Summary

The Czech First League (CZE1), or Chance Liga, is the top professional league in Czech football. At the end of the 2025-2026 CZE1 season, the CZE1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2026-2027 UEFA Champions League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2025-2026 CZE1 Championship Group team
2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League - 2nd Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2025-2026 CZE1 Championship Group teams

The winner of the 2025-2026 Česká pošta Cup (Czech Cup), typically a CZE1 team, also receives a berth in the 2nd Qualifying Round of the 2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Leagues Pyramid - Czechia

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
CZE1	Chance Liga	16
CZE2	Fotbalová národní liga	16
CZE3A	3. Česka fotbalová liga (ČFL)	34
CZE3B	Moravskoslezská fotbalová liga (MSFL)	18
CZE4	Czech Fourth Division	96

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 19 Jul 2025 - 30 May 2026			18: CZE1 (13 minimum), CZE2 (3 maximum)

Season Format

The CZE1 season consists of 2 stages. In the 1st Stage, each CZE1 team plays the other 15 CZE1 teams in Home-Away matches (30 league matches each). The 2nd Stage consists of the Championship Round (1st Stage teams ranked 1-6) and the Relegation Round (1st Stage teams ranked 11-16). In the Championship Round, the 6 teams play each other a 3rd time (5 more matches, 35 total league matches per team) to determine final rankings for 2026-2027 UEFA Champions League and 2026-2027 UEFA Europa Conference League placements. In the Relegation Round (1st Stage teams ranked 11-16), the 6 teams play each other a 3rd time (5 more matches, 35 total league matches per team) to determine the relegation placements. 1st Stage teams ranked 7-10 will have a playoff for a cash bonus and to receive a higher seeding in the 2026-2027 Czech Cup. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head to head goal difference, (3) head-to-head goals scored, (4) goal difference, (5) total goals scored, (6) Fair-play ranking, then (7) a drawing.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2025-2026 CZE1 season, the 16th CZE1 teams will be relegated to CZE2, and the 14th and 15th place teams will play in a Promotion/Relegation Playoff with CZE2 teams.

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MFK Karviná

SK Sigma Olomouc

16.05.26

MFK Karviná

SK Sigma Olomouc

Městský stadion (Karviná)

23.05.26

SK Sigma Olomouc

MFK Karviná

Andrův Stadion

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Status

Road

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Bohemians 1905

SK Sigma Olomouc

02.05.26

Bohemians 1905

SK Sigma Olomouc

Stadion Ďolíček

10.05.26	FK Pardubice		13		MFK Karviná	CFIG Arena
	AET

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MFK Karviná

FK Pardubice

02.05.26

MFK Karviná

FK Pardubice

Městský stadion (Karviná)

10.05.26	SK Sigma Olomouc		12		Bohemians 1905	Andrův Stadion
	AET

2nd Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
Championship
1	SK Slavia Praha	33	23 -8-2	77	-	70	28	42	17	13 -3-1	42	40	14	26	16	10 -5-1	35	30	14	16
2	Sparta Praha	33	21 -7-5	70	-	65	33	32	17	12 -4-1	40	40	21	19	16	9 -3-4	30	25	12	13
3	FC Viktoria Plzeň	33	17 -9-7	60	-	55	35	20	17	9 -5-3	32	29	18	11	16	8 -4-4	28	26	17	9
4	FC Hradec Králové	33	15 -8-10	53	-	46	38	8	16	9 -4-3	31	23	12	11	17	6 -4-7	22	23	26	-3
5	FK Baumit Jablonec	33	15 -7-11	52	-	43	41	2	16	7 -6-3	27	23	16	7	17	8 -1-8	25	20	25	-5
6	FC Slovan Liberec	33	12 -10-11	46	-	44	35	9	16	7 -5-4	26	20	12	8	17	5 -5-7	20	24	23	1
Relegation
1	FK Mladá Boleslav	34	9 -13-12	40	-	49	55	-6	17	4 -7-6	19	25	31	-6	17	5 -6-6	21	24	24	0
2	FK Teplice	34	9 -12-13	39	-	38	42	-4	18	6 -4-8	22	19	19	0	16	3 -8-5	17	19	23	-4
3	FC FASTAV Zlín	34	10 -8-16	38	-	42	56	-14	17	6 -4-7	22	27	29	-2	17	4 -4-9	16	15	27	-12
4	1. FC Slovácko	34	7 -9-18	30	-	30	50	-20	17	5 -3-9	18	19	25	-6	17	2 -6-9	12	11	25	-14
5	FC Baník Ostrava	34	6 -8-20	26	-	29	49	-20	17	5 -3-9	18	18	22	-4	17	1 -5-11	8	11	27	-16
6	FC Dukla Praha	34	5 -11-18	26	-	23	48	-25	16	3 -5-8	14	12	21	-9	18	2 -6-10	12	11	27	-16
2026-2027 UEFACL 2026-2027 UEFAECL Relegation Playoff Relegation to CZE2

1st Stage

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	SK Slavia Praha	30	21 -8-1	71	-	63	23	40	15	12 -3-0	39	35	10	25	15	9 -5-1	32	28	13	15
2	Sparta Praha	30	19 -6-5	63	-	60	33	27	15	11 -3-1	36	38	21	17	15	8 -3-4	27	22	12	10
3	FC Viktoria Plzeň	30	15 -8-7	53	-	50	34	16	15	7 -5-3	26	24	17	7	15	8 -3-4	27	26	17	9
4	FK Baumit Jablonec	30	15 -6-9	51	-	41	33	8	15	7 -5-3	26	22	15	7	15	8 -1-6	25	19	18	1
5	FC Hradec Králové	30	14 -7-9	49	-	43	34	9	15	8 -4-3	28	22	12	10	15	6 -3-6	21	21	22	-1
6	FC Slovan Liberec	30	12 -10-8	46	-	43	30	13	15	7 -5-3	26	19	10	9	15	5 -5-5	20	24	20	4
7	SK Sigma Olomouc	30	12 -7-11	43	-	34	34	0	15	8 -4-3	28	17	11	6	15	4 -3-8	15	17	23	-6
8	FK Pardubice	30	11 -8-11	41	-	39	46	-7	15	5 -5-5	20	17	24	-7	15	6 -3-6	21	22	22	0
9	MFK Karviná	30	12 -3-15	39	-	43	51	-8	15	5 -2-8	17	20	24	-4	15	7 -1-7	22	23	27	-4
10	Bohemians 1905	30	10 -6-14	36	-	26	35	-9	15	5 -3-7	18	12	16	-4	15	5 -3-7	18	14	19	-5
11	FK Mladá Boleslav	30	8 -11-11	35	-	44	52	-8	15	4 -6-5	18	23	28	-5	15	4 -5-6	17	21	24	-3
12	FC FASTAV Zlín	30	9 -7-14	34	-	37	48	-11	15	5 -4-6	19	23	24	-1	15	4 -3-8	15	14	24	-10
13	FK Teplice	30	6 -11-13	29	-	29	38	-9	15	4 -3-8	15	14	17	-3	15	2 -8-5	14	15	21	-6
14	1. FC Slovácko	30	5 -8-17	23	-	26	45	-19	15	4 -3-8	15	17	21	-4	15	1 -5-9	8	9	24	-15
15	FC Dukla Praha	30	4 -11-15	23	-	20	42	-22	15	3 -5-7	14	12	20	-8	15	1 -6-8	9	8	22	-14
16	FC Baník Ostrava	30	5 -7-18	22	-	25	45	-20	15	4 -2-9	14	16	22	-6	15	1 -5-9	8	9	23	-14
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