The 2022–23 Czech First League, known as the FORTUNA:LIGA for sponsorship reason, is the 30th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its establishment, in 1993. FC Viktoria Plzeň are the reigning champions. The season started on 30 July 2022. The first half of the season will have 16 rounds, finishing on 13 November 2022 because of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the other half will commence on 28 January 2023. The season is expected to end on 28 May 2023 with two extra play-out fixtures on 1 and 4 June 2023.^[1]

The season format is unchanged from last season, each team will play in the league format home and away matches. The lowest-ranked team will be relegated directly to the second league, 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. This will be the fifth season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. The year-to-year changes in the format of the competition are only cosmetic, the most significant change being the expansion of the number of substitutes on the substitute bench to 11.^[2]

Teams

Prague

Zbrojovka Brno

České Budějovice

Jablonec

Liberec

Mladá Boleslav

Olomouc

Hradec Králové

Baník Ostrava

Viktoria Plzeň

Slovácko

Teplice

Zlín

Pardubice

Prague teams:
Bohemians 1905
Slavia Prague
Sparta Prague

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Locations of the 2022–23 Czech First League teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

A total of sixteen teams contest the league, including fifteen sides from the 2021–22 season and the winner of last season's second league.

Team promoted to Czech First League

After being relegated in the 2020–21 season, Zbrojovka Brno returns to Czech First League as the champion of the 2021–22 Czech National Football League.^[3]

Teams relegated from Czech First League

The lowest positioned team from the last season, MFK Karviná, was relegated to the Czech National Football League. The 14th-placed Bohemians 1905 and 15th-placed FK Teplice successfully defended their spots in the first league by winning the relegation play-offs.

Locations and stadiums

Team Location Stadium Capacity Ref. Bohemians 1905 Prague Ďolíček 6,300 [4] FC Zbrojovka Brno Brno Srbská 12,550 [5] SK Dynamo České Budějovice České Budějovice Stadion Střelecký ostrov 6,681 [6] FC Hradec Králové Hradec Králové Lokotrans Aréna[a] 5,000 [7] FK Jablonec Jablonec nad Nisou Stadion Střelnice 6,108 [8] FC Slovan Liberec Liberec Stadion u Nisy 9,900 [9] FK Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Lokotrans Aréna 5,000 [10] SK Sigma Olomouc Olomouc Andrův stadion 12,483 [11] FC Baník Ostrava Ostrava Městský stadion (Ostrava) 15,123 [12] FC Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň Doosan Arena 11,700 [13] SK Slavia Prague Prague Fortuna Arena 19,370 [14] 1. FC Slovácko Uherské Hradiště Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty 8,000 [15] AC Sparta Prague Prague epet ARENA 18,944 [16] FK Teplice Teplice Na Stínadlech 18,221 [17] FC Trinity Zlín Zlín Letná Stadion 5,783 [18] FK Pardubice Pardubice CFIG Arena[b] 4,600 [19] ^ a b Hradec Králové played their home matches in Mladá Boleslav due to the rebuilding of their own Všesportovní stadion, which will be finished in June 2023.[20] ^ a b Pardubice played the first half of the season in Ďolíček due to the rebuilding of their stadium.[21]

Rank Region Number of teams Club(s) 1  Prague 3 Bohemians 1905, Sparta Prague, Slavia Prague 2  Liberec 2 Jablonec, Slovan Liberec  Zlín Trinity Zlín, Slovácko 4  Central Bohemian 1 Mladá Boleslav  Hradec Králové Hradec Králové  Moravian-Silesian Baník Ostrava  Olomouc Sigma Olomouc  Pardubice Pardubice  Plzeň Viktoria Plzeň  South Bohemian Dynamo České Budějovice  South Moravian Zbrojovka Brno  Ústí nad Labem Teplice

Managerial changes

Ahead of the season:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Contract valid until
Sparta Prague	Michal Horňák[22]	End of contract	18 May 2022	Brian Priske[23]	31 May 2022	Undisclosed

During the season:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Match-week	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Contract valid until
Pardubice	Jiří Krejčí & Jaroslav Novotný[24]	Sacked	29 August 2022	5	16th	Radoslav Kováč[25]	13 September 2022	June 2024
Baník Ostrava	Pavel Vrba[26]	Mutual consent	10 October 2022	11	14th	Pavel Hapal[27]	12 October 2022	Undisclosed
Dynamo České Budějovice	Jozef Weber[28]	Sacked	31 October 2022	14	14th	Marek Nikl & Tomáš Zápotočný[29]	13 November 2022	Undisclosed
Trinity Zlín	Jan Jelínek[30]		14 November 2022	16	15th	Pavel Vrba[31]	28 November 2022	Undisclosed
Teplice	Jiří Jarošík[32]		4 March 2023	22	14th	Zdenko Frťala[33]	6 March 2023	Undisclosed
Zbrojovka Brno	Richard Dostálek[34]		11 April 2023	26	13th	Martin Hašek[34]	11 April 2023	Undisclosed

Regular season

League table