Czech Women's First League

Czech Women's First League
Founded	1993
Country	Czech Republic
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	1
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	II. liga žen
Domestic cup(s)	Czech Women's Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	SK Slavia Prague (7th title) ; (2019–20)
Most championships	Sparta Prague (20 titles)
Website	Official
	Current: 2020–21

The Czech First Division (women) (Czech: I. liga žen) is the top level women's football league of the Czech Republic.

The league is dominated by teams of Prague. Slavia Prague won the last championships, Sparta Prague was runner-up.

The winning team and runners-up of the league qualifies for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

History and format

As Czechoslovakia dissolved in 1993, also the Czechoslovak women's football championships competitions were discontinued.

The I. liga started as a competition for 12 teams, each playing all other teams twice.^[1]

In 2002, the number of teams was reduced to ten and after the regular season was followed with a playoff with eight best teams.^[1] In 2006, the system was abandoned and a league of 12 teams was re-instated.

Since 2009-10, only eight teams participated in the league and after the regular season, a playoff system was held. In those two playoff groups, place 1 to 4 for the championship and the relegation group for teams placed between 5th and 8th positions. In 2010–11 nine teams played again only a double-round robin.

Participating teams in 2020-21

The following eight clubs are competing in the 2020–21 Czech First Division (women).

Club	Stadium	2019-20 Position
Slovácko	Městský stadion	4th
Pardubice	Letní stadion	8th
AC Sparta Prague	Strahov Stadium	2nd
Slovan Liberec	Frýdlant	7th
Dukla Prague	SK Prosek	6th
Viktoria Plzeň	SK Smíchov	3rd
Lokomotiva Brno H. H.	Horní Heršpice	5th
SK Slavia Prague	SK Horní Měcholupy	1st

Champions

The list of championships is dominated by Sparta Prague:^[2]^[3]

Season	Champions	Runner-up	Third Place	Top Goalscorer	Club
1993–94	Sparta Prague (1)
1994–95	Sparta Prague (2)
1995–96	Sparta Prague (3)			Gabriela Chlumecká (41)	Sparta Prague
1996–97	Sparta Prague (4)		Plzeň
1997–98	Sparta Prague (5)
1998–99	Sparta Prague (6)	DFC Praha	Otrokovice	Iveta Dudová (39)	Otrokovice
1999–00	Sparta Prague (7)	Slavia Praha	Otrokovice	Iveta Dudová (37)	Otrokovice
2000–01	Sparta Prague (8)	Otrokovice	DFC Praha 15	Iveta Dudová (45)	Otrokovice
2001–02	Sparta Prague (9)^[4]	Slavia Praha		Iveta Dudová (31)	Otrokovice
2002–03	Slavia Praha (1)^[5]	Sparta Prague
2003–04	Slavia Praha (2)	Sparta Prague	Hradec Králové
2004–05	Sparta Prague (10)	Slavia Praha	Hradec Králové	Iva Mocová (48)	Sparta Prague
2005–06	Sparta Prague (11)	Slavia Praha	Otrokovice
2006–07	Sparta Prague (12)	Slavia Praha	Slovácko
2007–08	Sparta Prague (13)	Slavia Praha	Slovácko
2008–09	Sparta Prague (14)	Slavia Praha	Slovácko
2009–10	Sparta Prague (15)	Slavia Praha	Slovácko
2010–11	Sparta Prague (16)^[6]	Slavia Praha	Slovácko	Petra Divišová	Slavia Praha
2011–12	Sparta Prague (17)	Slavia Praha	Slovácko	Petra Divišová	Slavia Praha
2012–13	Sparta Prague (18)	Slavia Praha	Plzeň	Petra Divišová (34)	Slavia Praha
2013–14	Slavia Praha (3)	Sparta Prague	Bohemians Prague	Petra Divišová (19)	Slavia Praha
2014–15	Slavia Praha (4)	Sparta Prague	Slovácko	Lucie Martínková (23)	Sparta Prague
2015–16	Slavia Praha (5)	Sparta Prague	Slovácko	Petra Divišová (24)	Slavia Praha
2016–17	Slavia Praha (6)	Sparta Prague	Slovácko	Kateřina Svitková (26)	Slavia Praha
2017–18	Sparta Prague (19)^[7]	Slavia Praha	Slovácko	Kateřina Svitková (24)	Slavia Praha
2018–19	Sparta Prague (20)^[8]	Slavia Praha	Liberec	Andrea Stašková (32)	Sparta Prague
2019–20	Slavia Praha (7)^[9]	Sparta Prague	Plzeň	Kateřina Svitková (23)	Slavia Praha

Regions

The following table lists the Czech women's football champions by region.

Region	Titles	Winning Clubs
Prague	27	Sparta Prague (20), Slavia Prague (7)

References

^ ^a ^b Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubu (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/tsje-wom09.html
^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal (in Czech) (1 ed.). Prague: Grada. p. 239. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
^ sparta.cz (8 June 2002). "Match Report of last Matchday". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
^ fotbal.idnes.cz (19 August 2003). "Slavia heads into UEFA Women's Cup (translated)".
^ sparta.cz (16 May 2011). "Women celebrate title". Retrieved 22 May 2011.
^ "Ženy Sparty zvládly poslední krok a slaví mistrovský titul". FAČR (in Czech). fotbal.cz. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "Sparťanky získaly mistrovský titul". AC Sparta Praha (in Czech). sparta.cz. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
^ "Slávistky jsou mistryně ligy!" (in Czech). slavistickenoviny.cz. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

External links

[jerabek-1] Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubu (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

[2] ttp://www.rsssf.com/tablest/tsje-wom09.html

[3] Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal (in Czech) (1 ed.). Prague: Grada. p. 239. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

[4] sparta.cz (8 June 2002). "Match Report of last Matchday". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

[5] tbal.idnes.cz (19 August 2003). "Slavia heads into UEFA Women's Cup (translated)".

[6] sparta.cz (16 May 2011). "Women celebrate title". Retrieved 22 May 2011.

[7] "Ženy Sparty zvládly poslední krok a slaví mistrovský titul". FAČR (in Czech). fotbal.cz. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[8] "Sparťanky získaly mistrovský titul". AC Sparta Praha (in Czech). sparta.cz. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.

[9] "Slávistky jsou mistryně ligy!" (in Czech). slavistickenoviny.cz. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

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