Czech Republic football league system
The Czech Republic football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in the Czech Republic.
The system
[edit]2022–23
[edit]Below shows how the current system works. For each division, its English name, official name or sponsorship name (which often differs radically from its official name) and number of clubs is given. Each division promotes to the division(s) that lie directly above them and relegates to the division(s) that lie directly below them.
Two clubs are relegated and promoted from the Czech First League and Czech National Football League respectively each season.
One club is promoted from both the ČFL and the MSFL to replace the two relegated teams from the Czech National Football League.
Winners of Czech Divisions A, B and C are promoted to the ČFL and winners of Czech Divisions D, E and F are promoted to the MFSL. Depending on the regional locations of the teams relegated from Czech 2. Liga the number of teams promoted and relegated from the ČFL and MFSL can vary from season to season.
Below the five 4th divisions, there are 14 regional divisions, the winners of which are promoted to the corresponding 4th division. Promotion from 5th to 4th level not necessarily follows the path in the table below (this is mainly the case of Central Bohemian Region), teams are placed to particular divisions according to their location/FA decision. Clubs from Bohemia (regions below Divisions A/B/C) can't play with clubs from Moravia-Silesia (Divisions D/E/F) though.
Level |
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1 |
1st Division 16 clubs LFA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 |
Czech National Football League 16 clubs LFA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 |
Bohemian Football League A Česká fotbalová liga A (ČFL) 16 clubs |
Bohemian Football League B Česká fotbalová liga B (ČFL) 16 clubs |
Moravian–Silesian Football League Moravskoslezská fotbalová liga (MSFL) 18 clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 |
Division A 16 clubs |
Division B 16 clubs |
Division C 16 clubs |
Division D 14 clubs |
Division E 14 clubs |
Division F 14 clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 |
Regional Championship Karlovy Vary 14 clubs |
Regional Championship Plzeň 16 clubs |
Regional Championship South Bohemian 16 clubs |
Regional Championship Prague 16 clubs |
Regional Championship Central Bohemian 16 clubs |
Regional Championship Ústí nad Labem 16 clubs |
Regional Championship Liberec 14 clubs |
Regional Championship Hradec Králové 16 clubs |
Regional Championship Pardubice 16 clubs |
Regional Championship South Moravian 16 clubs |
Regional Championship Vysočina 14 clubs |
Regional Championship Zlín 14 clubs |
Regional Championship Olomouc 16 clubs |
Regional Championship Moravian-Silesian 16 clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 |
I.A Class 14 clubs |
I.A Class 16 clubs |
I.A Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs |
I.A Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs |
I.A Class Group A 16 clubs Group B 16 clubs |
I.A Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs |
I.A Class 14 clubs |
I.A Class 16 clubs |
I.A Class 14 clubs |
I.A Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs |
I.A Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs |
I.A Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs |
I.A Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs |
I.A Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 |
I.B Class 14 clubs |
I.B Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs Group C 14 clubs |
I.B Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs Group C 14 clubs Group D 14 clubs |
I.B Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs |
I.B Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs Group C 14 clubs Group D 14 clubs Group E 14 clubs |
I.B Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs Group C 14 clubs |
I.B Class East 14 clubs West 14 clubs |
I.B Class Group A+B 16 clubs Group C+D 16 clubs |
I.B Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs |
I.B Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs Group C 14 clubs |
I.B Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs |
I.B Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs Group C 14 clubs |
I.B Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs Group C 14 clubs |
I.B Class Group A 14 clubs Group B 14 clubs Group C 14 clubs Group D 14 clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 |
Cheb |
Domažlice |
České Budějovice |
II. Class 4 groups III. Class 3 groups |
Benešov |
Mladá Boleslav |
Chomutov |
Česká Lípa |
Hradec Králové |
Chrudim |
Blansko |
Havlíčkův Brod |
Kroměříž |
Jeseník |
Bruntál |
See also
[edit]Cup competitions
[edit]Clubs at the top four levels are eligible for cup competitions.
- Czech Cup (MOL Cup)
- Czech Supercup (Community Shield)
External links
[edit]- Official Czech FA website
- League321.com – Czech Republic football league tables, records & statistics database.
- Czech Republic football league ratest scores, scheduled (flashscore)