2015–16 Czech First League

The 2015–16 Czech First League, known as the Synot liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. Defending champions Viktoria Plzeň won the league for a second consecutive season, winning their fourth Czech title as a result.

Czech First League

Season	2015–16
Champions	Viktoria Plzeň
Relegated	Baník Ostrava Sigma Olomouc
Champions League	Viktoria Plzeň Sparta Prague
Europa League	Slovan Liberec Mladá Boleslav Slavia Prague
Matches played	240
Goals scored	676 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Lafata (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Sigma Olomouc 6–0 Teplice (14 May 2016)
Biggest away win	4 matches Příbram 0–4 Viktoria Plzeň (13 September 2015) Brno 0–4 Teplice (3 October 2015) Příbram 0–4 Sparta Prague (18 October 2015) Baník Ostrava 0–4 Viktoria Plzeň (8 November 2015)
Highest scoring	Olomouc 6–2 Baník Ostrava (1 April 2016)
Longest winning run	Viktoria Plzeň (16)
Longest unbeaten run	Viktoria Plzeň (16)
Longest winless run	Baník Ostrava Bohemians 1905 (8)
Longest losing run	Baník Ostrava (8)
Highest attendance	18,864 Sparta 3–1 Slavia (20 March 2016)
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 1 May 2016.

Teams

Sigma Olomouc, the 2014–15 FNL champion, returned to the First League just one season after their relegation. Runner-up FK Varnsdorf were not promoted as their stadium failed to meet the league requirements. Instead, FC Fastav Zlín rejoined the top level for the first time since the 2008–09 season.

Stadia and locations

Prague

Brno

Jablonec

Jihlava

Liberec

Ml. Boleslav

Olomouc

Ostrava

Příbram

Slovácko

Teplice

Plzeň

Zlín

Prague teams:
Bohemians 1905
Dukla Prague
Slavia Prague
Sparta Prague

Location of teams in 2015–16 Czech First League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2014–15
Baník Ostrava	Ostrava	Městský stadion[1]	15,163	13th
Bohemians 1905	Prague	Ďolíček	5,000	8th
Dukla Prague	Prague	Stadion Juliska	8,150	6th
FK Jablonec	Jablonec nad Nisou	Stadion Střelnice	6,280	3rd
FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav)	5,000	4th
1. FK Příbram	Příbram	Na Litavce	9,100	5th
Sigma Olomouc	Olomouc	Andruv Stadion	12,500	FNL, 1st (Promoted)
Slavia Prague	Prague	Eden Arena	20,800	9th
1. FC Slovácko	Uherské Hradiště	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,121	11th
Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	12th
Sparta Prague	Prague	Generali Arena	19,416	2nd
FK Teplice	Teplice	Na Stínadlech	18,221	7th
Viktoria Plzeň	Plzeň	Stadion města Plzně	11,722	1st
Vysočina Jihlava	Jihlava	Stadion v Jiráskově ulici	4,075	10th
Zbrojovka Brno	Brno	Městský stadion (Brno)	12,550	14th
FC Fastav Zlín	Zlín	Letná Stadion	6,375	FNL, 3rd (Promoted)

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Baník	Radomír Korytář		Joma	Vítkovice OZO
Bohemians	Roman Pivarník		adidas	Remal
Dukla	Luboš Kozel	Marek Hanousek	adidas	Carbounion
Jablonec	Zdenko Frťala		Nike	TipGames ČPP
Mladá Bloleslav	Karel Jarolím		adidas	Škoda
Příbram	Pavel Tobiáš		adidas	Energon Dobříš TipGames
Sigma	Václav Jílek		adidas	Sigma Group
Slavia	Dušan Uhrin, Jr.		Umbro	CEFC China
Slovácko	Svatopluk Habanec		Nike	Z-Group SynotTip
Slovan	Jindřich Trpišovský		Nike	Preciosa
Sparta	Zdeněk Ščasný	David Lafata	Nike	SynotTip
Teplice	David Vavruška		Umbro	AGC Glass Speciální Stavby Most
Viktoria	Karel Krejčí		Puma	Doosan
Vysočina	Michal Hipp		adidas	PSJ
Zbrojovka	Václav Kotal		Nike	FlatStore
Zlín	Bohumil Páník		Saller	Lukrom

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viktoria Plzeň (C)	30	23	2	5	57	25	+32	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Sparta Prague	30	20	4	6	61	24	+37	64
3	Slovan Liberec	30	17	7	6	51	35	+16	58	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4	Mladá Boleslav	30	16	9	5	63	37	+26	57
5	Slavia Prague	30	14	10	6	48	26	+22	52	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Zbrojovka Brno	30	14	5	11	37	38	−1	47
7	Jablonec	30	10	11	9	46	39	+7	41
8	Slovácko	30	12	4	14	37	51	−14	40
9	Bohemians 1905	30	8	13	9	35	37	−2	37
10	Dukla Prague	30	8	11	11	44	41	+3	35
11	Vysočina Jihlava	30	8	7	15	31	54	−23	31
12	Teplice	30	7	9	14	37	52	−15	30[lower-alpha 2]
13	Zlín	30	7	9	14	34	50	−16	30[lower-alpha 2]
14	Příbram	30	7	6	17	33	53	−20	27[lower-alpha 3]
15	Sigma Olomouc (R)	30	6	9	15	35	49	−14	27[lower-alpha 3]	Relegation to the FNL
16	Baník Ostrava (R)	30	4	2	24	27	65	−38	14

Source: Fortuna liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions, or relegation); 8) Draw.[2]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Mladá Boleslav qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Czech Cup.
2. Teplice ahead of Zlín on head-to-head record; Zlín–Teplice 1–2, Teplice–Zlín 2–2.
3. Příbram ahead of Sigma Olomouc on head-to-head record; Příbram–Sigma Olomouc 3–0, Sigma Olomouc–Příbram 1–3.

Results

Home \ Away	OST	B05	DUK	ZLN	JAB	MLA	PŘI	SIG	SLA	SLO	LIB	SPA	TEP	VPL	JIH	ZBR
Baník Ostrava		1–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–3	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–4	1–2	1–2
Bohemians 1905	3–1		1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1
Dukla Prague	4–1	2–2		1–0	6–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–2
Zlín	2–0	1–1	2–2		2–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1
Jablonec	1–1	2–2	3–3	3–1		1–2	0–0	4–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–0
Mladá Boleslav	3–0	1–1	2–2	5–2	1–0		4–0	4–1	2–1	4–1	2–2	2–4	4–3	2–0	6–1	2–0
Příbram	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–3	2–3		3–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–4	3–2	0–4	4–1	1–1
Sigma Olomouc	6–2	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–3		1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	6–0	0–1	2–1	1–1
Slavia Prague	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2		5–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	5–0	4–0	2–0
Slovácko	2–1	1–0	4–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–2		1–2	2–0	4–2	1–2	3–1	2–1
Slovan Liberec	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–3	3–2	4–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–0		1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	4–2
Sparta Prague	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	3–1	4–0	3–0		3–1	0–3	5–0	2–1
Teplice	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–3	1–1		2–2	0–1	0–1
Viktoria Plzeň	2–0	2–0	3–0	4–2	1–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0		2–0	2–1
Vysočina Jihlava	3–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–4		2–0
Zbrojovka Brno	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–4	1–0	1–1

Source: Fortuna liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	David Lafata	Sparta Prague	20
2	Michal Ďuriš	Viktoria Plzeň	16
3	Lukáš Magera	Mladá Boleslav	14
	Milan Škoda	Slavia Prague
5	Jakub Řezníček	Zbrojovka Brno	13
6	Marek Bakoš	Slovan Liberec	12
	Muris Mešanovič	Slavia Prague
8	Tomáš Berger	Dukla Prague	10

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Viktoria Plzeň	32,564	11,233	10,126	10,620	−2.3%^†
2	Sparta Prague	146,382	18,684	5,731	9,759	+4.4%^†
3	Slavia Prague	18,017	6,739	5,127	8,884	+35.7%^†
4	Slovan Liberec	17,791	7,100	5,309	4,868	+2.9%^†
5	Zbrojovka Brno	15,138	5,326	4,722	4,798	+11.5%^†
6	Slovácko	14,041	5,884	3,726	4,696	+4.6%^†
7	Sigma Olomouc	14,050	5,062	4,162	4,656	n/a^1
8	Bohemians 1905	12,744	4,818	3,728	4,628	+4.1%^†
9	Teplice	22,679	9,361	3,715	4,589	−3.6%^†
10	Baník Ostrava	10,639	6,091	4,548	4,576	+3.7%^†
11	Zlín	15,068	5,873	4,568	4,313	n/a^1
12	Mladá Boleslav	11,395	5,000	3,154	3,306	+6.9%^†
13	Vysočina Jihlava	10,457	3,894	2,874	3,154	−1.7%^†
14	Příbram	12,994	6,787	2,018	2,977	−2.5%^†
15	Jablonec	15,812	6,012	4,188	2,827	−24.9%^†
16	Dukla Prague	12,296	5,182	2,046	2,642	+5.0%^†
	League total	1,219,404	11,233	2,018	5,081	+7.5%^†

Updated to games played on 14 September 2015
Source: synotliga.cz
Notes:
1: Team played last season in FNL

See also

• 2015–16 Czech Cup
• 2015–16 Czech National Football League

References

1. "Baník se loučí se stadionem Bazaly. Nohavica chystá překvapení". Česká televize. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
2. "Czech liga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 30 May 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
3. "Czech first league: Top Scorers - World Match Centre - FIFA.com". Retrieved 7 April 2016.

External links

• Official website (in Czech)