Czechoslovak First League

Czechoslovak First League
Country	Czechoslovakia
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1925
Folded	1993
Number of teams	16 (in 1993)
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Czechoslovak Cup
International cup(s)	European Cup UEFA Cup
Most championships	Sparta Prague (21 titles)

The Czechoslovak First League (Czech: 1. fotbalová liga, Slovak: 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren leagues on occupied territories. Until 1934-35 season no teams from Slovakia participated in the league.^[1]

Czechs were allowed to run their own league in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, while Slovaks were granted their own independent Slovak State and created their own league. After the World War II the league was recreated.

Description

The league was dominated by clubs from Prague with Sparta Prague winning 19 titles, Dukla Prague 11 and Slavia Prague 9.

The attendance record for the league was set on 4 September 1965, when 50,105 spectators attended a match between rivals Sparta and Slavia in Prague.^[2]

The successors of the Czechoslovak First League are the Czech First League in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Superliga in Slovakia.

Names

1925 First Association League (Czech: Asociační liga) (teams from Prague only)
1925–29 Central Bohemian First League (Czech: Středočeská liga) (teams from Prague and Central Bohemia)
1929–34 First Association League (Czech: Asociační liga) (expanded to include Moravian teams)
1934–38 State League (Czech: Státní liga) (expanded to include Slovakian teams)
1938–44 Bohemian-Moravian League (Czech: Národní liga) (World War II, Czechoslovakia split)
1945–48 State League (Czech: Státní liga) (Czechoslovak Republic reinstated)
1949–50 First All-National Championship (Czech: Celostátní mistrovství)
1951–55 Republic Championship (Czech: Mistrovství republiky (1951–52), Přebor republiky (1953–55))
1956–93 First League (Czech: I. liga)^[3]

Champions

1925-1938


Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Top Goalscorer	Club
1925	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	Viktoria Žižkov	Jan Vaník (13)	Slavia Prague
1925–26	Sparta Prague	Slavia Prague	Viktoria Žižkov	Jan Dvořáček (32)	Sparta Prague
1927	Sparta Prague	Slavia Prague	Vršovice	Antonín Puč (13) Josef Šíma (13)	Slavia Prague Sparta Prague
1927–28	Viktoria Žižkov	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	Karel Meduna (12)	Viktoria Žižkov
1928–29	Slavia Prague	Viktoria Žižkov	Sparta Prague	Antonín Puč (13)	Slavia Prague
1929–30	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	Viktoria Žižkov	František Kloz (15)	Kladno
1930–31	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	Bohemians Vršovice	Josef Silný (18)	Sparta Prague
1931–32	Sparta Prague	Slavia Prague	Bohemians Vršovice	Raymond Braine (16)	Sparta Prague
1932–33	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	Viktoria Plzeň	Gejza Kocsis (23)	Teplitzer FK / Bohemians Prague
1933–34	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	Kladno	Raymond Braine (18) Jiří Sobotka (18)	Sparta Prague Slavia Prague
1934–35	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	Židenice	František Svoboda (27)	Slavia Prague
1935–36	Sparta Prague	Slavia Prague	Prostějov	Vojtěch Bradáč (42)	Slavia Prague
1936–37	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	Prostějov	František Kloz (28)	Kladno
1937–38	Sparta Prague	Slavia Prague	Židenice	Josef Bican (22)	Slavia Prague

Bohemia-Moravia 1938-1944


Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Top Goalscorer	Club
1938–39	Sparta Prague	Slavia Prague	SK Pardubice	Josef Bican (29)	Slavia Prague
1939–40	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	SK Pardubice	Josef Bican (50)	Slavia Prague
1940–41	Slavia Prague	SK Plzeň	SK Pardubice	Josef Bican (38)	Slavia Prague
1941–42	Slavia Prague	SK Prostějov	Viktoria Plzeň	Josef Bican (45)	Slavia Prague
1942–43	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	Baťa Zlín	Josef Bican (39)	Slavia Prague
1943–44	Sparta Prague	Slavia Prague	Baťa Zlín	Josef Bican (57)	Slavia Prague

1945-1993


Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Top Goalscorer	Club
1945–46	Sparta Prague	Slavia Prague	–	Josef Bican (31)	Slavia Prague
1946–47	Slavia Prague	Sparta Prague	Kladno	Josef Bican (43)	Slavia Prague
1947–48	Sparta Prague	Slavia Prague	Bratislava	Jaroslav Cejp (21)	Sparta Prague
1948	not completed			Josef Bican (21)	Slavia Prague
1949	NV Bratislava	Bratrstvi Sparta	Železničáři Praha	Ladislav Hlaváček (28)	Slavia Prague
1950	NV Bratislava	Bratrstvi Sparta	Železničáři Praha	Josef Bican (22)	Vítkovické železárny
1951	NV Bratislava	Sparta CKD Sokolovo	Dynamo ČSD Košice	Alois Jaroš (16)	Vodotechna Teplice
1952	Sparta CKD Sokolovo	NV Bratislava	Ingstav Teplice	Miroslav Wiecek (20)	OKD Ostrava
1953	ÚDA Prague	Spartak Praga Sokolovo	ČH Bratislava	Josef Majer (13)	Baník Kladno
1954	Spartak Praga Sokolovo	Baník Ostrava	ČH Bratislava	Jiří Pešek (13)	Spartak Praga Sokolovo
1955	Slovan Bratislava	ÚDA Prague	Spartak Praga Sokolovo	Emil Pažický (9)	Slovan Bratislava / Iskra Žilina
1956	Dukla Prague	Slovan Bratislava	Spartak Praga Sokolovo	Milan Dvořák (15) Miroslav Wiecek (15)	Dukla Prague Baník Ostrava
1957–58	Dukla Prague	Spartak Praga Sokolovo	ČH Bratislava	Miroslav Wiecek (25)	Baník Ostrava
1958–59	ČH Bratislava	Dukla Prague	Dynamo Praha	Miroslav Wiecek (20)	Baník Ostrava
1959–60	Spartak Hradec Kralové	Slovan Bratislava	Dukla Prague	Michal Pucher (18)	Slovan Nitra
1960–61	Dukla Prague	ČH Bratislava	Slovan Bratislava	Rudolf Kučera (17) Ladislav Pavlovič (17)	Dukla Prague Tatran Prešov
1961–62	Dukla Prague	Slovan Nitra	ČH Bratislava	Adolf Scherer (24)	ČH Bratislava
1962–63	Dukla Prague	Jednota Trenčín	Baník Ostrava	Karel Petroš (19)	Tatran Prešov
1963–64	Dukla Prague	Slovan Bratislava	Tatran Prešov	Ladislav Pavlovič (21)	Tatran Prešov
1964–65	Sparta Prague	Tatran Prešov	VSS Košice	Pavol Bencz (21)	Jednota Trenčín
1965–66	Dukla Prague	Sparta Prague	Slavia Prague	Ladislav Michalík (15)	Baník Ostrava
1966–67	Sparta Prague	Slovan Bratislava	Spartak Trnava	Jozef Adamec (21)	Spartak Trnava
1967–68	Spartak Trnava	Slovan Bratislava	Jednota Trenčín	Jozef Adamec (18)	Spartak Trnava
1968–69	Spartak Trnava	Slovan Bratislava	Sparta Prague	Ladislav Petráš (20)	Dukla Banská Bystrica
1969–70	Slovan Bratislava	Spartak Trnava	Sparta Prague	Jozef Adamec (18)	Spartak Trnava
1970–71	Spartak Trnava	VSS Košice	Union Teplice	Jozef Adamec (16) Zdeněk Nehoda (16)	Spartak Trnava TJ Gottwaldov
1971–72	Spartak Trnava	Slovan Bratislava	Dukla Prague	Ján Čapkovič (19)	Slovan Bratislava
1972–73	Spartak Trnava	Tatran Prešov	VSS Košice	Ladislav Józsa (21)	Lokomotíva Košice
1973–74	Slovan Bratislava	Dukla Prague	Slavia Prague	Ladislav Józsa (17) Přemysl Bičovský (17)	Lokomotíva Košice Sklo Union Teplice
1974–75	Slovan Bratislava	Inter Bratislava	Bohemians Prague	Ladislav Petráš (20)	Inter Bratislava
1975–76	Baník Ostrava	Slovan Bratislava	Slavia Prague	Dušan Galis (21)	VSS Košice
1976–77	Dukla Prague	Inter Bratislava	Slavia Prague	Ladislav Józsa (18)	Lokomotíva Košice
1977–78	Zbrojovka Brno	Dukla Prague	Lokomotíva Košice	Karel Kroupa (20)	Zbrojovka Brno
1978–79	Dukla Prague	Baník Ostrava	Zbrojovka Brno	Karel Kroupa (17) Zdeněk Nehoda (17)	Zbrojovka Brno Dukla Prague
1979–80	Baník Ostrava	Zbrojovka Brno	Bohemians Prague	Werner Lička (18)	Baník Ostrava
1980–81	Baník Ostrava	Dukla Prague	Bohemians Prague	Marián Masný (16)	Slovan Bratislava
1981–82	Dukla Prague	Baník Ostrava	Bohemians Prague	Peter Herda (15) Ladislav Vízek (15)	Slavia Prague Dukla Prague
1982–83	Bohemians Prague	Baník Ostrava	Sparta Prague	Pavel Chaloupka (17)	Bohemians Prague
1983–84	Sparta Prague	Dukla Prague	Bohemians Prague	Werner Lička (20)	Baník Ostrava
1984–85	Sparta Prague	Bohemians Prague	Slavia Prague	Ivo Knoflíček (21)	Slavia Prague
1985–86	TJ Vítkovice	Sparta Prague	Dukla Prague	Stanislav Griga (19)	Sparta Prague
1986–87	Sparta Prague	TJ Vítkovice	Bohemians Prague	Václav Daněk (24)	Baník Ostrava
1987–88	Sparta Prague	Dukla Prague	DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda	Milan Luhový (24)	Dukla Prague
1988–89	Sparta Prague	Baník Ostrava	Plastika Nitra	Milan Luhový (25)	Dukla Prague
1989–90	Sparta Prague	Baník Ostrava	Inter Bratislava	Ľubomír Luhový (20)	Inter Bratislava
1990–91	Sparta Prague	Slovan Bratislava	Sigma Olomouc	Roman Kukleta (17)	Sparta Prague
1991–92	Slovan Bratislava	Sparta Prague	Sigma Olomouc	Peter Dubovský (27)	Slovan Bratislava
1992–93	Sparta Prague	Slavia Prague	Slovan Bratislava	Peter Dubovský (24)	Slovan Bratislava

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Sparta Prague	21	1926, 1927, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1965, 1967, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993.
SK Slavia Prague	13	1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1947.
Dukla Prague / ÚDA Prague	11	1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1977, 1979, 1982.
SK Slovan Bratislava / NV Bratislava	8	1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1992.
FC Spartak Trnava	5	1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973
FC Baník Ostrava	3	1976, 1980, 1981
TJ Vítkovice	1	1986
FK Viktoria Žižkov	1	1928
FC Bohemians Praha	1	1983
1. FC Brno	1	1978
Spartak Hradec Králové	1	1960
FK Inter Bratislava	1	1959

References

↑ Champions of Slovakia. www.rsssf.com.
↑ "Na Letné padl divácký rekord 21. století" [At Letna the spectator record for the 21st century was broken]. Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech) (Czech Republic). 9 November 2003. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
↑ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů. Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

External links

Full tables on RSSSF

Football in Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovak Football Association

National teams

men:	Czechoslovakia Olympic (U-23) U-21 U-19 U-17

women:	Czechoslovakia women

League system

men:	Czechoslovak League Second League Czech League Slovak League Third League ČFL MSFL 2. SNFL East 2. SNFL West

women:	Women's league

Domestic cups

men:	Czechoslovak Cup

women:	Women's Cup

Awards

Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year

Lists

List of Czechoslovak international footballers
List of clubs
List of venues
All-Time Table

Men's Clubs
Women's Clubs
Men's Players
Women's Players
Expatriate footballers
Managers
Referees
Records

Czechoslovak First League seasons

1925–1939

1939–1945

Bohemia and Moravia	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44

Slovak Republic	1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45

1945–1994

1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94 Czech First League / 1993–94 Slovak Superliga

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