| Czechoslovak First League | |
| Country: | Czechoslovakia |
| Confed: | UEFA |
| Founded: | 1925 |
| Folded: | 1993 |
| Teams: | 16 (in 1993) |
| Level: | 1 |
| Domest Cup: | Czechoslovak Cup |
| Confed Cup: | European Cup UEFA Cup |
| Most Champs: | Sparta Prague (21 titles) |
| Top Goalscorer: | Josef Bican (447 goals)[1] |
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 the 1934-35 season, no teams from Slovakia participated in the league.[2]
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.
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.[3]
The Czechoslovak First League was succeeded in 1993 by the Czech First League in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Superliga in Slovakia.
| 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 |
| width=150px | Club | width=40px | Winners | width=500px | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta Prague | 1925–26, 1927, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1952, 1954, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93 | ||||
| SK Slavia Prague | 1925, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1934, 1934–35, 1936–37, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1946–47 | ||||
| Dukla Prague / ÚDA Prague | 1953, 1956, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82 | ||||
| SK Slovan Bratislava / NV Bratislava | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1991–92 | ||||
| FC Spartak Trnava | |||||
| FC Baník Ostrava | 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81 | ||||
| TJ Vítkovice | 1985–86 | ||||
| FK Viktoria Žižkov | 1927–28 | ||||
| FC Bohemians Prague | 1982–83 | ||||
| FC Zbrojovka Brno | 1977–78 | ||||
| Spartak Hradec Králové | 1959–60 | ||||
| FK Inter Bratislava | 1958–59 | ||||
Josef Bican was the all-time top goalscorer of the league with 447 goals in 279 matches, of which 417 goals were scored for Slavia Prague and 30 goals for FC Vítkovice. The list below is not the league's top goalscorers all in all, only players who at some point played for Slavia Prague. [1]
| Name | Goals | Years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 447 | 1937–51, 1953–56 | ||
| 2 | 252 | 1932–51 | ||
| 3 | 175 | 1926–45 | ||
| 4 | 163 | ? | ||
| 5 | 155 | 1926–36, 1937–45 | ||
| 6 | 151 | 1939–65 | ||
| 7 | 133 | 1937–65 | ||
| 8 | 127 | 1923–33, 1934–40 | ||
| 9 | 123 | 1925–40 | ||
| 10 | 117 | 1953–67 |