2017–18 Czech National Football League

The 2017–18 Czech National Football League was the 25th season of the Czech Republic's second tier football league.

Czech National Football League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Opava
Promoted	Opava, Příbram
Relegated	Olympia, Frýdek-Místek
Matches played	240
Goals scored	673 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jan Pázler (21)
Biggest home win	Opava 7–0 Frýdek-Místek
Biggest away win	Žižkov 1–5 Opava, Žižkov 0–4 Třinec
Highest scoring	Opava 6–2 Vítkovice, Vítkovice 3–5 Žižkov
Longest winning run	7 matches (Opava)
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches (Opava)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Team changes

Promoted team Olympia Hradec Králové moved from Hradec Králové to Prague and was renamed as Olympia Prague.

From FNL

• Sigma Olomouc (promoted to 2017–18 Czech First League)
• Baník Ostrava (promoted to 2017–18 Czech First League)
• Prostějov (relegated to 2017–18 Moravian–Silesian Football League)

To FNL

• Hradec Králové (relegated from 2016–17 Czech First League)
• Příbram (relegated from 2016–17 Czech First League)
• Olympia (promoted from 2016–17 Bohemian Football League)

Frýdek-Místek (15th place in 2016–17 FNL) were spared from relegation after Moravian–Silesian Football League winners SK Uničov and the next three best-placed teams in that league refused promotion.

Team overview

České Budějovice

Frýdek-Místek

Hradec Králové

Opava

Pardubice

Sokolov

Táborsko

Třinec

Ústí nad Labem

Varnsdorf

Vlašim

Příbram

Znojmo

Olympia
Žižkov

Vítkovice

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Location of clubs in the 2017–18 Czech National Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Opava (C, P)	30	18	9	3	76	33	+43	63	Promotion to 2018–19 I. liga
2	Příbram (P)	30	18	4	8	56	32	+24	58
3	Pardubice	30	16	3	11	44	30	+14	51
4	Hradec Králové	30	14	8	8	50	36	+14	50
5	Fotbal Třinec	30	12	11	7	42	30	+12	47
6	Dynamo České Budějovice	30	11	11	8	44	33	+11	44
7	Baník Sokolov	30	12	5	13	34	39	−5	41
8	Vlašim	30	11	5	14	42	49	−7	38
9	Znojmo	30	10	7	13	36	49	−13	37
10	Ústí nad Labem	30	10	6	14	37	47	−10	36
11	Varnsdorf	30	8	11	11	40	46	−6	35
12	Viktoria Žižkov	30	10	5	15	42	52	−10	35
13	Olympia (R)	30	8	10	12	33	45	−12	34	Relegation to 2018–19 ČFL
14	Táborsko	30	8	9	13	36	46	−10	33
15	Vítkovice	30	7	9	14	35	52	−17	30
16	Frýdek-Místek (R)	30	6	9	15	26	54	−28	27	Relegation to 2018–19 MSFL

Source: Fortuna národní liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Each team plays home-and-away against every other team in the league, for a total of 30 matches played each.

Home \ Away	CES	FRY	HRA	OLY	OPA	PAR	PRI	SOK	TAB	TRI	UST	VAR	VIT	VLA	ZIZ	ZNO
České Budějovice	—	1–1	4–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	6–0	0–2	1–1	3–2
Frýdek-Místek	1–2	—	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–2
Hradec Králové	2–1	4–0	—	4–1	1–4	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	5–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–1
Olympia Prague	0–0	1–4	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	4–1
Opava	1–1	7–0	3–2	5–1	—	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	6–2	3–1	3–0	3–0
Pardubice	4–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	—	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	0–1
Příbram	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	—	1–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	2–3	4–2	0–0
Sokolov	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	1–0	—	3–3	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–3
Táborsko	0–0	3–0	0–2	2–2	0–3	0–3	0–2	5–1	—	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1
Třinec	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	5–1	—	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1
Ústí nad Labem	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–5	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	0–3	—	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–3	4–0
Varnsdorf	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–2	2–5	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	3–2	3–0
Vítkovice	2–0	5–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	—	4–0	3–5	1–1
Vlašim	0–2	4–0	1–4	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–4	2–1	2–2	2–3	2–1	4–1	3–1	—	1–2	2–1
Viktoria Žižkov	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–5	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–4	2–1	0–0	5–0	0–1	—	2–1
Znojmo	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	0–2	0–0	3–2	2–2	—

Source: http://www.fnliga.cz
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jan Pázler	Hradec Králové	21
2	Nemanja Kuzmanović	Opava	18
3	Zbyněk Musiol	Táborsko	13
4	David Puškáč	Opava	12
5	Jan Matoušek	Příbram	11
	Tomáš Smola	Opava
	Pavel Vyhnal	Vlašim
8	Joel Ngandu Kayamba	Opava	10
	Václav Juřena	Třinec
	Fahrudin Gjurgjevikj	Varnsdorf
	Stanislav Klobása	Varnsdorf

See also

• 2017–18 Czech First League
• 2017–18 Czech Cup