2022–23 Czech First League

Czech First League
Season2022–23
Dates30 July 2022 – 28 May 2023
ChampionsSparta Prague
RelegatedZbrojovka Brno
Champions LeagueSparta Prague
Europa LeagueSlavia Prague
Europa Conference LeagueViktoria Plzeň
Bohemians 1905
Matches played276
Goals scored819 (2.97 per match)
Top goalscorerVáclav Jurečka (20 goals)
Biggest home winSlavia 7–0 Pardubice
21 August 2022
Biggest away winTeplice 0–5 Ostrava
5 February 2023
Highest scoringBohemians 1905 2–6 Sparta
12 February 2023
Longest winning runSparta
(9 matches)
Longest unbeaten runSparta
(21 matches)
Longest winless runTeplice
(8 matches)
Longest losing runPardubice
(7 matches)
Highest attendance19,370
Slavia 4–0 Sparta
23 October 2022
Lowest attendance550
Hradec Králové 0–0 Jablonec
18 September 2022

The 2022–23 Czech First League, known as the FORTUNA:LIGA for sponsorship reason, is the 30th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football for professional clubs since its 1993 establishment. FC Viktoria Plzeň are the reigning champions. The season started on 30 July 2022. The first half of the season will have 16 rounds, finishing on 13 November 2022 because of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the other half will commence on 28 January 2023. The season is expected to end on 28 May 2023 with two extra play-out fixtures on 1 and 4 June 2023.

The season format is unchanged from last season, 16 clubs play each other home and away, until the league is split up in championship, play-off and relegation groups. The lowest-ranked team was relegated directly to the second league, the two teams positioned 14th and 15th played a play-out with two teams from the second league positioned 2nd and 3rd in a home and away format. This was the fifth season to use VAR, featuring it in all matches played. The year-to-year changes in the format of the competition are only cosmetic, the most significant change being the increase of the number of substitutes permitted on the substitute bench to 11.