Czech First Division (women)

Czech First Division (women)

Countries	Czech Republic
Founded	1993
Divisions	1
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	II. liga žen
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	Sparta Praha (2010–11)
Most championships	Sparta Praha (15)
Website	Official
2010–11

The Czech First Division (women) (Czech: I. liga žen) is the top level women's football league of the Czech Republic.

The league is dominated by teams of Prague. Sparta Praha won the last nine championships, each time leading Slavia Praha as runners-up.

The winning team of the league qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

History and format

As Czechoslovakia dissolved in 1993, also the Czechoslovak women's football championships competitions were discontinued.

The I. liga started as a competition for 12 teams, each playing all other teams twice.

In 2002, the number of teams was reduced to ten and after the regular season was followed with a playoff with eight best teams. In 2006, the system was abandoned and a league of 12 teams was re-instated.

Since 2009-10, only 8 teams participated in the league and after the regular season, a playoff system was held. In those two playoff groups, place 1 to 4 for the championship and the relegation group for teams placed between 5th and 8th positions. In 2010–11 nine teams played again only a double-round robin.

2010/11 teams

• Sparta Praha
• Slavia Praha
• 1. FC Slovácko
• FC Baník Ostrava
• Viktoria Plzeň
• Slavia Hradec Králové
• 1. FC Brno
• SK DFO Pardubice
• FC Teplice

List of champions

The list of championships is dominated by Sparta Praha^[1][2]:

• 1993/94: Sparta Praha
• 1994/95: Sparta Praha
• 1995/96: Sparta Praha
• 1996/97: Sparta Praha
• 1997/98: Sparta Praha
• 1998/99: Sparta Praha
• 1999/2000: Sparta Praha
• 2000/01: Sparta Praha
• 2001/02: Sparta Praha^[3]
• 2002/03: Slavia Praha^[4]
• 2003/04: Slavia Praha
• 2004/05: Slavia Praha
• 2005/06: Sparta Praha
• 2006/07: Sparta Praha
• 2007/08: Sparta Praha
• 2008/09: Sparta Praha
• 2009/10: Sparta Praha
• 2010/11: Sparta Praha^[5]

References

1. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/tsje-wom09.html
2. ^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007) (in cs). Český a československý fotbal (1 ed.). Prague: Grada. p. 239. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5. 
3. ^ sparta.cz (8 June 2002). "Match Report of last Matchday". http://www.sparta.cz/novinky/zpravodajstvi/zeny/spartanky-obhajily-titul-sparta-praha-brno-10-00-1662.html. 
4. ^ fotbal.idnes.cz (19 August 2003). "Slavia heads into UEFA Women's Cup (translated)". http://fotbal.idnes.cz/slavistky-vyrazeji-za-zenskou-ligou-mistru-fm5-/fot_dsouteze.asp?c=A030819_112623_fot_dsouteze_min. 
5. ^ sparta.cz (16 May 2011). "Women celebrate title". http://translate.google.de/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=cs&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sparta.cz%2Fnovinky%2Fzpravodajstvi%2Fzeny%2Fzeny-slavi-titul-mistrynemi-jsou-i-juniorky-12624.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Information at eurofotbal.cz
• women.soccerway.com