The Czech Women's First League () is the top level women's
football
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league of the
Czech Republic
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. The league is dominated by teams of
Prague
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. Slavia Prague won the last championships, Sparta Prague was runner-up. The winning team, runners-up and third-place team of the league qualifies for the
UEFA Women's Champions League.
History and format
As
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
, common_name = Czechoslovakia
, life_span = 1918–19391945–1992
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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 eight 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.
]
Participating teams in 2022–23
The following eight clubs are competing in the 2022–23 Czech Women's First League.
Champions
The list of championships is dominated by Sparta Prague:
Regions
The following table lists the Czech women's football champions by region.
References
External links
Official website
fotbal.cz
Czech women's football official website
Information at eurofotbal.cz
League
at women.soccerway.com
{{Top level women's association football leagues around the world
Top level women's association football leagues in Europe
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Professional sports leagues in the Czech Republic