FNL is a men’s football league, also listed as the Czech National Football League. It was formed in 1993. This page covers the recorded seasons from 2018 to 2025 and brings together live scores, fixtures, results, standings, and player and team statistics, giving visitors a clear way to follow the competition across its available historical coverage.
Upcoming matches, FNL
Regular Season - 9
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Dukla Praha
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- Regular Season - 9Opava
Arsenal Česká Lípa
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Vysočina Jihlava
Slavia Praha II
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- Regular Season - 9
Karviná
Hanácká
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Viktoria Žižkov
Třinec
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Kladno
Příbram
Stadion Františka Kloze -
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Baník Ostrava II
Ústí nad Labem
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- Regular Season - 9
Vlašim
Táborsko
Regular Season - 10
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- Regular Season - 10
Slavia Praha II
Vlašim
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- Regular Season - 10
Táborsko
No H2HKarviná
Stadion Kvapilova
Latest played matches, FNL
Regular Season - 8
Regular Season - 7
FNL Standings
FNL Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
FNL teams participation since 2018
History
| Team | Nb participations |
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| Chrudim | 8 |
| Prostějov | 8 |
| Vlašim | 8 |
| Vysočina Jihlava | 8 |
| Táborsko | 7 |
| Varnsdorf | 7 |
| Viktoria Žižkov | 7 |
| Líšeň | 7 |
| Zbrojovka Brno | 6 |
| Dukla Praha | 5 |
| Opava | 5 |
| Třinec | 5 |
| Ústí nad Labem | 5 |
| Sparta Praha II | 5 |
| Příbram | 4 |
| Vyškov | 4 |
| Hradec Králové | 3 |
| Slavia Praha II | 3 |
| Sigma Olomouc II | 3 |
| Baník Sokolov | 2 |
| Pardubice | 2 |
| Vítkovice | 2 |
| České Budějovice | 2 |
| Slavoj Vyšehrad | 2 |
| Hanácká | 2 |
| Baník Ostrava II | 2 |
| Zlin | 1 |
| Karviná | 1 |
| Znojmo | 1 |
| Blansko | 1 |
FNL top scorer teams
FNL About
FNL, currently branded as the Chance Národní Liga for sponsorship purposes and also widely known as the Czech National Football League, is the Czech Republic’s second-tier professional men’s football league. It sits directly below the top flight and provides the principal national bridge between the regional third tier and the country’s elite competition.
Role in Czech football
The league combines national competition with a clear development and promotion function. Its clubs compete for the title, for advancement to the Czech First League and for the professional status required to operate at the highest domestic level. It also gives established clubs, ambitious regional sides and eligible reserve teams a demanding environment in which to develop players and test their sporting and organisational standards.
The FNL is domestic in scope and forms part of the Czech football pyramid under the wider framework of UEFA association football. Promotion to the top flight can open the route towards the national championship and, subject to the relevant top-tier finishing position and licensing requirements, future continental qualification. At the other end of the table, clubs face a return to regional football.
Origins and governance
The competition was established in 1993, following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, as the successor to the previous nationwide second-tier structure. Its organisation and regulation are associated with the League Football Association (LFA), operating under the oversight of the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR). These bodies administer the competition framework, licensing requirements and operational standards for participating clubs.
The recorded Xtra-Stats coverage currently spans eight seasons, from 2018 through 2025. This statistical record provides a basis for following league tables, fixtures, results, performances and historical comparisons across the modern competition.
Clubs, entry and eligibility
The league normally contains 16 clubs. Entry is principally achieved through sporting success in one of the two regional third-tier divisions: the Bohemian Football League (ČFL) or the Moravian-Silesian Football League (MSFL). Winning a regional division is an important qualification route, but sporting performance alone does not guarantee admission. A promoted club must also obtain the required professional licence and satisfy infrastructure and financial conditions.
Licensing standards can include suitable floodlighting, a heated pitch and other stadium or operational provisions expected of professional football. Reserve sides, or “B” teams, of first-division clubs may also participate where permitted, although they cannot be promoted to the top flight while their senior club remains there. Relegated clubs are assigned to the ČFL or MSFL according to their geographical position and the applicable competition regulations.
Competition format
The standard league phase uses a double round-robin system. Each club plays every other team twice, once at home and once away, producing 30 matches per side. The table is decided using the conventional points system: three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat.
The champion normally earns direct promotion to the Czech First League. The teams finishing second and third have a further opportunity through two-legged promotion play-offs against the 14th- and 15th-placed clubs from the top flight. This creates a demanding end to the season in which the FNL’s leading challengers must overcome opposition from the division above.
The bottom two FNL clubs are directly relegated to the appropriate regional third tier, either the ČFL or the MSFL. The exact movement of clubs can also depend on licensing, reserve-team restrictions and the composition of the divisions for the following season.
Points, tie-breakers and play-offs
When teams finish level on points, the relevant head-to-head record is used first. The sequence then considers head-to-head goal difference, overall goal difference and goals scored, according to the applicable regulations. These criteria make individual meetings especially important in a close promotion or relegation race.
The promotion play-offs are contested over two legs. If the aggregate score is level after the second match, extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out determine which club advances. The format therefore combines the consistency required across a 30-match league campaign with the immediate pressure of knockout-style ties.
Season calendar and sporting stakes
The season follows the usual Central European football calendar, beginning in July or August and concluding in the spring. The autumn phase generally runs into December, followed by a substantial winter break because of weather and playing conditions. Competition resumes in late January or February, with the final league rounds and promotion play-offs normally taking place in May or, depending on the schedule, early June.
For clubs at the top, the reward is more than a league title: promotion offers entry into the Czech First League and the chance to compete at the country’s highest domestic level. For clubs near the bottom, survival protects professional status and national exposure. That combination of opportunity and risk gives the FNL its distinctive competitive character—an intensely contested second tier in which every point can influence a club’s sporting future.